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50 August 22 Council meeting to have preliminary information of needs and priorities. The 51 Work Group is also looking to schedule a field trip in the near future to visit Roseville 52 parks and look into the invasive species present. 53 o Jason Etten talked about the level of community input on the preservation and 54 improvements proposal. 55 o 45 people attended the July 28 Community Meeting to review, discuss and 56 comment on the current proposal. Hundreds of people have taken part in the 57 Discover Your Parks Constellation Tour and have had an opportunity to talk 58 first hand with staff, commissioners and community volunteers on the Master 59 Plan and the proposal to preserve and improve the parks and recreation 60 system. 61 o Erin Azer recommended holding planning meeting specifically for the Southwest Sector 62 sighting the need for residents to voice their ideas and have a real discussion from 63 residents from across the sector as to the best way of addressing the need for park 64 amenities in the area. 65 o Lee Diedrick agreed with Erin and added that she felt the Southwest Sector needed more 66 directed time to discuss options for this area. 67 o Lonnie Brokke added that there will definitely be community meetings for all projects 68 and acquisitions once there is a more concrete direction. 69 o Azer also added that sometimes you need to be creative and suggested the SW residents 70 be creative as well as community planners and community volunteers. Azer also 71 suggested that the plan look at starting with trail additions in SW Roseville in an effort to 72 begin to balance some of the discrepancies in park amenities. 73 o Doneen asked that the park-school concept be considered in the first phase rather than 74 waiting until step 2. He also recommended spending time with the school district on 75 discussing opportunities at Fairview and Parkview. 76 o Mary Holt suggested looking into partnering with the schools on a program like "pennies 77 for parks"that might help financially support the school-park concept at Fairview and 78 Parkview. 79 o Diedrick reminded everyone that the community sees the replacement of the boardwalk at 80 HANC as a priority. 81 o Gale Pederson commented on the fact that none of the y rou s at the Jul 28th meeting had g p g 82 any suggestions for items that should not be included on the proposal or that any of the 83 projects should be considered at a lower priority. 84 o Doneen cautioned that we need to think about how we maintain new additions to the 85 parks and recreation system and asked that all involved make sure there is a long-term 86 vision on how we will maintain the parks and recreation system. That vision for future 87 maintenance needs to be shared with and discussed with the Council. 88 o Etten asked that the phase one proposal include concept planning for a community center. 89 o Pederson suggested beginning the community center planning with a review of previous 90 community center planning processes and recommendations. 91 92 Commission Recommendation: 93 Motion by Pederson: Based on extensive community input and community planning the 94 Parks & Recreation Commission recommends the City Council approve the framework for 95 phase one of the Master Plan implementation including, the method, approach and dollar Page 2 of 4