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Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes Page 4 of 8 February 12, 2025 the bank before they start. Commissioner Loidolt asked if the expectation is that Parks and Recreation would pay for this or not. Mr. Stremcha said it would be a heavy council retreat topic in the spring. Commissioner Niziolek asked if there is school property and building that will be part of the discussion with Hales field. Mr. Stremcha said that the building would be demolished and be part of the land swap agreement similar to Lion John Weicht Park. Commissioner Niziolek said he sees an urgency right now for Oak Knoll, but Mr. Stremcha explained that the PT Complex must have the extra fields added so that the fields at Oak Knoll must be able to be taken offline during construction. Chair Anderson explained again that he cannot approve the plan without having a funding source. Mr. Stremcha explained that this plan is like the Parks and Recreation Parks Master plan and the Trails Plan. Funding was not figured out when the plan was made. It was visionary in 2015 and then came to fruition as the timeline moved along and funding became available. Moved by Commissioner Loidolt and seconded by Chair Anderson to recommend the Athletic Fields Framework Plan to the City Council for adoption. Motion carried 7-0. 7.3 Specht Family Farm Residential Development Park Dedication Mr. Shelby presented his report and reviewed four additional slides, three from Capstone Homes and one from the City Planning department. He then read the three staff recommended action options in the handout for the meeting. Matt Barker and Stephen Bona from Capstone were in attendance for questions. Chair Anderson said he would like to hear from the applicant. Mr. Barker shared that he has walked the property over the past couple of weeks with the different commissioners and thanked the commissioners for their time. He reiterated that there about 42 acres set aside for park dedication that they presented at the last Commission meeting. This amount of acreage is about 20% of the total development. He then reiterated that Capstone is also adding 15 acres with the landscape berm along the highway that is not included in the park dedication. Mr. Barker stated that the commercial portion of the map are not part of this discussion. Commissioner Niziolek is asked if there will be sperate park dedication for the commercial portion. Mr. Stremcha and Mr. Shelby confirmed that the commercial park dedication will come in front of the commission later. Commissioner Goodwin asked for an explanation of why the wetlands would not be accepted and Chair Anderson said the commission has not typically accepted wetlands. Mr. Barker said that they have not seen the recommendations presented tonight prior to the meeting. Chair Anderson said that the options presented as a handout tonight are all options for the Commission to consider. Mr. Barker said that he does not see the Capstone Park dedication proposal on the recommendations in the three options on the handout. They had not planned on anything other than land as park dedication. Chair Anderson explained again that the Commission can make the recommendations as they see fit.