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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes February 14, 2000 Page 8 1 representative attend a City Council meeting and request that the City explore obtaining 2 additional green space through Hillcrest Development's purchase of Apache Plaza. At that point, 3 there is the possibility that the City could speak to the developer and present the idea of 4 additional green space. 5 Hartman agreed with Thuesen and clarified that once the real estate closing has taken place, the 6 City would be able to inquire about the developer's plan for the entire area and determine if the 7 Commission's needs would fit in with those plans. 8 Jensen offered to draft a memorandum to present to the City Council that would request potential 9 park space. to Gebhardt inquired if it would be beneficial to ask Mr. Severson and Ms. Schober to present their 11 ideas and concerns to the City Council as additional support. Jindra agreed that would be a good 12 idea and would provide the Council with a basis for the requests. 13 Thuesen stated it is an excellent idea to present ideas to the City Council, but that the community 14 needed to provide support for the Commission's ideas as well. Jindra stated that when she had spoken to the City Council, she had made it clear that the 16 Commission was not wishing to raise taxes. She was hoping to be able to reach the community 17 with the Commission's views and position on issues; however, the City Council meeting was not 18 televised on cable due to technical difficulties that evening. 19 Hartman suggested that as the Commission progresses onto different projects, that each aspect of 20 the project is incorporated into a plan and that entire project is presented to the Council in one 21 instance. 22 Jindra mentioned that she had been made aware of potential grants that might be available to the 23 City and she questioned the possibility of having someone research grants. 24 Thuesen offered that exploring grant options would be an option and he would present that idea 25 to the City Council during his report. He suggested the possibility of hiring a grant writer, or 26 providing that service in house. 27 Zurbey mentioned the possibility that the State Representative could provide viable avenues for 28 grants. 29 Ganley stated that he would be at the State Capitol this week and would bring up that issue. 1 Jindra offered a brief summary of pending items: (1) Water Tower Park -- there are still issues to ,1 e l be completed and those issues would be addressed at the next meeting; (2) she is attending a goal