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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING, FEBRUARY 2, 1982 -7- RESERVATION OF PARK FACILITIES n CONTINUED: M/S/P Mottaz/Novak to instruct the Administrator to schedule hockey for one hour per day and before noon on weekends, Ballfields - The Counc 1 expressed satisfaction with the way the ballfields have been scheduled in past years, 6. D, JAYCEE PROPOSALS FOR WEST SUNFISH PARK: --Morgan - the JAYCEES had discussed their proposals with the Park Commission twice and the Commission had been generally pleased with the proposal. The Commission had intended to do a Master Plan; but, with the JAYCEE offer to do this plan, they decided to wait to see what the JAYCEE''s came up with. If the Council wants to spend the money on a Master Plan, the Commission will proceed. --Mottaz - there are important concerns about the facility proposed by the JAYCEE's: the need for it, the size of it, its proximity to a residential area, the traffic and 200 car parking lot, the policy of someone other than the City controlling the use of a City Park, policing, the ultimate responsibility for the maximum use of existing ballfields already maintained by the City, furnishing ballfields for the County and the past policy of having a lower level of activity in the park. He recommends presenting the plan to the County for use in the Lake Elmo Regional Park Reserve where the facility would be more in keeping with the size and scope of the facility - and where it would serve the larger population of non -Lake Elmo residents. Fraser � read a statement that said the City already provides recreational services for many outsiders and, whereas, money is harder to come by all the time, she thinks the City should: first, consider the recreational needs of Lake Elmo residents; second, the City should give very careful consideration to the concerns and feelings of those living near a proposed facility when planning its use; and, finally, any facility that would be used primarily by non-residents should be shown to be self- supporting through use charges. -Novak r- would like to see an over-all plan, even if costly. She would like to see local use and is concerned about the proposal to move it to the Regional Park, as that is also suppose to be rather low intensity use. ,Mottaz - 14% of the park will be developed under Metro Council guidelines; so some development is going to be there. -Novak, does not want to develop a facility that would have to attract outsiders to our parks to pay for them. --Morgan , The City Council adopted a policy January 20, 1981, that called for West Sunfish Park to be a central active recreational area and said that a plan should be developed in 1982. The plan was not ordered because the Parks Commission was concerned about the cost. --Mottaz - this proposal is tcD intensive for Lake Elmo's central recreation needs. •-Eder , agreed with the proposal to encourage development of the ballfields in the Regional Park. Believes we may need one field in West Sunfish to serve area.