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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OCTOBER 28, 1992 PIONEER Scalze noted that earlier in toniqht's meeting action PARK on the bid for expansion of the Pioneer Park parking PARKING lot was tabled. The Council also requested that the LOT Park and Recreation Commission provide them with EXPANSION a program for addressing the parking problem in Pioneer Park during the 1993 season. Scalze noted that Park and Recreation Chair Ken Wehrle is present, and could possibly answer the Council~s questions about the location that the Commission recommended for the parking lot expansion. LaValle asked if there was any reason that the parking lot could not be located along the south side of the park adjacent to Montreal Courts apartments. Wehrle reported that the Commission reviewed several alternatives for parkinq lot expansion. Alternatives includes expansions of both 75 and 35 parking spaces in varying locations. Wehrle reported that the Commission did look at the possibility of expanding parking at the south end of the park, but noted that the existing pathway would then have to be relocated. There was also concern about connecting a lot on the south end of the park with the existing parking lot on the DeSoto Street side, and having a long dead-end parking lot. Wehrle reported that the Commission looked at expanding the DeSoto Street parking lot to the north, but felt that more residents would then be exposed to the parking lot. The Commission looked at expansion of the Centerville Road parking lot in varying configurations. The Commission felt that there were soil and drainage considerations to the north of this lot, and that expansion of the Centerville Road lot would necessitate another entrance on Centerville Road. Wehrle reported that the Commission considered that funding was short, and felt that expansion of the DeSoto lot to the west was the most reasonable and economical solution. Wehrle pointed out that there is a parking problem to be resolved based on programming that took place last summer. The Commission felt the parking lot expansion was the quickest way to solve that problem, but was not indicating that this will resolve the problem for the future when the park is fully developed. Wehrle also noted that when Pioneer Park was first designed, there was discussion about improving parking in phases, and the parking lots were designed so that they could be expanded. Hanson noted that if the DeSoto Street parking lot is expanded to the west, there is a pathway that will have Page 25