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MIDIUTES <br />City Council <br />Mar•ch 23, 1988 <br />P1or~e1 an r~epor~ted that the shel ter~ at the top of the par~k i s the most <br />used shelter~, however~, eventually ther•e may be a need for~ bathrooms <br />near~ the lower• shelter• as well. <br />Blesener• pointed out that the shelter~s ar•e quite small and asked if <br />ther~e wer•e plans to incr•ease the size of the shelter~s. <br />Mor•el an repl i ed that ther•e wer~e not at thi s time, ther~e ar~e al so no <br />plans to add an additional shelter•, and the bandstand ar•ea has been <br />used to meet over•flow demands. <br />Fahey asked if the Commission discussed the idea of a community meeting <br />r~oom as par•t of the school addition. Fahey stated that he was concer•ned <br />about adding such a r•oom to the City Center• as par•t of a new addition, <br />noting that it would be costly to add a r~oom lar~ge enough to meet the <br />needs of the 55+ Club. <br />41ehr•le r•eplied that ther•e was a gr•eat deal of discussion on this subject, <br />and the Committee noted that cur~r•ent space as well as the new multi- <br />pur•pose r~oom planned by the School Distr~ict at the Little Canada <br />Elementar•y School could be pr~ogr•ammed for~ community meeting space, <br />without a separ•ate r•oom being designated for~ this pur~pose. <br />Scalze noted that the City has discussed adding a lar•ger~ Council <br />Chamber•s and it was mentioned that the 55+ Club has 250 member~s <br />who ar~e cur~r•ently using the basement of St. John's Chur~ch. <br />Mor~elan stated that the Committee's feeling ~s that a smaller~ community <br />r•oom should be added to the City Center•, not to meet the needs of <br />the 55+ Club, but r•ather• for~ smaller~ meetings, such as coaches' <br />meetings or~ tr~aininq sessions. <br />Blesener• noted that such a r~oom is alr•eady in the planning of the <br />City Center addition. <br />Collova stated that the Committee felt the community r•oom was better• <br />located at the City Center~ wher•e the City would have complete contr•ol. <br />Fahey pointed out that Jur•an & Moody have mentioned potential pr•oblems <br />with enter~ing into an agr•eement with the School Distr~ict on shar~ed <br />facilities, if the School Distr•ict then decides to se11 a building. <br />Blesener• pointed out that a por•tion of the building could be set off, <br />such as the Capitol View music r~oom, so that if the building is ever• <br />sold, it could be condominiumized. <br />Scalze asked if the City would then have to pay for• a facility twice. <br />Blesener• r•eplied that the School District would have to take into <br />consideration any contr•ibution the City made towar•d the facility. <br />Fahey asked if ther~e was any discussion about an access door~ on the <br />Page -2- <br />