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restrictions. He spoke about the decline of the Herons beginning a decade ago and the slow regrowth of the colony over the past few years. Mr. LeBlanc shared his concerns about the decline and slow regrowth of the aquatic plants over the past 14 years and provided information for review. Consensus of the Committee was to place the item on their next agenda for additional discussion. IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES A request was made to amend the meeting minutes as follows: Under Roll Call, Vice - Chairperson Grahek was listed as present, when he was absent. Under Committee Business: • #3 - Centennial Soccer League, delete the last sentence and replace with "There was discussion of not utilizing the irrigation system to relieve the water issues during time of high rain volume" • #6 — Prioritize Park Improvement Projects, change wording under #7 from "Indian" to "Native American Burial" & also the same for #2 under addition of research projects. Under Updates: • #2 — Citizen Articles, the entire paragraph should be reworded as follows: There were two articles of interest in the local Citizen newspaper: 1. The first was about the author involved with the 5K/8K run. Chairperson Branch submitted this information to the Citizen and will also submit a press release to other newspapers. 2. The second was about the hole in the ground discovered at Hidden Spring Park and speculated on its original purpose as it was brick line, so possibly for ice storage. Four of these have been found in Centerville. • #3 — Festival of Lakes, replace "city" in the second line with "Rice Creek Regional Park ", correct spelling of Susan to Suzanne, add duties for Kevin Waeghe to lead 5K runners & will be 5K marshal at the 5K turnaround and add Mark Haiden & his duties to man water station 2 and awards program announcer; #4 — Damages in LaMotte Park — delete verbiage in its entirety. • On -Going Items — Change from "None" to "Research Projects" (Park Benches) Motion was made by Committee Member Branch seconded by Committee Member Haiden to approve the minutes of the July 10, 2013 meeting as amended All in favor. Motion carried. Committee Member Grahek abstained. V. COMMITTEE BUSINESS 1. Use of Laurie LaMotte Park Motion was made by Committee Member Branch, seconded by Committee Member Seeley to recommend to the City Council to approve the permit application submitted by Ms. Stephanie Gavin for use of LaMotte Park on August 18, 2013 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. Page 2 of 5