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HomeMy WebLinkAbout08-06 • CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING AUGUST 6, 1997 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 H. Lovelace, L. Lulf, C. Warless-Sobel, J. Larson, A. Raymond, C. Bonn and P. Messinger. Also present were Park Director Steve Michaud and Recording Secretary Judi Ryan. ITEM #3. Minutes of July 16, 1997 The minutes of the July 16, 1997 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting were discussed. Committee member Messinger was not present at the meeting but stated that she was glad committee members had considered future trails along Hamburg Avenue in their discussions of the Arden Kitchen plat. • There were no additions or corrections and the minutes were approved as printed. ITEM #4. Citizen comments. There were no citizens present for items not on the agenda. The order of the agenda was revised to accommodate representatives of various plats who were present to discuss their plat. ITEM #7. Review preliminary and final plat of Zweber Farm and make park and trail dedication recommendation to City Council. The Zweber property is located on the south side of 175th Street, north of Dodd Blvd. and west of Highview Ave., and has been rezoned from R-A to R-2. Eighty acres of the Zweber Farm property, some of which is outside the MUSA, is proposed to be preliminary platted for single family residential lots at a future date. The preliminary plat proposes 76 single family lots in three phases. Phase One final plat proposes 22 lots in the northwest comer of the preliminary plat. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee reviewed this plat as Town and Country First Addition in 1994. The preliminary plat subsequently lapsed because the developer did not final plat the first phase. The plat has since been sold to another • developer and staff stated there have been very few changes. The entire Zweber property consists of 120 acres, with about eight or nine of those acres outside the Metropolitan Urban Service Area. Parks and Ram Advisory Camrratt~ Me~ig August 6,1997 Page -2- Outlot A, located on the west side of the preliminary plat, is 10.26 acres in size and will be deeded by the developer to the City as a natural conservation park with the Zweber Farm First final plat. This will meet the park land dedication requirement for the entire three phase Zweber Farm preliminary plat. The future preliminary plat of the Zweber property exception located within the 2010 MUSA will be required to meet ordinance requirements at the time of platting. Parks and recreational facilities are available at Cherry View Elementary School. The developer will also be required to provide two accesses to the Cherry View Elementary School parking lot, one to the east and one to the west. Staff has decided not to require the developer to install a wood chipped trail through the conservation area, but the developer will provide a bench cut which will be completed when roadways within the plat are built. A representative from D.R. Horton showed committee members a drawing of the proposed plat. Staff hopes that as future adjoining properties are developed, the green corridor will continue and will eventually provide overland connections to other schools and athletic facilities. •7.36 Motion was made by Messinger, seconded by Wanless-Sobel, to recommend City Council approve the preliminary and final plat of Zweber Farm and require the donation of Outlot A, a 10.26 wooded area on the west side of this property to satisfy the park dedication requirements. In addition the developer will be required to install two eight-foot wide bituminous trails from 176th Street to Cherry View Elementary School. The westerly access will be from 176th Street to the rear lot lines while the easterly access will be from 176th Street to the existing school parking lot. The developer will also be responsible for screening both trails with arborvitae trees. Motion passed. ITEM #8. Review preliminary and final plat of Town and Country Estates and make park and trail dedication recommendation to City Council. Town and Country Estates consists of 166 townhouse lots on land south of 162nd Street and north of 165th .Street, on both sides of Jaguar Avenue. The Phase One final plat consists of 52 townhome units. The Phase One final plat consists of 52 townhome units. A six-foot wide concrete sidewalk exists on the west side of Jaguar Avenue. The developer will be required to install a matching sidewalk on the east side of Jaguar Avenue between 165th Street and 160th Street. The developer will also be required to install an eight-foot bituminous trail connection from the intersection of Jatos Circle and Jamison Path north to connect with the Parks and R~ Adrrisory Camrrutt~ Me~etircg August 6, 1997 Page -3- existing trail located on the south side of County Road 46 (160th Street.) Trails currently exist on 165th Street and 162nd Street. Al Block, representing Town & Country Homes, Inc. was present and stated that the developer is prepared to install a tot lot if it is determined one is needed, however, typically in a neighborhood such as this, only 10 % of residents have children. The tot lot would be purchased and maintained by the neighborhood homeowners association. 97.37 Motion was made by Raymond, seconded by Lulf, to recommend Ciry Council approve the preliminary and final plat of Town and Country Estates and require a cash contribution to satisfy the park and trail dedication requirements. In addition, the developer will be required to install a 6-foot wide concrete sidewalk on the east side of Jaguar Avenue and complete the trail connection to County Road 46 from the intersection of Jatos Circle and Jamison Path. Motion passed. ITEM #6. Review final plat of Kenridge Second Addition and make park and trail dedication recommendation to City Council. Kenridge Second Addition consists of 71 single family residential lots and is • located east of Flagstaff Avenue and south of 175th Street. The Parks and Recreation's original recommendation for the first phase of the Kenridge plat was for a cash contribution. In addition the developer was required to install aneight- foot bituminous trail from the south boundary of the Kenridge plat along the east side of Flagstaff Avenue to 175th St. Staff is looking at long term park needs in the area. Property located west of Kenridge is designated as a neighborhood park search area in the Park and Open Space System Plan. 97.38 Motion was