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l~emo to the Mayor and City Council/P & R Update <br />March 18, 2002 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />Grace Assembly of God Church Acquisition <br /> <br />Staff has been talking with Pastor Kallevig to acquire ten acres of land from the church in <br />order to construct a park in the east Elk River area (see attached location map). The Council <br />may see from the attached correspondence there were a number of itmes placed on the <br />table; the latest is a request to increase the cost of the land's purchase price from $145,000 to <br />$215,000. This is an increase in the per acre price from $14,500 to $20,476 per acre, which is <br />an increase of 30%. <br /> <br />The Park and Recreation Commission considered the revised price at its March 13, 2002 <br />meeting and voted unanimously to recommend to the City Council that they consider the <br />revised price and consider acceptance of this proposal in order to acquire the parkland in <br />east Elk River. The Commission has walked the site and found it to be suitable for a park. <br />There is potential for the expansion of the park to the north by adding up to an additional <br />four acres from an adjacent parcel. In addition, trail connections can link this parcel to parks <br />located in Trott Brook and to Hillside City Park. <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the City Council accept the revised purchase price and allow staff to <br />enter into a purchase agreement with the church for acquisition of !0.5 acres of park land. <br /> <br />S:Palnning/P&Rmemo3-15.doc <br /> <br /> <br />