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Parks,Trails&Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes March 18,2014 Page 4 For the Town Center area, the layout shows an offstreet parking area, a couple tennis courts, a full basketball court, a picnic shelter,play structures, and a splash pad, which would require close to 4 acres. The last area is up in the Creek Neighborhood and staff has included onstreet parking, a play structure, a combination youth ballfield and soccer field, a half basketball court, and a picnic shelter, which would require 3.4 acres. Public Works Director Maurer concluded that the Planning Group did a good job laying out the fields, but did not provide enough space to build the fields to the right size and when everything is laid out, approximately twice the area of what they accommodated for would be needed. This is largely due to the 9 acres it would take to build a freestanding softball/hockey rink complex located off a major road which would eliminate the issue of traffic in the neighborhoods. Mr. Maurer indicated the intent was to present this to the committee this evening to get feedback and see if there is any other additional information they would like or any additional research they would like staff to do before the next meeting. Staff will be looking for some kind of recommendation at the April PTRC meeting which can then be brought forth to Council and then back to the development team for some modifications. Then at some point the revised/final plans will come back to Council. Council Liaison McClung stated that what Council is looking for from the PTRC is whether this is going in the right direction or does something need to be added. He indicated this meeting and the next meeting are very significant as a lot of what the committee recommends is going to be the future for how the parks and trails look in TCAAP. Co-Chair Van Valkenberg asked if Mr. Scott would be willing to have a meeting for those interested in having a subcommittee. This would then allow them to have an additional discussion before the regular PTRC meeting in April. The committee decided to have a meeting on Tuesday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m. for those interested in attending. Discussion ensued on amenities for the area. C. Other New Business None. 5. REPORTS A. City Council Report Council Liaison McClung mentioned that Council approved an amendment to the PUD for Lexington Station. He indicated there will be a Starbucks and a Noodles & Company, and they are looking for a 3rd and possibly a 4th restaurant to go in there as well. Mr. McClung informed that the Goodwill proposal for County Road E and Lexington was denied by the Council.