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<br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />August 7,2007 <br /> <br />Agenda Item: 4.D. <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />Michelle Wolfe; City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Michelle Olson, Parks and Recreation Manager 11J(JJ <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Bocce Golf at Lindey's Park <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />The Strategies for Parks, Trails, and Community Building were approved by the City Council in <br />April of 2006. The first strategy listed under Parks is the possibility of a Disk Golf Course <br />and/or Bocce Golf Course. The Parks Trails and Recreation Committee (PTRC) is considering <br />both types of golf courses and has been researching cost and location since that time. Mr. Lanny <br />Baumann, a PTRC Member brought forward a proposal for a nine-hole Bocce Golf Course at <br />Lindey's Park. The PTRC is in favor of installing a course at Lindey's Park. At their April 17, <br />2007 PTRC meeting, the Committee made a motion to recommend allocating $2,500 to put in a <br />bocce golf course at Lindey's Park this year (2007). The motion carried unanimously. In the <br />2002 Parks, Trails and Open Space Plan, Lindey's Park is listed as unprogrannned open space. <br />By recommending that Bocce Golfbe installed for Lindey's Park, the PTRC is now interested in <br />changing that park to a programmed open space. <br /> <br />At the July 17, 2007 City Council Work Session, the PTRC presented a Bocce Golf Course <br />proposal for Lindey's Park. The Bocce Golf Course Proposal is included for your review. <br />Listed below are some points the PTRC highlighted from the proposal for the City Council: <br /> <br />1. Maintenance is very minimal. The course would not require any special grass mowing <br />other than the normal weekly cutting. During the winter season, a cap can be placed over <br />the holes. <br />2. An annual name use fee of $100 is listed to begin after the first year. Staff did voice <br />concerns about this to Mr. Baumann and the PTRC and did check with the City Attorney <br />to get his comments. His only recommendation was for the City to write up an official <br />agreement between Mr. Baumann and the City and have a clause that states the City can <br />terminate the agreement at any time. If the City Council has concerns about the annual <br />naming fee, Mr. Baumann has stated that he is willing to discuss possible alternatives to <br />this. <br /> <br />\\Metro-inet.us\ardenhills\PR&PW\Parks\Memos\Council Memos\Motion to install Bocce Golf <br />at Lindey's07.doc <br />