made by Lulf, seconded by Warless-Sobel, to recommend City Council approve the final plat of Kenridge Second Addition and require a cash contribution to satisfy the park and trail dedication requirements. Motion passed. ITEM #5. Staff reports and summary of current projects. Staff is very excited about the recent purchase agreement which has been negotiated for the Christian property. The Lake Marion Association donated $1,000 toward the purchase and Menasha Corporation contributed $20,000. State grant funds have also been awarded and will be used to supplement park bond referendum funds. Staff feels this acquisition of 20 acres including 800-feet of Lake Marion shoreline is a milestone in the park system. An additional 1,000 feet • of Juno Trail can be paved immediately, which will bring the trail up to the Christian homestead. A local house mover is considering purchasing the home Parks acrd R~rnatiori Advisory C,arrv~rritt~ M~ircg August 6, 1997 Page -4- from the City. The remainder of the trail will be paved next year, following the removal of the house. A September closing on the property is planned. Finals will be held this weekend at Quigley-Sime Park for the National AAU 12 & Under Tournament. The facility has been given rave reviews as 55 teams from 26 states have played there this week. Lakeville is providing a full time crew and the tournament sponsors are paying for any overtime expenses. Just prior to this evening's Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting, staff attended a City Council work session which involved several park related items. Klamath Trail: Possible facilities for aschool/park complex next to Orchard Lake Elementary School were discussed. The Wilkie house is slated for demolition and trail construction from Rock Island Townhome project to the school is being considered. Dodd Pointe Park: The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee has seen • the concepts of the park and a neighborhood meeting has been held. One additional neighborhood meeting will be held with residents. Council wishes to have staff proceed with development of this park. Trails are also budgeted for 1998. Flagstaff Trail Construction: The City Engineering Department will design the trail from 170th to 175th Street in-house during the winter months and construction will be planned for 1998. King Park Grading and Drainage: There is a grading discrepancy of about 30,000 yards. A meeting is being planned soon to finalize all punch list items. In addition, there are some areas at King Park where the water table is very high and water is leaching from the ground. A decision on whether drain the is needed will be deferred until next year to see if conditions improve. Park Naming: Council members made a couple of suggestions for more general terminology in the proposed policy but overall were pleased with the proposal the Parks and Recreation Committee had prepared. Staff will make the suggested changes and send ared-lined copy to Committee members. Parks and Rai Aatvisory C.arrnrritt~ Meeting August 6, 1997 Page -S- • Leash Law: A suggestion from the City Council was to recommend a change in the ordinance for Ritter Farm Park which would not allow any dogs in the park during nesting season, which entails eight to ten weeks through the spring. Staff will check with the City Attorney about the state statute. Non-Resident Fees: The survey which was done by City staff found that most other communities do not charge additional fees for non-residents. Currently there does not seem to be an influx of non-residents into the programs to the point of preventing residents from signing up. It was also determined that 40 % of Lakeville school district students live outside the corporate City boundaries. Schools provide many facilities for youth sports programs. A time line for resident priority registrations is currently used by the Parks and Recreation Dept. for a few programs and would be implemented for all programs in 1998. Anon-resident fee may be considered for the 1999 budget. Snowmobile Task Force Recommendation: At their July 24, 1997 meeting, the Snowmobile Task Force recommended a total snowmobiling restriction • north of 175th Street from I-35 to Lakeville's easterly boundary. The boundary has been refined to take the MUSA line into consideration since several of the areas near the City's easterly boundary are available for snowmobiles. The Council suggested that major marketing on the "Messages" page and another open public meeting of the task force be held before Council considers the recommendation. Committee member Messinger had concerns about enforcement and whether snowmobilers from other communities would continue to cause problems, especially in the Valley Park areas . Construction of trails along County Road 5: Due to the cost of the trail and possible acquisition of a home, City Council supports a trail on the east side only. The only possibility for including a west side trail is if the residence on the west side would agree to have the trail in close proximity to their home without having to purchase their home. ITEM #9. - Update on Greenwood Estates Trail. Staff has spoken to a resident of Greenwood Estates who is in the process of conducting a neighborhood survey. The survey may be complete for presentation at the next Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting. Staff has found . that the easement only affects four property owners. A second neighborhood meeting will be held soon. Parks ar~R~ Advisory ~.anvratt~ Meetraig August 6, 1997 Page -6- • ITEM #10. - Unfinished business. The park rangers have been pro-active in talking to people at the parks who do not have their dogs on leashes. Staff has also confronted certain individuals in parks who are violating ordinances concerning model rockets and golfing in the parks. Committee member Messinger suggested placing more "No golfing" signs at Parkview Park. Staff informed the committee that the Independence Park playground equipment will be shipped from the factory on August 11th. Committee member Bonn reported that some of the boards on the old playground equipment have been sawed off. ITEM #11. - New business. There was no new business at this time. ITEM #12. - Announcements. • The next meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee is scheduled for August 20, 1997 at 6:00 PM. ITEM #13. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 7:45 PM. Respectfully submitted, ~~J J di A. Ryan, Recording ecretary ATTES / e arson, Chairperson