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February 6, 1985 Park Board Minutes Page 4 B. Hedlund Land Purchase Gordon Hedlund showed a diagram of the property being discussed for trade or purchase.. The house faces ..7th St. The bank to the creek, is steep. There is a 12 foot alley. Fourteenth Ave. between the house and well is vacated. If he had the other half of the vacated street, he could build. The city could have 'the other, half for Hansen Park. The city is concerned about whether the property would be buildable.. Hedlund said it is a nice piece;. of property. The City appraisal said Hedlund's piece of property was worth $700 and the city's half worth $7,.000. Hedlund had two appraisals on the same property and .they both stated that both ',pieces of property were of equal value. Van H',atten asked Hedlund if he would be willing to grant an easement. Hed~.l~nd said yes, no .problem. Benke said the Council was not unanimous in a decision. The property line on the west is not obvious. Tt appears that the ditch would be the. property line but it is not. The area is probably being used as park because there is no fence. Benke added that the .majority of the Council did not want to dispose of the east parcel of property because of the trees, etc. Qthers said lets wait to see if the lot is buildable. The question is, does it make sense to acquire. the west portion. Hedlund said the lot could be subdivided. Benke .said people would not know where the property line is. .Hedlund said there is alot of activity by the creek.. Kids ,and adults fishing. A walkway along the creek would be nice. It would be a nice addition to the. park. Anew owner may look differently at this and may request a fence. Anderson said he would not put a walkway in there because .they can walk along the top and the creek is often flooded... Hedlund felt this would be good far the City because the City would be gaa.ning a tax ,payer and addition to a park, anal Hedlund gets some business., Rose ,asked if the trees would be affected ~f a house was built? Hedluind said only a few trees. Anderson stated he is not opposed to buying the land but he's not sure it is necessary, It would define the area. Yf we would acquire the land for a small amount, he could see no problem,, but the money has to come from somewhere; we would be looking at a trade off.. Tf we buy the land, we sacrifice something else. Tf we would pay $700 for it there would be no problem, but $7,000, no. The ditch and .the dam are county property and we do not maintain. Van Hatters said perhaps the county would want to buy it.