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. fr City Council/School Board Meeting Minutes • November 28, 2000 Page 2 1 renovated in its current location. A shuffleboard area will be added, and the northeast entrance 2 of the.park will be enhanced with new pavement.and attractive landscaping: 3 Chair Jindra announced that a meeting would be held on December 11 for residents and 4 interested parties to provide input and receive additional information. The parking lot will be 5 reconstructed and there are plans for a sledding hill. 6 Chair Jindra continued by stating that another consideration for the Park is that the Commission 7 is attempting to acquire funds to supplement the financing for the project. Water Tower Park is 8 essentially finished at this point; however,the Commission is considering some changes in the 9 future for the restroom facilities. 10 Chair Jindra stated that the entire community would clearly benefit from the renovations and 11 improvements to the Park. 12 Cavanaugh thanked Chair Jindra for her input and presentation. 13 D Bob Thistle Springsted Inc. will give an overview of tax abatement properties. . 14 Mayor Cavanaugh introduced and invited Mr. Bob Thistle to approach the Council and School 15 Board. Mr. Thistle stated that he believed that there has been a need in the community for the 16 renovation of Central Park, and the current language of the tax abatement law provided a vehicle 17 for the community to use to complete the project. 18 Mr. Thistle reviewed for the Council and the School Board the abatement process. He noted that 19 if the action for abatement proceeds and goes forward, the authority will be given to move ahead 20 with financing. He congratulated both the Council and the School Board on the joint effort to 21 take advantage of the abatement process and provide the opportunity to enhance the Park. 22 Cavanaugh thanked Mr. Thistle for his presentation. 23 V. PUBLIC INPUT. 24 Mayor Cavanaugh invited input from the public and hearing none, closed the public hearing at 25 7:14 p.m. 26 Cavanaugh thanked the School Board for joining the City Council in reviewing this important 27 issue. 28 VI. ADJOURNMENT. 29 Motion by Barry Kinsey to adjourn the meeting at 7:17 p.m. 030 Motion carried unanimous ly.