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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes September 11, 2000 • Page 6 1 George Zurbey reported that at the last meeting it was discussed about closing the Stonehouse. 2 He believes that information came from people who are in contact with the City Council. The 3 president of Sports Boosters was asked to give a presentation about where the funds are going 4 from the Sports Boosters. His concern is that the Parks Commission is looking for funds from 5 the Sports Boosters, and if the Stonehouse were closed,then funds would not be available. 6 Thuesen noted that he is not aware of any discussions that the Stonehouse would be closing. He 7 elaborated more on his thoughts relating to this issue. 8 Zurbey relayed to the Commission the different projects that Sports Boosters is involved in con- 9 tributing funds. 10 Zurbey also noted that typically there are extra funds available at the end of the year and by law, 11 those funds must be allocated by the end of the year, and Sports Boosters would take written re- 12 quests. Mr. Hartman will go through a list and provide a written request to the Sports Boosters. 13 Zurbey noted that aerating the football field was discussed at an earlier time, and gave Mr. 14 Hartman the name of a person to call to get that accomplished. •15 Jindra questioned why the aerating would be done.if the field would be torn up for the redevel- 16 opment of Central Park. That issue was discussed. 17 Jindra mentioned that the Hennepin County Regional Parks Association would like to attend a 18 Parks Commission Meeting to discuss the Salvation Army property. It was decided to have the 19 Hennepin County Regional Parks Association at a meeting in November. 20 Jindra suggested that the shelter and lighting at Silver Point Park should be a key issue at next 21 month's meeting. 22 Gebhardt went back to the issue of shuffleboard, and noted that the cost of the equipment is 23 placed at nearly $1.0,000 on the cost sheet distributed by BRW. It was decided to leave the shuf 24 fleboard on the cost estimate for the time being, and will be further evaluated after the meeting 25 with the Council. 26 Zurbey said there is some property on the West Side of Herbergers that looks like it would be a 27 good size for a soccer field. He saidthe property has been sitting there for along time, and he 28 wondered who is the owner of the property. It was discussed that there is a possibility that the 29 City could lease that property. Jindra asked if Mr. Hartman could find out who owned the prop- 30 erty and if there were any options available. 1 VII. OTHER BUSINESS. 32 None.