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Consensus of the Committee was to direct staff to get further information and bring · back to the next Finance Committee meeting· · Case#2: Receive Park and Recreation Commissions Proposed 5~ )ital Improvement Programming (C.I.P.) Parks/Utilities Supervisor Boos stated that each year the Park and Recreat ntm/ssi its review of the 5-year C.I.P. in June. The plan is modified ~¢:~efl ~ ~ ~9'~,'. ~'.:~,~ · development as well as priorities of the Commission and City C !~er ~ il revisions at a · . . ~¢.~;~' ~ . . special workshop ~n September 2000, the Commission condu 'publ:[q~earntg at ~ts regular scheduled October meeting· There were two projects ~'~fically requester[ this year for consideration by the public either in writing or at a C0.~'2§~ion mee~,~:.~g. Both the Elmcrest Park project in 2001 and the 164~ Lane NW to the,~ Itasca Tm~[fionnection (2002) are mcluded ~n the proposed C.I.P. TI~e 2001 ParkmS~p~a~!~provemen!t~¢~'me expected to be adopted in December 2000as part of the whole C.I.P. pl~/~}i~d?~§po~ffing budget. The Commission requested acknowledgment of the C.I.P. now for OhS: 1. The C~ty w~ll need to accept or decI~e the M~nnesota Departmen~r6~l~e~Tam~hes, and ors 100,000 for :~[,.k this ·fall which is inclu C~I.P. Learning grant 2. If there is concerns or prioriff~}~b~t~ d:.,as Part of the Co ~ons C.I.P., there is t~me to address them as p~ o~the;~nbhc proc'eS:~!~for~e the Decemb.~ 2000 budget heanng and subse uent adovt~on of Z001 C ~¢i~. vlan .~', :~:~:. Parks/Utilities Supervisor Boos reviewed'?~e ~¢~1~f Park ~3~-acre acquisition. He stated that the purpose of ~S.:Eroject is to exp~!:~,:,,i~ existing 45-acre park to the east to Vanohte Street NW. ~,s.~;3JSz~tcre:,k~xpansmn has he,liEn the Park and Trml Plan for many year and ~s intended to u~t~ately Prowtt~,the land need[g~ m~e Central Park the largest developed park in the C~s.">system of co~gmty parks. For ~d;[Tthere ~s no fun&ng designated for the land Councilr~tiiber Zimmerm~i~ired if the City were to purchase the 35 acres would· the park be developed n~l}'.away, ~eiiexpressed concern that tf the park were to be developed m the near future there wou,i,d be a lot of complaints with the gun club being so close to the park and he ~s · .:~::~ .,,~ . . . . . afl:aid that the %,m, plaints would cause the gun club to be shut down. Gamefit:.si~ated that the land is not and if and when the land for 5.mayor going anywhere goes up "::::¢}:'.~ale then th~iCi'ty can acquire the land. In the mean time, he thought it would be more beneficial 't~ ~Pend~the''money on upgrading the existing parks and developing Elmcrest park. Finance Committee/October 24, 2000 Page 3 of 7 -~ 27-