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Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes April 15, 2014 Page 2 . Mr. Maurer mentioned that these st recommendations will be introduced to Council at the April 21 work session and asked that the PTRC members attend the meeting to support the recommendations. pointed out that some of the parks indicate portable bathrooms and others do not indicate anything. Ms. Olson indicated she will remove that item as it was a typo. Bathrooms are intended to only be mentioned if they proposed to be indoor as the outdoor bathroom is a detail not needed at this point. Public Works Director Maurer indicated that staff is recommending that the fields be irrigated so there will be water there. Committee Member suggested the proposal list a full basketball court with lights at the athletic complex. Ms. Olson stated that at this point they should not be concerned with location but merely that a full basketball court is included in the proposal. Committee Member Scott indicated he was asked to present some additional information regarding aeronautics and provided the PTRC with an informational packet. He pointed out that some urban schools have to drive quite a long ways out to rural areas in order to engage in this activity. He, personally, would like to see two separate sites on the TCAAP property, each approximately 1 ¼ acre, that could be used for flying model airplanes. Discussion ensued regarding the two sites and whether this be included in the recommendation to Council. Council Liaison McClung indicated since the development area is not that large, the amenities that are put in there have to be multi-purpose and he cannot support this and feels it would be difficult finding support if the proposal is dedicating an acre or two for aviation alone. Public Works Director Maurer also stated he did not think this a good idea, but stated this might be brought back to Council when the park is built to see if this is an appropriate use for that space. He indicated he could change the bullet point under Other Items Discussed to say up to 2.5 acres or two 1.25 acre areas of multi-use open space for flying model airplanes so that Council is aware this was discussed. Ms. Holmes questioned whether there should be a play structure on the athletic field. Ms. Olson indicated a play structure should have been listed and will add it. Ms. Holmes also questioned why a splash pad was listed since at the last discussion it was determined to be too expensive. Ms. Olson indicated at the last subcommittee meeting there was more of a consensus to have a splash pad or some sort of water feature. She indicated she could make it more generic since the subcommittee was not sold on, specifically, a splash pad. Mr. Maurer indicated that he feels, since this is the town center, it needs something to draw people. He indicated staff could make a note that there was discussion of the initial cost and the cost of the ongoing maintenance. Council Liaison McClung indicated that staff point out the positives and the negatives that will need to be addressed should it be decided this is an amenity they would like to see within the park space. Ms. Holmes asked why the recommendation states that pocket parks should be private parks managed and maintained by the neighborhood associations. Mr. Maurer recapped that the Master Plan shows what they are calling tot lots/pocket parks in a couple locations and that staff is saying but the association will need to maintain them, but one the City is fine with that as well. Ms. Holmes expressed that she feels the tot