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Elk River Park & Recreation Commission Meeting November 17, 1993 Page 2 Maria Dierks, Fresno street, expressed the neighborhood's frustration with the lack of development in Moldenhauer Park. Ms. Dierks said that she personally would prefer the installation of basketball or volleyball courts. . Commissioner St. Dennis questioned residents as to how they would feel with a compromise of several court type activities without lights. Mr. Sunderman and Ms. Dierks were agreeable to basketball, volleyball, or tennis. Mr. & Mrs. O'Keefe remained interested only in the open land/landscaped park setting. Phil Hals pointed out that if tennis courts were to be built in the area, the three logical sites would be: 1) The 3.3 acre parcel now under consideration; 2) the smaller area north of Orono Parkway and west of Orono Road; 3) the open area northwest of City Hall that might some day be used for a civic center addition. Mr. Hals also stated that tennis courts are expensive to build so their location should be as permanent as possible. COMMISSIONER OLSON MOVED TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE 3.3 ACRE SITE IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE CITY HALL SITE BE USED AS A PASSIVE LANDSCAPED PARK AREA. COMMISSIONER DALEIDEN SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 6-0. 6. Discuss Proposed Civic Center . Commissioner Dana Anderson gave an update on the Civic Center proposal, stating that the ice arena proposal is moving forward with the arena location most likely to be on school property, but the rest of the civic center components are pretty much "on hold". The Civic Center Committee hopes to be able to use municipal bonds and avoid having to go through a public referendum. 7. Work Session on Parks for Master Park Plan Steve Rohlf presented his proposed revisions to the Master Park Plan. He stated the four types of parks are neighborhood parks, community athletic fields, community or regional parks, and special or unique facility parks. Recommendations of the National Park Service are that a neighborhood park serving 1,000 people, should be two to three acres in size, should not require a resident to travel over 1/2 mile, and should contain the following facilities: open play area; backstop; hard court (basketball or tennis); trail or trail connection; playground equipment; optional items (i.e., archery range, sliding hill, skating rinks, volleyball courts). Steve distributed maps to outlined in yellow, existing property in pink. each Commissioner with the urban district parks in green, and school district Commissioner Lipetzky arrived at this time (8:15 p.m.) Steve asked the Commissioners to mark the physical barriers on their maps that would define park service areas. .