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I I I Council Meeting Minutes June 24, 1986 Council Business, continued Benke agreed that council should proceed with the development of final plans for the park; however, the processing of the special use permit needs to begin (it would be appropriate for us to make that application for Planning Commission review) so we can resolve the parking lot issue, which relates to the parking lot size for city hall, which relates to location and size of the ball field, which relates to the issue of whether to whether or not Third Avenue will close. Benke agreed with staff that development of the park could pro- ceed after a determination is made of the specific things in the park that will service and provide a facility for the neighbor- hood; and that the additions for the downtown users (in terms of the types of amenities they might prefer [ie. walkway, sitting areas, etc.]) can be accommodated relatively easily at a later date. Benke suggested staff initiate consideration of a special use permit for development of a parking facility across Eighth Street from city hall, and to bring that item along with the park devel- pment options and the street closing issue back to the council for resolution at an early opportunity. Locke stated that, although a special use permit is not required because the parking lot would be for public use, such a permit would be the best process and that the request would be on the Planning Commission's agenda on July 15, 1986. Schmidt believes it would be appropriate and necessary to go through the Planning Commission to give the public an opportunity to provide input; assuming we were able to go through with the special use permit process, we would need to bring back the con- sideration of Third Avenue at the same time. Schmidt recalled that the principle use and desire for the people was keeping the ball diamond, leaving it in its current configuration. One argu- ment had been that if the diamond were shifted it would have an impact on the parking lot for city hall. Schmidt asked if off- site parking cut against the need to vacate the street for the purpose of providing additional parking or reconfiguring the ball diamond (we would be able to provide a field of the same size because of the parking aspect of it). Anderson stated his recommendation would be to vacate the street to provide us with additional green space and, more importantly, buffering. Schmidt understood there may be a number of reasons to vacate, but parking would be eliminated as a reason for vacating; Benke so confirmed. Page Five