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PARK BOARD MEETING <br />A~arch 7, ?-973 <br />Meeting eras called to order at 8°02 p.m. <br />Board members presento Cook, Dahl, Gunderman, Hagemeyer, T.~?eissman <br />and Council Representative Eagon. Sherlock appeared at 8°07 p.m. <br />Board members absente Smith <br />Others present° Bob Halves, Moundsview Football Association; Terry <br />Aitken, Citizens Study Committee; Sue Ashland, League of Women Voters <br />and Robert M. Wickland, Director of Parks and Recreation. <br />Minutes of the. regular meeting of February 7, 7.973 were approved as <br />submitted. <br />Agenda additions: Downtown Study Report, Metropolitan Open Space <br />Public Hearing, Light~.ng Program, Trail System and Election of Officers. <br />Lighting Program <br />Bob Halves, Secretary of <br />before the Park Board. <br />program in New Brighton <br />lack of facilities. He <br />was to light a football <br />possibility of cooperat <br />funds from youth groups <br />the Moundsview Football Association, appeared <br />He explained that the growth of the football <br />is going to create a problem because of the <br />suggested that one solution to this problem <br />field. He further recommended that the <br />ing with the school district and soliciting <br />be explored. <br />Weissman agreed that a lighted field was needed; he stated that it <br />would provide a multiple use and extended use of a single facility. <br />Cost estimates ranging from $32,000 to $50,000 have been received for <br />lighting a combination football/baseball/hockey area. <br />Dahl concurred that a lighted facility would have several advantages, <br />however, there did not appear to be a suitable location available <br />for such a facility. <br />It was pointed out that the school district and the village would have <br />different needs concerning lighted facilities. The schools would tend <br />to require single-purpose, high-quality lighting for interscholastic <br />competition. Tnlhereas the village would be more interested in multi- <br />purpose recreational kinds of uses. <br />Hagemeyer questioned the priority of a lighted facility. He suggested <br />that this was a masculine facility being added to the already masculine- <br />oriented.park system. He wondered whether it would be of use to the. <br />large percentage of the children in the village. <br />