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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 30, 2016 PARKS & The City Administrator reported that there was a joint workshop on RECREATION November 16th with the Council and Parks & Recreation Commission. He WORKSHOP stated that the Parks & Recreation Commission further reviewed the topics FOLLOW-UP at their meeting on December 1St. He stated that the Council should let hien know if they have any more suggestions to the updated job description. The City Administrator asked about what the job title should be, and stated that given some of the new job duties, maybe something like community services manager since it will not only be working on Parks & Recreation. However, the title certainly could stay as Parks & Recreation Director given that will be the primary position responsibility. He stated the title will likely affect who applies. Fischer stated he feels that the title is very important and needs to have parks and recreation included to get the right applicant. There was Council consensus to advertise both titles and let it evolve depending on the applicants. The City Administrator reported that according to our City Code, Pioneer Park is short 72 parking spaces. He noted he checked codes of a number of suburban cities and most did not regulate park parking with specific requirements. The City Administrator stated he does not think it makes sense to spend money to build an additional parking lot at Pioneer Park for the few times a year that it is needed. He noted that the $80,000 can be left in the budget as a place holder if the Council wants to think about it further. He stated that Parks Staff will remove the concrete parking stops and close off the area to prevent people from parking there simply for convenience. Fischer noted that the Desoto side parking lot is frequently filled, but Desoto is a wide street and can accommodate on -street parking. There was Council consensus to leave the $80,000 in the budget for now and do a further review of the parking code. The City Administrator reported that staff made the modifications to the capital improvement plan budget as discussed at the workshop. He stated the biggest future expenditures for the parkland acquisition fund is the purchase of the two houses on Round Lake, but there is no timeline for when that will occur. Fischer stated the 2017 budget shows that the Council supports the Parks & Recreation Commission's general improvement list, and future budgets and priorities will be determined as time goes on. Keis stated that he feels there needs to be more research on some of the individual projects before the Council goes ahead with them. The City Administrator stated he will pass on to the Parks Commission that the Council is generally on board with their list, but wants more info about some of the items on their list, such as the drinking fountain at Pioneer Park and playground upgrades. Fischer stated that the Parks & Recreation Commission has not yet done the future visioning of what the parks should be, and the new employee should be a big part of that. 7