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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-01 r CITY OF LAKEVILZE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMi'~TI'EE NBNUTES • NOVEI~Eft 1, 1989 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Chairman Larson. Present were Messinger, Raymond, Grenz, Larson, Illa, Lovelace and Lulf. Also present were. Park Director Steve Michaud and Recording Secretary Judi Ringeisen. 89.103 Motion was made by Illa, seconded by Lulf, to approve the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee minutes of October 18, 1989. Motion passed. Minutes were approved as read. There were no citizen roirnnexits. Staff discussed an article which had been written by a Lsfe & Times reporter about the park dedication fund. He felt parts of his conversation with her had been misconstrued, especially his priorities on wisely spending the funds so that the citizens can enjoy. the planned amenities. Staff felt the article was poorly written and did not accurately reflect his statements. Agreements with the Department of Natural Resources for snowmobile trail and cross country ski trail grooming grants are on the council agenda for November 6th. Grants received this year are $5,000 for snowmobile trails and $2,815 for cross country ski trails. There is also some carry over for each grant which is still usable this year. • Staff reported that the curb cuts on Flagstaff Ave. are finished as well as the trail on 199th Street. The Dodd Trail playground addition is near completion. The park crews will move to the Foxborough picnic shelter construction after they finish planting the trees at Fairfield Park. Park trees are still being watered regularly. A meeting was held with staff and Steve Ruegg from Barton-Aschman on October 31st to discuss the Orchard Lake traffic study. Contacts with Dakota County Highway Department indicate that the county is willing to do a share cost program to pave shoulders from the end of the Urban Service Area along County Road 5 north to 164th Street. A meeting has been held with the Soo Line Railroad to discuss the railroad crossing viaduct at 168th Street and Klamath Trail. Staff will be initiating the possibility of relocating 168th Street northwest of the viaduct to an at-grade crossing intersecting with Klamath. These efforts are in an attempt to help improve traffic and pedestrian circulation in the Orchan~ Lake area. Staff will keep the coirnnittee informed as to the progress of these issues. Staff informed committee that he had met with potential buyers of the Raven Lake plat. Staff showed the plans for the park land within the plat and informed them that development of the property would not be a major priority for funding. A picnic area, playground and a trail, along with some landscaping, are planned for the park. The developer indicated that he may possibly wish to donate some funds to assist in accelerating the development of this park, if he in fact purchases the property. Staff will keep connnittee informed as to the progress of this project. • The SouthFork Village III plat is under construction. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee minutes November 1, 1989 • Page -2- City staff has had discussions with the developer of Homestead Creek, a plat consisting of 34 lots. The developer will receive credit for Outlot B, which will be a natural preserve. The developer will be constructing trails and sidewalks, which he will also receive credit for. The Jaycees are talkirx~ to a local contractor about the feasibility and cost of taking on the Aronson Park shelter expansion project. No decision has been made at this time. Once any concrete decisions are made by the Lakeville Jaycees the proposal will be brought before the comm~ittee and then to City Council for review and direction. The final scoring for the LAWCON/LCM}.2 grants is taking place and staff should find out the status of the Casperson Park grant application in about two weeks. The 1986 North Park grant has some remaining loose ends and will be closed out soon. Committee received a copy of the trail dedication fund budget and discussed their priorities. The main priority for trail construction for 1990 will be to clean up and complete all the loose connections. One of the items on the budget is the access to the Christina Huddleston Elementary School from the northwest corner of the property. Messinger • raised the point that a similar access to Parkview Elementary in ISD #196 was a share cost installation by the Parkview P1'O and the school district. She stated that District #196 has paid for the paving of accesses into all of their elementary schools and questioned why the PPO or school district in Lakeville does not get involved in the cost of the access. Staff felt she had a valid point. Messinger also stated that on the Dodd Blvd. trail there was an agreement with Dakota County that they would help with funding. The trail construction priorities were decided to be as follows: 1. Dodd Road between Dodd Lane and Fairgreen Ave. 2. Trail easement or acquisition - Flagstaff to Pilot Knob Rd. 3. Sidewalk connection - 172nd St. to Hayes Ave. 4. Access to Christina Huddleston Elementary. 5. Griffon Trail extension. 6. Aronson Park access from Hamburg Avenue. 7. .Dodd Trail Park connection between Flagstaff and Dodd Road. (will also check on the cost and feasibility of a culvert under Dodd) It was decided that the street striping should be a maintenance issue. Staff also discussed construction and maintenance funding and Dakota County's proposed changes in policy for sharing the trail costs. Committee received a copy of a letter from Barry Warner of Barton-Aschman outlining remaining tasks for the comprehensive system plan. Committee and staff discussed what the second phase will entail and funding sources. One • potential new source of funding is the Heritage Trust Fund Act, now under consideration by Congress. Hopefully this will replace the LAWCON funds Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee minutes November 1, 1989 • Page -3- which are being phased out by the Federal government. If the Heritage Trust Fund becomes law it would be a couple years before funding would impact the Lakeville system. Innovative financing needs to be done at Casperson Park if the grant becomes a reality and the need for matching funds exists. One area available is the natural resource of gravel and sand at the site which could be mined to generate revenue for development. Illa c~mtented that the funds which would be generated should be put in a separate account so as not to be touched for anY P~~ o~~' than Casperson Park. Staff will be looking into several potential alternatives that might turn the lame gravel deposits into development dollars for Casperson Park. Staff gave a brief report on the National Recreation and Parks Association conference which he recently attended in San Antonio. He attended several interesting sessions and was impressed with the beauty and history in the city. One of the more interesting speeches was by Jack Anderson, a Washington Post reporter who spoke on "Children are our Future". He will obtain some tapes from the seminars for the commmittee to hear. Staff cautioned cozrnnittee about planning for too much development and improvements in 1990, especially if matching funds need to be set aside for • Casperson development. Messinger asked if the skating rink i_s needed at Foxborough. Staff and corrnnittee felt that since the rink would serve such a lame area the installation should not be postponed. Installation is dependant upon available funds in the Park Dedication Ftuxl. Raymond conunented on Dan Bale's report on the Park Ranger program. Staff reported that the ranger program will be staying with the park dept. for another year, at which time it will be reevaluated. Staff is very proud of the program and how it has developed over the years. Staff supports the idea of combining the administration of CSO's and rangers through the Police Dept. as long as present service levels are met. Staff recently received a draft of the 1990 budget. He discussed how State aid cuts are affecting the budget. The co~unittee decided to further discuss the Parks and Recreation Advisory Com¢nittee's Mission Statement at the next meeting, following the presentation by Barton-A.schman on the Orchard Lake traffic study. Staff attended a session at the National Conference concerning municipal golf courses, the shortage of courses and potential creative financing. Grenz asked about trail connections with Lake Villa Golf Estates. Staff informed the committee that the developer is working with several residents in an attempt to properly plan the area i1z question. Once an agreement has been reached and a plan decided upon, the Parks and Recreation Advisory • Committee will then receive the plan and consider a trail connection. At Parks and Recreation Advisory Co~ttm[tittee minutes November 1, 1989 Page -4 that time all aspects of the area will be taken into account and a recorramendation forwarded along with the normal recarmneridation for park requirements. 89.104 Since there was no further business, it was moved by Messinger, seconded by Raymond, to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 9:50 PM. Respectfully submitted, J f Larson, Chairman AZTEST: Larry Secre jr • •