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Home My WebLink About10-03 • CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES OCTOBER 3, 1984. 7:00 P.M. Ro11 call: Olmsted, Lovelace, Anderson and Grenz were present. Member Gramstad called and could not make the meeting. Chairman Cramer was absent from the meeting, and the committee was informed that Kathy Lewis will be submitting a letter of resignation .due to personal business.. Park Director Steve Michaud was .also present. The next order of business was the approval of the Park and Recreation Committee minutes of September 19, 1984. 84.50 It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Olmsted, to approve the minutes as-read. Motion passed. Item three was the Park Director's report. Park Director Steve Michaud reported on the following programs: The reconstruction of Parkview rink, in it's entirity, was complete. • Bunker Hi11 grading project has been complete, The. rink installation should be finished by October 5th. Several minor projects related to this project have yet to be completed and should be completed within the next week. The warming house from the High School has been moved to The Meadows Park. Steve's office is working on supplying electricity and gas to the warming house for usage this winter. Additional grading has been started at Foxborough Park.. .The access and parking lot areas have been landscaped. The pleasure skating area has been landscaped and. the final grading on the major drainway has been completed. Because of the excess amount of .black. dirt in the parking lot area, a scraper has been ordered to excavate at least afoot more of black dirt out of the parking lot area. Most of this black dirt can be utilized in low areas and. other parts of the park. Once this is complete, then the parking lot and access roadways are ready for class 5 and surfacing material. The majority of work has been completed on the trails at Ritter Farm Park. There still exists some minor grading, the addition of a small loop trail and all the signage for existing trails in preparation for this winter's snow. The park department has taken advantage of some of the warm temperatures and has begun to paint the rinks within the system that need painting. For this reason, the installation of playground equipment at Independence Fark . has been put back a few days. Hopefully the installation of the playground equipment should begin by the end of the week of October 8th, Park and Recreation Committee minutes October 3, 1984 -2- At this time, Committee member Olmsted asked what the cost would be for the installation of a tennis court. Present ballpark figures range from $17,000 for one-and $25,000 for two-courts. The committee was informed that the Valley Park tennis courts have been completely re-surfaced and that the last inspection had received their final color. coats. Presently, we are waiting for the final lines to be drawn to complete the project. Ongoing maintenance on the soccer/football fields continues... Every- thing seems to be going very well at Aronson Park .for the soccer, fall football and fall softball. Item number four was a discussion of the bike trail. .Park Director Michaud updated the committee on the progress with .securing a bike. trail alongside the 35W/Highway 50 interchange project. Steve informed the committee that a letter had been drafted and sent to the county for approval of a grant requesting share costs for. the installation of a bikeway being approximately 4,900 .feet long. As of these minutes, the county board has. approved 3.nclusion of a grant in their capital improvemen program for the funding of this project. The funding includes the county paying for an additional three feet of concrete sidewalk, in addition to the existing five-foot, at a cost of $4.50 per lineal foot, for approximately 3,500 feet. From 172nd Street to County Road 44, the county will fund 100% of the cost of an eight-foot blacktop trail.. This aspect of the trail is approxi- • mately 1.,400 feet. The city and state will share the difference-of the cost between blacktop and cement on that aspect of tihe project. A copy of the request to Dakota County for funding and a copy of the board resolution and staff recommendations are included in this packet. The committee then went on to discuss the comprehensive bikeway plan far Lakeville. Steve explained that the system should connect all major employment areas, major residential areas, all school facilities and major recreational facilities. To illustrate this, Steve presented the committee with a map identifying all the major areas within Lakeville. The major areas identified are all located within urban service area, excluding Ritter Farm Park. From this point, the committee identified all existing potential roadways and thoroughfares that would service major areas of interest and then chose areas that did not have major thoroughfares or roadways that would be conducive to bikeways. The committee ha.d several suggestions as to poten- tial routes and together with Steve prepared preliminary goals: 1. The primary usage of our-trail system should be .for commuter purposes to all major use areas, The trail should be a major linkage between the major residential areas, employment areas, school sites and major recreational areas. 2. The trails should connect with outlying city trails already in place or planned. • 3. The-trails should connect with major state and federal trails where possible. Park and Recreation Committee minutes October 3, 1984 -3- • 4. All trails should be, where feasible and economical,. off the road, separate bikeways. Second priority would be same roadway with a physical barrier between. Third priority, where roadways are wide enough or have paved shoulders, certain stretches of roadway should be identified as bikeways with a solid line. In further discussions, member Grenz questioned the possibility or feasibility of a walkway/bikeway across 35W, extending 162nd Street. over 35W. Steve thanked the committee for all their input and said he would have an updated conceptjcomprehensive plan prepared for the next meeting which would include updated state., county and proposed municipal trails for the committee to review. Item number five was a review of the recreation development policy for the comprehensive plan. Steve informed the committee that this particular project has not been complete and he should. have something for the committee by the nett meeting. Item-number six was a review of Ritter Farm Park comprehensive plan. To date, .the concept .plans had not been developed as a result of not being able to put together a meeting. to inspect all the buildings at Ritter Farm Park, As of these minutes, a meeting is being scheduled for the end of • the week to go ahead .and review all the buildings at Ritter Farm Park for .implementation into the concept drawing .plan.- Hopefully b.y our next meeting, plans should be available. Under number seven, new business, Steve informed the committee that Kathy Lewis called and has offered her resignation from the committee. Steve suggested that a special letter be written to Kathy for all her time and dedication. while a member of the committees 84.51 It was moved by Grenz, seconded by Anderson, to direct the Park and Recreation Director to prepare a letter of thanks to Kathy Lewis for her service as a member of the Park and Recreation committee. Motion. passed. The committee was informed that a meeting was held with the Zack John- son Group, the design specialists, Pat McGarvey and Jeanne i~estal to discuss various s.spects of the interior design of the new Senior Citizen Center. Several goad ideas have been brought forward and there have been a few minor changes which are to be worked out within the next week. As soon as Steve receives all the documentation of the interior design, a presentation will be given to the Park and Recreation Committee. As of .these minutes also, the framing of the building for the Senior Citizen Center is well underway. • Item number .eight was old business. The committee was informed that the budgets have been completed and were approved by the Lakeville City Council. As soon as the copies are available from the computer, they will be sent to the committee. Park and Recreation Committee minutes • October 3, 19$4 -4- 84.52 There. being no further business, it was moved by Olmsted, seconded by Lovelace to adjourn the meeting, Motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M. espect u ubmi ed, ~ t Gerald S, Michaud, Director Parks and Recreation GSM: j r • •