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The Parks and Recreation Commission strongly recommended referencing in the zoning code's Statement of Purpose, the Parks and Recreation Commission's advisory role to the Council in matters directly related to Parks and Recreation design standards, as well as, recognizing that the Parks and Recreation Master Plan act as the standard controlling Parks and Recreation uses ■ History of Parks and Recreation has been one of high standards and heavy community involvement • Commission also recommended that section 1007.03 Design Standards include a statement reflecting "subject for review by Parks and Recreation Commission" • Commission Chair Stark summarized the Commission's discussion by suggesting that the zoning document may need significant changes to reflect relaxed design standards necessary for the flexibility needed in our parks • Pederson voiced her concern that too much authority has been placed with the Zoning Administrator in this version and not enough responsibility is placed on the Parks and Recreation Commission ■ D. Holt questioned why parks recommendations need to go through zoning if they are not specific to building or development • Commission agrees; • The spirit of the document can be consistent with other sections of the Zoning Code but the direct connection and direction needs to be provided by the adopted Master Plan, they also see the need to spell out the fact that the Parks and Recreation Commission needs to be part of all review processes for zoning discussions in our parks • They were concerned about the duplication of effort presented by the proposed Zoning Code The Design Standard detail needs to be adjusted and must be under the direction and responsibility of the Parks and Recreation Commission 4. MASTER PLAN FINAL Michael Schroeder from LHB was present to review the most recent updates to the Master Plan and provide an overview of the final document. In summary, Schroeder recognized; • asset management strategies recommended by Jody Yungers from Ramsey County as a future need • an added abbreviated list of partnerships • completed plan components in the appendices missing from earlier drafts • references to the department annual report • corrections to an interest reporting error made by the finance department • inclusion of a short reference list • document reorganization based on earlier Commission comment Commission Recommendation: Motion by Pederson to recommend the Roseville City Council adopt the Parks and Recreation Master Plan. Second by Etten. Motion passed unanimously. 5. MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION DISCUSSION CONTINUED Brokke, Anfang and Etten led the discussion based on the Implementation Structure materials provided in the Commission packet. • Commissioner Ristow suggested that he sees two stages for funding, one for maintenance and park improvements and a second for a community center. Ristow feels a referendum should be paid for with local sales tax revenues • Commissioner Stark suggested looking to the process used by the recent legacy sales tax efforts as a model for success • Commissioner Azer referenced the buzz generated by the renovation and expansion of the library and the event reopening the library became