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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-07 CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARK AND RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES • JANUARY 7, 1987 Meeting was called to order by Chairperson Anderson at 7:00 PM. Roll call: Present: Anderson, Grenz, Olmsted, Messinger, McDonald and Lovelace. Also present were Larry Lulf from the Lakeville Athletic Association, Park Director Steve Michaud and Recording Secretary Judi Ringeisen. 87-01 Motion was made by McDonald, seconded by Messinger, to approve the minutes of the December 17, 1986 Park and Recreation Committee meeting. Motion passed. Staff reported city council had reappointed the three members whose terms had expired as of January 1, 1987. These members are Howard Lovelace, Larry Olmsted and Mary McDonald. Their current terms will expire January 1, 1990. The committee vacancy was discussed. It was the general consensus that if someone from around the Orchard Lake area is interested in serving on the Park and Recreation committee, it would give better representation to the citizens in that area. Staff will contact some citizens in that area who may be interested in serving. 87-02 Motion was made by Olmsted, seconded by McDonald, to keep the current • officers for the Park and Recreation Committee. After some discussion, it was decided that a rotation system would work well. Anderson was willing to steg down. to give someone else a turn. Aye: 0 Nay: 6 Chairperson Anderson opened nominations far officers. Messinger nominated McDonald for Chairperson. McDonald declined. Anderson nominated Grenz for Chairperson. Grenz accepted. Nomination was seconded by Olmsted. Olmsted nominated McDonald far Vice Chairperson. Nomination was seconded by Anderson. Grenz nominated Olmsted for secretary. Nomination was seconded by Lovelace. 87-03 Motion was made by Olmsted, seconded by Anderson, to close nominations axed elect those officers who were nominated. Motion passed unanimously. 19$7 Chairperson - Gerald Grenz 1987 Vice Chairperson - Mary McDonald 1987 Secretary - Larry Olmsted • Item number five was a review of the Lynwood Plat. Messinger, McDonald and Grenz reported to the committee that they had walked and inspected the Park and Recreation Committee minutes • January 198? -2- property on December 19, 1986 with the developer, Scott Johnson. All committee members reported they thought the piece of property was beautiful and after having looked at the property they were comfortable with their decision concerning this piece of property. They had been concerned with establishing a policy for future developers because of the amount of property dedicated for the bike trail around the lake. Because of the topography of this piece of property the trail varies in width but actually averages out to more than the minimum requirement. Grenz also felt the screening was nice and the property was more than adequate. The developer informed the committee that the grade needs to be brought up on a couple of lots and a grading plan will be drawn up. The remainder of the trail, about 1,000 feet, will be bench cut. The developer will obtain fill from the non-treed areas. Staff informed the committee that the PCA was getting very strict on having EAW's (Environmental Assessment Worksheets) prepared for large plats. An EAW will be prepared. for the entire north and south area at this time. This will back up the time schedule somewhat to approximately mid March for final approval, unless the EAW shows some major problems. 87-04 Motion was made by Messinger, seconded by McDonald to recommend to city council that they approve the acceptance of the land as presented on the plat. • Motion passed. The developer thanked the committee for their time. Staff and committee felt this would always be a natural, undeveloped park area. At some point they may like to put in some bird feeders and nesting areas for wildlife. The committee discussed the adjoining land development and park dedication for those areas. Park Director will inform other developers in the area that land will be required for park dedication. Committee held a brief discussion on blending of housing from one neighbor to the next and some zoning issues. Item number six was a review of goals, objectives and policies in preparation for the February 7, 19$7 joint meeting with council. Staff informed the committee members to review policies in the Park System Plan under recreation and development (pages 25-30). Staff also explained to the committee that because of the rapid growth of the Lakeville area, the development agreements have gotten much more stringent, fees have been raised and the committees and commissions have the responsibility of seeing things run smoothly. This includes meeting of standards and protection of environment. The city should be as strict as possible in developing rules, learning from the mistakes of other cities. Committee member Anderson stated she feels Lakeville needs to keeps. its standards high; other committee members echoed that feeling. The agenda for the next meeting will include discussion on these issues. • Park and Recreation Committee minutes January 7, 1987 -3- • Item number seven was a review of the bike trail plan and engineer's five year transportation plan capital cost estimates. Maps were distributed to the committee showing existing roadways and proposed roadways which are now in the process of being designed. Decisions needed to be made to set standards for newly designed roadway collector streets. The entire west side of Ipava Ave. will have a five foot sidewalk. The entire east side will have an eight foot off street trail. 