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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-21 CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES APRIL 21, 1993 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, K. Illa, A. Raymond, P. Messinger, and G. Grenz. Committee member Larson had a conflict and was unable to attend the meeting Also present were Park Director Steve Michaud and Recording Secretary Judi Ryan. ITEM 3. -Minutes of Apri17 1993. The minutes of the April 7, 993 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting were discussed. There were no additions or corrections and the. minutes were approved as presented. ITEM 4. -Citizen comments. There were no citizens present at the. meeting to discuss items not on the agenda. ITEM S. -Staff reports. a. Staff informed the committee that the ISTEA grant has been submitted by • Dakota County for funding assistance with the Highway 50/Ipava Avenue trail development. Grant award notices are due May 21, 1993. b. Committee received a copy of the complete report which had been prepared by Decision Resources concerning all city survey information. There were no questions from committee members at this time, however they felt the information included was very interesting. c. Project update: Staff told committee that Leo Tutewohl had indicated that he was prepared to meet with staff but had not called to set up a time. Staff will. make one final attempt to bring this issue to the table next week. Staff met with Chuck Jones, owner of the property on the north side of the Quigley-Sime , athletic field site. Mr. Jones seems to be a willing seller for a fair price but also indicated his willingness to remain at his present residence for a few more years. Installation of the fishing platform by I-35 may be postponed until the STS crew can be scheduled to do the work. At present a crew is working at Aronson Park. It may be late summer before this project .can be scheduled. A contractor is currently working at Aronson Park moving the infield of Field #1 back. Other projects are also going on at Aronson including. the final cleanup of the lighting. project repair of the septic system and completion of a tree pruning project whic~ was started last fall. • Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes Apri121, 1993 Page -2- The Land of Amazement pplayyground sealing is to take place on Sunday May 2nd, so the playground w71 be closed on Sunday and Monday.. Hopefully the project will be completed in one day, or the playground will need to be .closed longer.. Community Cleanup Day will be Saturday April 24th at North Park. Citizens and groups interested in taking part should contact John Hennen at City Hall to coordinate cleanup locations. The Arbor Day celebration is scheduled for May .1st and will also take place at North Park. The first one hundred persons will be given seedlings which were received from the DNR. Scouting groups are scheduled to plant at least another 200 seedlings at Ritter Park and other locations and a neighborhood groupl is planning on planting 100 seedlings at Cedar Highlands Park, also on May st. Caspperson Park top dressing and reseeding project is scheduled this spring by Friedges Landscaping. The LAA has purchased several storage .boxes to be placed at each field to keep bases and. other equippment more convenient. Anchor .bolts will hold each • box in place on a pre-fab concrete slab. The LAA has also expressed an interest m bringing electricity to some sites to accomadate pitching machines. Funding for this will come from the LAA. ITEM 6. -Final review of 1993 Park Dedication Fund Bud et. Committee received a revised budget. Staff outlinedg all projects listed including some not previously listed. Staff reported that the Storm Drainage Fund will pay .for the drainage detention pond at the Quigley-Sine property, plus pro-rated site planning costs. The Community and Economic Development Department has prepared a projected list of Tats and lots for use in estimating park dedication revenues in 1993. Staff has identified several plats where Iand as opposed to cash will be required some interest on funds to be added, and annual incremental .park dedication fee payments from previous developments which will be received. Staff feels he has taken a conservative approach when projecting revenues and expressed a desire to have a stronger fund balance. 93.09 Motion was made by Raymond, seconded by,Lulf to recommend to City Council approval of the Proposed 1993 Park Dedication Fund Budget as presented. Motion passed. City Administrator Bob Erickson was present to discuss the potential .park bond referendum and offer his comments to the committee. • Mr. Erickson listed several issues which need. to be resolved. prior to a park bond referendum: • Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes Apri121, 1993 Page -3- 1. Northeast park property. In the event Mr. Tutewohl decides not to sell his property to the city, what would the alternatives be to purchase a different parcel of land, or to use the $200,00 which was earmarked .for this land on other projects. 2. If the Tutewohl property is not purchasedi a location on Highview (outside of MUSA) may be a suitable alternative for a future athletic complex. 3. The next elementary school site should be considered as a joint school/ park project. 4. The ten acres of ISD 194 property south of McGuire Junior High may be made available to the City for athletic fields. 5. Development of Quigley-Sime property. 6. Security lighting at all parks, should be discussed for possible park bond funding. Park safety is very important and a high priority with park users. • 7. The ice arena project needs to be finalized. Mr. Erickson also suggested that the difference in cost between sodding- and seeding of the fields should be looked into if it would mean that the fields would be available for use sooner. This would not only help with the field shortage but would give. people a more positive outlook on a possible referendum. The possibility of hydroseeding was also suggested as a viable alternative to making fields available sooner. Indications are that the ice arena project will become a reality in the near future. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee has indicated support for funding a cement floor for the arena through 1994 park dedication fund revenues. The concrete floor would provide ,the City with a wide variety of community oriented indoor program opportunities. ITEM 7. -Discuss May 5 1993 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting to be held at Ritter farm Park. The next Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting will begin with a barbecue dinner and a tour or the new Environmental Learning Center at Ritter Farm Park. Committee decided on a start time of 6:00 FM and what each member would be responsible to bring. ITEM 8. -Discuss annual Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee .spring ppark tour. It was decided that the annual park tour would take place as part of the • June 16, 1993 meeting. The DARTS bus will be reserved and the tour will begin in front of City Hall .at 5:30 PM. Committee members should bring suggestions to the last meeting in May for where they would like to go on the tour. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes Apri121, 1993 Page -4- ITEM 9. - Unfinished business. There was no unfinished business at this time. ITEM 10. -New business. Larry Lulf reported that the SnoTrackers appreciation brunch had been held on Sunday, Apnl 18th with 193 land owners attending.. Comments were :.made that there had been some improvements after the weekend enforcement program. Staff informed committee members that Dakota County is considering establishing a parks advisory committee. ITEM 11. -Announcements. The next meeting of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee is .scheduled for May 5, 1993, and will take place at Ritter Farm Park beginning at 6:00 FM. ITEM 12. - Adjourn. The meeting add ourned at 9:05 PM . Respectfully submitted, ~n~~' Jud yan, ec ing Secretary Kevin Illa, Chair me i