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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-18 CITY OF LAKEVTLLE • PARKS AND RECREATION 'ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING JANUARY 18, 1989 Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by Chairman Larson.. .Present were Zulf, Ilia, Grenz, Larson, McDonald and Messinger. Lovelace had called and was not able to attend the meeting. Also present were Park Director Steve Michaud .and recording secretary Judi Ringeisen. 89.b Motion was made. by Ills, seconded by Lulf, to approve the minutes of the :January 4, 1989 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee: meeting. Under discussion, on page 3, third paragraph, County Road 46 discussion did not .refer to the trails around the Orchard Lake area, however those trails .were also mentioned. Also on page 3, second to last paragraph, change the word "was" to "has", a typographical error. Motion passed. Minutes were approved as corrected. There were no citizens comments. Staff has completed .the RFP's for Ritter Farm Park, which have been sent to the two architectural planners who he is working with. A meeting has al- ready been set up with Wherman, Bergley and staff expects to hear from` Barton Aschman soon. He has asked for the material back by next meeting. The update of the Park and Open Space System Plan was approved by City Council at their January 17th meeting. • Some delays in getting building materials for Foxborough will cause the building not to be opening for this year's skating season as anticipated. Framing is underway at North Park. Both buildings should be ready by spring.. All skating rinks are getting good usage, very few problems or complaints have been received. Also, several positive comments have been made concerning the rinks.. An adult skating rink ranger has been checking.. rinks on evenings and weekends and is working out well. The committee looked at the plans of the proposed plat Highview Hills. This is a 30 acre, 74 single family plat, zoned R-2. No recommendations need to be made yet by the .committee on this plat. Staff mentioned some other plats that are still progressing through channels.. Staff has had discussions with the Lakeville Community Corporation concern- ing the proposed ice arena. A work session will be set up between the .council and the- LCC soon.. Committee members reviewed council actions of January 17, 1.989. The Casperson Park development plans were discussed. Now that the ..park has been ruled ineligible fora grant in 1989, it was decided that minimal grad- ing twill be done in an effort to coordinate with the City. Hall Building pro- ject while still working toward the finished product. The funds which would have. been used for a matching grant in 1989, will be put aside for a matching grant application in 1990. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes • January 18, 1989 Page -2- 89-7 Motion was made by Messinger, seconded by Ilia, to do an updated concept plan of Casperson Park at this time and to only do the. necessary grading and seeding work which would need to be done in conjunction'wth the C3ay Hall 'construction grading"project. Remaining .funds will be set aside to t4 be used toward a matching grant in the future. Motion passed.. The 1989 Trail Dedication Budget was discussed. Final documents have gone to Soo Line Railroad concerning the crossing at 208th Street. More in- surance maybe required of the City before the crossing can be completed. Staff will check with Barber Construction to see if he will honor last summer's prices and if so will be contacted to do the job. Committee received redrawings of Wayside and James. Jensen Parks. Staff will be meeting with Fred Hermann, an Eagle Scout, who will be designing flower beds and doing the plantings at Wayside Park. On the James Jensen Park drawing, Grenz suggested the bike path should come in at either the north or south end, not in the middle on Highway 50, Larson .suggested development begin in the south or west end, since the .entire park will not be done at once. Illa suggested the gazebo be offset from the trail, • probably moved toward the east. McDonald asked about the flower program and has some areas she would like some beds started by private residents in Valley Park. Committee asked if there had been any response from the Natural Resources Committee .concerning the surface water zoning memo which was sent to the .chairman. Staff said .not yet, but. he will contact him again if he does not hear from him soon. The State Bikeway Conference will be held at Cragun's on February 10-12. Staff suggested a couple-committee members could go, but highly recommend- ed and preferred they attend the MPRA Conference which will be held in April. in Rochester. More information will be coming out soon on thatcon- ference. Grenz, Larson and .Messinger expressed an interest in .attending the Bikeway conference. Staff has been in contact with Bill Gallagher, who is interested in holding a 7 to 10 team tug-of-war tournament at Aronson Park this summer. A meeting is scheduled with Parkview Elementary Principal Paul Baarson and the Recreation Supervisor and Park Director on February 14th at 9:30 AM to discuss the scheduling policies of the school. Hopefully some things can be clarified so more programming can be offered at that location. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee Minutes January 18, 19$9 Page -3- Kevin Ills updated the committee on the Name the Park Contest. Christina Huddleston Elementaryis ready to be involved, however Crystal Lake Ele- mentary has not made a commitment. A new Senior Center. Coordinator position is replacing the position of Senior. Center. Assistant for Eileen Fondell. The job description was very outdated and inaccurate and has been reevaluted and: upgraded. The reevaluation; and position recommendation will now be forwarded to the City Council for review.. Grenz asked what would happen to the brick pillars at the entrances to Valley Park with the widening of Cedar Avenue. Staff will-check with the. engineers and see if any provisions have :been made. The trails. will be on both-sides of Cedar. Grenz asked about .long term funding for park renovations in the future when .the park dedication fund is not so active. In the..system update there-.will be some.. consideration given to this questions. The Southern Dakota. County Sportsman Club has been contacted and have made a . commitment.. to support the aeration of Lake Marion. Several methods of aeration are being exp ored, since there are several types available. 89-8 Since there was no futher business, it was moved by Lulf, seconded by Grenz to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed, Meeting .adjourned at 9:30 PM. Re p ctfuily submit d, Jeff arson, Chairman Attest Larry Lulf Jr •