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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-06 • CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES FEBRUARY 6, 1984 7:00 P.M. Roll call: Gramstad, Messinger, Grenz, Anderson, Lovelace and Olmsted were present. Jeff Cramer had called and was out of town. Park Director Steve Michaud was also present. Two citizens, Bob .Buck and Dave Nichols .were present. .85.8 The next order of business. was the approval of. the January 23, 1985 Park. and Recreation .Committee minutes. It was moved by Grenz, seconded by Gramstad, to approve the minutes as read. Motion passed. The agenda item under new business concerning the purchase of Orchard Lake property next to .Orchard Lake Beadh was moved to the top of the agenda to accomodate Mr. Buck and Mr. Nichols. A concept plat map was .shown to the committee by Park Director Steve Michaud. He had received the concept plat plan. from Mr. Nichols. It involves 20-plus lots directly .south of the. Orchard Lake Beach area. Mr. Nick~,ols and Mr. Buck were concerned that the city was considering purchasing the lot.-directly south • of the beach property because their plat shows a road consuming the entire area of the proposed lot. It was their belief that there would be very little advantage or use of the lot for park purposes. They also stated that if the city purchased the lot, it would leave them no alternative location to place their roadway. Committee member Olmsted mentioned that he is very f_arniliar with, the area and believes that the property would not serve well as a park property. Other committee members expressed the feeling that they would rather see a viable plat implemented into this area and receive park dedication fees as opposed o spending $20,000.00 on a small, unusable piece of property. Park Director Steve Michaud informed the committee .that there would be an additional $2,000-4,000 in clean-up and landscaping chores, once the property was purchased. There seemed to be a general. consensus of the Park Committee that the pur- chase of this park would not be feasible. Park Director requested that the committee members drive out to the location and inspect the property personally. Those that have the time to complete this request are to call the office with their opinion. Steve is to .prepare a recommendation and a report for .the city council meeting of the 18th and will receive comments from the committee up to February 14th. The report w7.1 be written on the 15th and sent to council in their packets on the 15th. Moving back to the agenda, .item number three was the Park Director's report. The committee was updated with the senior citizen center preparations for • its grand opening on this coming Sunday, February 10th. The committee was informed of the. policy manual changes and its final adoption by the city council. Park and Recreation Committee Minutes February 6, 1985 -2- Steve informed the committee that the Park Maintenance Department was- reporting the best skating in years due to the cold weather and lack of snow. ..The committee was informed that staff was involved in annual reviews and evaluations. The committee was updated with some M.R.P.A. problems at the office. The park director updated the committee on the progress of the Ritter Farrn Park master plan.. Council received the master plan at their last meeting in January, at which time the approval was tabled so .that public opinion could be received during the next three to four weeks. Council should make final approval at the next meeting on February 18th. Item four was a review of -the park committee's officers responsibilities, those offices being the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary. The committee was informed that a survey will be completed to surrounding communities requesting by-laws. and job descriptions of the officers of the committee and committee members. Item number five was an update of the open space system plan. The committee • was informed that Tim Erkkila had changed positions and is now working for Westwood Planning. Steve had received a:letter from Tim informing the city that all existing contracts with the city wquld be honored and he wishes to .continue his services with. the city. The committee was informed that at their next meeting, a complete review and. update of the first draft of the open space park system plan will be completed. Item six was a review of the Ritter Farm Park plan implementation section. The committee has agreed in concept of the first draft plan and suggested changes from the January 23rd minutes should be made to the implementation plan, retyped and sent to the committee.. Item number seven was a review of the policy and rules and regulations and fees for the park system. Committee members had concerns with certain. aspects of the policy. This issue will be brought up at the next meeting for consideration and recommendation to council before the spri'ag season. Under old business, there was some discussion concerning the park dedication fund fees. The committee was informed that 'it has been at le-ast three or four years since the park dedication ordinance has been reviewed. Several cities have upgraded their park dedication ordinances considerably due to rising construction costs and park purchases. The park director will do an informal survey of surrounding communities of equal size for a comparison with the Lakeville ordinance. This surveyshould be completed and back to the committee in March. • Park and Recreation Committee minutes February 6, 1985 -3- • Under new business, the committee members brought up that there was a parking problem at Parkview skating rink. Apparently staff s:nd workers. are parking up by the warming house, which draws friends and other facility users. This will be relayed to Jeanne Vestal so that this .does not continue. 85.9 There being no further business, it was moved by Messinger, seconded by Olmsted., to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 9:00 P.1 sspectfu yubm tte, , t ~'VJ ~ ~ 1 ; ; y z 1~ W ~ f V ` Ga1d S. Michaud,; Director Parks and Recreation GSM: j r •