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MINUTES <br />City Council <br />Jan. 6, 1988 <br />how people view the total facilities in the City. Sander•s pointed out <br />that people might think Spooner• Par•k is excellent, but other• facilities <br />terrible. <br />Fahey sugqested that Spooner• Par•k be dealt with separately and that <br />a question be included that the City is contemplating the pur•chase of <br />up to 32 acr~es of pr•oper•ty in the Center~ville Road ar•ea. <br />LaValle agr•eed that question 7 should deal with Spooner~ Par~k antl its <br />upkeep and maintenance and then the sur~vey should lead into the <br />purchase of property in the Centerville Road area. <br />Fahey r~eviewed questions 53 and 54. Fahey suggested that question 54 <br />should be mor•e specific and r•efer to the Capital View pr•oper~ty. <br />Fahey stated that he would like to know the opinion of the gener•al <br />public about the facilities at Capital View pointing out that the <br />proper•ty is for sale by the School District and asking if the City <br />should pur•chase the pr~oper~ty to ensur•e that it r•emains a r•ecr~eational <br />ar~ea i n the Ci ty. <br />Fahey suggested that the sur~vey addr•ess Spooner• Par~k, the Center~ville <br />Road ar•ea, and the Capital View facilities separ•ately. <br />Fahey suggested that question #13 r•emain gener~ic. Fahey suggested that <br />the sur•vey address the use in Spooner~ Par•k and then the other facilities <br />generically. <br />Tr~axler• asked for• a list of facilities and suggested that the sur•vey not <br />addr~ess who owns which facility. <br />P4or~ris suggested that if a r~espondent says he uses a facility, the <br />sur•vey could follow up on what is being used,and if a r~espondent is <br />not using a facility, the sur~vey could follow up and ask why not. <br />Pelton suggested that some people might not identify Spooner~ Par•k by <br />name and suggested that the sur•vey addr~ess Spooner• Par~k located on <br />Eli Road next to Little Canada Elementar•y School. <br />Scalze infor•med Decision Resour•ces of the facilities in Spooner• Par•k <br />which include tennis cour•ts, picnic shelter~s, tr•ails, playgr~ound <br />equipment, horseshoe pits, and ballfields. Capital View inclutles <br />ballfields, tennis courts, soccer~ field, running track, and a swimming <br />pool which has been closed by the School Distr•ict in the past year•. <br />Kellogg includes ballfields, tennis cour~ts, soccer~ fields, gymnasium, <br />hockey r•inks and basketball cour~ts. Another~ facility in the City is <br />the Ramsey County Beach on Lake Ger•vais as well as the Little Canada <br />Elementary School. <br />Tr~axler• stated that they would include a ser~ies of questions similar~ <br />to 9, 10 and 11 on Spooner~ Par~k and on Capital View as well as a <br />guestion on the upkeep and maintenance of Spooner• Par~k, but not <br />capital View. <br />Page -5- <br />