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• money. The parking lot will be a Bethel parking lot, no joint use with the City. Jim Johnson asked if they were planning on building this year. Council member Grant believes that is their intention. Bethel has already had survey crews out there. Council approved a community development block grant for Arden Manor Park. The amount was $40,000 and would be used for landscaping, paving, fencing, etc. That will be reviewed and we will have to wait to see if we get it. There is an opening on the Ramsey County Parks and Recreation Board. If anyone is interested, the council would make a recommendation on the city level, rather than on an individual level. Hopefully, that would carry more weight. The Council would like some representation there. Jim Crassweller expressed interest and also thought his wife might be interested. He will let staff know. Rich Straumann also expressed interest. DISCUSSION OF CHAIRPERSON APPOINTMENT We need to appoint a new chairperson. Jim Crassweller made a motion to nominate Jim Johnson. Rich Straumann seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. The next step is to make recommendation of appointment to the City Council. VIDEOS . Staff showed two videos. The first one was on the Minnesota Recreation and Parks Association (MRPA) entitled "Your Best Investment." After showing the video, staff handed out a small packet of information on MRPA. The second video was on the playground built by the community in Janesville, WI. It details how it was built and how they raised the money. We will be showing the MRPA video at the Town Hall meeting. AGENDA ITEMS 1. Tony Schmidt Park Staff reported on the plans approved by Council. Diagrams were included in the committee packet. Don Messerly asked about the possibility of having a soccer field there. The discussion concluded that there was not enough room. Jim Johnson did notice that on the diagrams there are two restrooms shown and both are drawn (drawing A-1) as men's rooms. Staff will bring that up with the county. 2. Ingerson Park Staff reported that Jerry Ouimet wants $75,000 for the property (lot #11 on the enclosed map.) The county has assessed it at $12,000. The memo from Mr. Ouimet was enclosed in the committee packet. Mr. Ouimet claims he has other offers on the table and staff told him to go ahead and take them. We cannot purchase it at that price. Hopefully he is will come back with a better deal at a later date. No new news on the other Ingerson trail 2