01/08/2001 - City Council Special
Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Eagan City Council
January 8, 2001
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MINUTES OF A
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE EAGAN CITY COUNCIL
CENTRAL PARK SITE DESIGN TEAM
JANUARY 8, 2001
11:30 A.M.
EAGAN MUNICIPAL CENTER
CONFERENCE ROOMS 2A&B
Present: Mayor Awada, Councilmember Carlson, Director of Parks and Recreation Vraa, City
Engineer Matthys, Assistant City Engineer Gorder, Administrative Specialist Wielde,
Administrative Specialist Hertel, representatives from Damon Farber and Associates.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting began at 11 :30 a.m. No action items were on the agenda for the Site Design
Team meeting and no action was taken.
CENTRAL PARK UPDATE AND PENDING ISSUES
Director of Parks and Recreation Vraa reviewed the items up for discussion at the
meeting. Those items included the pond, the building location, parking lot and access road
issues, the potential NW A road connection, the bandshell, and the picnic shelters.
Mayor A wada and Councilmember Carlson expressed concern that decisions were being
made without explicit Council direction by the staff and consultants. The group reviewed
options for the pond and the committee directed staff and the consultants to prepare three options
with cost estimates for review at the next committee meeting.
Mayor Awada asked for information about the possibility of connecting the road to
NW A, citing their interest expressed at a recent meeting. The committee directed staff and the
consultants to prepare three options regarding the road and corresponding cost estimates for the
next committee meeting.
The group agreed that a circular approach to the front of the building was desirable.
Amenities within the circle were discussed. Director of Parks and Recreation Vraa presented the
two options available regarding the bandshel1location. After discussion, the committee
recommended following the preference of the focus group, to have the bandshel1located closer
to the community center and its parking and facilities. Director Vraa discussed the evolution of
the focus groups' arrival at a large picnic shelter instead of several small picnic shelters.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 1 :00 p.m.
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Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Eagan City Council
January 8,2001
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