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Draft August 5, 2019 <br /> <br />Page 8 <br /> <br /> Clark Gooder, Park Board Member, stated he wasn’t sure if it was new or old business, <br />but asked Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director, when they could anticipate having a <br />budget. Asked if it had been finalized with the City Council. <br /> DeGardner asked if Gooder meant the budget in regards to capital projects. In which <br />Gooder, responded “yes”. <br /> DeGardner stated that it is currently under consideration with the City Council. He stated <br />that if the Park Board Members would like to give any feedback regarding projects they <br />could contact their elected officials, but the extent of park of trails projects is just the two <br />(Replacing Lino Park Playground equipment and 12th Avenue Trail). Currently right now <br />in the City budget there is $90,000 that is designated to be used, or transferred, into the <br />Parks and Trails Fund and that is primarily where the Lino Park Equipment project <br />funding will come from. The proposed budget as of right now for 2020 does include that, <br />so assuming it gets transferred it will allow the Lino Park Equipment and the 12th Avenue <br />trail to get done. <br />Gooder stated he encourages everyone on the Park Board to really get out and take a look <br />at all the parks because the board needs to continue to assume at some point they would <br />have funding and a budget. He stated having the knowledge of where theses parks are at <br />for updating and replacement will make for a quicker discussion to allocated funds. He <br />encourages everyone to take note of the equipment that is there and the age group that is <br />using it. <br />Levi stated that there had been past thoughts about having a workshop to discuss this. He <br />also mentioned that at the next meeting they could make a recommendations if that is <br />something that the City Council would like. DeGardner stated that the budget was in July <br />and that he made recommendations based on passed Park Board past discussions. He said <br />at the next Park Board Meeting that he could put this on the agenda and he might have a <br />better sense of where we are at on funding and could discuss. He also stated that as the <br />year progress, the City Council could give some fund reserves or surpluses to the Parks <br />and Trails Fund. He said it might be good to identify the top 5 projects that the Park <br />Board thinks it should be used on in case they receive the funding. Gooder stated it would <br />be good to have a priority list and a plan in place ready for when funds come in. <br />DeGardner stated that in the past the September meeting has been held offsite at a park or <br />trail section and asked if that would be something that the Park Board would be interested <br />in. He stated that it could be at any park or trail, developed, undeveloped, etc. He Asked <br />if the Park Board felt that the offsite meeting in the past was beneficial or more of an <br />inconvenience to get to. <br />Gooder, asked about having the Park Supervisor, Mike Hoffman, come to the September <br />meeting to give any updates on the Parks and any input/insight on the parks.