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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-19 • CITY OF LAKEVII.LE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING MARCH 19, 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 L. Lulf, C. Warless-Sobel, J. Larson, A. Raymond and P. Messinger. Committee member H. Lovelace was absent. Also present were Park Director Steve Michaud and Recording Secretary Judi Ryan. ITEM #3. .Minutes of March 5, 1997 The minutes of the March 5, 1997 Parks 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 for items not on the agenda. • ITEM #5. Staff reports. This item was tabled for later discussions. ITEM #6. Review preliminary and final plat of DHY Addition and make park dedication recommendation to City Council. DHY Addition consists of one 7.6-acre industrial lot located in the northwest corner of 215th Street and Holyoke Avenue, the previous site of Fredrickson Excavating. The proposed new corporate headquarters /industrial building of Di Hed Yokes, Inc. (DHY) is part of a redevelopment project that will rezone the property from PUD to I-1, Limited Industrial District. The City's Transportation Plan specifies future trails along Holyoke Avenue and 215th Street at the time those roadways are upgraded. 97.06 Motion was made by Warless-Sobel, seconded by Lulf, to recommend City Council approve the preliminary and final plat of DHY Addition and require a cash contribution to satisfy the park dedication requirements. It is further recommended that the developer be required to escrow funds for future trail development along Holyoke Avenue and 215th Street. Motion passed. ITEM #7. - Public hearing regarding submittal of grant applications. The public hearing to consider the application of several grants to the State of Minnesota for acquisition and development purposes was opened. The Parks and Recreation Secretary attested that a legal notice had been duly published. One citizen was present for the public hearing. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting March 19, 1997 Page -2- Staff explained that the public hearing is for the purpose of notifying and discussing with citizens the proposed acquisition of 20-acres of park property along the West Lake Marion shoreline. The parcel is identified as 010-078. The City recently purchased the adjoining property and the purchase of this parcel will allow the construction of a contiguous trail along Juno Trail. Due to a commissioner's award in excess of budgeted amounts, the Ciry did not complete the purchase of this parcel following condemnation proceedings in 1996. The City is again attempting to acquire the property with the assistance of a grant. In addition to a contiguous trail along the lake, purchase of the property would give residents future hiking and cross country ski trails and picnic facilities. The cost of the proposed trail will not be directly assessed to the residents but will be paid for indirectly through previously approved 1994 Bond Referendum proceeds. Maintenance costs will be generally associated with mowing, trimming and seal coating of the trail. Staff also discussed the proposed grant application for funding assistance in the development of the 205th Street trail from Kansas Avenue to Jacquard Avenue. The trail is proposed to be constructed in a permanent location and will not need to be moved at the time 205th Street is upgraded. The trail will assist residents with safe pedestrian access to several sites including Antlers Park, Lakeview Elementary School, a future park on the Pexa property, • and downtown Lakeville. Since there were no further questions from Committee members or citizens present, Chair Larson closed the public hearing. ITEM #5. Staff reports. * Committee had received a flyer on the State Bike Conference which will be held on Saturday, April 12, 1997, and were encouraged to attend. * A meeting of the 1997 Pan-O-Frog fireworks planning committee has been scheduled for next week. School District officials have approved the use of the High School football field for general seating during the evening's events. Now that REV-105 is off the air, another simulcast avenue may be pursued, along with some other new ideas which have been presented. Committee members are asked to offer any ideas or suggestions to staff. * The boarding dock for Casperson Park has been delivered and will be installed as soon as the ice is off the lake. * Recreation staff is working on the Summer Recreation Brochure. One new program being considered is an evening nature program at Ritter Farm Park. * The snowmobile trail at Ritter Farm Park was closed as of Monday, March 17th. * All fish houses are off the lakes, however, there are a couple which have been abandoned at Casperson Park. Fishermen filled two 20-yard dumpsters as they left Lake Marion this year. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting March 19, 1997 Page -3- ITEM #8. - Discussion of non-resident program fees. Committee members received a copy of a survey that was done by an intern in St. Cloud. From the 140 questionnaires which were sent, 78 agencies responded. There has been some concern about the Ciry of Lakeville expending time and funds on programs and facilities for non-resident participation. After some reseazch into youth sports registrations, it was found that 22% aze non-residents. These participants aze lazgely within the Lakeville school district which encompasses surrounding cities such as Elko, New Mazket and Credit River. Many of the fields which are scheduled by the City are at school sites. Committee members felt that if non-resident fees aze ever implemented in Lakeville, it would be difficult to differentiate between school district and non school district residents due to the overlapping of City and school district boundary lines. Priority registrations would be one other way to give residents a chance to sign up first for programs. A clear defmition of what