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Page 1 of 1 <br /> Sue Iverson <br /> • From: jandpnygaard@comcast.net <br /> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:10 AM <br /> To: Sue Iverson , <br /> Cc: Milly Bruss <br /> Subject: Lease agreement with Trinity <br /> Sue <br /> I have assembled the highlites of the process so far to help bring you up to date. <br /> Trinity Lutheran of Lake Johanna, 3245 New Brighton Rd. was founded in 1941 on 4 3/4 <br /> acres, and has a long history of partnering with the City of Arden Hills. <br /> When AH's Pk Dir., John Buckley, coordinated the development of Hazelnut Pk with Pastor <br /> Beltz, they made a verbal agreement that park users could use Trinity's parking lot. This use <br /> continued until 2000 with no financial or in-house maintenance from the city. For the past 10 <br /> years we have had a written contract with the city to pay us $1000 a year towards snow <br /> plowing and seal coating and striping when AH was doing work in the surrounding streets. The <br /> church also agreed to let the city use some of our land for soccer fields. <br /> 11-14-08: <br /> *On 11-14 Millie Bruss & I met with AH staff, Michelle Olson and Megan Beekman to discuss <br /> the city purchase or lease of land now being used by the city for soccer field etc. Also held a <br /> neighborhood meeting on 12-2-08 attended by Michelle and Megan, to inform residents of our <br /> plans. Residents were vehemently opposed to us developing any of our property. They <br /> strongly supported continued use for park purposes. <br /> Fall, 2009: I met with Ron M. to discuss a long term lease rather than a purchase, of the <br /> soccer field and adjacant land. Also would include the parking lot joint use in the lease. Ron <br /> requested a dollar amount for the lease. <br /> Jan. 2010: <br /> After researching how to determine the value, for the lease, we decided that a 5-10 year lease, <br /> at $12,000-$15,000 a year should be the starting point for discussion between us. <br /> I am confident we can work together to come up with an arrangement that works for both the <br /> city and the church. Would putting it on council work session in April work? If you think that is <br /> possible, please let me know the date so I can put it on my calendar. If you have any <br /> questions please feel free to contact me by e-mail or phone (651-492-8234). <br /> Sincerely, Pat Nygaard, Dir., of Outreach <br /> 1/15/2010 <br />