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City Council Minutes Page 3 March 21, 2011 ----------------------------- ^ Demands by visitors to the park for something new added to it ^ Parking on both sides of Morton, Manor Place, and Norfolk ^ Compatibility of a natural park with the area historical homes ^ Security in the summer over the weekends ^ Buffer area from the homes Ms. Johnson stated notice was published in the official newspaper and surrounding neighbors received a mailed notice. She further stated it was announced at the last Parks and Recreation Comnussion meeting that this item would be on tonight's Council agenda. Charlie Schuldt, 12600 Ridgewood Drive -Stated he is a shareholder of the Elk River Country Club but he is not here representing the board of directors. He stated he is not opposed to Bailey Park but has concerns for the solvenry for the Country Club and asked the city to keep the Club in mind for future purchase if money or a grant is available. Mayor Dietz closed the public hearing. MOVED BY COUNCILMEMBER GUMPHREY AND SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER MOTIN TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 11-13 SUPPORTING A GRAINY APPLICATION TO THE MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES FOR THE PARK LEGACY APPLICATION TO PURCHASE BAILEY POINT. MOTION CARRIED 5-0. 5.2. Lighting Grant for Youth Athletic Complex (YAC)-Public Hearing • Mr. Leeseberg presented the staff report. He stated there would be four fields with lighting plans. He showed samples of the lighting plans and how they would have limited effect on neighboring properties. He stated the project is scheduled to begin November 30, 2011 and the cost would be approximately $490,000 with 50% of funds from a grant and 50% from the public works facility construction project. He noted there would be no assessments to the community. Mr. Leeseberg stated maintenance costs would be about $17,000 a year based on 300 hours of lighting usage over a six month period of time. Mayor Dietz opened the public hearing. There being no one to speak to this issue, Mayor Dietz closed the public hearing. Council requested to see a financial analysis weighing the costs of lighting YAC versus building another complex. Mr. Benoit stated some challenges with constructing another complex include locating a building site and additional costs if the complex is not centrally located to YAC. Council questioned how the city would recoup the additional $17,000 in maintenance costs and if the fee scheduled would need to be adjusted quite a bit. Mr. Benoit stated there would be some adjustment in the fee schedule and staff would review various options. Councilmember Motin suggested that some portion of the expanded hours go to in-house programming versus associations and questioned why associations should reap all the benefit at a burden to the city.