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MEMORANDUM
DATE: May 10, 2010 Item 1.B
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Patrick Klaers, City Administrator
SUBJECT: Hazelnut Park
On Thursday May 6th I met with Trinity Lutheran Church representatives Pat Nygaard
and Mille Bruss to discuss the Park and Church properties. I then met with City staff
members to update them on this meeting.
The City uses Church property for signage, access, parking and a soccer field. The City
pays the Church a small amount for snow plowing (and general use of their land) and the
City does some minimal maintenance on the parking lot. The Church would now like for
the City to consider purchasing some of their excess land and to enter into a long term
use agreement for the parking lot. It seems to be in the City's best interest to resolve this
situation for the long term.
The Church is providing us with an appraisal that they recently had completed. Staff is
looking at access, parking, park usage, and funding options. The Church is scheduled to
be at the July 19th City Council work session. I would like to briefly talk with the City
Council about the merit of getting a more long term arrangement set up with the Church
and about sending some material to FPAC for their review and comment.