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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes August 14, 2000 Page 3 1 disturbances in the plan. Those issues could be easily approached at the September Parks Com - 2 mission meeting. 3 Ganley noted a suggestion by someone at the VillageFest that if an aggressive seeding program 4 is implemented by August of the redevelopment year, the park might be able to be ready for use 5 by the end of the next June or July. The possibilities and contraindications of this suggestion 6 were discussed. 7 Jindra asked City Council Liaison Brian Thuesen if there had been conversation between the s Council with regard to the redevelopment of Central Park. Jindra asked if the Council would 9 consider a referendum to raise the money, and Thuesen responded it was too early to tell the di - 10 rection the Council would take on the issue. 1 I Koehntop inquired of Thuesen if a levy increase would be considered. Thuesen noted that there 12 has been significant discussion regarding levy limits by the Council, and it would be difficult to B tell about the decision about which'the Council would arrive. 14 Dunn noted that there has been ongoing discussions between the Mayor, Superintendent of 5 Schools, and City Manager regarding funding and financing for Central Park. 16 Thuesen offered the Commission several options regarding funding that he could foresee happen - 17 ing: 18 --A general obligation bond; 19 --Taking from the general fund reserves. 20 --The City is still in hopes of a park grant; 21 --Explore the potential of borrowing from the water filtration fund; and 22 --Bring the issue to the voters. 23 Andra inquired if the Commission wanted to give a type of statement to the Council regarding 24 the plan, as a type of disclaimer. 25 Thuesen advised against this idea and noted that the Parks Commission was in charge of devel- 26 oping a plan for Central Park and the Council is in charge of accepting or not accepting the plan. 27 He noted that if there were disgruntled residents because of the plan, the Council would take the 28 consequences for approving the plan, and not the Commission. 29 Hartman reiterated that the Commission is simply in charge of making recommendations to the 30 Council, and the financing and details of that sort would be the Council's decision. 1 Ganley relayed a comment he had received from a resident that the school and Central Park reno- 32 vation should not be involved together in this project.