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<br />Parks & Recreation Committee <br />Meeting Minutes June 6, 2007 <br /> <br />compost, plant perennials and mulch the area. Chairperson Seeley asked Mr. Weigel to present <br />his plan to Mr. Dallas Larson, City Administrator, to have him sign off on it, as well as discuss <br />the plans for the new sign and coordinate the installation. <br /> <br />Vice-Chairperson Amundsen suggested Mr. Weigel dig some of the daylilies from Hidden Spring <br />Park for this project as the daylilies are being removed. Council member Lee asked for a <br />schedule and time frame as to when this project will be completed. Mr. Weigel said he would <br />have the project completed prior to Fete des Lacs. <br /> <br />Mr. Mike Mastro. 1553 LaMotte Drive. Concerns Ree:ardine: Hidden Sorine: Park <br /> <br />Residents from LaMotte Drive, Lino Lakes, were in attendance to discuss their concerns <br />regarding Hidden Spring Park. Mr. Mike Mastro, 1553 LaMotte Drive, stated he had attended <br />one of the first City Council meetings where the possibility of purchasing 1601 LaMotte Drive <br />was discussed and he left with the impression that since he lives in Lino Lakes, and this park is in <br />Centerville, that his concerns were irrelevant. Chairperson Seeley assured the Lino Lakes <br />residents that the Committee/City certainly would like to be a good neighbor and welcomes their <br />input. <br /> <br />Mr. Mastro said the biggest concerns of the residents were security and a berm/fence separating <br />the park from abutting neighbors and stated that there were already issues involving misuse of the <br />park. He also felt if the park were administered correctly the park would be a nice addition to <br />the area. <br /> <br />Mr. Roger Hoffmeister, 1589 LaMotte Drive, stated there was already a problem with kids <br />throwing big logs in water causing a hazard for boats and he questioned who do they call with <br />problems like that? They did call the police in that instance, but who is responsible for <br />addressing these issues? The police referred the problem to Public Works. <br /> <br />Mr. Roger Spinner, 1581 LaMotte Drive stated his concerns included the above mentioned items <br />with addition to trash that will get out on the lake and potentially blow down the shoreland. He <br />also mentioned a pier or fishing dock would be a major problem for the lakeshore property <br />owners as the lake is shallow in front of their homes and there are islands which require boats to <br />go past the park property or to the south end of the lake to enter the deeper part of the lake. <br /> <br />Mr. Mike Slettery, 1587 LaMotte Drive, stated his property abuts the park on the south and has <br />noticed that the people who have been using the park, to this point, seem to be local kids and <br />while that is great, they are also experiencing loud noise and graphic sexual language coming <br />from the park. He is also concerned with vandalism and asked if any provision for fencing or <br />marking the property line is planned. Mr. Slettery said he would like the look of a split rail fence <br />to define the property line, but that doesn't do much for noise. He felt a berm and a privacy <br />fence would make it more private. He also stated there is a section of chain link fence that <br />appears to be remaining from the St. Paul Water Utility fence which partially goes down the <br />south property line to his garage and wooden fence posts that are knocked down that looks like it <br />also belongs to 1601 LaMotte Drive. Mr. Slettery is doing landscaping up to this fence in the <br />next few weeks and would like it removed. Ms. Stephan will pass this information onto the City <br /> <br />20f7 <br />