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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes August 14, 2000 Page 4 1 Jindra wanted to note for the record that the Commission would not be in favor of raising taxes. 2 Koehntop noted that the Commission's job is simply to recommend a inulti-use park to the Coun- 3 cil and the Council will take the financing and details of that project from there. 4 Hartman noted that City Manager Mike Mornson has applied for a $100,000 grant on behalf of 5 the City for Central Park and notices will be mailed on Tuesday, August 15. There is a joint 6 meeting with the school board on August 26th and Hartman would hope that all Commissioners 7 could attend the meeting. 8 V. SILVER POINT PARK. 9 Jindra inquired if the Commission should look at a temporary shelter at that park so there is some 10 type of shelter for the skating season. Hartman asked what the Commission would do for 11 lighting in that respect. Koehntop thought that a plan had been set up with some estimates and it 12 was determined that some of these issues had been discussed, but that nothing had been decided. 13 Jindra inquired if a wooden hockey arena would be possible for fall. Hartman said that would be 14 accomplished, and it was discussed having recreational skating at that location. A temporary 15 shelter was discussed, and Hartman mentioned the shelter would be a trailer. It was determined 16 that specific decisions had not been made at the prior meeting with regard to some of these is - 17 sues. 18 Jindra noted that at next Parks Commission meeting, the issue at hand will be Central Park, so 19 she requested that Hartman work on some of these issues for Silver Point Park and return to the 20 Commission. 21 Also, the grand opening for Silver Point Park would need to be discussed, especially complica- 22 tions from parking. Jindra noted the possibility of having shuttles run from the Community 23 Center for the opening. 24 Additionally, Jindra noted that a specific date for the grand opening would need to be chosen at a 25 later date. 26 Jindra distributed a copy of a letter dated July 20, 2000 from Hennepin Parks regarding the Park 27 District's interest in the Salvation Army property located in St. Anthony. Jindra noted that she 28 had asked Thuesen to review this issue. Thuesen noted that after review of the issue and some 29 discussions regarding the same, that personally he was in favor of this issue moving forward. 30 According to the letter, the Park District has contacted the Salvation Army seeking the opportu- 31 nity to further explore alternatives regarding the acquisition of the Salvation Army site. 32 Koehntop inquired if this issue could be discussed at the City Council meeting in September 33 2000, after the intensity of the Apache Plaza issue has declined. Thuesen noted that he would