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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes March 14, 2005 Page 3 2 Ms. Garbarini explained the first option keeps the off-street parking. The playground is built closer to 3 the parking lot. An arbor structure next to the playground separates it from the water play. This will 4 also provide shade in the summer. It also will decrease sand in the water play areas. At the end of the 5 arbor is a shelter that could be reserved for larger picnics. The building off the sidewalk to the north is 6 kept away from the water play. Some of the existing vegetation will be saved. The playground will be 7 kept roughly the same size. 9 Vice Chair Young asked if the parking lot is moved down from the hockey rink. Ms. Garbarini 10 responded it is. It is moved slightly to accommodate the drainage. 11 12 Ms. Garbarini presented Option 2. She mentioned that there may be some opportunities to work with 13 some older photographs they may find. This concept becomes a little more formal. It provides off-street 14 parking with 9 parallel spaces off Macalester and 9 parallel spaces off Shamrock. However, it does not 15 give Macalester or Shamrock a front door. There is an arbor proposed that divides the area form north 16 and south. In this option, the hockey rink is oriented east and west. It may be nicer to have it closer to a 17 building. This option shows the ball field in the same spot as it is. The biggest difference is there is 18 more space on the south side and not allowing a front door into the park form the streets. 19 20 V. OVERALL PARK SYSTEM DISCUSSION/COMMENTS. 2z Vice Chair Young said the skating rink is a big park of the park and is not addressed in either of the 23 plans. On Option 2, the hockey rink blocks access to the rink. Option 1 could work better with access to 24 both. Ms. Garbarini acknowledged the dilemma and added that the melting issues with the east -west 25 orientation of the hockey rink could cause problems. 26 27 Mr. Hartman said the best orientation for the hockey rink is north/south. The runoff could be handled 28 with this orientation. 29 30 Chair Koehntop asked if the hockey rink could be north/south on Option 2. Ms. Garbarini said it could, 31 but the basketball space would have to be smaller. 32 33 Mr. Severson commented that if the parking is on both sides as on Option 2, people would have to be 34 going from one side to the other, and this could be more chaotic. If there are no parking spots on one 35 side, you would have to drive all the way around to the other side. 36 37 Chair Koehntop suggested presenting both options to the residents and letting them choose. 38 39 Mr. Hartman noted that if parking is primarily on Macalester or Shamrock, and entrance could be made. 40 41 Chair Koehntop asked if the current number of parking spots remain the same. Ms. Garbarini said it n-) does. 44 Vice Chair Young confirmed that both plans include building a new structure. Ms. Garbarini concurred.