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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR 1s4EETING
PARK BOARD
Village of Golden Valley
July - 1956
On July 17, 1956 the Golden Valley Park Board met in regular
session in the village hall. Present were Stockman, Gustafson
and Ostroot.
h{inutes of the previous meeting were read and approved.
It was noted that the village council invited the members of
the Park Poard to attend. the regular council meeting on July
Second and present our needs. The full board attended and a
very responsive council agreed to:
1. Assist in the solution of our immediate problem
of getting necessary work done by hiring a man
on the regular crew to do this work and expedite
any grading and extra work by supplementing his
time with the other men on the crew.
2.Help in any way they can with long-range matters
of planning, land -acquisition and park development.
They referred to the offer of Mr. Doell of the
Minneapolis Park Board to be of service to us in
this capacity. An appointment has been made to
secure this cooperation and get the surveys and
recommendations as soon as possible.
SRA requested use of Lions Park for this years annual district
archery and horseshoe tournaments to be held in August. P,:SC
permission be granted. SRA so advised.
LIONS PARK - Swing set has been installed and is getting heavy
use. Back -stop has been installed, infield sodded and completed
except for baselines and the outfield and the balance of these
grgdin; contract has been completed. Our engineering department
and the contractor, Xilcox, deserve credit for a fine job.
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PAPOOSE PARK - Grading has been completed, the infield sodded
and the additional sod contracted will he laid this week.
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SCHEID PARK - The swing set has been delivered and will be
installed when grading is completed in the next week or two.��
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Golden Valley Baptist Church sent a representative to the village
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hall to request fine grading, top soil to be hauled in and seeding
of their property where fill fnr Lions Park was removed, in terms
of our agreement. Our agreement provided only that we surface
the propertIr with dirt equal to top soil removed which has been
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done and that we resurvey the lot. The latter has been orderd.
Golden Valley kions Club sent representative to request use of
Lions Park as Babe Ruth League Home Park for 1957. We agreed to
work with them, modified use of board fences and signs being
substituted for the season.
Next regular meetinLr on Ausrust F. 19KO_ TTPP+.ina arliniirna