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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes October 4, 2006 Committee Member Seeley requested the following sentence on the top of page 3 be changed to reflect a rain garden type of drainage opposed to a rain garden. The committee discussed whether or not a water fountain could be installed using some type of rain garden for the water runoff Committee Member Seeley also asked to clarify the paragraph on page 3 regarding the CommUnity Impact Grants from Home Depot in that the response in the minutes were from the City Attorney and it was never the Parks & Recreation Committee's intention to involve the Centennial School District. Motion was made by Committee Member Merkel, seconded by Committee Member Seeley, to approve the September 6, 2006 Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes with the above corrections. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. VI. COMMITTEE BUSINESS Oath of Office - New Parks & Recreation Committee Members Chairperson Peil administered the Oath of Office to both the new committee members; Mr. Kevin Selander and Ms. Carrie Jakober and welcomed them to the committee. Tracie McBride Memorial Park Renovations The committee received a letter from Mr. Josh Nelson who is 10 years old and lives near Tracie McBride Memorial Park. Mr. Nelson's letter requested renovations for the park that would include moving the sandboxes over towards Brian Drive making room for a baseball or football field. Ms. Stephan also received suggestions from a teenage resident requesting the City consider football fields at either Tracie McBride Memorial Park or Acorn Creek or both. It was said that on any given fall night there are football games being played by the neighborhood kids at both parks and even a small football field would be great. Chairperson Peil did not bring in the playground equipment catalogs, but will do so at the next meeting. Chairperson Peil will also meet with Mr. Paul Palzer before the next committee meeting to determine exactly what needs to be removed from Tracie McBride Memorial Park and when it can be done. The committee discussed having a full court basketball court at Tracie McBride Memorial Park and the advantages and disadvantages to having lights. Having lights may disturb the neighboring residents, but Committee Member Seeley stated that without lights it would really limit the playing time during the school year. The lights would not have to be very high for this purpose and they could be on a timer to shut off at say 9:00 nightly. The committee discussed having a football field either at Tracie McBride Memorial Park or Acorn Creek Park. Acorn Creek has a lot of unutilized open space and the committee would like to consider not only a football field at this park, but a parking lot as well. There is currently no parking. Consideration of Shelter at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park The committee questioned if the City were to build a picnic shelter at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park and wanted to install a water fountain, could it be done without installing sewer by having the water run off into a rain garden type drainage area? Mr. Palzer, Building Official, said state code does allow for this and it could be done. 20f5