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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP MINUTES FEBRUARY 14, 2006 Mayor Johnston called the workshop to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. PRESENT: Conlin (arrived 6:04 p.m.), Smith (arrived 6:03 p.m.), Johnson, DeLapp, City Engineer Prew, City Planner Dillerud, Finance Director Tom Bouthilet and City Administrator Rafferty. 1. AGENDA Postponed Revisions to Fee Schedule and Insurance Premiums; Changed the order of the agenda. M/S/P DeLapp/Conlin — to approve the February 14, 2006 Council Workshop agenda, as amended. (Motion passed 5-0) 2. MINUTES: January 10, 2006 - Postponed Council member Johnson did not receive her mailed The City Administrator reported on the history of the 3idonation of 26 acres located in Lake Elmo, how he read in the newspaper that�ythere would be an Oakdale/Lake Elmo community playfield on land donated by 3M& Ile said he met with Oakdale representatives and talked about their though for Lh 061-ayfield. He pointed out there would be zoning actions requiredfr6fti Lake EJma An agreement was drafted that would bring together City representatives to sift=down to discuss items, with no strings attached, to get to the final decision. The Lake Ehi,© City council asked for more discussion at this workshop. The Planning Com=ission and arks Commission both looked at this proposal and asked to go ahead'd explore the options. 11 Council membe Conlin asked=ss this"where we want a park. She said we have a needs assessment for panning a park with early public participation and forums to make sure the public wants it. Tfh is a 26 acre parcel and we would only have 10 percent use. There are no public fac 1fies, nearby. She said we should consider pedestrian and vehicular traffic. She felt this is doing it backwards. Lake Elmo should decide if we want a park there and then share it with Oakdale. Todd Bruchu, Park Commissioner, stated with the current population we don't need more fields is inaccurate. He said he is active on Lake Elmo Baseball and loves the ball fields, but we are cramped. Lake Elmo Baseball is branching out of Lake Elmo into surrounding playfields. There were 213 kids signed up, three are not from Lake Elmo, and this will make 18 teams. He said a lit field can support 6 teams and an unlit field would support 4 teams. Youth baseball starts at age 10 thru 15 and then there are 16-18 yr.old teams. He has coached 9 years and has made nice improvements to the city fields. This is an opportunity for new community playfrelds in the near term with minimal investment. Todd Bruchu said he would volunteer to serve on the task force. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP FEBRUARY 14, 2006