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March 7, 1984 Park Board Minutes Page 4 Olson asked if the plan could be approved with the exception of Freedom Park. Anderson said that the Park Board should ask to be included in the planning of all the. parks in regard to the Stormwater Manage- merit Plan changes at the earliest stage of planning. Proper agreed and said. that would be the safest way to make the motion. Motion by Gunderman., seconded by Olson, to recommend approval of the Stormwater Management Plan but let the record show that portions of the plan are unsatisfactory and Park Board approval is based on the understanding that the Park Board be involved in .preliminary planning of the Stormwater Management. Plan for Sunnys Square, Freedom and veterans Parks. Motion carried. B. Lighted Athletic Field In the 1985 CIP, $85,000 has been put in for the development of a lighted athletic field, The lighted field has been in. the CIP for about 9 years .and keeps getting bounced around from year to year. During the CIP planning. process .last year Anderson agreed to do a mini feasibility study. in 1984.. A possibility is putting lights at Irondale. Have talked with John Ostlund from the School District, Anderson recommends that the Park Board commit some funds from the CIP to be matched by the School District to be used to hire an architect consultant because the school field would be too complex to do without help. Gunderman does. not. see this as appropriate.: Fears that the School District will get all the use and the City would get nothing. It would not be good for New Brighton. The City lost a football field that way. Freedom would be a good place for the lights,. let's keep the lights in New Brighton. Gunderman understands that Irondale is only a part of the feasibility study. Fear that in the. near future other cities may be using the lighted fields too. Anderson said if Irondale turned out to be the best location for the lights, then a Joint. Powers Agreement would be done spelling out who uses the facility and when. The City would probably have use in the evenings... Gunderman asked who would. do-the maintenance. Anderson said we could split the maintenance It`s worked well at Highview. Johnson asked what the School District's advantage is. Anderson said he thinks we can get a baseball diamond, merits softball diamond and a women''s or cub diamond lighted.., We don't have a quality baseball field at Irondale and the. field cannot be maintained very well.