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Community Development Department Memo To: Lonnie Brokke, Director of Parks and Recreation From: Paul Bilotta, Community Development Director Date: 7/28/2015 Re: Langton Lake Park issues The past year has been a very busy one in the area of Twin Lakes planning processes with substantial changes proposedbothin land use controls and the extension of Twin Lakes Parkway to Fairview Avenue. As part of that process, there were some large meetings to seek open ended input from the community and some of the input received related to the two parks that are contained in the neighborhood, particularly Langton Lake Park. The summary document of comments can be found online at the following location: http://www.ci.roseville.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/17192 The park references are in the open ended questions portion (pp. 19-48). Other reference materials related to Twin Lakes planning can be found at the following location: http://www.ci.roseville.mn.us/2787/Twin-Lakes-Active-Projects In the discussions with the City Council that have followed the public input process, Community DevelopmentStaff brought forward that the public had provided comments related towanting to explorepossible expansion of Langton Lake Park. The City Council referred the issue to the Parks and Recreation Commission for review and guidance. In addition, Community Development Staff isactively working on economic development activities in the area and there is a desire to proactively analyze any park expansion needs so that we can work cooperatively to try to obtain these parkneeds in any future negotiationswith developers.These sorts of items are much easier to accomplish if they are identified on the front end and can sometimes be difficult if they aren’t addressed until the Parks and Recreation Commissionfirstsees a proposal for a preliminary plat.We want to do what we can to avoid putting the Parks and Recreation Commission in that sort of difficult position, if possible. Page 1