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Home My WebLink About05-01 • CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARK. AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES MAY 1, 1985 Roll call: Grenz, Mess°inger, Olmsted and Cramstad were present. Committee members Lovelace and Anderson had prior commitments. Park Director Steve Michaud was also present. Ltem number two was the approval of tfie Park and Recreation Committee minutes of April 17, 19$5. 85.26 It was moved by Messinger, seconded by Olmsted, to approve the minutes as read. Motion passed. Item number three was the Park Director''s report. The committee was informed that the Lake inversion equipment for Valley Lake Beach had been ordered and should be installed within the first two weeks of ?Ka.y. The committee will be kept abreast of the progress on this project. Steve informed the committee that he had received a couple of.. complaints from Valley Lake residents concerning-the amount of glass existing in Bunker Hill Park., The citizens-also-complained about the basic condition of the park. .and lack of playground equipment. Steve informed the citizens that the • redevelopment of_ Bunker Hill has started and new playground equipment will be ordered and the old equipment will be consolidated into a new area. The Park Maintenance staff_ were also sent to the site the following day to rid the area of all existing glass, Steve emphasized that glass breakage in the public parks still remains. one of the largest problems that maintenance has to deal with today. Special signs informing citizens and park users that glans is not allowed in the parks are now being made and will be posted in all major neighborhood parks and.. community parks. The committee was then informed of several major projects including the Orchard Lake Beach handicapped ramp being completed; playground quotations are being prepared f_or mailing to several playground distributors and manu- facturers; the hauling for Antlers was supposed to start the first week in May to begin stockpiling for filling in of the lower areas that have been flooded for the past two years. The maintenance department has been busy mowing grass, which is unusually early this year. There have been several minor vandalism-problems in the parks. The maintenance department planted some 800 seedlings at the reforestation site at Ritter Park. The hatters boxes on fields one thru four had been upgraded and several good reports had been received as to the condition of the boxes, which were very bad. The landscaping and .filling of beach sand around the playground and swings around the Parkview School has been completed. Hopefully the backstops and the small playground equipment will be .installed within the next couple weeks. There were several other minor projects that seem to pop up daily which-the maintenance department working on. • Steve informed the committee that this time of the year is very difficult for .the maintenance department due to the fact that .there are several projects to be completed and not enough manpower to complete them. Overall, Park and Recreation Committee minutes May 1, 1985 -2- • the park maintenance department is surviving. All major leagues, adult and youth have started. There are some 36 ba11 fields now being maintained and all grass is being cut on a regular basis. Item number four was a recreation program review. The committee was informed that .the city newsletter and the summer recreation brochures will be in the mail within the next few days. Several new and exciting programs were planned for the children in the summer programs of 1985. Item number five was a review of the council work session. The committee was informed that the dedication fund ordinance recommendation will be before the city council .meeting on Monday, May 6th. Also., the fee proposal recom- mendation for park usage will also be before council on May 6, 19$5. The council seemed favorable towards the recommended fee increases, but seemed fiesitant to change ttie time schedule for payments. Steve informed the committee that he had .gone out and tentatively chosen six potential sites for the north community playfield area and had reported. this to council,. Tfie council then directed the Park Director to narrow the sites down to two and make a recommendation to the council for consideration.. • Ltem 5-D was a report on Antlers Park development status. The majority o.f.. Antlers Park development will depend on the lowering of the lake,. At present several thousand yards of dirt is prepared to be moved into Antlers Park for. filling of the. low areas. The Department of Natural Resources has been contacted and a letter written for continuation of the permit used when the park was developed under the LAWCON.grant. Concept plans are now being drawn for the entire park. area, which .will be presented to the committee as soon as possible. Item six was an update of Valley Lake Park land and Pope Realty. A meeting took place on May 1st at 1:00 p.m. between Pope Realty and .the Park Director. There was a very good exchange of ideas, one being the potential of. the land being donated to the city and .the owner taking a tax write-off.. Several other options were discussed. Mr. Claire Pope will meet with the .landowner and call the Park Director with the results of the meeting. Item seven was a committee member job description review This particular item will lire reviewed at .the next meetnge Item eight was:. some ideas for a spring park tour. The committee was informed that springtime is not"a very good time to look at all of our parks, due to the fact that it is difficult to tour the entire system in such a short period of_ time. Instead, Steve suggested that the committee visit some of the proposed development sites and some o.f_ the problem areas. A tour of the entire system in early August would be more appropriate to view the park • system fully maintained and also view several other projects that have been started this spring.. Park. and Recreation Committee minutes May 1,.1985 -3- • Item number nine was old business. The Valley Turk bike trail has been swept. Steve had not had time to inspect an area that committee member Grenz had pointed out as being defective. The committee was also informed that the two developments projects going on downtown Lakeville were not subject to park dedication fees, as they had previously been platted lands. I em ten under new business, Steve informed the committee that the Senior Citizens- had requested an additional pool table because of the popularity of this activity. First Lakeville Bank has agreed to purchase the pool table., but the present space in the rec room in inadequate to house such a table. At present a proposal is being considered to extend the southeast wall of the rec room outward to meet the line of the wall which includes the windows to expand the size of that room. Steve wi11 keep the committee updated as to how this proposal progresses. Continuing under new business, member. Larry Olmsted informed the committee that he would be resigning from the committee due to increased responsibil~ ities at work, which is keeping him tied up several days a week. The committee thanked Larry for all his time and effort in his. years as a member of the park-committee. Mr. Olmsted stated that once his present work load eases up, he would reconsider joining the park committee f_or • another term. Tlie committee commended Mr. Olmsted for his work in the past.. 85.27 There being no further business, it was moved by Olmsted, seconded by Messinger, to adjourn the meeting. ,l Motion passed. Respe full. s bmi to ~ 1- g ~ ~ ~i L' t1t> ~.lr ~ ~ ~ r~.ld S`. Michaud, irector Parks and Recreation GSM : j r •