LAKE NOKOMIS RESTAURANT DECISION NOT UNANIMOUS

The following is a reader’s comment posted on-line regarding the Strib article about the Lake Nokomis CAC’s decision for a new food vendor at Lake Nokomis.

LAKE NOKOMIS RESTAURANT DECISION NOT UNANIMOUS

The decision for a really cool and gentrified concession eatery was NOT unanymous.~~~~~ A number of questions in the financial realm still remain. ~~~~ These will need to be considered by the full park board before the final decision is made…including the future RISK Factors to the taxpayer and park user. —————~~~~~ A recommendation was made to have the first year vendor’s ‘rent’ to the park board of ___ $144,000 ___ be used by the park board for landscape improvements around the new rennovated concession facility.~~~~ That’s a taxpayer —NOT a vendor—investment of _____$144,000___ that’s **AT RISK** if this venture does NOT fulfill expectations. ~~~~~~that $144,000 could be used for kids programming and other VITAL park services ~~~~ It’s not like the park board has alot of financial ‘infallibility’ in the past —-what with a number of its public private partnerships havinge shown major problems eding in a loss or bail out.~~~~~~ Hopefully it will work out. If not, guess who pays. ? Anyone notice— this comes from a standard park board press release…without any attribution or followup ?