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• FUTURE NEEDS FOR PARK IMPROVEMENTS (using Park Dedication Funds) The Parks and Recreation Commission has indicated that their priority use of Parks Dedication Funds is for providing safe recreation facilities. Mounds View City Parks are generally fully developed. However, improvements continue to be necessary especially with the need to replace old equipment, the need to comply to ever-changing safety and accessibility standards, and constantly changing demographics requiring the need to alter and/or modify park recreation components to meet the recreational demand of the times. There are several park facility safety needs as discussed at a previous Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. Those safety needs include: 1. There is a need for a 10 ' high fence along the 1st base, right field line at City Hall softball field. This is to protect spectators from wild throws to first base. In addition, the outfield fence needs to be replaced entirely with 10 ' fencing. The standards have increased in height since this fencing was installed. The caliber of player has increased making outfield play more aggressive and competitive. The lower fences pose a problem for outfields • who attempt to catch the ball that is going over the fence. The higher fencing also makes homeruns balls that much more difficult to achieve, providing more competitiveness with a higher outfield fence. The new youth softball/baseball field at City Hall Park will need side fencing along the 1st base and right field area to hinder the balls from going into the street. Ten foot height fencing is proposed for ultimate effectiveness & a backstop. 2 . Hillview Park youth ballfield also needs fencing along the two sides to hinder overthrown balls from going into the streets. Hillview Park ballfield is rather close to the streets and balls are frequently overthrown. Ten foot fencing from the backstop to the outfield post is proposed. 3 . Groveland Park youth softball/baseball needs fencing along the 1st base, right field area for the same purpose of hindering overthrown or missed balls from going into the street. A 10 ' high fence from the backstop to the outfield area will provide additional safety for youth participants and spectators. Similar fencing along the 3rd base, left field area would protect the players on the bench as well as spectators and would hinder the ball from going into the • neighboring property owners yard next to left field. 4 . Silver View Park softball fields 1 & 2 also require higher fencing to comply with updated standard fencing heights for