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Item #01- Special Council Meeting - 01106114 File #13-3638 & 13-3639 [Total Pages 99] Mike Gaffron From; Brenda Johnson [brenda@umn.edu] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2013 1:43 PM To: Mike Gaffron Subject: Re: History of Lakeview land use Thank you Mike. It is helpful. Stay warm. Brenda Johnson On Fri, Dee 6, 2013 at 12:21 PM, Mike Gaffron <MGaffron ci.orono.mn.us> wrote: Brenda — We don't have much of what you are looking for. Our earliest permit records for the Lakeview site only go back to 1962, after the golf course was already in operation. We rarely find any permits in city files dating before 1960. Our records of prior owners (annual Hennepin County tax books) only go back to 1974. There are no land use maps before the 1970's, so you would probably have to rely on old airphotos and other record sources. We have access to just a few old plat maps that show land ownership from the 1800s. An 1873 map indicates parts of the site were owned by a "T. Cole" and a "Geo. Hunter". An 1890s map shows "J. Halgren", "C.C. Peterson", and "F.A. Harmon" as owners of various parcels that today make up the Lakeview property. We have no information on any of these persons. A title search or getting a copy of the property abstract might be needed to accurately identify the history of ownership. I don't have any idea whether the city of Medina has any old records on this area. You would have to ask them. I think your best sources for more info would be the West Hennepin County Pioneer Association Museum in Long Lake 952- 473-6557) and the Westonka Historical Society (952-472-9800). Seven Nations Park was donated by Pat Dickey when the 80 -acre farm property was subdivided. I don't know whether the Dickey family is still in this area. That donation was in the early 1990s. The only info I can get my hands on immediately is the attached excerpt from the 1997 Parks inventory. There may be Council or Park Commission memos and meeting minutes on how this park came about, but someone would have to do a bit of research here to find them, and I don't have that kind of time available... Hope this is helpful.