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MINUTES City Council Oct. 14, 1987 Center•ville Steve Mor~elan, r•epr•esenting the Recr•eation Association, r~eviewed for~ Road Par•k the Council the Apr•il 21, 1987 letter• submitted to the Council by Pr•oposal the Association pr•oposing the pur•chase of 25 to 30 acr•es of par•k (Cont. ) pr~oper~ty i n the Center~vi 11 e Road ar•ea and thei r• r~easoni ng for~ why the pur~chase should be made. Mor•elan also r•epor•ted that it has been past policy of the Recr•eation Association to assist the City financially in providing recreational pr•ograms. The Recr~eation Association r•ealizes that the purchase of this pr•oper•ty would be a substantial outlay for• the City and, therefor•e, it has decided to contr~ibute $200,000 to the City to be used for~ the development of this pr•oper•ty, and, if necessar•y, the acquisition of the land. Bill Sander•s, landscape ar•chitect and Park Commission member•, submitted to the Council thr•ee alter•native concept plans for~ development of a r~ecreational par~k with ballfields. Sander~s r•eviewed the thr~ee concepts pointing out that each involves a differ•ent amount of land as well as var•ying number•s of ballfields. Sander~s explained that the fir•st concept plan involved 25.92 acr•es of pr~oper•ty with 4 ballfields. Sander•s explained the plan, including off-str•eet par•king that would be pr•ovided as well as a tr•ail system and ponding ar•ea. The second concept plan involved 29.9 acr•es of pr•oper•ty and 5 ballfields. Off-str•eet par•king, tr•ails, ponding ar~e provided as well. oCorrection Fahey noted that the fir~st concept in~l~d the pr•oper•ty nor~th of Res. No. 87-10-~ntreal Courts up to and including 1~.es~-of the AIC property. The 505 second concept i ncl uded pr•oper•ty nor•th of Montr~eal Cour•ts up to and including 2 lots of the AIC proper~ty. Sander~s descr•ibed the thir•d concept and r•epor•ted that it included pr•oper•ty nor~th of Montr•eal Cour•ts up to and i ncl udi ng 3 1 ots of the AIC pr•oper~ty. This concept included 33.88 acr~es and 6 ballfields. Sander~s descr~ibed the concept plan. Fahey noted that none of these plans has been officially r•ecommended, but ar~e only concepts for pur•poses of the public hear•ing. Sander•s stated that the pur•pose of the concepts was to identify the si zes of pr•oper•ty that woul d be r•equi r•ed, and noted that the Par•k Commission has not studied any of these concepts in detail. Scalze asked the size of the ballfields being pr•oposed. Sander•s r•eplied that the fields would have a 300 foot dimension, which is standar~d for~ softball play. Concepts 2 and 3 pr•ovide 100 feet between fence lines. Bob Voto, City Auditor, reviewed Exhibit A of the City's Capital Budget document dated October~ 14, 1987, which outlined estimated monies Page -3-