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MINUTES OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMITTEE January 14 , 1969 SPresent - Boss , Cadwell , McIntosh , LaNasa , Fish , Spratt, Lindbom ( 10 :00) Absent - Kuehn , Engle Also Present - Council Liaison , Bjorndahi , H . Lagerstrom Skating rinks are now in fairly stable condition . Mounds View High School warming house is up ; lights need only to be hooked up by NSP. The Public Works Department now has five employees ; one salary is paid from the Parks and Recreation budget. Parks and Recreation has a new truck, a four-wheel -drive pickup with snowplow. The Village now has full title to the Co Rd E lot adjacent to the hockey rink. Parking for the area must be regulated to keep cars off the highway . Girl Scout Troup 21 wants to work this summer on some village beauti - fication project at Perry Park. Mr. Lagerstrom recently attended a meeting of the Mounds View School District Recreational Advisory Committee. He reported to that organi - zation the land purchases Arden Hills has made for parks , and showed them the maps recently prepared by Mr. Peter Jacobson of the St. Paul Parks Commission for their possible future development. • He also told us about reports from other localities which are concerned with recreation and associated needs. Some examples from these reports are as follows : North Oaks made a survey to get an idea of the opinions of the residents. The nine activities most desired are , in order of preference ; Swimming, free skating , tennis , sailing, outdoor pool , indoor pool , nature trail , baseball , teen activities . Of 1600 residents in North Oaks, there are about 200 children ranging in age from pre-school to young adult. New Brighton passed a bond issue for $ 1 . 2 million (spaced over 30 yrs . ) This amounts to about $ 15 . 00 per family per year. Other money will be raised from a variety of sources to make up about $400,000 more. Their parks were described , with existing facilities and projected needs. The system includes 109 acres on the east side of Long Lake. There are 75 acres of available school property, and proposed new parks involve 175 acres. Moundsview reported that they have eight park areas , seven of which have been donated. Some are tax-delinquent land . All have playground equipment. One is a civic area with Village Hall , picnic facilities , etc. The February meeting will be 8: 00 p .m. Tuesday , the 18th at the home of Ken Boss . Submitted by • Ruth Cadwell NOTE : Please add the following to your 1969 Parks and Recreation Committee List : M. A. Fish 1975 Gienpaul Rd 633 1854 Ramaley Printing Co. 287 E 6th St. 224 7631