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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes March 14, 2005 Page 4 Vice Chair Young asked what the added cost will be. Ms. Garbarini said there is no estimate for that at this point. She suggested the City talk with an architect about what renovations could be done to the existing building. If a plan does get approved, and there is funding, the City will need to get an architect on board for the buildings. 6 Mr. Hartman asked if a ball park price will be presented at the January 24, 2006 Council meeting. Ms. 7 Garbarini said she will. Mr. Hartman said once a plan is approved, an architect will have to be brought 8 on board. 9 10 Ms. Garbarini explained that they were told that a pool was not desired. She displayed several pictures 1 I of ideas for water play including walking through a tunnel, and sprinkling structures. She said they will 12 choose a few of them and plug them into the park as space accommodates. 13 14 Mr. Hartman asked if she had an example of the trellis idea. Ms. Garbarini said she did, and she could 15 hand out copies. This would be an open structure that vines could grow on. It would be treated wood. 16 17 Ms. Garbarini stated the idea of a picnic pavilion was brought up. 18 19 Vice Chair Young said the pavilion would probably make it more functional in the summer. He asked 20 whether places to sit would be added. Ms. Garbarini answered they were considering adding some benches. LL 23 Commissioner Ganley said the water tower park has been a success and it provides seating in the middle 24 of the park for parents. There is shade in the center. There are nice designs of structures. He asked if 25 Close Architects may take some of that design element and maintain some of the color continuity from 26 one park to the next. Mr. Garbarini said they would incorporate it if that was what was requested. 27 28 Commissioner Ganley said some residents have told him that there is a lot of use of the ball field in 29 Central Park. If some of the pressure could be taken off Central Park by adding a 60 yard football field 30 for smaller kids, along with something less than regulation for soccer, it would be helpful. He asked if 31 these ideas could be configured into the plans. 32 33 Ms. Garbarini said if specific dimensions were provided, they would work with it. 34 35 Mr. Severson said he had specific measurements. He also commented that when you put ice down for a 36 hockey field, football cannot be played on the weeds that grow underneath in the spring. Anywhere 37 there is skating, there is no grass in the summer time. 38 39 Commissioner Ganley suggested the architects try to design a soccer and football field, though if it 40 doesn't fit in they could abandon it. 41 Chair Koehntop said he prefers the north/south orientated hockey rink on Option 2. i 44 Mr. Severson noted there is an open space in the diagram for Option 2 and inquired what that space