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Mounds View City Council May 11, 1987 Regular Meeting te^ Page Two -- ------------------------j.� ------------ VED Motion/Second: Quick/Wuori to ab a em until May T 26, 1987. 4 ayes 0 nays Motion Carried Mayor Linke closed the regular meeting and opened the 7. Public Hearing: public hearing at 7:05 PM. Location of Portable Park and Recreation Director Saarion presented handouts Classroom to the Council and reviewed both the advantages and Building in a disadvantages of locating the portable classroom to City Park the different park sites in the City. She explained the Council has accepted an offer to purchase the building for $1 from the school district, and the purpose of the public hearing this evening is to decide on which park to locate the facility at. She stated the Park and Rec Commission recommends it be placed at Random Park. Director Saarion reviewed criteria the Council should use in making their decision, to consider the design and use of the park, consider the recreational use proposed for the facility to see if it matches the park, consider the overall scheme of the City park system and consider the philosophy of park development in the City. After reviewing the advantages and disadvantages of the various City parks, and the present facilities at each, Director Saarion stated she would recommend the building be placed at Random Park. Tom Foster, 2516 Ridge Lane, stated he had not received any notice on the previous hearing by the Parks and Recreation Commission. He stated he feels Random Park is passive and he feels it is too small to add a parking lot and building. fie added that it lacks both water and a toilet facility, and he does not want to see a satellite placed there, and vadalism is not a problem there 1-ecause there is nothing there to vandalise. Mr. Foster stated he feels a high intensity park .is a disadvantage to young children playing, and he also recommended putting the building where vandalism is going on, to give the people of that area something to be proud of. Charles Crooke, 5231 Stevens Drive, stated he agrees with Mr. Foster's comments. He added that they had originally asked for a fence around the park and got a berm instead, and he does not want the building placed there.