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<br />PARK BOARD r~"IP•JUTES -2- OCTOBER 1Q, I979 <br />I F MONEY I S. TAKEP•,1 FROM; CURRENT BUDGET, PARKS I S <br />LEFT WITH VERY LITTLE, IF P•10NEY IS BORROWED, PARKS <br />a10ULD HAVE P10RE TO t~•10RK WITH . THERE NEEDS TO BE A <br />BETTER ln~ORKINC RELATIONSHIP BET4-EEN CITY 'P1ArJAGER, <br />COUhlC I L -AND PARK BOARD . <br />GUNDERr1AN STATED THEP.E I S A COMh9UN I CAT I ON GAP BE- <br />Tlr1EEN PARK BOARD AND COUNCIL AND ALSO A DIFFERENCE <br />Ih. PHILOSOPHIES. CArd OtdLY P.EP~EMBER ONE TIr1E PARK <br />BOARD r4AY HAVE PUT COUNCIL UNDER PRESSURE. THE <br />IDEA OF FINISHING OLD PARK BEFORE NElr' OrlE NEEDS <br />DEFINITION OF FINISHED. POPULATION PROJECTIOr! <br />PLAYED FACTOR Ird PLArdNING PARKS. PARK BOARD IS <br />TRYTNC TO PLEASE THE PEOPLE A~lD THE NEEDS HAVE <br />CHANGED TH{COUGH THE YEARS. STANDARDS ARE HARD TO <br />SET GJ I TH PARKS - NO PARK CAN BE BUILT THE SAI~1E AS <br />THE OTHER . <br />SENDEN.RESPONDED THAT THE COUNCIL UNDERSTANDS THIS <br />BUT THERE SHOULD BE PRIORITIES FOR PARK CEVELOPt~ENT. <br />DAHL FEELS INVENTORY IS GOOD IDEA BUT SHOULD 6E <br />FLE;CIBLE. PAP,tC BOARD TP.IES TO BE RESPONSIVE TO <br />RESIDENTS. PARK BOARD HAS NOT COMr'{Uh'ICATED P.ATIONALE <br />TO COUNCIL. IT°S HARD TO FULLY DEVELOP OLDER PARKS <br />FIRST BECAUSE THE NEEDS FOR A NEIn'ER PARK P~iAYBE GREATER <br />THAN AT Ar! OLDER PARi:. <br />BLOP1QUIST ALSO FELT THAT Ih!VEh!TORY IrdAS A GOOD IDEA. <br />USE THIS AS A PRIr1ARY GOAL Ih! THE CIP NEXT YEAR. <br />SENDEN ALSO ASKED I F PARK BOARD I^1AS GOIh1G TO HAVE <br />STAhtDARD5 IN DEVELOPING PARKS OR LISTERt TO RESIDENTS <br />4•JHOSE IDEAS KEEP CHANGING. <br />GUNDERNIAN RESPONDED THAT RESIDENTS DO ADD GOOD INPUT. <br />SENDEN. STATED ONLY 1~ OF PEOPLE WHO USE THE PARK SHOW <br />UP AT PARK PLAPvNING ~~."sEETINGS. THIS IS ~#JHY ALL PARKS <br />DO NOT HAVE THE SAr;E EQU I PP~~ENT . I F YOU LISTEN T00 <br />CLOSELY TO RESIDENTS, THINGS GET BUILT AND THEN <br />RIPPED OUT AS OPINIOrdS CHANGE. <br />GUNDERr1APJ .STATED THAT <br />AND HAD TO DO t^rHAT 4~dE <br />6Y RESIDENTS. <br />SENDEN STATED COUNCIL <br />GOUNC I L I TER1S . I F SO! <br />SENT BACK TO THE PARK <br />Eti'E ACQUIRED SOME OF THE PARKS <br />COULD TO r'AKE THE PAP,K USABLE <br />NEEDS r90RE LEAD TIr~E FOR <br />`1ETHING LOOKS BADS IT CAN BE <br />BOARD. <br />DAHL FELT PARK BOARD AND COUNCIL SHOULD GET TOGETHER <br />IN JANUARY TO DISCUSS CAPITAL IPAPROVEP•lENTS PROJECTS. <br />