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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 10, 2002 Page 3 Councilmember Thuesen commented that there would be no ball played on the fields next summer to allow time to establish the fields. Chair Jindra indicated the Commission is hoping 3 the fields will be played on next summer. 4 5 Councilmember Thuesen asked if the pavilion would be ready. Chair Jindra indicated that it 6 would be. 7 8 Councilmember Horst commented that it does not look like any grass is growing. Chair Jindra 9 indicated that most of it washed away and said it would be reseeded this weekend. 10 11 Councilmember Horst indicated he had thought that the grass needed a season to establish before 12 being played on. Chair Jindra indicated the Commission is hoping the grass will grow this fall to 13 the point of being able to mow it and then grow in the spring and be ready to be played on for 14 summer. 15 16 Councilmember Thuesen indicated he could see noticeable grass shortly after it was hydro 17 seeded. He then said he is hopeful that they hydro seeding will shorten the process. 18 19 Mayor Hodson indicated he was at the football game this past Friday and after heavy rains it 20 seems there is a large amount of drainage being redirected and it is flooding out the track area of 21 the football field. Chair Jindra indicated that the sprinkler system was left on in addition to the 22 large rainfall amounts. She then indicated that is a very wet area of the park and drain tile will be installed. She also noted the Commission took a tour last night of the park and that is 0 something that needs to be dealt with. 25 26 Mayor Hodson asked for an update on Silver Point. Chair Jindra explained that the City held up 27 the contract while waiting for funds from the DNR and went past the 100 days which means the 28 contractor does not have to honor the original bid. She then said that the Commission is hoping 29 that the DNR will provide the additional funds necessary so that the shelter can proceed and be 30 built yet this winter. 31 32 Councilmember Horst commented that he was not comfortable with spending$257,000 on the 33 warming house in the first place and was very concerned to see that price jump to $293,000. He 34 then suggested that the City seek other bids in an attempt to build the building for the original 35 budgeted amount. He also commented it may not be possible to get additional DNR funding. 36 37 Mr. Mornson indicated the City has $740,000 allocated this year and suggested allocating the 38 funding that would have been used for matching grants for property improvements, if necessary. 39 He further commented that Staff feels confident that they have a case to request more funds from 40 the DNR. 41 42 Councilmember Horst questioned whether the DNR approved of the plans. Mr. Morrison 43 indicated the only condition on the grant was that the City match the grant 50/50 and that is what 44 the City is doing. Chair Jindra explained that the structure has not changed, the difference is it was bid out earlier this summer in conjunction with another project and that lowered the bid. She then commented that the fact that the structure has to withstand great amounts of water adds 411 to the cost.