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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-09 CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MINUTES MAY: 9, 1984 7:00 P.M. Roll Call: Cramer, Lovelace, Lewis., Anderson, Grenz, Olmsted and Gramstad were all present. Park Director Steve Michaud was also present. Item number two was the approval of the April l8, 1984 Park and Recreation Committee minutes. 84.23 It was moved by Anderson, seconded by Olmsted, to approve the minutes as read.. Motion passed. Item three was the Park Director's report. Steve reported on the light project at Aronson Park. He estimated that by May Ilth the total project should be completed. Field two is complete and has been lit and worked prop- - erly. There have been several problems and delays because of water problems and mud. Steve reported that the LAWCON/LCMR grant was delivered to the state and Steve will keep the committee updated as to the progress of the evalu- • ation of the grant. The grant was for a complete redevelopment of the shoreline property of Antlers Park a The next item Steve reported on was maintenance. Steve informed the committee that the Groundsmasters and .the other mowing equipment was busy cutting grass. The crews have been busy installing new signs and repairing miscellaneous vandalism through the winter, trimming, project - of course the .light project at Aronson Park has taken a considerable amount of time - and dealing with the emergency situation at Antlers Park,. As of these minutes, Council had approved the closure of the swimming beach and boat launch for the summer or until the lake recedes at least one foot. As of this date, the park. department has begun a fencing project that will fence from Co. Rd. 64 to the boat launch area and post the entire area "No Trespassing or Swimming". Steve reported that on the prior Saturday, he had met with some 50-60 4-H club members and planted some 300 new seedlings at Ritter Farm Park. Steve asked the committee if there were any questions relative to the Spring and Summer Maintenance Schedule and the development schedule. The committee had no questions. The next item Steve updated the committee relative to the progress of the Senior Citizen Center project. Steve contacted HUD and was informed that the federal government was behind some four or five weeks with returning the contracts. Contract are due about one to two weeks from this date. Once the contracts are received from HUD, it is a matter of a formality, the county will approve it and we will be authorized to begin the project. It is possible that we twill have an approval by May 22nd, if not by then, we Park and Recreation Committee minutes . May 9, 1984 Page -t- will have to move to the first meeting in June for County approval. The next item for consideration by the committee was the status of the Antlers Park situation and the high. water of Lake Marion. At this time the Ringeisen family was present in the audience and an active discussion concerning the lake took place. There were several opinions on what should be done with the lake and they ranged from extending the no-wake zone to three hundreed feet all the way to completely eliminating all uses of the lake until the water recedes. After much discussion, it was the general concensus by the committee and listed .from one to four, one being the general concensus of what should be -done 1. There be no motorized boats allowed on the lake for .any kind of use. This would allow for other non-motorized craft to use the lake. 2. A total no-wake zone on the lake with a horse-power limit on motors. 3. A total no-wake zone, without a horse-power limit. 4. Extending. the 300-foot no-wake zone, and there be no .other regulations. • The committee also agreed that implementation of any of the above restric- tions would be in effect as long as the lake remains at its high level. If at the time the lake recedes back to the acceptable level, which would allow the beach and boat launch to reopen, the committee would recommend that the restrictions on the lake, if imposed, would also be removed. .There were mixed emo bons relative to all of the above points. All committee members were encouraged to talk to friends, neighbors and other citizens to get their. reactions in preparation for the meeting with the Natural Resources Committee on May 15th, at which time a comprehensive recommendation to the Lakeville City Council will be made.. Further discussion relative to the lake level included an emphasis on moving forward with some type of a project, whether it be an engineering feasibility study or other project, to solve the problem of lowering the lake as soon as possible. There were also several discussions relative to enforcement of whatever regulations are imposed on the lake. The committee felt that regardless of what was done on the lake, unless a stepped up enforcement. program was implemented that there would be many violations. Steve informed the committee of a potential Park Ranger position through a county funded MEED project. Steve was instructed by the committee to discuss this with the police department to work something out relative to some type of Park Ranger, which could also assist with other park issues, • plus the lake issue.. Park and Recreation Committee minutes May 9, 1984. Page -3- The next .item on the agenda was an update on the Open Space System Plan. Steve informed the committee that he had talked to Tim Erkkila and that to date, alot of the date base mapping had been started and at least half of the text, including the park, facilities inventory, had all been placed on the word processor. Steve informed that committee that the preliminary report on the Park and Open Space System Plan and some of the base mapping would be ready for presentation on June 6th, .1984. Item five was a review of plats. There were no active plats to move on. Steve informed the committee that the Police Station project had started, the Lakeville Inn project dut at Sam McGees restaurant had started and that the McDonald's McStop project was also progressing. Item number six was a discussion of the annual bus tour of the park .system.. The committee members felt that at least two trips would be nec- essary to adequately cover all the park system, A tentative date of June 20th was set for the first trip. Steve will coordinate the arrangements with. Jeff Cramer. Item number seven was old business. Steve informed the committee that the bike. racks and some park bench quotations were received in the-mail and that he would be ordering this new equipment next week. Steve informed the committee of the progress of Oak Shores Park grading. The grading had started again for this. year and was also stopped by the snowstorm. Steve felt .this project would be ready for seeding within the next couple weeks. Committee member Lewis asked what types of projects are going on at Jacquard Avenue Park. Steve informed the committee that resurfacing of the parking lot had started and should be completed by the end of the week. Item number eight, under new business, Steve informed the committee that the gymnastics program at-the high school had started and there was good registration in the program. The committee members also brought up the potential new law that three- wheel. ATV's were going to be allowed on snow- mobile trails in the 1985 snowmobile season. Steve will check with the state and see if there were any additi©na1 law changes relative to the uses of three-wheelers on snowmobile trail systems. 84.24 Item nine was adjournment and there being no further business, it was moved by Lewis, seconded by Olmsted, to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. Respectfully submitted, Gerard S. Michaud Parks and Recreation Director GSM:jr