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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,June 17, 2013 Page 10 borhood requests, building size was also a consideration. However, Mr. Schroed- er noted that residents reminded them frequently that there was no other meeting place in this neighborhood, and they felt much removed from the rest of Rose- ville; and the intent was to make an attempt to at least connect them within their neighborhood. In an attempt to fund the parking lot relocation, Councilmember McGehee ques- tioned if the Oasis Park pavilion would be sufficient for a meeting area for this neighborhood as well. Mr. Schroeder advised that this would be reviewed; and in the long run, planning would be done to narrow spaces as much as possible to accommodate the budget and programming needs. Mayor Roe spoke in support of cost savings wherever possible. Councilmember Laliberte noted that the previous presentation for other parks had included half walls and other landscaping amenities that provided seating options; and questions if that was included with these parks beyond the decking shown in the preliminary plans. Mr. Schroeder advised that some things would be more like benches, with the pa- tio areas needing furnishing, equipment and fixtures as part of each building in each park. Southwest Roseville Mr. Schroeder provided several conceptual areas that would be appropriate to in- sert a park in this area of Roseville. Mr. Schroeder reminded everyone that they were very preliminary suggestions, since it would require property acquisition; and noted that this was one neighborhood less interested in a typical park versus preferring passive parks (e.g. HANC West) for walking and gathering spaces, or pocket parks with linkages to other areas. At the request of Councilmember Willmus, Mr. Schroeder advised that the neigh- borhood was provided an opportunity to look at concept locations in southwest Roseville, and were told that a follow-up meeting(s) would be held with them once a particular site was more defined. Mr. Schroeder opined that it was a fair reflection of their input that they were amenable to any and all of the concept lo- cations. As a resident of SW Roseville, Councilmember McGehee stated that, if it ended up with several pocket parks, it was vitally important to provide a safe trail to ac- cess them, since there were a lot of busy streets in this area of the community (e.g. Snelling Avenue, County Road B, and Cleveland Avenue as some examples), es- pecially during peak hours. In some of those areas, Councilmember McGehee