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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 9, 1992 the property to the north of Pioneer Park, and a shared parking arrangement worked out. Bruce felt that the City needed to be creative and look at programming, and moving adult teams around. Bruce asked about adult usage of the park. Scalze replied that the City has always discussed shared usage of the park. Scalze stated that she is troubled by some of the problems with adult leagues, and felt that enforcement was the answer. Scalze felt that the adult teams must behave appropriately, pointing out that there will be others using the park when the adult teams are playing. It would not be possible to separate the various uses of the park. Bruce agreed that adults needed their recreational space, too, but felt there was too much emphasis on separating adult leagues. Collova felt that citations should be issued to ballplayers who are drinking in the park, feeling that this would end the problem immediately. Scalze acknowledged that adult teams do bring in revenue, but indicated that the intent was not to make Pioneer Park a commercial -type park. Blesener reported that the directive the Council gave was that adult leagues using the park should pay their fair share. Bruce pointed out that for things like tournaments, the Canadian Days Celebration, etc., there could never be enough parking. Therefore, the City must look for creative ways to deal with the situation. Steve Morelan asked if the long -term plan was to not allow parking on Desoto. Blesener replied that the City's intent was to keep the street opened up so that residents did not have to look at a line of cars. Sanders noted that the Council did indicate a willingness to allow parking on Desoto Street for special events. The street was made extra -wide for this purpose. Scalze agreed, pointing out that it would be on a limited basis for special events. Blesener indicated that he does not agree with the Park Page 16