Downtown Journal: Delasalle Plan Gets Ok
Journalist Kari VanDerVeen writes the following in her article for the Downtown Journal:
» Controversial plans to expand DeLaSalle High School's athletic field onto Nicollet Island park property took another step forward Feb. 15 when the park board's planning committee approved the project's concept plan and reciprocal-use agreement.
Both items will now go before the full park board on March 1. If the board approves the items, General Manager Don Siggelkow said the project would then need approval from the city and the Metropolitan Council on several other issues before construction could begin.
The final concept plan for the athletic field includes bleachers for 750 people and an open field area designed for football and soccer use. About half of the facility will be on DeLaSalle's property and half on 1.2 acres of adjacent park land. According to the reciprocal-use agreement, the Park Board would lease - not sell - the park land to the school.
The committee approved the concept plan 3-1 and the reciprocal-use agreement 3-2. Commissioners Bob Fine, Walt Dziedzic and Carol Kummer voted to approve both items. Commissioner Annie Young voted against both items, and Commissioner Tracy Nordstrom abstained from the vote on the concept plan and voted against the reciprocal-use agreement.
When the items go before the full park board, Siggelkow said the concept plan needs the approval of five commissioners to pass and the reciprocal-use agreement needs the approval of six. «
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