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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-11 CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARK AND RECREATION ADVISORY C(~h1ITTEE MINUTES • MARCH 11, 1987 Meeting was called to order by Chairperson Grenz at 7:00 PM. Roll call: Anderson, Grenz, Olmsted, Messinger, McDonald and Lulf were present. Lovelace was unable to attend due to a conflict. Alsa present were Park Director Steve Michaud, Alan Brixius and Curt Gutoski of Northwest Associated Consultants and Recording Secretary Judi Ringeisen. 87-21 Motion was made by Messinger, seconded by Olmsted, to approve the minutes of the Park and Recreation Advisory Committee meeting of February 18, 1987. Motion passed. Alan Brixius and Curt Gutoski from Northwest Associated Consultants were present to discuss the Lakeville Trails Plan. The first section of the plan will be an inventory of trail corridors and segments, classifications, locations, traffic crossings, etc. They will identify future community development areas, hazardous intersections, obstructions and trail ~.ar~r~ections with adjacent communities. A segment appendix will be completed. Overland trail opportunities will be looked into; the possible use of drainway and utility easements will be coordinated where possible. Alan Brixius explained the second portion of the project would be the definition and policy plan. Much has been done in this area already on the • staff level. Some of the goals discussed by the committee included a route to the Minnesota Zoo in Apple Valley, connections to shopping, county parks and the county library in Burnsville. Committee was directed to give some thought to other goals they may wish to include. Other uses were discussed including horses, snowmobiles, and all terrain vehicles. The trail will nat be for use by all terrain vehicles and the committee wishes to set this policy immediately. Skateboards, roller skates and rollerblades are all acceptable uses. The third segment of the project is the issues analysis and trail development framework. This segment will address future and existing needs and also specific needs which would be unique to the citizens of Lakeville. Rules will be established for the trail users. Staff suggests adding Maintenance and Signage to the outline for trail analysis. Standards have been set for residential streets; the right of way will be 60' with a curb to curb street width of 36'. Trail alternatives were discussed with the committee being in favor of sidewalks on bath sides of designated minor collectors. On minor collectors with no parking on one or bath sides, an 8' bike lane could be painted as a bike trail. This could also be done on a street where parking is allowed. Committee discussed what to do about the lots where trails actually lay in the front yards of residences. • Park and Recreation Committee minutes March 11, 19$7 -2- • Since major collector streets are designed to carry large traffic volumes at higher speeds, it will be important to have off street trails. Staff recommends MPTW on both sides of all major collectors. Alan Brixius will be available for the first meeting in April and would like the committee to have made some decisions concerning the trail policy aspect of the plan. He is anticipating having the trails inventory and policy plan completed by the end of April and the issues analysis finished by the end of May. Committee suggested rest stops with drinking water be placed strategically along the MPTW. Next item on the agenda was the Park Director's report. Staff reported the precanstruction meeting on Valley Lake Park had been held. The project should be complete by the end of May. Aerators have been turned on in Valley Lake, although all are not functional due to frozen lines. Olmsted would like to see Valley Lake stocked for children's fishing. He has checked with the DNR and there is a possibility of being included in their stocking program. This is contrary to what staff had been told previously. Staff will contact John Daily at the Fishing Seminar on Saturday, March 14. • Olmsted asked about closing of the Lake Marion boat launch due to construction of Caspersen Park this summer. This is a major consideration which will be discussed at the preconstruction meeting in April. Bulldozers and heavy equipment have been working in North Park for the past two days. Staff is setting priorities of installation of playground equipment and fencing projects. Foxborough is slated for an early spring seeding. Staff has been looking at shelter building designs for Bunker HiII. Needs have been analyzed at various parks for shelters and park benches in preparation of purchasing. Staff would like to install a building in Bunker Hill which would include warming house and restroom facility. Several committee members stated their disappointment at the iob which was done when the drainage ditch was cleaned along the Bunker Hill ark area Hopefully this will be rectified in the near future The park rules and regulations resolution for rental of park facilities is being updated by staff and will be ready for review by the next meeting. Staff is working on a final draft of the Park Ranger position description. Intern Tim Murphy is surveying other metro cities to gather information on the contracting of maintenance duties to outside companies. Tim is also working on a landscape screening plan for the Public Works Building. • Park and Recreation Committee minutes March 11, 1987 -3- • Committee discussed the trail around Valley Lake. There were pros and cons to having the trail meander away from the water at points, such as near the fishing pier. Staff reported that he had reviewed the site plans for ISD #194's new elementary school outdoor recreation facilities. Staff had suggested to school officials that the ballfields be relocated due to standard layouts taking into consideration the angle of the sun. Staff