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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-20 CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 ITEM #1. Call to order. The meeting was called to order in the Lakeville Council Chambers by Chairperson Larson at 6:00 PM. ITEM #2. Roll call. Present were Committee members H. Lovelace, L. Lulf, R. Boldus, J. Berg, P. Messinger, and J. Larson. Committee member C. Wanless-Sobel and alternate member K. Manias were unable to attend. Also present were Parks and Recreation Director Steve Michaud and Recording Secretary Pat Vinje. Steve Michaud, Parks and Recreation Director announced Colette Wanless-Sobel had called and informed him that due to personal conflicts she would no longer be able to continue on the Committee. She will write a formal resignation letter. ITEM #3. Approval of Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee minutes of September 6, 2000. The minutes of the September 6, 2000Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting were discussed. There were no additions or corrections and the minutes were approved as printed. ITEM #4. Citizen comments. There were no citizens present at this meeting. ITEM #5. Staff reports, and summary of current projects. Committee members had reviewed the written narrative and there were no comments or questions. ITEM #6. Review of Commercial/Industrial Park Dedication Fee Sub- Committee Recommendation. Chairperson Larson, who is a member of the Commercial/Industrial Park Dedication Fee Subcommittee, updated the committee on the meetings he attended with Bob Vogel and Gary Tushie of the Economic Development Commission. Options for charging commercial/industrial park dedication fees were discussed. There was no opposition from sub-committee members to the proposed fees of $4800 commercial and $4000 industrial. Gary Tushie, Economic Development Commission member suggested a similar fee charged by City of Apple Valley for the purpose of funding landscaping associated with commercial and industrial projects. The City of Apple Valley charges 5% of the project value. This type of funding may be a revenue source for funding Gateway projects. It was suggested this concept should go before the Economic Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes of: September 20, 2000 Page -2- Development Commission. Another option is to incorporate the Gateway Plan into the Comprehensive Park and Trail System Plan. Discussion was directed at the Industrial/Commercial Park Dedication Survey. Some cities charge the same fee for both commercial and industrial plats while some charge a higher fee for commercial development and a lower fee for industrial development. Ten years ago, the City of Lakeville charged $2500 per acre for commercial/industrial dedication fees. The City of Lakeville has much to offer commercial and industrial developers. There are great schools, parks, housing and other recreational amenities to attract workers to live in a community they work in. Chairperson Larson asked the committee members their opinion of the proposed fee. Committee member Messinger stated she would not prefer to lower the fee because it may cause need to move revenue from the Park Dedication Fund budget to accommodate Gateway improvements. Committee members stated the fee should remain as proposed. Member Messinger added assisting Gateway improvements from Park Dedication fund would be acceptable to some degree but reminded the committee of tremendous acquisition and development needs presently existing in the park system. Committee Member Boldus asked if there would be any support from the Economic Development Commission? Staff stated that subcommittee members appeared to support the proposal, however could not predict what the full committee would do. Chairperson Larson stated from the meetings he has attended concerning this issue, there has been no opposition from the Economic Development Commission members. It was also stated that the Park and Recreation Advisory Committee agreed to lower the commercial/industrial fee more than ten years ago to assist with stimulating commercial/industrial development. Members thought commercial/industrial development was well underway and will be for next 20 years and that the fee should now be returned to a market area level. 00.24Motion was made by Berg, seconded by Boldus, after careful examination by the Commercial/Industrial Park Dedication Fee Subcommittee to recommend to City Council to consider approving the proposed park dedication fees of $4800 per acre for commercial and $4000 per acre for industrial. The fee would be for new plats submitting applications following any City Council action. Existing plats now under consideration would be exempt. Motion passed. ITEM #7. Review draft Park Dedication Fund budget. Staff referred to the draft Park Dedication Fund budget for 2001. It is expected there will be approximately 550 residential units developed in 2001. In the past there have been 350 ? 400 units. Projects in 2001 include Antlers Park playground; Lake Villa Area Neighborhood Park; Bury property condemnation; Central Area PUD trails; nd Greenway Shelter (Hickory Tech) building at 192 and Ipava which includes restrooms, interior/exterior water, benches and many trail projects associated with new road construction. ITEM #8. Unfinished business. There was no unfinished business at this time. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes of: September 20, 2000 Page -3- ITEM #9. New business. There was no new business at this time. ITEM #10: Announcements. The next meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee is scheduled for October 4, 2000. ITEM #11: Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 7:21 PM. Respectfully submitted, _____________________________________ Patricia J. Vinje, Recording Secretary ATTEST: _____________________________________ Jeff Larson, Chairperson