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RnNUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO CITY^ COIWCIL <br />IMEETING HELD ON JUNE 24, 1996 <br />(#16 - Saga Hill Land Acquisition - Continued) <br />Callahan asked Flint for his opinion of paying the appraisal fee of $1,500 from Park <br />Dedication fund Flint was inforn>ed that the Minnesota Land Trust was requiring <br />conservation easements and the Council w as not in favor of any easements Flint said he <br />could not see spending public money if no agreement was reached on the land usage <br />Moorse said the appraisal has already been done as a grant procedure. The Saga Hill <br />group were initially going to pay for it but have used their contribution for the property <br />purchase They requested the City pay for the appraisal <br />Hurr moved, Goetten seconded, to approve the payment of $ 1,500 for the appraisal of <br />the Saga Hill park land parcel from the Park Dedication Fund professional services <br />budget. Vote; Ayes 4, Nays 0 <br />Hurr asked Moorse to receive such information as this before the packet is sent out. This <br />would allow more time for the material to be reviewed <br />Jabbour asked Moorse to check with the DNR grant restrictions and see if any additional <br />restrictions were required <br />Leone said there may be the possibility of choosing either the DNR restriction or the <br />conservation easement Leone said she would hate to see the property lost after all the <br />time and energy spent by so many people <br />Hurr said a compromise may be possible between the City and the Minnesota Land Trust. <br />(#17) LOC/kL PERFORMANCE AID CERTIFICATION <br />Moorse reported that a portion of the City 's HACA aid is being taken by the State and <br />placed in an Local Performance Aid Program To regain tins allotment, performance <br />standards are necessary Moorse said the City is at the point of certifying the beginning <br />process of determining those standards. <br />Callahan questioned the amount of time allowed to complete tiie standards and a concern <br />over exceeding the amount of the aid. I lun inquired about City service and response <br />times. Moorse said he has begun working on the performance measurements in order to <br />ensure good service to the residents and did not believe the cost in determining the <br />standards would exceed the aid amount. <br />Hurr asked if the measurements being developed were part of a joint effort amongst city <br />administrators and whether they were requested by Council. Moorse replied this is an <br />area on which the lake area administrators are working, and this eftbrt has not been <br />requested by the Council.