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the name recommendations for City Council to review at the September 13th City Council meeting. William Kusterman made a motion to accept and change the name from “City Hall Park to “Main Street Park. It was seconded by Richard Jensen. Motion passed 6-1 with Gooder opposed. Clark Gooder, Park Board Member, stated he wanted something more unique for the name and that is why he opposed “Main Street Park”. The Park Board went on to discuss the names for Centerville Road & Birch Street. Based on the feedback they received Kusterman made a motion to accept the name “Tower Park” for the Centerville Road/Birch Street location. John Nordland seconded the motion. Motion passed 5-2 with Huelman and Gooder opposed as they were hoping for something more specific and unique to our City. The Park Board did discuss that although many of them like the name “Blue Heron Park” it was pointed out that there is Blue Heron Elementary School nearby and the Blue Heron is used in many areas within the City as a name so it could be confusing for people and the GPS could pull up a wrong site. 7. DISCUSS 2022 PARK BOARD GOALS Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director, recapped how the Park Board typically recommends parks and trials project to the City Council consideration. He detailed that funding is usually provided through the Dedicated Parks Fund, Park and Trail Improvement Fund, and General Fund. He stated currently there doesn’t appear to be much for undesignated funds in the Dedicated Parks Fund and Park & Trails Fund. This may change after Lino Park and Tower Park projects are completed in 2022. He stated there currently is $90,000 allocated for the Parks and Tails Fund. DeGardner then provide a list of potential projects that the Park Board has previously discussed as well as the Existing Playground Equipment Inventory. Pat Huelman, Park Board Chair, also shared some information regarding parks and trails project summary. Huelman stated we should consider the need for a dog park. He also discussed some of the parks that were on the previous list that had been identified as a guide to the parks needs. He stated that there were a few “big ticket items” but that there is only $90,000 available making it hard as they can only do some things but not update the needs of an entire park. He stated that he is glad to have the funds, but it’s hard when more is needed to really make a difference. James Zilka, Park Board Member, commented that it would be hard to make a decision without visiting some of the parks that are at the top of the list in terms of need. He stated that when the Park Board does the park tour he would have a bit more feedback.