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Parks Commission Meeting Minutes March 14, 2005 Page 2 Chair Koehntop said he has been asked about the mileage in this park before. Commissioner Ganley said the park was intended originally to have these markings. It is a good project. Mr. Hartman agreed and said this is an excellent project that will be beneficial to all. Commissioner Ganley asked how he thought of it. 9 Mr. Peterson said his troop has had difficulty scheduling use of the track in the football field and needed 10 somewhere to run. Also, he said his parents are runners and they are interested in having this project 11 completed. 12 13 Commissioner Ganley said in the photograph Mr. Peterson displayed, there was a metal pole. He asked 14 if a wooden pole may be more conducive. 15 16 Mr. Hartman said an existing pole would be used. He said this could be researched further. 17 18 Vice Chair Young questioned how accurate the lengths are. Mr. Peterson said the lengths will be 19 measured out by his troops. He made a quick run with his pedometer and made sure there was extra 20 room. The exact distances will be marked off. 22 IV. PRESENTATION FROM CLOSE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE REGARDING 23 FEEDBACK FROM EMERALD PARK OPEN HOUSE ON SEPT. 28, 2005/DESIGN 24 PRESENTATIONS. 25 26 Chair Koehntop stated Jean Garbarini from Close Architects would give an update on the Emerald Park 27 project. He gave a summary of the background of the project. 28 29 Ms. Garbarini noted that comments were taken at a well -attended open house in September. Those 30 comments have been incorporated into several designs. She said she would present two options tonight. 31 She listed each of the comments individually. 32 33 Responding to a comment made that the parking lot is not needed, Mr. Severson asked if those making 34 that comment had elaborated at all. Ms. Garbarini said it was just their opinion, and likely thought the 35 street parking was sufficient. Mr. Severson questioned whether they live on the streets where parking is 36 allowed, and what their thinking may have been. 37 38 Mr. Garbarini said that the lighting and the condition of the play equipment were some of the big items. 39 She showed a plan of the existing park. She explained as they studied it, they found there was nothing 40 the people didn't like about the park that couldn't be modified. The park functions well as it is. The 41 area where the play structure is can accommodate a variety of new equipment. She said they did look at moving the more active recreation around, but it didn't make much sense to do that. The diagrams showed kept the function as it is. She emphasized that these are diagrams only and haven't been detailed 44 yet. A cost estimate will be prepared for the January Council meeting.