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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 12, 1998 Page 12 • 1 Mayor Ranallo stated that he and City Manager had met with Mr. Rolek and School Board 2 President Rick Dunn. ,He assured Ms. Wolff that no matter what was done Central Park, it 3 would go to the School Board for discussion before any decision is made. 4 Ms. Wolff stated she believed it would be easier if the School Board were included at the 5 discussion level rather than at the presentation level. She noted there was discussion on the 6 Parks Task Force that the stakeholders of the parks such as the Sports Booster and Community 7 Service, should serve on the Parks Commission as a liaison or ex-officio. Another 8 recommendation was that there be a student member,possibly a non-voting member,to bring a 9 different perspective to the Commission. She also recommended that when Council determines 10 the members they consider the geographic location of each member to obtain perspectives from 11 each area of the City. 12 Mayor Ranallo noted the Council had discussed the geographical issue. This will probably be 13 considered during the selection process. Ranallo noted that since the Parks Task Force 14 recommended the Parks Commission, he has received calls from the Sports Boosters, Early 15 Childhood Care, hockey, softball, and adult programs, all wanting to be involved. He noted that 16 the meetings will be open to the public and suggested that the Commission remain with 7 17 members and the other interested parties attend the meetings and offer their input. 18 Ms. Wolff stated that all the activities were covered between the Sports Boosters and the 19 Community Service Advisory Council. 20 Thuesen stated one danger is that the Commission will contain members who have a single 21 agenda. It is important to appoint people to the Commission who have a broad perspective and 22 an open mind of the whole concept. 23 Ms. Wolff stated the stakeholders need not be voting members. 24 Thuesen stated that the Commission meetings will be open meetings and anyone interested can 25 attend and express their opinion. 26 Ms. Wolff stated the Parks Task Force had felt strongly about the recommendation of ex-officio 27 or advisory members. 28 Marks noted there are a number of issues with the Park Commission which are similar to the 29 process of choosing members of the Planning Commission. The Council would like to chose 30 geographically but it depends on who is interested and who applies for the positions available. 31 He suggested that the issues will change with time but that the momentum that has been achieved 32 must be maintained. The major job is to get one park redeveloped and he was not certain that 33 this was quite the same as a stakeholder being concerned with a single issue. He stated he • 34 suspected that a number of the people on the Commission will be members of the Parks Task '35 Force.