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April 2, 1986 Park Board Minutes B. Long Lake Beach Service Agreement Page 6 The City Attorney looked at the agreement and made a few minor recommendations. One major change was to change the wording regarding the beach fee. The way it reads is that we would have to charge 50~ for the .next 4 years. Don't like being locked in to that fee. It would be reworded so that we could raise the fee by 5G each year through 1989 and can sell season or senior citizen passes if we so desire. The City will be providing the small items needed for operation of the beach and the County will provide the. large things. In the agreement it was also changed to give the City more operating time-than what the County proposed. The document from the City Attorney looks good. Would like the Park Board to make a state- ment that you agree. Hope to open the beach June 1 so this needs to be done immediately. Eichers asked if the 50~ fee was a parking fee.. Anderson said it is a per person beach fee, not parking. Rose thought perhaps the 11:OOam starting time was not early enough. Van Hatten also felt it strange that the starting time. for weekends was later than week days. Anderson said that was standard. Van Hatten asked if the beach would be a money maker. Anderson said no. $50,000 was budgeted and we expect to take in only $15,000 the first year and increase that the following years. In 5 years we should recover 75% of the cost. Food will pay for itself. Johnson asked if the beach grand opening will be a part of Stockyard Days. Anderson said hopefully yes. Anderson said flexibility in the beach hours could be built into the agreement. Anderson said the City Attorney added a phrase after the beach hours that reads "...but in no event shall the area be opened before sunrise or extend past sunset." MOTION BY VAN HATTEN, SECONDED BY ROSE, TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT WITH RAMSEY COUNTY AND THE CITY FOR LONG LAKE BEACH AS MODIFIED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. MOTION CARRIED.