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Special City Council Meeting April 10, 1995 Page 4 - COUNCILMEMBER DIETZ MOVED TO APPROVE THE REVISED POSITION TITLES AS REQUESTED BY THE COMPARABLE WORTH COMMmEE, TO INCREASE THE POINT VALUE FOR THE SENIOR CITIZEN COORDINATOR TO 62 POINTS, TO MOVE THE BUILDING OFFICIAL AND ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR TO THE NON-EXEMPT STATUS AND TO MOVE THE CITY CLERK TO THE EXEMPT STATUS. COUNCILMEMBER HOLMGREN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 5-0. Councilmember Farber left at this time (8: 15 p.m.). 7. Joint Park and Recreation Commission/City Council Meetina The Park and Recreation Commission joined the City Council at this time. Members of the Park and Recreation Commission present included: Chair Dave Anderson, Vice Chair Dana Anderson, Rolfe Anderson, Sue Daleiden, Shawn Donais, Clair Olson, and Robin Tuttle. Staff members Phil Hals and Steve Rohlf were also present. 7.1 . Review Inventory of City Prooertv The City Council and Park and Recreation Commission reviewed the inventory of existing city property. A majority of the property owned by the city consists of park land. Mayor Duitsman indicated his concern regarding the possibility that the city may r1ave extra property which it does not need. He indicated that if this is the case, the city should consider disposing of the property as the money could be used elsewhere. e It was the consensus of the Park and Recreation Commission and the City Council that because most of the land owned by the city was parks, there was no excess land available for sale. 7.2. Information on Uodated Master Park Plan and Plans for Neiahborhood Parks Park and Recreation Chair Dave Anderson informed the council that the commission has been working on revising the Park and Recreation Master Park Plan. He stated that the planning process consisted of categorizing parks in the following five areas: . neighborhood parks; . trails; · special use parks; . regional parks; and, . community athletics. Dave Anderson explained the reason for changing priorities in the Park and Recreation Commission's revision of the Master Plan by increasing the number of smaller neighborhood. parks. Dave Anderson stated that the commission felt that the city cannot expect developers to come up with large parcels of land for large neighborhood parks in the urban areas. e Councilmember Holmgren indicated his concern regarding the funding methods for the extra neighborhood parks proposed by the Park and Recreation Commission. Councilmember Scheel indicated her concern regarding the need for parks to be paid for by the developers.