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Park and Recreation Committee June 14th, 1988 Meeting Minutes Present: Carol Pelton Cindy Paschke Steve Appel Carol Fritchie, Council Liaison Steve Dixon Members of the Audience: Gerald Rehbein, Developer Orville Hughes, Public Works Director The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. Steve Appel made the motion to accept the minutes, seconded by Steve Dixon, unanimously accepted. Park and Recreation Committee reviewed the City Council minutes, and request that they be given a site plan for Peterson's Old Homestead Addition, lot 4, to enable them to specifically site the replacement trees. P & R recommends that the City Council make a decision on the water tank, and that the P & R Committee would be willing to go up to $500 toward the purchase of a water tank. P & R also recommends that when there is an appropriate quorem that Central Park be rezoned. The warming house donated by Ro -So was discussed, and P & R requests that they get a receipt from them. Gerald Rehbein, Developer of Rehbein Estates, stated that he would prefer to give money for the park dedication fee rather than land for his development south of Main Street. Steve Appel made a motion to recommend to the City Council regarding Rehbein Estates south of Main Street, that they request the outlot and Lake Aire's property directly south adjoining the outlet, to be purchased by the developer, to make up the park dedication fee of 10 %. The land would need to have road access, and brought to an acceptable grade with top soil. Motion seconded by Steve Dixon, unanimously accepted. P & R stated that in the future, the land under the power line could be obtained for future trailways to connect the City's parks. Steve Dixon made a motion to purchase for $ 40 an eight foot picnic table from Orville Hughes to be secured at the Royal Meadows Park with the condition that if the table starts to be destroyed, it will be moved to City Hall, seconded by Steve Appel, unanimously accepted. P & R discussed the condition of the old hockey rink, and it was decided that it would be left as is until the soil conditions permit the Public Works Director to brace it. P & R unanimously decided that a memo will be sent out to the Fire Commission requesting that they consider letting P & R use their water facilities for the '88 -'89 season in the event that the new facilities could not be complete in time.