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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY 2 PARKS COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES 3 JUNE 12, 2000 4 7:30 p.m. 5 I. CALL TO ORDER. 6 Chair Jindra called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. and welcomed everyone to the meeting. 7 II. ROLL CALL. 8 Present: Chair Carol Jindra, Commissioners George Wagner, Julie Gebhardt, 9 Colleen Hallada, Daniel Ganley, and Jan Jensen. 10 Absent: Vice Chair Doug Koehntop, Public Works Director Jay Hartman. 11 Also Present: City Manager Michael Morrison; Representative from School Board 12 (Denise Dunn); Representative from Sports Boosters (George Zurbey); 13 Representative from Community Services (Diane Skrivseth). 14 Jindra acknowledged that there were many residents in attendance to discuss Central Park 15 redevelopment. In that respect, Jindra elected to jump forward on the agenda in order to address 16 the issue of Central Park redevelopment. 17 III. DISCUSS CENTRAL PARK REDEVELOPMENT AND TOWER PARK PUNCH LIST 3 'ITEMS. 19 Chair Jindra invited the members of the audience to speak to the Commission, and in that 20 respect, Mr. Ted Severson, 2504 33rd Avenue NE, stated that he is the President of the Soccer 21 Club. His purpose in addressing the Commission, he stated, was to reiterate that the City is in 22 need of at least four baseball fields at Central Park. 23 Mr. Severson stated that he had spoken with people and received input regarding the fields. Mr. 24 Severson discussed the possibility of leaving the soccer goals in place at all times, and 25 questioned Mr. Kost of BRW, Inc., about the size of the fields. In addition, Mr. Severson 26 inquired if it would be possible to obtain a list of how many players and which players (baseball 27 or soccer) would be using the fields. 28 Jindra stated that she wanted to clarify that everyone has the same goals -- to achieve the 29 maximum usage from the green space available to the City. 30 Mr. Severson stated that since there is summer soccer, it has been difficult to use the baseball 31 fields for soccer. He wanted to propose a plan that would allow to have baseball and soccer 32 utilize the same fields, only at different times. 33 Jindra reminded Mr. Severson that the school owns half of the property of Central Park, and the 34 City has to take that into consideration. i Sports Boosters Representative George Zurbey and Chair Jindra discussed together the issues 36 surrounding the lack of green space available for both baseball and soccer. Additionally, there