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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes February 7, 2007 The committee discussed the event at Schwan's Super Rink being held on Saturday, February 24,2007 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. This event is FREE to the community. To gain admittance, residents will need to show a license with a Centerville address or come with a resident of Centerville. This information is on the cable channel, the web site and will be on the City Sign. In addition, the first 48 people will receive an Open Skating Coupon Good for One Free Session of Open Skating. Chairperson Seeley & Committee member Jakober will hand them out to residents at the event. Comorehensive Plan Review The Parks & Recreation Committee met on January 17,2007 at a work session to review the Comprehensive Plan as it applies to Parks & Recreation. Staff supplied Vice-Chairperson Seeley with an electronic copy to which updates have been made for the committee's further review. Vice-Chairperson Seeley questioned whether this could be added to the March agenda opposed to February, as the committee currently has a full agenda for February. Vice-Chairperson Seeley also questioned what was the time frame for the committee to work on this, when does their review and subsequent input need to be finished by, and who is it submitted to? Mr. Dallas Larson, City Administrator responded: The March - April time frame would be fine as we will be selecting a planner to work with the Planning & Zoning Commission and that process will take a couple of months to complete. It is expected a planner will be on board around April I, 2007. Feedback from the Parks & Recreation Committee can wait until after that date. Banzai Plat - Trail After a lengthy Public Hearing at the February 6, 2007 Planning & Zoning Meeting, this item was tabled to allow Mr. Hanzal to make possible revisions that would work with a 10' front setback variance opposed to a 20' variance. Available Peltier Preserve Property Lots 4, 5 and SA, Peltier Preserve, which the committee has been looking at for possible park property, has been sold. The City never received an appraisal as requested. Up until recently the property on Anoka County Property Tax Records showed Mr. Ron Lillestrand and Integra Homes as owning the property. When the property was checked 01/29/07 it shows Julie Quale as the owner, with the last sale date being 09/06/06. It is not clear if Ms. Quale was offering to sell the property to the City or if it was Mr. Lillestrand, but the representative Mr. Larson, City Administrator, was discussing this with was Mr. Quale. Mr. Larson talked to Mr. Quale on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 and Mr. Quale said an appraisal would be forthcoming, but probably not before the next scheduled Parks & Recreation Meeting. The property's last sale prices in September were as follows: Lot 4 - $175,000, Lot 5 - $195,000 and Lot 5a - no price. The property is apparently still for sale. Peltier Preserve Channel Park Property This property, as of 01/29/07, shows the owner as Integra Homes. Integra Homes has not been willing to work with the City to deed the channel park property to the City as originally intended. This item is with the City Attorney to determine if the City has any recourse. Tracie McBride Memorial Park & Acorn Creek Park Renovations Committee Member Harris has met with some of the residents neighboring the park to look at various ideas as to what the community would like to see in this park. One idea that was suggested was a type of sand play area. The committee discussed how sand can be a problem with sanitation issues. Committee Member Harris asked what part of the fence surrounding the pump house can come down, if any? Mr. Palzer said the entire fence can come down as just the building will stay and if the committee wants to think about a water fountain, water is easily accessible with the pump house located on the property. Mr. Palzer also stated the pump house needed to be upgraded and the committee could think about colors to match the play structure. The cost of the upgrade would come from the water 70f8