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MINUTES PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING April 8, 1991, 7:00 p.m. Members Present: Linda McLoon, Carol Huso, Steve Schugel, Deborah Weiland, Jyneen Thatcher, Mike Farrell, Dave Wickhem, Lloyd Jacobson, Carol Kriegler, Parks Director, Sam Jacobs, Council Liason, Neil Weber, Architect, Scott Midness, Landscape Architect Members Absent: Jeff Johnson 1. Site Plan Scott presented the park plan. The park shelter and the hard court are along the pond edge. He added park benches in various locations. He tried to incorporate as many of the ideas from the neighborhood meeting as he could. There will be a fence only the south edge, 6 feet, with gates, and a 10 foot fence by the hard court. There will be evergreens in the southwest and northwest corners of the free space. The whole building and walkway area will be raised 1 foot to be above the high water mark. Scott went over the costs, which total 573,710 for park improvements and 512,700 for utilities to the park building. Scott recommended agrinder/tank to be installed to grind up solid waste and send it to the storm sewer, so we would not have to depend on gravity. This would mean the toilets would cost 56,000. • 2. Building Plan Neil showed his building design. The toilets are on the pond side of the building, with a 14 x 24 foot open space. The door would be in the middle of the south and north faces, with windows in the southeast and northeast corners. One window on each side opens like a door. There will be a 14 foot overhang with room for 3 picnic tables. The building would be made of gray rock face block with gray wood. The sill blocks would be of block. The exterior lighting is a vandal-proof type of lighting that is flush with the building. The inner ceiling is flat, with the trusses covered. He indicated that the bathrooms need to meet the upcoming state law about handicapped accessibility. He also wants to keep the drinking fountain off the building. This also helps keep people away from the building. The unanimous decision of the commission was to have bathrooms in the building. We would cut cost elsewhere. We all liked the building plan as drawn. Neil indicated that he needs soil boring information. 3. Park Plan, revisited Scott indicated that the chain link fence is not vinyl coated, as originally wanted by the commission. After a lengthy discussion, we pulled the playground equipment, the grill and the handicapped sign out of the bid requests, for the city to do ourselves. The changed the fountain, the trash receptacles and most of the landscaping to add-alternates for the bid. We can save money by doing some of this ordering ourselves at tax-free rates. Sam still feels with the rusty fencing the drainage pond looks like an ugly hole. It needs screening. Scott indicated the vertical shrubs and vine growth along the fence. Carol K said that the total we have to spend, less the fees is 5126,000. (5140,000 less 514,000). We overspent on fees by 53,000, so that money needs to come from somewhere.