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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of Council <br />Monday, May 21, 2012 <br />Page 10 <br />Mr. Metzung sta.ted, where we are at now is the final shaping and capping. It's something we <br />need to do. We need to get grass growing on that hill in order to keep us EPA compliant with <br />storm water drainage. No matter what we do with that site, we need to get grass to grow on it. <br />That's what this is basically about at this point. <br />Mr. Marquardt asked, are there extended plans for this in existence? <br />Mr. Metzung asked, a set of plans? <br />Mr. Marquardt asked, extended plans for this amphitheatre in existence? <br />Mr. Metzung replied, not that I am aware of it. <br />Mr. Marquardt asked, are you aware of it, Ms. Wolgamuth? <br />Ms. Wolgamuth replied, I am not. No. We have talked about the possibility of looking for <br />funding for staging and lighting in the future, but no, there is not a plan. <br />Council President Buckholtz stated, so, just to review where we are at. I want to mention for <br />anyone new in the audience, everything we are passing we have discussed in committee and at <br />Council Caucuses. This particular item is something that we had the ability to start years ago as <br />we started all kinds of projects in the Parkview area. We used it for a training area for a lot of <br />the equipment we had. I had met with Bruce back then and we had kind of noticed the natural <br />inclination of the land that it would make for an outdoor facility. I agree with you, Mr. <br />Marquardt, that there has never been a plan. This is something that we have just kind of kept <br />chipping away at and working on. It's been a place where we can dump dirt that otherwise we <br />would have paid to haul away, is that fair to say? Or allowed other people to bring the dirt there <br />and drop it for us. Can you explain, I hate to do this to you again, but can you explain again <br />where we are standing? Again, we have already heard from one resident a problem with dust <br />and dirt. You are saying the EPA will require us to cap and shape? <br />Mr. 1Vletzung replied, you can't leave ground that's been disturbed unprotected. As long as we <br />are maintaining it and working it, it was okay. Now we have come to a point where we are <br />fuushing that phase of the project so now we need to finish shaping and put some topsoil on it so <br />we can get grass to grow on it. For the time being, if nothing else, I have to have grass on this <br />hill. <br />Mr. Marquardt stated, in the years of this development, a plan would have been reasonable to <br />expect. This has been going on for some period of time. <br />Ms. Wolgamuth stated, if I may Mr. Marquardt, do you mean a plan for the shape of the <br />amphitheatre? <br />Mr. Marquardt replied, no, I am talking about the whole .plan. How much is the thing going to <br />cost? Somebody's got an idea of what this is going to look like and how much the total cost is