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~ . PaIks " R.eoreation Committee 07-08-02 Meeting Minutes The location of a new building would be better suited for selling concessions. Chairperson DeVme also reported the Centerville Lions need a place they can meet and use at their discretion, as there is currently no place for them to meet in Centerville. If this building is to be built by the Lions, in co~ction with Parks & Recreation, the Lions would like to have first rights to use it. Council Member Broussard-Vickers said that is not possible. If a new concession building were to be buih it would not belong to the Lions, but to the city. It would be a city building on public land and the Lions would have no guarantee that they had first ~ to the building. The Lions would' have the same access to the building as the rest of the public would. Discussion was then held as to why the City of Centerville no longer wants to accept the charitable gambling funds. Council Member Broussard-Vickers said because 'free' money is typically attached With exactly. the type of controversy that we are dealing with right now. Once the money is handed to the city it is the city's money to do with whatever they want, a group cannot donate money to the city with any stipulations as to what it will be used for. What was previOusly set up was intent and that was with another group, you now have a new group and that is our problem, because that money may not be available for the concession building. It also puts the city in the position of having to police the money and how it is spent, so it is better for the city if we were not the recipient. Council Member Broussard-Vickers also . reminded the committee that any decision the council makes today cannot bind a future council, so it doesn't matter what is promised to a group or how the council may say the money is be used in the future. She also stated if Parks and Recreation was to go to council right now and ask: for the money to be transferred so that it could be used at a future time for a new concession building, her feeling. was that it would be voted down Council Member Broussard-Vickers suggested getting together with the Centerville Lions in a workshop session to put the plans, specs, dollar amounts and the reasoning behind building a new concession stand together and then present it to council. There was some discussion as to what else these funds could be used for, such as could the Peltier Lake Association request it to purchase a $38, 000 weed cutter for Peltier Lake, or could the funds be used to blacktop the parking lot at Laurie LaMotte or renovate the current warming house. It was mentioned again that the Dead Broke Saddle Club and the Spring Lake Park Lions can be approached for these projects also. Ms. Stephan will determine what needs to be done to request money from th~ organi7.ations. Committee Member Peterson expressed concern that a new building would only be used for concessions at little league games that are approximately 42 days, of the year, and from a maintenance point of view putting another building in the middle of the field does not make any sense. It does not have water, sewer or road access. The current warming house does. Council Member Broussard-Vickers questioned whether 'the charitable gambling funds were still coming to the city from the Spring Lake Park Lions as it was previously stated that these funds would continue to come to the City of Centerville until the new fund was in place. Ms. Stephan reported no money has come into the city from the Spring Lake Park Lions since the council determined they no longer wanted to accept these monies several months ago. Chairperson DeVme said money should be coming to the city from the Spring Lake Park Lions soon and Committee Member Pei1 was working on the details. 6of7