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MINUTES City Council April 13, 1988 Minutes The for•egoing r~esolution was duly seconded by P9r•. LaValle. (Cont.) Ayes (41 Blesener•, LaValle, Scalze, Collova. Dla,ys (0). Resolution declar•ed adopted. This r~esolution appear~s in Resolution Book ~lo. 19, Page 130. Mr•. Blesener~ intr•oduced the following r•esolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION N0. 88-4-127 - APPROVING THE MI~IUTES OF THE MARCH 23, 1988 CLOSED SESSION OF TNE COU~ICIL AS SUBMITTED The for•egoing r~esolution was duly seconded by P~r~. Collova. Ayes (4) Blesener, Collova, Scalze, LaValle. Nays (0). Resolution declar•ed adopted. This r•esolution appear~s in Resolution Book No. 19, Page 130. Announce- Scalze r~epor~ted that pr•ior• to tonight's meeting at 6:30 P.M. Council ments held a workshop meeting to receive the Park Survey report that was pr•epar•ed for~ the Ci ty by Deci si on Resour•ces. Scal ze r•epor~ted that Agenda some of the highlights of that r~epor•t is that the quality of life Item No. 4 in Little Canada is ver•y high and was r~ated by r•espondents higher• than r~atings r•eceived by other• subur•bs when sur~veyed by Decision Resour•ces. 27% of the r•espondents sur~veyed stated that ther~e was nothing they did not like about the City. Scalze r~epor~ted that the sur~vey also r~evealed that 67% of the population in the City pr~efer•r~ed outdoor• r•ecr~eation to indoor•, which is high with the aver•age beinq between 45 and 50%. 93% of the r~espondents wer~e satisfied with the City's quality of life. The sur~vey indicated that wor•k needs to be done on communications and some other• ar~eas. The sur•vey al so i ndi cated that ther~e i s a str~ong desi r~e on the par~t of the r•esi dents i n the Ci ty to have Spooner• Par~k pur~chased by the Ci ty. 63% of the r•espondents also would like to see a bike tr~ail ar~ound Lake Ger~vais even if it meant an incr•ease in taxes. Ther•e is also inter•est in the pur•chase of additional par•k land within the City as well as the addition of a community r•oom onto the City Center~. Scalze r~epor~ted that Decision Resour~ces will be pr~esenting the r~esults of the sur•vey to the Par~k Commission at their• meeting next Thur~sday, and if ther•e ar•e any questions that citizens would like asked about the sur•vey r•esults, they can be pr~esented to Decision Resour•ces at that time. Bl esener• al so r•epor•ted that the sur•vey i ndi cated an i nter~est i n the Ci ty' s retaining the Gervais P1i11 park proper•ty as a nature preserve. Page -2-