[Mpls] 12/06 LINDEN HILLS MTG - Lake Calhoun Southshore Sailing Development Summary

[Carl Holmquist]

Thought would follow-up my post from last week in  regards to the Park Board  discusstions at the Linden Hills  Community meeting.  Brief summary NOT official minutes of the  meeting last night from the discussion.  These are only my notes  from the meeting with a link and text from Linden Hills website is  included below my comments.  Their was probably about 50 people  who atttended this meeting:

  1.  Park Board members stressed that there is no immediate plans  for this project and no official project proposal has been submitted to  the Park Board Planning Committee.  There has been some  discussions with Park Board staff.  The ultimate focus of the park  board members during this meeting was an overall plan for Lake Calhoun  and how they can better communicate with the neighborhood organizations.

  2.  Calhoun Yacht Club does not yet have a specific plan and are  only conceptualizing at this point with conceptual drawings from my  understanding.   Calhoun Yacht Club is discussing with an  architect who was at the meeting and may provide drawings on their web  site, http://www.lakecalhoun.org/.  No specifics for the project  or drawings were discussed or shown during this meeting.  (See  Comments Below)

  3.  The next step in this process is that Calhoun Yacht Club to  present their plan to the community.   This needs to happen before  it formally goes to the Park Board Planning meeting per my  understanding of the Park Board process discussed by board members  during the meeting.  No specifics were provided but I did discuss  with their architect and Calhoun Yacht Club members that this is an  important next step. (See Comments Below)
  
  Below is text from the Linden Hills Neighborhood Web Site in regards to  this next step posted on December 10th:  http://www.lindenhills.org/calhoundevel.htm:
                                      December 10, 2005:  According to Mike Elson,                   President of the Lake Calhoun Sailing School Board,  the                   School presented a proposal to the Park Board Planning Committee                   nearly two years ago.  They now believe they need to "start                   over again" by approaching the neighborhoods along with                   presenting to the Park Board Planning Committee now that                   elections are over.  Mike stated the school is working on                   posting the proposed plan on their website, but that will most                   likely not be done until "after the first of the year".                   
                                     
                                    Laurie Foster, LHiNC Co-Chair, is currently working on                   coordinating a meeting with the Lake Calhoun Sailing School and                   Park Board Planner in                   February to discuss the proposal with LHiNC residents.                    Please look to this website for information regarding that                   meeting.
                       We, as a community, all need to encourage dialog on this project to  come up with the best interest of all parties and this beautiful Lake  Calhoun legacy that has been left to us as a community.  Let's  work together in an open and transparent process to come open with the  best solution.
  
  Carl Holmquist
  CARAG