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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes May 1, 2000 Page 6 1 playground are taken care of by the opening. 2 A resident stated the whole west -end has never been finished on the top and is a mess. Hartman 3 said this would be looked into. 4 Jindra inquired if the Commission was planning to have a band at the grand opening. 5 Commission consensus was not to schedule a band. 6 VI. OTHER BUSINESS. 7 Chair Jindra noted she and Commissioner Jensen would be meeting with Shelly Freemen at the 8 high school tomorrow. A number of different groups want to be involved in the planning of 9 Central Park and a skateboard area. They will be sitting at a lunch room table to talk to whoever 10 wants to approach them. 11 Jensen asked the Commission if they would authorize him to put together a task force of youth to 12 look at examples of facilities for a skateboarding rink plan. He said he would use the figure in 13 the minutes of April 10, 2000 of not to exceed $50,000 and would bring it back to the 14 Commission for review at the June meeting. He noted he would like to head this for the 15 skateboard rink because he is being contacted, and he would identify sites throughout the area. 16 Ganley noted that subcommittees are appropriate and push along projects faster. 17 City Council Liaison Thuesen stated the skateboard rink has not been officially suggested to the 18 Council, however, he thinks it is a very good idea. 19 Sports Booster Representative Zurbey suggested they should not consider dollar amounts until 20 they receive approval from the Council. Jensen expressed a need to know what budget to work 21 with. Thuesen noted he liked the idea of a range of prices being presented to the Council with a 22 project. 23 Public Works Director Jay Hartman asked if this rink is part of the overall plan for Central Park. 24 Jensen suggested this could be done independent of Central Park. Jindra noted that the last time 25 this was discussed it was suggested that they could accomplish this before Central Park is 26 completed. 27 Jindra mentioned residents from Shoreview have said their skateboard facility has attracted 28 people that have caused problems. She suggested they could purposely place it in a visible area. 29 She suggested they invite the Police Department to attend one of their meetings to ask for their 30 assistance in watching areas such as this and Water Tower Park where kids have been 31 congregating. 32 Mr. Wong mentioned it would be nice to have the police included as part of the planning process 33 in the park. Safety through environmental design has safety built in from the beginning with