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City Council Minutes Page 7 <br /> June 18,2018 <br /> ----------------------------- <br /> 3. Lighting at Hales Field to make signature ballfield. <br /> 4. Multipurpose field expansion (3 fields) at YAC in lieu of lights. <br /> 5. Additional field lighting. <br /> 6. Paved parking. <br /> 7. Playground at YAC. <br /> Councilmember Westgaard believes current fields should be updated before adding <br /> playgrounds and believes paving should be included. Mr. Portner stated staff will <br /> work paving plans in to existing plans. <br /> Councilmember Ovall is not sure how he feels about using franchise fee money for <br /> parking lot improvements as he does not want to deplete the funding. Mr. Portner <br /> stated staff will review the plans and see if it can work. He added there may be other <br /> funding options. <br /> Council consensus was to include the four trails as listed in the priority list. The <br /> Council asked for the trails to be left on the list without expense estimates until <br /> actual costs are estimated. <br /> It was noted this item will come back at the July 2 meeting once estimated costs are <br /> available. <br /> Mayor Dietz asked how the Council feels about including$1 million for Lake Orono <br /> dredging. The Council was ok with considering the funding. <br /> 9.4 Recreation Facilities Discussion <br /> Mr. Portner presented the staff report. <br /> Parks and Recreation Commission Chair Anderson stated the Parks and Recreation <br /> Commission voted 6-1 to recommend option 2. He explained the commission <br /> discussed this at length in an interest to make the project as inclusive as possible for <br /> all demographics balancing sports, seniors, splash pad, etc. <br /> Mayor Dietz distributed a handout outlining his options. He stated he believes the <br /> only real difference between option 1 and 2 is the field house and he is having a <br /> difficult time with the $10 million price tag for adding a field house. <br /> Councilmember Westgaard indicated he would like to stay below$35 million and he <br /> feels option 2,including the trails,will be within that number. He noted he feels like <br /> the Council has one chance to do this project correctly and he would like to see a <br /> multipurpose facility constructed. <br /> Councilmember Wagner understands being cognizant to the taxpayers but feels we <br /> will regret not going in to it with the bigger picture. She stated she's heard from <br /> many residents in the last few months that they would like to see the Council plan <br /> POWERED 9r <br /> UREJ <br />