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PARK BOARD MEETING October 3, 1973 Meeting was called to order at 8:03 p.m. Board members present: Gunderman, Hagemeyer, Smith and U?eissman. Dahl appeared at 9:10 p.m. Council Representative Eajon a.~~peared'at 8~~0 p.m. Board members absent: Cook and Sherlock. Others present: Allan Stahlberg, New Brighton Sportsman Club; Fritz Werdouschegg, Linda Werdouschegg and Kelly O'Brien, Village ~es3dents; Charles Corlett, Senior Intern and Robert M. Wickland, Director of Parks and Recreation. The minutes of the regular meeting of September 5, 1973 were corrected to show that Lenore Parham of the Community Betterment Task Force was present. The minutes were then approved as submitted. New Brighton Sportsman Club Allan Stahlberg of the New Brighton Sportsman Club appeared before the Board to express the club's appreciation to the Village for its help in their fishing contest and other projects. He stated that the Sports- man Club wished to express their appreciattion by donating something to the park system. The Board suggested that Mr. Stahlberg meet with the staff to develop a list of possible projects and bring it back to the Board meeting in November. Freedom Park Tennis Courts Fritz Werdouschegg, Linda Werdouschegg and Kelly O'Brien appeared before the Board to request consideration of the construction of tennis courts at Freedom Park. They presented a petition from the neighborhood supporting this project.. Motion by Smith, seconded by Weissman. to accept the petition. Ms. O'Brien stated that the closest tennis courts to Freedom Park area are located at Highview Jr. High School and that traffic on Silver Lake Road makes these courts difficult to reach. She suggested that the courts be placed on the small baseball field of along Silver Lake Road; stating that tennis courts might be a better use .for the park property than the baseball field, as there were two fields on the school grounds. Certain concerns were raised. This project would involve funds that are not programmed at the present time. It would involve trading of a baseball field for tennis courts and it would put a permanent facility on Freedom Park, which is the proposed site for an ice arena or pool. Placing a permanent facility on this site would certainly affect that long-range plan. It was further pointed out. that sidewalks along Silver Lake Road