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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-02 CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY CONIlVIITTEE NHNUTES MARCH 2, 1994 ITEM 1. -Call to order. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Chairman Illa. ITEM 2. -Roll call. Present were H. Lovelace, L. Lulf, C. Wanless-Sobel, K. Illa, G. Grenz and A. Raymond. Committee member Pat Messinger was attending another meeting. Also present were Parks and Recreation Director Steve Michaud and recording secretary Judi Ryan. ITEM 3. -Minutes of February 19, 1994. The minutes of the February 19 1994 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting were discussed. Pat ~Viessinger had called the Park Director to point out that Motion 94.08 should have included a recommendation that the rates for non-Lakeville businesses also increase. Minutes were approved as corrected. ITEM 4. -Citizen comments. There were no citizens present for items not on the agenda. ITEM 5. -Staff reports. Staff reported that numerous bids for various components of the ice arena had been opened the previous day. Although some items seem to have been bid over estimates many more were under projected estimates. The planning committee fees that the overall outcome will be favorable. A special Council meeting may be set to award bids as it will take several days to analyze the bids and make a recommendation. The skating rinks were cleaned of snow yesterday, March 1st, which is unusually late in the season to have skatable ice. Today would seem to be the last skating day of this season as the temperatures have been above freezing for several days and the ice is melting fast. ITEM 6. -Review final plat of Highview Heights 7th Addition and make recommendation to City Council concerning Qark dedication requirements. The plat consists of three single family ~ residential lots and is located in the southeast corner of 160th Street and Harmony Path. Streets to serve the plat have ,been built previously. A 5' sidewalk exists on Harmony Path and an 8' trail exists on 160th Street. There are no other park or trail issues associated with Highview Heights 7th Addition and staff recommends a cash contribution. 94.09 Motion was made by Raymond, seconded by Grenz, to recommend City Council approve the final, plat of Highview Heights 7th Addition and accept a cash contribution to satisfy the park and trail dedication requirements. Motion passed. • .ITEM 7. -Review final plat of Homestead Creek East 3rd. Addition and make recommendation to City Council concerning park dedication requirements. The plat consists of 48 single fanuly residential lots and is located on the north side of 175th Street, west of Highview Avenue. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes March 2, 1994 Page -2- A large wetland borders this subdivision on the west and north sides, thouggh the vast majority of this wetland is within property deeded to the City by the developer during the platting of past phases. Residents are served by the trail along 175th Street; no further trail connections are planned in this area. 94.10 Motion was made by Warless-Sobel, seconded by Lovelace, to recommend City Council approve the final plat of Homestead Creek East 3rd Addition and accept a cash contribution to satisfy the park and trail dedication requirements . Motion passed. ITEM 8. -Review final plat of Crystal Lake Golf Estates 5th Addition and make recommendation to City Council concerning park dedication requirements. The plat consists of 73 single family residential lots and is located on the north side of 165th Street, south of County Road 46 and east of I ava Avenue. This is the final Abase of developpment of the Crystal Lake ~olf Estates preliminary plat and PUD approved in I991. Committee members looked at the tree preservation plan. According to the planning reports, approximately 63 % of the trees will be preserved. • Staff is recommending a cash contribution to satisfy the park dedication requirements. The developer was credited with trail dedication fees during previous phases in exchange for construction of sidewalks and trails within the development. 94.11 Motion was made. by Lulf seconded by Warless-Sobel, to recommend City Council approve the final plat o~ Crystal Lake Golf Estates 5th Addition and accept a cash contribution to satisfy the park dedication requirements. Motion passed. Item 9 was moved back on the agenda in hopes that member Messinger would be present to participate in the discussion. ITEM 10. Discuss 1994 Mobile Concessions. Committee members had received information from Recreation Supervisor Renee Brekken. For various reasons, Arctic Distributors, the group which was contracted to sell concessions at the parks and beaches the past two, years, has decided not to renew their contract. Various groups run their own concessions at special events, however, there seems to be a lot of requests from the public for refreshments to be available regularly, especially at the beaches. Attempts have been made to provide the service with vending machines, however the machines are often vandalized or destroyed. Other options would be to offer a contract to a civic group, or discontinue the service. Staff feels a • mobile concessionaire is a good concept and thinks it would be a good idea to offer the contract to a new vendor. Committee members felt it would be worth the effort to provide ,the service. Staff will investigate further and determine appropriate action. