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March 15, 1982 Park Board Minutes Page 3 City Council'. has said regional park is the best way. Long Lake people have concerns .but-the Study Committee has handled those con- cerns. If safety is a concern, then the best solution would be no power boats on the lake at all. Don't .find great fault .with the-plan. Don't think the planners set out. to destroy the park or-feel that any park has been destroyed. How could it be bad to have a park? The financial incentive to the city is great. Have been waiting i5 years. Don't delay. If we don't go ahead now, we will have a long time to wait. Bob Polzak 1693 14th Ave. N.W. Not here to debate comments in favor or not. Some comments were stimu- lating, some weren't. As a citizen, have serious sensitivities. Stood in front of the-Park Board and expressed concerns previously. A sub- committee was formed with lake residents, residents of New Brighton and city officials to handle concerns. It is the- opinion of some of those on the committee that the group was dictated by the county. .Some of the comments by the members of the group were not accepted, A number of months ago a presentation was made of the financial responsibility of New Brighton and other financial models to finance the park.. The financial model was not studied by the Park Board and government officials. The financial proposal spoke to .leasing the property with a purchasing option. Note that even tonight alternate proposals were made.- Document dated March 11th is a simplistic evaluation of what we are looking at. No answer was given to the report made earlier. Lease not even mentioned in this proposal. Think. it is the Park Board's responsibility to know where they are coming from. Need to hear the concerned residents. Need to evaluate proposals. Who are you listening to? Are you responsible to the City of New Brighton or the people out- side the city? Where do you leave the City of New Brighton? Is there opportunity for the city to do anything? The bottom line is money - no quarrel with the City .Council telling Park Board. and residents money is highly desirable to this city. Our proposal showed you granting the County permission to purchase. After 20 years, the city could .get the property back. $750,000 for. east side of Long Lake is not the best possible price. No one will say the County got a bad deal. If you want money, derive the best possible amount. Financial alternatives were proposed. Wish you the best in your decision. John Grieman. 1410 18th St. N.W. Have several different concerns on the size of the park. 6,90.0 people per day maximum seems to be very large to serve the City of New Brighton. Creates hardship. of land.- trampled by overuse. Main .:concern was lake usage.. Will. over use ruin it? Have fiscal concerns, A small portion of use comes from New Brighton. Why 500 of the maintenance? It's not fair. Master Plan calls for protection, monitoring of boat launch. Can't see salaries being paid for this patrolling. Will be all year long to patrol snowmobiles, The manpower situation has to be addressed - if-.this is .not empty promises than it is a financial burden to New Brighton residents.