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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-22 CITY OF LAKEVILLE • PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEB MINUTES JANUARY 22, 1986 LAKEVILLB CITY BALL Roll call: Anderson, Messinger, Gramstad and Grenz were present. Members Briscoe and Lovelace could not make the meeting. City administrator Patrick McGarvey, city attorney Pat Farrell, and park director Steve Michaud were also present. The next order of business was the approval of the January 15, 1986 Park and Recreation Committee minutes. 86-4 It was moved by Messinger, seconded by Grenz, to approve the minutes as read. Motion passed. The next order of business was the election of the 1986 officers. 86-5 Messinger nominated Deb Anderson as Chairperson, 1986. It was seconded by Gramstad. 86-6 It was moved by Messinger to close nominations, seconded by Grenz. Motion passed.. Debbie Anderson was unanimously chosen to be Chairperson.. • 86-7 Nominations were open for Vice Chairperson. Messinger nominated Gerry Grenz. It was seconded by Debbie Anderson. 86-8 It was moved by Gramstad, seconded by Anderson, to close nomination. Motion passed.. Gerry Grenz was unanimously approved as 1986 Vice Chair. 86-9 Nominations were open for Secretary. Grenz moved that Messinger be nominated Secretary. It was seconded by Gramstad. 86-10 Motion was made by Grenz, seconded by Gramstad, to close nominations. Motion passed. Pat Messinger was unanimously appointed secretary for the year 1986. City attorney, Pat Farrell, was present at the meeting to give a short presentation.. Mr. Farrell gave a review of acquisition and condemnation and also explained. the process his. office went through in their attempt to acquire an easement through the Friedges property for the bike trail to Antlers Park. Mr. Farrell also informed the committee that all easements had finally been approved by the ..landowner and the trail easements will be ready for construction this spring. Concerns about motorized vehicles using the trail were discussed.. All means possible will be used to prevent motorized vehicles on the trails. The next order of business was the review of the park acquisition and • development referendum proposal. City Administrator Pat McGarvey was present to discuss several issues concerning the referendum. Park Park and Recreation Committee minutes • January 22, 1986 Page -2- Director Steve Michaud started off by explaining the bike trail route from Foxborough Park following the city easements and drainways, eventually ending up at the Lakeville High School property. There was much discussion as to the routing once the trail reached 185th Street. Several options were discussed.. As of these minutes, it is being proposed that the trail turn west from ipava Avenue, follow 185th Street to Highway 50, cross Highway 50 to an existing platted road, continuing westerly a few hundred feet. The trail-would then turn south in line with Joplin Avenue at 188th Street. The trail would cross 188th Street, follow Joplin Avenue to Jordan Trail, follow Jordan Trail all the way to Jewel Path, which ends at the Lakeville High School property. The committee once again expressed a str©ng support towards the development of this trail. Discussion turned to the other projects being proposed. Nu~er one was the Casperson property. .There was much discussion about the preserving of this pride lake shore property for parks. It was also mentioned that several people around town were supporting the acquisition of this property and were very excited about it. There • was some discussion about the amount of development proposed and the cost of relocating the roadway. Staff will prepare other alternatives for the final proposals. Valley Lake park was discussed shortly. The residents of Valley Park are very excited about the acquisition and development of that park and are supporting it strongly. There was further discussion on North Park and its justification. Nu~er one being it would serve the northwest portion of town which includes the newly platted Rolling Osks area, Dakota Heights area, .all of the Barrett Addition, the Oak Shores area and the Foxborough and Woodbury Additions. The location of this park would also be consistent with serving the Orchard Lake area, especially when the bridge crossed 35B on 162nd Street, giving all of Orchard Lake direct access to the northwest part of town. Number two, the acquisition of the park is consistent with the park and open space system plan. Number three, acquisition of the .property now is economically wise considering the escalating land costs in Lakeville. And nu~er four the continued growth of the city and pressure on Aronson Park is facilitating the need for additional. softball and soccer fields. The next project was the downtown to the high school bike trail, which was discussed earlier. Aronson Park was the next area discussed. Staff handed out a new • project list which. the committee reviewed. Two items were removed Park and Recreation Gommittee minutes • January 22, 1986 Page -3- frc~ the list, the building of an addition to the shelter building and paving the existing jogging trail. Committee did recommend adding a walkway .from the point at which the trail from downtown Lakeville will enter Aronson Park then over to the existing shelter building. Staff will contact landowners south of the cemetery and Babe Murphy to discuss an easement for that area. Item seven was the trail from Valley Park to Lakeville High School, which has already been discussed. Item eight was the playground installations. Staff inforaed the committee that each playground project received an increase in price to cover the cost of installation. Steve explained to the committee that the park maintenance department would do clot of work but at this point too many projects were being put on their shoulders. Item nine was Lakeridge Park, which had been added since the last meeting. Staff explained to the committee that this area has been fully developed for almost six or seven years with no park property, The developer did donate several acres, most of which is lowland. Several coils have been received in the office concerning development • of that park. Staff is proposing to do same major filling and grading to provide minimal facilities to satisfy the needs of that particular area. Two additional projects were added. One being the upgrading of Orchard Lake Park and pedestrian easements from Dodd Park development to the Dodd Park along Dodd Blvd. and Flagstaff Avenue. At present the Dodd Park residents have no access to the park because of the major drainage ditch. Children are forced to walk along Dodd Blvd. or Flagstaff. City Administrator, Pat Mc(iarvey, and the committee instructed staff to refigure the bikeway expenses, add the additional projects to come up with a final total. It was also recommended that the final total not exceed $1,695,00©.tK1. Staff then discussed potential time lines and strategies for presenting the proposal to the public. A work session has already been scheduled with the Lakeville City Council for Wednesday, January 29, 1986. It was the committee's wish that the council will be receptive to this proposal a~ allay the committee to begin further work in preparation of the bond issue details. The committee then reviewed the possible dates that the issue could be presented to the citizens if approved by council. A date of May 6, • 1986 was tentatively chosten. It was further discussed that if the council tentatively agreed with the proposal after the January 29th Park and Recreation Committee minutes January 22, 1986 Page -4- meeting, it would be presented to the council at their regular February 3rd meeting, only to be received at that point. We would then request the council to officially authorize the referendum amount and date at the their March 4, 198& meeting. The time between February 3 and March 4 would be used to work with several community groups and citizen groups. Several ideas of promoting and selling the issue were discussed. Committee and staff were optimistic about the total package, even though the cost had exceeded $1,000,000.00. It was once again recommended that the entire package be offered as one program, as opposed to any type of a split. 86-11 There was no further discussions or business. It was then moved by Gramstad, seconded by Messinger to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 10:00 PM. 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