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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />MARCH 10, 1993 <br />its ordinance, but felt the City could not now ignore <br />the code since this would send a bad message to the <br />community. <br />Mrs. Scalze introduced the following resolution and <br />moved its adoption: <br />RESOLUTION 93-3-64 - DENYING CONSTRUCTION OF PIONEER <br />PARK PARKING LOT PROPOSED LARGELY IN REACTION TO 1992 <br />PARKING INSUFFICIENCY DURING WEEKDAY EVENING ADULT <br />SOFTBALL USE) <br />FURTHER DIRECTING PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND <br />DEPARTMENT TO MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL USE OF PIONEER PARK BY <br />RE-FOCUSING ON RESIDENT FAMILY PASSIVE USES SUCH AS <br />TRAILS, OPEN SPACE, PICNIC SHELTER AND PLAYGROUND, AND <br />LITTLE CANADA YOUTH MAJORITY USAGE ESTABLISHED IN <br />HEARINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1985; <br />AS AN EXAMPLE, MAXIMIZE BALLFIELD USE BY LITTLE CANADA <br />YOUTH AND THEIR LEAGUES AND POSSIBLY ADULT FAMILY <br />RESIDENT WEEKEND LEAGUES SUCH AS AAVE EXISTED IN <br />SPOONER PARK FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS IN A PRIVATE <br />KITTENBALL LEAGUE; <br />FURTHER ALLEVIATING BY SCHEDULING, PARKING PROBLEMS BY <br />MINIMIZING ADULT AUTO-ORIENTED GAME-TIME TEAM-CHANGE <br />OVERLAP AND PERMIT-TIME OVERLAP; <br />FURTHER UTILIZING POTENTIAL OF MIDDLE SCHOOL AND <br />CAPITOL VIEW EXISTING PARKING LOTS AND BALLFIELDS BY <br />TRANSFERRING SOME ADULT, LARGELY NON-RESIDENT, <br />AUTO-INTENSIVE USE TO THOSE COMMUNITY FACILITIES WHICH <br />HAVE BEEN PROMISED AS FIRST-OPTION USE TO LITTLE CANADA <br />BY SCHOOL DISTRICT 623 <br />The foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Hanson <br />Ayes (2) Scalze, Hanson. <br />Nays (3) LaValle, Pedersen, Morelan. <br />Resolution denied. <br />Mr. LaValle introduced the following resolution and <br />moved its adoption: <br />RESOLUTION NO. 93-3-65 - TABLING ACTION ON THE PIONEER <br />PARK PARKING ISSUE FOR TWO WEEKS PENDING A REPORT FROM <br />THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR ADDRESSING THE <br />FOLLOWING OPTIONS TO THE ADDITION OF MORE PERMANENT <br />PARKING IN PIONEER PARK: USE OF ON-STREET PARKING ON <br />THE WEST SIDE OF DESOTO STREETj THE COST OF A TEMPORARY <br />PARKING AREA ALONG THE SOUTH END OF THE PARK; 1993 <br />SCHEDULING OF YOUTH AND ADULT FIELD USAGE <br />Page 24 <br />