and committee discussed the proposal for a jet ski race to be held on Lake Marion July 26, 1987. The city would collect the receipts from the parking and the sponsor would collect all other receipts. Several details need to be worked out such as construction restrictions in the park. 87-22 Motion was made by Olmsted, seconded by McDonald, that the committee agree in concept to the plan for the jet ski race and that they invite the sponsor to attend the Park and Recreation Committee meeting in April and provide a more detailed outline of the event. Motion passed. At this time staff showed the committee the revised concept plan of the east side of Antlers Park. Some changes have been made in this park including the relocation of the volleyball courts and horseshoe pits. The • softball field has moved and more pavilion and parking areas have been added. The committee was pleased with this functional plan. Staff is coordinating this with other projects in order to save time and money. 87-23 Motion was made by Anderson, seconded by Grenz, to recommend to council appe•oval of the concept plan of Antlers Park revised parking lot plan. Motion passed. Bids will be opened on March 12, 1987 at 10:00 AM for the Aronson Park paving project. Staff sees this as an indicator of what will probably come in for bids the rest of the year. Staff explained a slight change in the Ipava Avenue / 165th Street project. The road will curve slightly to accommodate the school's property. Staff discussed the results to date of the community center survey. Swimming pool, hockey arena and library were among those that people indicated to be most desirable, between 30 and 40~ of the positive responses. Only 414 of approximately 6,000 surveys have been returned, or approximately 7X. Staff does not feel this is an accurate survey due to the low return ratio; however of the 414 returns the positive comments were about 61%. The city council will receive the final report from the task force at their April 6, 1987 meeting. Their choices will be to either table the report • Park and Recreation Committee minutes March 11, 1987 -q.- • until their April 20th meeting and set a referendum. date at that time or they may set an election date at their April 6th meeting. The dates most likely to be chosen from are May 12 or June 2. The Park and Recreation committee should get a chance to see the final report from the task force at their April 1, 1987 meeting. Next item on the agenda was a public hearing on the issue of whether to move the playground equipment slated for Hershey Park into Terrace Park. There were no citizens from the neighborhood present to make comments about this plan. Staff showed the committee a plat map showing the drainage easement and the adjoining area which has been used as Hershey Park. This landlocked piece of property actually is not owned by the city of Lakeville but has been used and maintained as a park area for many years. Due to accessibility problems, staff feels waving the equipment down the street to Terrace Park would be the best alternative. The problem is that it may infringe slightly on the pleasure skating rink in Terrace Park, however staff feels the northwest end of Terrace Park would actually be the best location. The public hearing on this issue will be continued next week. Staff discussed the progression of the Walnut Ridge plat. This will be basically a cash contribution. The committee will see the plat and make • their recommendation at the March 18th meeting. Staff also informed the committee of an area being platted directly to the east of Walnut Ridge. Trotter's Ridge is also 300 units. Parkview's plat name has been changed to Park Ridge after the suggestion was made by the Park and Recreation committee. Staff also showed the committee a plan of Cottages of Lakeville. This is a senior citizen complex north of Holyoke and 202nd Street intersection. Sidewalk access to downtown was discussed. The committee had mixed comments about who is responsible for installing the sidewalks. This will be discussed again at a future date. Staff reported that the attorneys are working with Janet Hammer concerning the possible extension of the bike trail across her property from the Meadows to downtown Lakeville. Staff will keep the committee updated. Staff has been looking at building designs for park shelters. He would like some committee members to accompany him on a tour to look at various designs in nearby cities. A date for this will be set soon. The Park and Recreation Committee discussed the importance of a time line for construction and completion of the bike trails which are to be installed by the street de artment. Some of their biggest concerns are to be able to answer citizen inquiries directly and to be able to have a large • portion of the trail completed before school is out this spring They feel this is very important since there will be construction in man of the Park and Recreation Committee minutes March 11, 1987 -b- parks, limiting the recreation areas available for the citizens of Lakeville. 87-24 Motion was made by Anderson, seconded by Messinger, to recommend to city council that the responsible staff member implement a time schedule for the construction of the multipurpose pedestrian trail way (MPTW} and that this schedule be followed as closely as weather allows. Motion passed. Chairperson Grenz discussed the joint council/committee meeting of March 7th. Rezoning issues were the main topic of this meeting. Jim Robinette plans to do an inventory of property values in the Lakeville area in order to determine if Lakeville is getting a wide enough sampling of various property values being built in the city. 87-25 Since there was no further business, it was moved by Messinger, seconded by McDonald to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 PM. Respectfully submitted, • Gerald Grenz, Chairman ATTEST: ''~Larr msted, Secretary jr •