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MINUTES <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />OCTOBER 28,1998 <br />expenditures anticipated in this area. In fact, $88,500 is being transferred <br />back to the General Capital Improvement Fund due to favorable <br />construction costs and Historical Society fund-raising effots. He also <br />noted that the cost of the addition to the City is much less than the <br />$250,000 budget. Morelan noted Yhat the HisCOrical Society is still <br />receiving donations. It was pointed out that once they are eligible to <br />conduct charitable gambling, the Historical Society will be able to conduct <br />gambling to generate revenues to repay the City for the cost of the <br />addition. <br />The Administrator reviewed the Parks & Recreation portion of the CIP <br />Budget, noting the $46,000 budgeted in 1999 for Pioneer Park <br />tennis/basketball/softball lighting and the $100,000 budgeted in 2003. <br />Fahey suggested the lighting of the soccer field, pointing out the heavy use <br />of this field. Fahey suggested that lights could be incorporated on the <br />lighting standards for the softball fields, which would provide lighting to <br />the soccer fie]d. <br />The Parks & Recreation Director reported that the lighting proposed <br />would be for either the two northern or southern softball fields. The <br />Director pointed out that the outfields of the northern softball fields were <br />designed to double as a soccer field. This soccer field is somewhat <br />undersized but could be used by younger age brackets. <br />It was noted that there is $46,000 budgeted in the l0P/o Fund for field <br />lighting in addition to the $46,000 in the CIP Budget. There is also a <br />$20,000 surplus from a Little Ca~ada Charity Plus donation for field <br />lighting within the General Capital Improvement Fund helping with the <br />proposed expenditure. <br />Scalze pointed out that the soccer field is heavily used. She suggested that <br />the City contact North Suburban Youth Association for funding of this <br />lighting project. Morelan agreed. <br />Morelan asked why completion of the lighting was pushed out to 2003. <br />Scalze suggested that the CIP budget including a smaller lighting amount <br />each year, rather than allocating $100,000 in 2003. Additional funding <br />could come from the 10% Fund as well as from NSYA. <br />Fahey stated that he would like to see the Pioneer Park complex completed <br />by the year 2000, and suggested that perhaps additional funding would be <br />needed from the debt levy reduction to accomplish this. Grants and fund- <br />raising are also possibilities. <br />4 <br />