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-4- frustration since the Park Board had to maintain many of the roads • near their facilities in other communities such as Golden Valley., Robbinsdale, Hopkins and St. Louis Park, who don't have to pay any of those costs either. He said the Park Board doesn't even get money from Minneapolis for park roads . Mr. Childs commented that 30% of St. Anthony 's property is tax exempt, which he doesn' t believe is too dissimilar to other cities. like Mankato, who have colleges who don't pay taxes for the large expanse ,of land they own. The Manager said in the three years he had been in the City, there had been no police calls to respond to vandalism at the golf course and there had only been one burglary, and Mr. Childs asked, "TALhat could be more compatible to the natural environment of a golf course than a shake building?" . The Manager also told the Commissioners there is an effort being made to get the parkway put on Federal Urban Aid Funds, although that would require the City to permit truck traffic on the road. A curb cut would be necessary, Mr. Yates said, to complete the traffic flow around the clubhouse and the park planner acknowledged the Board would have to address the parking problems during construction and promised to expedite temporary parking as soon as possible. However, he indicated he would be asking the City to permit on-street parking this summer until construction is completed and reiterated that at least 20 additional stalls would be developed with the project to avoid such parking in the future. Current parking stalls available on-site total 178 . Firm plans for signage and parking would be available in the near future. Mr. Yates also told of the unreliability of various alarm systems .which had prompted them not to install such • a system at Gross . At first Commissioner Bjorklund had indicated he intended to vote against granting a curb cut but when the Manager told him there would be no cost to the City and the extent of the right-of-way off St. Anthony Boulevard, and Commissioner Jones said he liked the idea of controlling the flow of traffic on the site, instead of the helter skelter pattern of traffic flow evident in the Apache parking lot, the Commissioner relented on that point. He said the .park board spokesmen had addressed his initial concerns and questions about the project so well he was now able to recommend Council approval of the plan as presented. Motion by Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner Bjorklund to recommend Council approval. of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board request .that they be permitted to construct a new clubhouse at Gross Golf Course as presented on the site , building, landscaping., lighting and building elevations plans dated February 17, 1984 , finding that the proposed structure would complement the natural park-like Gross environment and because the Park Board representatives had adequately responded to the Commission concerns regarding the main- tenance of the property and security for the premises during off hours; had indicated they intend to increase their parking facilities by at least 20 . spaces; and had designed the roadways in such a manner as to justify a curb cut off St. Anthony Boulevard. • Motion carried unanimously . - Before the meeting was recessed at 8 :55 P.M. , Commissioner Bjorklund - indicated he favored Alternative #4 in the Manager ' s March 16th