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MINUTES City Council October 14, 1987 Centerville Blesener Road Park option a Pr•oposal pur~chase (Cont.l favor of concept, the City stated that he suppor•ted the Attor•ney's negotiating for~ ~r•eements, but at this point did not suppor~t the City's of the full 33.88 acr•es. alesener~ stated that he was in a par•k somewher~e in size between the fir~st and second based on the amount of money the land will cost and what can affor~d. Bl esener~ agr•eed that i f the pr~oper•ty i s pur•chased, the Ci ty wi 11 have to si t down wi th the adjacent pr•oper~ty owner•s and wor~k out a pl an that ever•yone can live with. Blesener agr•eed that the pr•oposal would be taking quite a bit of pr•oper•ty off the tax r•olls, however•, the Council should consider• the quality of life in the City and felt that better~ amenities will entice better development. Fahey agr•eed. Fahey also felt that the Par•k Commission should be author•ized to begin full-scale study of the pr•oposal. Scalze did not feel it was anyone's intent that Little Canada had to have the biggest and best par•k available. However•, Scalze felt a par•k is needed in the ar•ea. The City must be fiscally r~esponsible as well. Scalze stated that the selling pr~ice of the proper~ty will deter•mine the size of the par~k. The City only has so much money. Scalze felt that the City has wor•ked a long time to get park land, pointing out that other cities purchased their~ par~k land in the 1950's and 1960's. Scalze stated that she was not looking at only today, but at the next 20 year~s. Scalze felt that the City must be r•esponsible and buy only the land it needs. Scal ze al so fel t the Ci ty had a good r~ecor•d i n ~aor~ki ng wi th the neighbor~s of other• par~k sites in the City. LaValle r~epor•ted that he suppor~ted the comments of Blesener• and Scalze, and felt that concepts 1 and 2 wer•e pr•efer•able. Fahey felt the negotiations with the pr~oper•ty owner•s would be a fair~ly lengthy pr~ocedure and ther•e will be sufficient time for input fr~om adjacent pr•oper•ty owner•s. Collova stated that he was in favor~ of the par~k pr•oposal, but felt 33.88 acr•es might be excessive. Collova stated that the City will have to take a r•ealistic look at the pr•ice of the land. Collova al so fel t that ther•e wer•e other• opti ons for~ the 1 and besi des ballfields, and felt these needed to be consider~ed. Fahey stated that he questioned the need for• 300 foot ballfields, and the need for• involvement in adult ball tour•naments. Fahey agr~eed that the pr•oper~ty should be used for• multi-pur•pose r•ecreation. Page -10-