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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes September 11, 2000 Page 2 1 cities have contracted with architects that have designed pavilions that are attractive and would 2 fit the city's needs. Mr. Kost noted that if the Commission wished for a specific pavilion design, 3 it would be workable. However, he wants to make those modifications prior to the bid process. 4 He further stated that if the pavilion design began to increase in cost with the modifications, then 5 the project could be separated from the rest of the Park and could be bid on at a later time. 6 In response to a question from Jindra, Mr. Kost said the problem the Commission ran into at 7 Water Tower Park was that the City shopped outside of the contractor and asked for certain 8 manufacturers or companies. However, if the contractor does not have a specific contract with 9 those companies or manufacturers, and if one of those defaults, then the Contractor doesn't have 10 the resources available to enforce the contract with those companies or manufacturers. 11 The turf at the Parks and the fields was discussed, and Jindra noted that eventually, the Commis - 12 sion will need to talk to the City Council about either increasing the Public Works Department in 13 order to assist in maintaining the turf, or hire a separate maintenance organization to maintain the 14 turf s of the fields. In short, the Commission would be interested in having one organization 15 maintain the entire Central Park. 6 Koehntop noted that he would like for the Sports Boosters to look into a maintenance plan for the 17 Park and the fields. Jindra asked for this issue to be presented during the Sports Boosters report. 18 Mr. Kost continued with his report on the Park, and noted that he and Angie Wong, BRW, would 19 be present at the Board meeting to assist the Park with the Central Park presentation. 20 The joint meeting with the Council will be on September 26, 2000 at 6:00 p.m., with the City 21 Council meeting following thereafter. 22 Mr. Kost presented a Central ParkImplementation Plan for the Commissioners to review and 23 went over some of the key issues to present to the Council. Additionally, he reviewed the light - 24 ing that is currently proposed for the fields. Potential lighting and the types of poles used for the 25 lights were discussed. Zurbey stated that if there will be changes to the dollars for the budget 26 presented earlier, that the Commission should be made aware of those changes immediately and 27 prior to the meeting with the Council. Mr. Kost noted that all of the figures presented at recent 28 handouts are current figures and those numbers were reviewed with Mr. Kost and the Commis - 29 sion. 30 City Council Liaison Brian Thuesen noted that all of the figures needed to be accounted for prior 31 the presentation to the City Council. Mr. Kost said that current figures will be presented and it 32 will be made clear that the budget has varied from month to month since the beginning of the 33 project because the plans have continued to change, so any prior documents received by any of A the City Councilmembers should be ignored and only up-to-date figures considered.