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Memo to Mayor and City Council/Lions Park Center <br /> <br />November 19, 2001 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br /> 1. <br /> <br />The paved trails along Waco, County Road 33, and Joplin will be maintained <br />with snow in order to provide some additional access points to the larger trail <br />system. <br /> <br />Also included is the use of the trail on 193rd Avenue from Proctor Road to <br />the railroad grade. This segment will need to be carefully managed, as a <br />number of children will utilize this area in order to walk to Meadowvale <br />School. <br /> <br />3. A new connection this year will be Highland Road, which will provide access <br /> to Highway 169. <br /> <br />Also included on the map are the snowmobile rules, which were adopted as part of the <br />ordinance earlier this year by the City Council. <br /> <br />Staff and the Commission recommend that the City Coundl adopt the attached snowmobile trail map and <br />implementation plan. <br /> <br />Appraisal of Park Land <br /> <br />As directed by the City Council at their September 17th meeting, staff obtained an appraisal <br />for the 70 acres of land offered for park by Mr. LaFavor located west of Monroe Street and <br />north of County Road 21. The appraised value for the 70 acres of land, based on three <br />comparables within a 10-mile radius of the site, is $546,000 or $7,800 per acre (see attached <br />appraisal statement and report). The comparable sale price per acre ranged from $5,713 per <br />acre to $11,441 per acre. Mr. LaFavor is still interested in negotiating a purchase of the land <br />by the City based on the appraised value with similar parameters as his original offer (50% <br />down, and the remaining to be paid in annual increments over five years). <br /> <br />Staff requests additional direction regarding this issue. <br /> <br />Lions Park Center Expenditures <br /> <br />Staff has been compiling costs for the remaining expenditures for the Lions Park Center and <br />has detailed a list of furniture, fixtures, and equipment (FF & E) (attached). Staff also met <br />with representatives of the telephone and cable companies regarding wiring the building for <br />cable TV, telephone, and computer network services. Elk River Municipal Utilities has <br />provided an estimate for security and monitoring. The total cost is broken down as follows: <br /> <br />Furniture, fixtures, and equipment: $19,351.14 (includes all tables and chairs to fill <br /> layouts) <br />Telephone and computer network: $2,000.00 <br />Cable TV: $2,500.00 (includes internal bulletin board) <br />Security: $12,300.00 (includes smoke and heat <br /> detectors) <br />Total: $36,115.14 <br /> <br />S:\PLANNING\MICHMC\PARKNREC\LPCexpendidtures.doc <br /> <br /> <br />