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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes April 23, 1996 Page 6 1 Partnership Project) and Multifamily Housing Development Revenue Bonds, Series 2 1996B (Taxable) (GNMA Collateralized - Chandler Place Limited Partnership Project); 3 Approving the form and authorizing the execution and delivery of documents relating to 4 such bonds. 5 Motion carried unanimously. 6 Mayor Ranallo recessed the meeting at 7:34 P.M. and reconvened at 7:43 P.M. 7 C. Request from Sports Boosters for Storage Room at New City Hall/Community Center. 8 Mike Peterson, President St. Anthony Sports Boosters, stated the Sports Boosters have 9 been talking to City Manager about the possibility of obtaining a storage space in the new 10 Community Center. The Sports Boosters currently have a storage space in the high 11 school but have been told they will have to vacate this location by the summer of 1997. 12 Consequently, they will need a location in which to store equipment. The Community 13 Center would be ideal due to its central location and 24 hour accessibility. It is 14 anticipated there will be a separate exterior access to the storage area. The initial 15 estimate for the storage area was $43,000. It has now increased to between $48,700 and $49,100. It would contain 900 square feet of storage. The Sports Boosters intend to make a considerable down payment of approximately $15,000 within the next 90 days 18 and the remainder payable by January 1, 1997. As a practical matter,this will exhaust 19 charitable gambling funds for this year. 20 Mayor Ranallo asked if the Sports Boosters would be contributing any funds for the new . 21 gym this year. Mr. Peterson stated he did not believe there would be funds available. 22 Elizabeth Herrmann, Williams/O'Brien Architect, displayed a floor plan of the 23 Community Center. She noted the building had been designed so that a storage area 24 could be added and the gym could be expanded to the east. The storage area would be 25 located on the north corner of the gym and would finish off the corner. There is some 26 concern with the location of the ball field. The original surface of the ball field was to be 27 280 feet. Ms. Herrmann noted even without the addition of the storage area it will be 28 difficult to fit a ballfield of this size in this area. Another concern was that the Rice 29 Creek Watershed District required a swale be located in the center of the outfield. This 30 will result in a not completely flat playing surface. 31 Ms. Herrmann stated one option would be to rotate the ballfield slightly or to move home 32 plate back. Even then a 280 foot ballfield would extend right up to the building. Kathy Knapp stated the reduction of Central 1 field would eliminate all adult play on that field. Last season 70% of the players in that league either worked, graduated or lived in 35 the City of St. Anthony.