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See pages 7 - 15 - for excerpt of the Park & Recreation joint meeting. Regular City Council Meeting Monday, November 16, 2015 Page 9 1 City Council could not use its EDA powers to purchase park land. Therefore, 2 Councilmember Etten noted this brought up one concern he had in the lack of 3 other monies available from which to purchase park land if something should 4 come up. If this fund was drained for CII' versus land purchase, while recogniz- 5 ing it represented one-time funds and was not considered a steady source of fund - 6 ing, Councilmember Etten expressed concern that the City would find itself in a 7 position unable to finance potential park acquisitions. Furthermore, Coun- 8 cilmember Etten noted that some of the redevelopment or development in Twin 9 Lakes may be through parcel combinations that may not kick -in park dedication 10 fees, and thus not provide that anticipated funding going forward. 11 12 Councilmember Etten expressed his support for the 173 designated for park im- 13 provements and %Z for park acquisition. Councilmember Etten noted that, once 14 the City finalized the Owasso Ballfields' purchase, the fund would already be 15 around that $1 million threshold and any future acquisitions would be affected go - 16 ing forward. Specific to potential acquisitions around Langton Lake as Coun- 17 cilmember McGehee referenced, Councilmember Etten noted that this was ad - 18 dressed both in the Park Master Plan update and Renewal Program with residents 19 in SW Roseville continuing to express interest' in pursuing that, as well as de - 20 mands expressed to do so by those living in that area on several different occa- 21 sions. Councilmember Etten encouraged the City to lock this recommendation up 22 for future and long-term purposes, opining that the money needed for such an ac - 23 quisition at Langton Lake could result in spending down the fund quite quickly. 24 25 Councilmember Laliberte also ;thanked both Finance and Park & Recreation 26 Commissioners for their work on this policy and their recommendations, recog- 27 nizing it was not easy with variable and strong opinions abounding, but express - 28 ing her appreciation for their'' suggestions. Councilmember Laliberte agreed that 29 the community was pretty well-developed causing future funding to be in ques- 30 tion, particularly in the Twin Lakes and Langton Lake area. However, Coun- 31 cilmember Laliberte stated she was keeping an open mind at this point, and even 32 though there remained ongoing needs for improvements that would not all be 33 covered by the Park Renewal Project funding approved by a previous City Coun- 34 cil, it was also necessary to keep in mind what improvements could be made on 35 the south side. 36 37 In relation to specific acquisition in the SW Roseville area around Langton Lake, 38 presuming those acquisitions are undertaken, Mayor Roe asked the Parks & Rec- 39 ' reation Commissioners if their recommendation was to continue with a $1 million 40 balance going forward, or if one done, recommend going with a new minimum 41 for the acquisition allocation of the fund. 42 43 Commissioner Doneen responded that the Park & Recreation Commission's in - 44 tent was to make sure a minimum was allocated for acquisition to keep it built up. 45 While not insistent to the $1 million minimum, Commissioner Doneen advised