constitutes anon-resident would need to be made. A random sample of adult leagues showed a sizable percentage of non-residents were registered. In some adult sport leagues, registration criteria are to live or work in the city. Many of the adult leagues have made lazge contributions to the pazk system in time and labor in constructing park buildings, field upgrades and field lighting. Adult leagues also pay an • annual maintenance fee of $50.00 per team to the Ciry. Youth sport leagues have also contributed greatly to pazk improvements, especially in preparation for the National AAU Tournaments at Quigley-Sime Park. The LBA is also looking forwazd to making contributions towazd completing King Pazk facilities. Committee member Messinger suggested a nominal fee might also be charged to each youth team. Staff mentioned that the Baseball Association already has a fundraiser each child participates in, and the benefits are reaped by the City in field improvements. The Hockey Association continues to use their fund raising proceeds to pay off the arena debt. Football is a small but growing sport and may be able to contribute more in the future. The LFSA has also paid for improvements to fields which they use. Staff feels it would be more beneficial to encourage leagues to continue their donations rather than impose a charge. Chair Lazson stated that he feels as long as Lakeville residents are not being denied participation opportunities, anon-resident fee should not be considered. Committee directed staff to prepare a recommendation for committee review. ITEM #9. - Discussion of park naming policy. A survey was recently completed of vazious Minnesota cities' pazk naming policies. Of the 41 cities that responded to the survey, 12 were able to provide Lakeville with a sample of a written policy or resolution. Most cities use a plat or subdivision name to name a pazk, similaz to Lakeville. The issue of park naming has been discussed over the yeazs and recently resurfaced after the purchase of Cherry View Pazk property from the Studer family. • In the instance of King Park, the name was given to the pazk following a lazge contribution to the pazk from the King family. Another example is the naming of Quigley-Sime Pazk Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting March 19, 1997 Page -4- which was donated entirely by the family's estate. Larson suggested that the property purchased from the Pexa family be referred to as Lakeview Estates Park, not "Pexa Park. " Committee members suggested a subcommittee be established to further discuss the issues of how major land donations and/or cash contributions will affect the naming of a park and draft a policy statement for presentation to the Committee. After review by the entire Committee, the statement would be referred to Council for discussion at a work session prior to being considered at a regular Council meeting. ITEM #10. - Unfinished business. Staff showed the committee the concept of the Flagstaff Avenue trail from 175th to 170th Streets. The trail will be an important pedestrian access to the new North Creek Elementary School. Residents whose property abuts the trail will be invited to the Parks and Recreation Committee meeting on April 16, 1997 to discuss the proposed trail. Staff. also showed the committee four concepts of the Orchard Lake Elementary proposed school/park complex with various configurations of parking and skating facilities. Hockey and pleasure skating areas are needed in this neighborhood of Lakeville and parking is also needed at this school site. Committee members suggested a paved rink could be • incorporated into this plan. Committee member Warless-Sobel thanked the City on behalf of the Friends of the Library. Over $1,000 was raised at the Book Sale which was held recently at the Lakeville Senior Center. ITEM #11. - New business. a) Discuss Orchard Lake Sportsmen's Club request for a loading dock at Orchard Lake Boat Launch. The Orchard Lake Sportsmen's Club contributed $3,200 to purchase the Casperson Park boarding dock and at the tune of their contribution expressed interest in also funding a dock for Orchard Lake. A letter was recently received from the Club stating that they would like to use proceeds from their lawful gaming operation to purchase materials for a similar dock which club members would then build. Since many of the club members are carpenters and skilled craftsmen, Committee members were not opposed to the concept, assuming the same rules would apply as Casperson Park - no fishing, no diving, etc. b) Discuss Parks and Recreation Department Hotline. The Parks and Recreation Hotline has been established for several years but staff feels the public would be better served with more options and more lines available during the busiest times of the day. During the summer especially, staff is inundated with calls and the new Hotline would give callers more options for listening to daily program and field information. Chair Larson would like to see an option for transferring to a human. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Meeting March 19, 1997 Page -S- Park property in Lakeview Estates (Pexa property) was discussed. Plans are to construct a storm water holding pond on part of the property which will leave about seven acres for park development. Staff feels that the remaining property will be adequate for a neighborhood park. It is expected that the pond will contain a normal depth of approximately four feet with 6:1 and 10:1 slopes. Materials excavated from the pond are planned to be used for construction of the 205th Street trail. This should provide substantial savings in project costs. ITEM #12. - Announcements. The next meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee is scheduled for April 2, 1997 at 6:00 PM. ITEM #13. Adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM. Respectfully submitted, • ith A. Ryan, Recor ' g Secretary ATTE Vii, ff son, Chairperson •