165th Street from Kenrick Ave. to the easterly edge of the Rolling Oaks plat will have five foot sidewalks on the north side with eight foot off street trail on the south side. From the east edge of the Rolling Oaks plat to Ipava Ave. the road will go from urban section to rural section and there will be an 8' striped lane. Under MSA criteria, funding is available for pedestrian ways. This is proposed to be a minimum standard for collector streets. Staff will go through transportation plan to identify which streets will be collectors or arterials and relate that to the bike trail plan. This will be ready for review at the next meeting. The Dakota County trail system will be paralleled to set the standards for an arterial, probably eight foot off street trail. Staff showed the committee on a city map where developers are interested in buying property and potential new development areas. The city planner is preparing a cost estimate for a separate bike trail booklet. The State Bikeway Conference was discussed. Messinger, Anderson and Grenz are interested in attending the February conference. Item number eight was an update an the multipurpose arena proposal. Staff informed the committee that the city council had voted 3-2 to approve the concept and obtain a resolution to set a bond referendum far February 23, 19$7. Those who voted in favor did so because they felt the citizens deserved an opportunity to vote on this issue and the group supporting this facility should have an opportunity to go ahead with the referendum. Those who voted against it felt it would not be self supporting and that not enough citizens were benefited. Michaud stated his position as the Park Director was to assist the citizens in this referendum since the natural direction of the facility would be under the park department. He is remaining unbiased, looking at all facets of the issue; although he would be enthusiastic about having a .multipurpose arena in the Lakeville park system. The committee discussed the division of prime time ice if in fact the arena becomes a reality. Under old business, postal boundaries were discussed. Messinger showed the committee a letter which the residents in Valley Park had received from the Rosemount Post Office. She felt the survey was biased and gave a slanted view of the issue. The survey was returned to the Post Office in favor of the residents keeping their Rosemount mailing address. A resolution was distributed to the committee members addressing a new "No Smoking" policy being proposed for the council chambers. Park and Recreation Committee minutes January 7, 1987 -4- 87-05 Motion was made by Anderson, seconded by Messinger, in favor of making the council chambers a "No Smoking" area during the Park and Recreation Committee meetings as stated in the resolution. Aye: Anderson, Messinger, McDonald, Grenz and Lovelace. Nay: Olmsted Olmsted asked if an archery range was open anywhere in Lakeville. There is still an archery club in existence; the president's number will be given to Olmsted. Staff reported he had sent out a letter recently concerning the Park Ranger position in other communities. He has received some responses with emphasis on .policies and how other communities deal with different problems in their parks. Staff reported the engineers are preparing a progress chart on the different bond referendum projects. This chart should be ready soon; staff hopes to have some small copies for committee in addition to the wall chart which will be in his office. The ice rinks are not in good shape. The crews are no longer working at night since warm daytime temperatures does not make it beneficial. Grenz stated there is no fire extinguisher in the Parkview or Bunker Hill warming houses. This will be looked into. Staff informed the committee of an upcoming ice fishing contest this Saturday, January 10th on Lake Marion. He was only informed today of this event, which he was not pleased about. Cars will be allowed to park in the actual parking lot only and in no other area.. of the park. This short of notice will not be allowed to happen again. Previous application must be made well in advance for any future event. 8?-06 Since there was no further business, motion was made by Anderson, seconded by McDonald, to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 9:45 PM. Respectfully submitted, Gerald Grenz, Chairman ATTEST: arr mated, Secretary Jr