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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes <br />January 24, 2006 <br />Page 4 <br />1 cognizant of the line of sight. She said not all the trees were intended to grow all the way to the <br />2 ground. <br />3 <br />4 Councilmember Gray asked what the feasibility is of dividing this into several phases over <br />5 several years. Ms. Garbarini responded it is very feasible. There are four quadrants the way the <br />6 park is now and this lends a good possibility to doing this. <br />7 <br />8 Councilmember Stille noted the parking is sufficient, though he said he was curious to see what <br />9 this would do to traffic and usage. Ms. Garbarini said this was discussed at the open house. At <br />10 one point, it was discussed to remove the parking lot all together. She said her firm works in a <br />11 lot of Minneapolis parks and they have been removing parking. She noted they heard from a lot <br />12 of residents that they wanted off-street parking. They wanted to accommodate as many parking <br />13 spaces on the park as off the park. <br />14 <br />15 Mayor Faust asked how many parking spaces are on Macalester. Mr. Hartmann said there are <br />16 18. <br />17 <br />18 Councilmember Stille asked what constitutes athletic lights. Ms. Garbarini responded there is <br />19 some athletic lighting now, primarily for the skating rink. She said they would anticipate putting <br />20 in ball field lighting. <br />21 <br />22 Ms. Garbarini stated this plan is strictly in response to requirements given by staff and from a list <br />23 given by the residents. <br />24 <br />25 Councilmember Horst if more than the already paid $10,000 would be used. Ms. Garbarini said <br />26 the $10,000 includes the schematic design. The numbers for the lighting is for replacing what is <br />27 in the park now. <br />28 <br />29 Councilmember Horst said the main park building is an estimate of $300,000. Ms. Garbarini <br />30 explained that number was provided by architect, Jeff Artell. He compared this building to <br />31 others he had designed recently. <br />32 <br />33 Councilmember Horst questioned if we were to give you a reasonable budget and work <br />34 backwards could you design based on that. Ms. Garbarini said that is what they would like to do. <br />35 Their goal is to establish a budget. <br />36 <br />37 Mayor Faust asked what she would project the number to be. Ms. Garbarini said for $300,000 <br />38 they would focus on the play equipment, though these are decisions that need to be made. <br />39 <br />40 Mayor Faust asked what the current building is used for. Mr. Hartmann replied it is used as a <br />41 warming house in the winter, and summer programs are held in the summer with Community <br />42 Services. <br />43 <br />44 Mayor Faust questioned how a type of structure for $135,000 would fit and if it would it take out <br />45 the summer activities. Mr. Hartmann said it would there would not be sufficient room for the <br />46 summer activities. <br />47 <br />4 <br />