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TO: <br />FROM: <br />Mayor and City Council <br />Ron Moorse, City Administrator <br />DATE:January 19, 1996 <br />SUBJECT: Council Update <br />1. <br />2. <br />3. <br />4. <br />5. <br />Saga Hill Park Land. <br />The city has been approved for a $50,000 park land acquisition grant. We are now <br />waiting for the Saga Hill group to complete their fund raising efforts to provide the <br />required matching fimds. <br />Saga Hill Tax Forfeit Parcel. <br />The County has indicated it will not take any action regarding the 9 acre tax forfeit <br />parcel until it hears from the city concerning its efforts related to the acquisition of the <br />additional 11 acres of park land. <br />Old Crystal Bav Road Bike Trail,. <br />The city has been approved for a $50,000 grant for the Old Crystal Bay Road Bike Trail. <br />The major obstacle to moving ahead with the bike trail project is the unwillingness of <br />Hennepin Parks to proceed with the joint effort due to their concern about the impacts <br />of the Highway 12 and County Road 6 interchange on Baker Park. <br />Redevelopment of the Property on the Northeast Comer of the Intersection of Coun ty <br />Ronds 15 and 19 in Navarre,. <br />John O’Sullivan and others have purchased an interest in the former Martin property at <br />the northeast corner of the intersection of County Road 15 and 19 and also in the church <br />property to the north. They are proposing commercial development for both properties. <br />Staff has indicated commercial development on the church property would require <br />rezoning from residential to commercial. They plan to bring forward an application for <br />development of a service station on the Manin property since this does not require a <br />rezoning. <br />Grant Application. <br />The Council may notice on an upcoming listing of bills a payment to SRF in the amount <br />of approximately $4,950 for work on a grant application. This amount is lo be <br />immediately reimbursed to the city by Hennepin County. The grant application is for <br />the Countv 6 and Highway 12 overpass project. Because of rigid budget and spending <br />requirements of the County, the County could not authorize expenditures for the grant <br />application in a timely manner. Therefore. County staff requested the city serve as a <br />middleman so that the work on the application could proceed. City staff agreed, with <br />the condition of prompt reimbursement.