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Jacobs responded that after it has been turned over to the county, the city owns nothing and yet it will cost the city $50,000 a year. If the city has no fee interest, he said, the city should incur no costs. Borgstrom also asked why New Brighton should pay for something that is county-run. Johnson said that when we ask for something, we have to give something. New Brighton is looking for an element of control. Anderson added that the City Council had responded to citizens' concern about control by asking the county to contract with the city for some facilities. In essence, that says that we have some. control over those facilities. If the concerns had not been voiced, the city might have turned the whole thing over the the Metropolitan Council and countyo The assumption is made that if we are going to control, then we are going to have to come up with the money to do it. No one is going to allow the city to control something where there is no financial interest, These responsibilities were included not at the county's request but at the city's. Jacobs asked if the city would have the opportunity to tell people not to come into the park. Anderson said that we would have essentially the same control as if it were a city park. A user ticket could be required either as a metropolitan park or as a city park. Jacobs asked if just 2,000 stickers could be sold . Anderson s aid yes , biz' they could not be 1 invited to New Brighton residents. Dahl asked Jacobs to run off the city•s reimbursement for the Park Board meeting and bring the material to it. She also said that she thought it would be appropriate for him to speak to someone in the county. She had been under the impression that he was going to do that, she said. Jacobs said he would do that. If he got the feeling that the concepts were in line with what is wanted, if it is of interest, he-would continue. Otherwise, it would be a waste of his time, he said. Dahl said that it would be better if everyone knew a little more about the options. Jacobs said he would expect the Park Board to respond and tell him to proceed. Dahl said that she was concerned about the delays that were occuring and suggested he should go to the county before the Park Board meeting. Johnson suggested that since four Park Board members were at the meeting, they could give Jacobs some feedback. Carlson said he did not think that would be appropriate. Dahl said she. thought that when the Park Board had encouraged Jacobs to look into the options, he was going to get some feedback from the other agencies. If they said, absolutely no, then there would be no point in discussing it. -2-