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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 26, 2020 Page 2 1 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF — NONE. 2 3 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 4 5 A. Resolution 20-051-, a Resolution Amending of Community Center lease with the St. 6 Anthony -New Brighton School District for funds to be directed toward the Community 7 Stadium project and tiling of C2 & C3 ballfields. 8 9 City Manager Casey reviewed the resolution with the Council. 10 11 Superintendent Renee Corneille and Activities Director Troy Urdahl were at the meeting for 12 comments and questions. 13 14 Superintendent Corneille provided a PowerPoint presentation to the Council. 15 16 Director Urdahl explained the details of the stadium field turf. 17 18 Councilmember Jenson indicated the Council had their Worksession meeting with the School 19 Board and it was mentioned there was a specialist hired to help determine the type of turf to use 20 and he asked for more detail about that and how safe it is to use. 21 22 Director Urdahl reviewed the type of turf and the safety of it. 23 24 Councilmember Walker asked for more information on safety for the athletes and what the risks 25 are with turf and he wondered if the technology improved over the years. 26 27 Director Urdahl indicated the School District is toward the end of Metro Area School Districts to 28 consider turf and in many ways it is an advantage to them because they have had the benefit of 29 learning from other districts as they navigate this process. He indicated the turf technologies has 30 dramatically improved from the 1980's to today. There are studies that now show that for youth 31 participants the synthetic turf is safer for participants then a natural grass field. He noted they 32 have spent a lot of time researching the safety of the turf and are confident it is a safe surface for 33 the students and community. 34 35 Councilmember Walker asked Director Urdahl to specifically mention what the concerns are 36 such as ACL/ligament type of concerns that come up all of the time. 37 38 Director Urdahl stated in terms of difference between a natural grass field and a synthetic turf 39 field, the one he has heard most commonly is rug burn and some type of rug burn that might 40 occur from using some type of synthetic field and might be the most common safety concern. 41 42 Superintendent Corneille explained what they have been told regarding this is the concern for the 43 well being of the students, especially those engaging with the turf. She indicated Mr. Ed Croix is 44 the Council Chambers and is an expert and sits on nationwide councils in regard to turf. His 45 major role is ensuring the safety of some extremely well -paid athletes and their ability to not get 46 hurt.