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MIPIUTES <br />City Council <br />April 13, 1988 <br />favor~ of these acquisitions even if it meant tax incr•eases. Rlesener~ <br />wondered if respondents would be in favor of tax increases if they were <br />necessar~y for• all the acquisitions planneci by the Cit,y. <br />Mor•r•i s r•epl i ed that i f a tax i ncr~ease i s necessar~y for• Spooner• Par•k, <br />residents would be very willing to support an increase. Feelings are <br />less clear• on the other~ acquisitions. <br />Mor~r~is r•epor•ted that the newcomer~s to the City ar•e white collar• pr•ofessionals <br />with higher• educations. This is wher~e the dr•iving for~ce for~ par•ks and <br />recr•eational facilities lie. <br />Rlesener• agreed and pointed out that in the newer~ developments in the <br />Ci ty ther~e ar•e a 1 ot of chi 1 dr~en. <br />Scalze pointed out that it is the newer resident in the City that does <br />not know what is available in ter•ms of r~ecr•eational facilities. <br />It was pointed out that unless a family has childr~en in school, a <br />resident is not aware of the City's recreational programs. <br />LaValle stated that he was ver•y pleased with the quality of the sur~ve,y. <br />Scalze reported that next Thursday at 6:30 P.M. Decision Resources will <br />be pr•esentinq the sur~vey r~esults to the Par~k Commission. If ther•e ar•e <br />additional questions for Decision Resour~ces, they can be pr•esented at <br />that time. <br />Voting Mike Hogerston, Rusiness Records, Inc., appeared before the Council and <br />P4achines demonstr•ated an optical scan voting machine that will be used in the <br />City during fall elections. <br />The City Cler•k r•epor•ted that the cost of the new system will be appr~oximately <br />$14,Q00 and the City has money budgeted for• this pur~chase. The Cler•k <br />r•epor~ted that it would be difficult to get ballots for• the City's old <br />machines as well as difficult to obtain ser~vice for~ these machines, and <br />r•ecommended that the Cit,y pur•chase the optical scan machines. <br />Ther•e being no fur•ther• business, the meeting was adjour~ned at 7:30 P.M. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />~,' <br />~ ~ ' << <br />~ ~' _ ~ ,~ , <br />Katfiy Gl an"zer~ " <br />Recor~di ng Secr•etar•y <br />Page -6- <br />