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course there will be new participation. To date, the majority of park needs are being met, however as uses increase, the facilities need to be located in the business park. Ms. Dennis referred to the suggestion of acquiring 33 acres for a long term plan. She asked if there was consideration for needs for corporate events or staging areas for runs, etc. Does staff have information that other cities have provided such facilities? Ms. Bengtson indicated 33 acres is desired to provide flexibility in designing the park and serving needs. She agreed this could attract new businesses. At the same time, she wants a hard edge to the park because it makes facility planning easier and provides an open space element to the area. Staff is making estimates on park needs and it is better to have more land than less. Ms. Dennis indicated that even if all the land is not currently developed for park usage, some of it could be kept for future needs. Ms. Michelotti agreed 33 acres would be ideal, but if there are not enough funds generated by the present proposals, then Council must look at other funding options to acquire future park land. Ms. Mohr recounted that in 1980 a former Councilmember had wanted to sell undeveloped park land because it did not appear feasible that the City would have resources to develop it. She believed that was short-sighted. She believed it was more important to acquire the land sufficient to serve the projected needs and then develop the facilities as funding becomes available. Mr. Tarver did not want to give any general directions and suggested proceeding with the rest of the agenda. Perhaps a workshop could be scheduled or a Council committee created. Ms. Dennis requested graphs be created to show properties versus costs to individual participants. Mr. Pico commended staff on the excellent job on the study. He thought the staff solution could show a connection between park requirements and usage needs. This is not a scientific study and is based on the 1991 transportation survey and facilities available at that time. There are other methodologies that could have been used, such as asking if these facilities were built and available, would you use thein. For example, the tennis complex was not built and the Sports Park has been expanded since then. Existing facilities would be used more if they were lighted. That information may modify the findings of the study. No consideration was given to a golf course and he believed that would have a high rate of use by the business community. Further investigation needs to be done to fund all the requirements. Mr. Pico wanted to look at the broader needs of the community and supported a lighted facility. He strongly supported acquiring 33 acres. He also supported a golf course and referred to the swim 02/21/95 -8-