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes . March 2, 1994 Page -3- ITEM 11.- Report on progress of Parks and Recreation Bond Referendum Task Force. Committee and Task Force chair Kevin Illa reported that Jerry Shannon of Springsted, Inc. made a very interesting presentation to the grou at their last meeting. City Administrator Bob Erickson informed the Task Force that the Farmington School District will be building its next elementary school within the Lakeville boundaries near 170th Street and Pilot Knob Road. It is hoped that this will be a joint venture between the City and ISD #192 where the City .will purchase. some property. and assist with development. Others presenting information at the meeting Included representatives and proponents of neighborhood grou~pps, open space, and preservation. At .the next meeting Mary Liz Holberg w11 discuss the park and trail needs of the Orchard Lake area and the task force will be broken into small groups to begin to prioritize the proposed project list. ITEM 9. - Review 1994 Park Dedication Fund budget and make recommendation to City Council. Staff reviewed the ~roposed revised 1994 park dedication fund budget with the committee. Some o the items discussed included: ? Hypointe Crossing Park will need stump removal from the many dead trees whhich were removed last fall. Also black dirt, regrading and reseeding • will need to be done. ? The second access to Goose Lake Conservation Area may undergo some design chan es which will add to the cost. ? If a ~ourth STS crew is made available, the cost and time will be shared with two other cities. ? Table tops and benches for picnic tables will begin to, be made from recycled materials. The materials will be more expensive initially, but will be much more durable and vandal resistant. ? Bassett Park redevelopment has been added to the list. A small basketball court and some regrading and reseeding needs. to be done. ? A reconstruction project at the Semor Citizen Center will eliminate the post which is in the way of one of the pool tables. Total cost is being determined. ? As a building code .requirement, safety rails will be needed for bleachers being used in the civic arena. We presently do not need rails on soccer and softball bleachers but once. they enter the building it becomes a code issue. ? Several items in the Ritter Farm Park master plan need to be updated; many of the buildinggs shown in the current plan are gone and trail issues will also need to be addressed on eqgu~estrian, mountain biking, snowmobiling, etc. to determine their compatiblity to other ppark uses. A three to five year programming and development plan will be developed as part of the master plan review. After the budgeted items are completed, a substantial fund balance should exist to be set aside for future protects. The outcome of the Parks and • Recreation Bond Referendum will also affect future Park Dedication Fund expenditures. Staff is working on the trail dedication fund and will have it available for Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee members soon. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes March 2, 1994 Page -4- 94.12 Motion was made by Grenz seconded by Raymond, to recommend the 1994 Park Dedication Fund budget to pity Council. Motion passed.. ITEM 12.- Unfinished business. There was no unfinished business at this time. ITEM 13.- New business. Staff informed the committee of the culvert roject which the City will undertake on Dodd Blvd. near Dodd Park. The overflow culvert will be increased to a size of 10' X 8' which can be used by pedestrians to cross Dodd Blvd. into Fairfield Park. This will rovide a safe crossing for future trails in the area. The Park Dedication Fund is proposed to share funding for this project with the Storm Sewer Fund. Warning tickets have been geven to people who have left their fish houses at boat launch in Casperson Park. ITEM 14.- Announcements: The next meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee will be held • March 16, 1994, 7:00 PM, at the City Hall Council Chambers. Chair Kevin Illa informed the committee that he would be out of town for that meeting . ITEM 15.- Ad~'ournment. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM. Respectfully submitted, d yan, ecordmg retary Kevin I a, air jr