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Chairperson Bowers noted the Commission is scheduled to receive a presentation on the Century House at the March meeting. He questioned whether the Commission should be waiting until after receiving this presentation to make any decisions on their two-year priorities. Ms. Murphy provided details on the two-year process and the expectation that the Century House would fell into the next Two-Year Plan. Commissioner Hekl had questions about the basketball courts that had just been resurfaced and questioned how many of the courts were lighted. She was informed that two of the five courts have lights. Chairperson Bowers opened the meeting for public comment at 7:25 p.m. Andrew Lambert — indicated that he would like the Commission to support prioritization of a new skate park, or expansion/improvements to the current skate park. He referenced a number of sections within the Parks and Recreation Master Plan that provides comments on the need for increasing/expanding skate parks and with skateboarding being one of the fastest growing sports. Mr. Lambert asked that the Commission consider his request for naming a new park, or renaming the existing park, in memory of his father David Lambert, a former member of the Parks and Recreation Commission. Herea Nica — indicated various reasons he was in support of the Commission recommending a new skateboard park as one of their priorities. He noted that the current skateboard park has no coping or challenging obstacles that make it fun for young people to skate at the current park. He stated that he and his friends are having to go to parks in other areas. Joe Streng (former Parks & Recreation Commissioner — felt all projects are good priorities and thought the Commission was facing a difficult task in making their decisions. He felt consideration should be given to looking at unmet needs within the community and a skateboard park was definitely an unmet need for teens and pre- teens as Mr. Lambert had pointed out in his presentation. Mr. Streng stated that the Bernal Community Farm, Inclusionary/All Access Playground and Phase II of the Pioneer Cemetery Master Plan were all worthwhile priorities. Kristen Teed — supported making the Skateboard Park a priority noting that "if a City doesn't have a skatepark, it is a skatepark". She noted that skateboarding is now a sport in the Olympics, and skate parks give teens a safe place to release their energy and it is a great drop-in activity for casual skateboarding. Ms. Teed noted that other nearby cities have good parks for this activity. Debon Waxman — commented on the many issues he has seen at the current skate park because it is old and the size is too small. He suggested that making improvements and extending the current park would allow for showing what skateboarders can do and bring more people to the skate park. Parks and Recreation Commission February 14, 2019 Page 4