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Memo to Mayer and Gty Council February 18, 2002 Page 2 an overall park master plan for Highlands East and West so that they may work in concert with each other. Staff will assemble existing information regarding both parks and work with the developer to have the westerly park staked so that a site visit can occur with residents that are willing to work on this project. Staff will organize a meeting of residents and Commission members sometime in April, with a concept plan to be developed and submitted for review by the Commission in May. The Commission did, however, earmark monies for park development purposes in this area for 2003. Proposed 2003 Capital Improvements Expenditures Staff and the Commission have identified the attached expenditures for the 2003 CII' budget. The Council should note that the expenses identified as part of the CIP budget are not affected by the general fund impacts due to the State deficit. The Park Dedication Fund is statutorily restricted and can only be used for park development purposes. The total proposed expenditures for 2003 are $200,070. There may be an opportunity to reduce this overall expenditure if the Lions organization were to provide a donation to the skate park concrete and if in-house staff can be used to complete the interior finish work for the Trott Brook Barn. The estimated revenues for 2003 were projected to be $350,000. Staff and the Commission feel that this amount can be reached: Elk River Station will be filing their fmal plat and Riverside Development is proposing to submit the final plat for Hillside 8~' Addition, and is interested in prepaying park dedication in addition to deeding the land for Highlands West Park. This will help offset the proposed line item of $50,000 for park development costs for the Highlands East/West neighborhood. 77ae Cmronissiwz wtez'urumirr~rsly to rat~rarrezd that the City Canlal approve the attadtrl expenditures frn 2003. Names for Unnamed Parks The City has or will be adding eight more parks to the park system. In order to create working files and to update the park and trail map, staff identified possible names for these parks. The Commission voted unanimously to recommend the following names to the City Council: Park 34: Located in the Ridges of Rice Lake subdivision: ^ Will remain unnamed Park 37~ Located in the Windsor Park 3rd subdivision: ^ Burr Oak Park Park 35~ Land recently acquired from Grace Assembly of God Church: ^ Royal Valley Park Park 38~ Located in the Eagles Marsh and Park Pointe subdivisions adjacent to Kliever's Marsh: ^ Kliever Marsh Park 5:\PLANIVING\Michele McPherson\PARKNREC~Comcil Updates\2-18 P&R Update.d«