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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes March 7, 2007 v. COMMITTEE BUSINESS Reauest from Centennial Soccer Club for Use of Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park Soccer Fields for the 2007 Season The Centennial Soccer Club has requested the use of the fields at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park in a letter dated January 3,2007. There are two parts to the request: 1. Requesting two fields, 25 x 40 yard open spaces, located east of the parking lot and bound by the bike path, for the U2 - U8 age group, for games only. This request is for Monday _ Friday from 4 p.m. to dusk, April 28 through June 30, 2007. The Centennial Soccer Club will set up goals and manage a reservation system to assign teams to specific dates and times for games. 2. Requesting one field, 70 x 60 yard open space, located south of the skate park, for the Ull - U12 age group, for practice only. This request is for Monday - Friday 3:00 p.m. to dusk, Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to dusk, April 1 through October 29, 2007. The Centennial Soccer Club will set up goals and manage a reservation system to assign teams to specific dates and times for practices. Council Member Lee mentioned that when the football season starts in August there will be no place for the local youth teams to practice if all the fields are committed to the Centennial Soccer Club every day of the week from April through October. The committee's concern with this was that the football association has not asked for time or fields and the Soccer Club has. It was suggested the football representatives be made aware they should be requesting time. In discussing this request however, some of the committee members felt the fields should have some time left open for the public's use for such activities as softball, Frisbee and football. Overall, the committee felt a compromise would be to reduce the days in request #2. Motion was made by Vice-Chairperson Amundsen, seconded by Committee Member Selander to recommend to City Council approving the Centennial Soccer Club's request for dedicated use of the soccer fields at Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park as stated above in request #1, but recommend amending the request in request #2 to the following days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday with the hours as requested. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. Comorehensive Plan Review The committee held a work session on January 17, 2007 to discuss the Comprehensive Plan and how it applies to parks & trails within Centerville. Chairperson Seeley updated the 1997 Comp Plan with the input from the meeting and supplied the committee with the copies included in the packet. The two Word documents are working copies; the yellow higWighted areas are the changes at this point. The committee requested Council Member Lee and City Administrator Larson review these documents and give the committee feedback. The committee was not sure that this is the type of information being requested from them as it seems rather vague and there are programs listed that the committee does not know what they are or if they are still in existence such as; the National Urban Runoff Program. This item was tabled pending input from Council Member Lee and City Administrator Larson. 20f6