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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes January 3, 2007 Bald Eae:le Water Ski Club Potential Use of 1601 LaMotte Drive Mr. Mark Spitzmueller and Mr. Dean Havel from the Bald Eagle Water Ski Club asked if they could address the committee on potentially using the park at 1601 LaMotte Drive as a viewing and staging area for the water ski club's practices and shows on Centerville Lake. They have been skiing on Centerville Lake for 20 years, using the site in front of Water Works. They have been notified by the owner, Mr. Rich Defoe that they will probably not be able to continue at that location as CSAH 14 is widened and the Water Works property is developed. The club would like to stay on Centerville Lake and thought the new park property at 1601 LaMotte Drive might be a possible location for them. The club practices once a week and has a show each Thursday which draws approximately a 1,000 people throughout the season. They have done shows for Fete des Lacs and have offered learn to ski clinics. Vice-Chairperson Seeley asked what would be required from the City, what interaction would be needed from the committee and is a dock required. Mr. Spitzmueller replied the shoreline would be required for viewing and staging of the equipment. The Bald Eagle Ski Club would supply the dock. The club is now a 501 C3 nonprofit organization and is looking for sponsorship, potentially to help with the costs of a new dock and platform. A permanent dock would ideally be what they would like. The committee had concerns about who would be on the dock(s) when not in use by the club and potential liability to the City. The club had the same issue at the Water Works sight and had the City of Centerville additionally insured, on their liability policy, as well as the landowner and Anoka County. Committee Member Selander asked Mr. Spitzmueller if the club was aware of how shallow the lake is at this location. Mr. Spitzmueller replied no, they have not done a thorough analysis of the area yet as they first wanted to determine if it was even a possibility to use this location. Vice-Chairperson Seeley suggested a topographical map be viewed as it extremely shallow for a long distance from the shore. Mr. Havel stated it was only about 3' in front of Water Works. Mr. Havel also stated there are approximately 20 skiers, 40 members total, which would be more than willing to help with any volunteer efforts which needed at the park. The committee discussed that this park is being developed as an adult park with an environmental theme and does a ski show and docks fit in with the vision the committee has for this park. The committee is also concerned about the erosion affects of additional waves from the boats to a shoreline that already has serious erosion problems. While the committee would like to see the Bald Eagle Ski Club stay in Centerville, as it is a great summer event for the community, they do not think it will work in this location. It was suggested the Bald Eagle Ski Club first see if the water depths would work for what they are proposing and it was questioned whether they could operate from the Anoka County Regional Park. This item was tabled pending further information. IV. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES December 6. 2006 Parks and Recreation Committee Meetine: Minutes Committee Member Merkel requested the following corrections be made: On page 2 of 10, paragraph 2, change the word request to requested. On page 5 of 10, paragraph 3, change the word broke to broken. On page 6 of 10, paragraph 1, remove the 'The' before Mr. Larson. The last sentence of paragraph 3, page 6 of 10, should end with a '.' not a '1'. 20f6