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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02-15 City of Lakeville PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING February 15, 1984 Roll call. Lovelace, Cramer, Grenz, Olmsted and Lewis were all present. Park Director, Steve Michaud, was also present. Next order of business was the approval of the February 1, 1984 commit- tee minutes. 84.10 It was moved by Olmsted, seconded by Lewis, to approve the minutes as read. Motion passed. Mr. Randy Berg was present, from the McDonald Corporation, so Item 8a was moved up to the beginning of the meeting. Mr. Berg went through the entire proposal that McDonald's is planning, called McStop. There were several questions of interest by the committee which Mr. Berg had 84.11 answered. After discussion it was moved by Olmsted, seconded by Lewis, to recommend to the City Council a cash contribution be paid to satisfy the existing park dedication .ordinance. Motion passed. Item ~~3, Park Director Steve reported to the committee, that as of a week ago the hockey program came to an end. The warm weather had melted the ice to the point that maintaining it would have done more harm than anything else. Steve informed the committee that the mainte- . nance crews were very active in repairing equipment, disassembling winter attachments to the tractors and preparing all the equipment for storage. Crews are also active building a new trailer, building picnic tables, building 'Entering Lakeville' signs, redoing park I.D. signs and rules and regulations signs, and several other miscellaneous chores. Item #4 was a discussion on the Park and Open Space System Plan update. Steve informed the committee that he had met with the L.A.A. and all major sport commissioners were gathering information and doing research for Steve. To date, two or three aspects of the system plan have been completed and as soon as the first draft is put together committee members will receive one for review. Item 4~5 was a review of the Capital Improvements Program. Steve passed out a copy of the Long Range Capital Improvement Program and asked committee members to review it in preparation for a more detailed discussion at the next meeting. Item ~~6 - Steve explained that the Senior Citizen's Center building project was moving along very well. As of these minutes the County Board of Commissioners approved the allocation of $260,000 to the City of Lakeville for construction of the Center. Steve stated that he is working on preparing requests for proposals to various architectural firms and, hopefully, those proposals will be coming in by mid or latter part of March. Once an architectural firm is contracted, the design aspect of the project will begin. Once the design aspect is complete the bidding process for construction of the building will begin. If all City of Lakeville PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING February 15, 1984 goes well, the project may begin by mid-summer. Item ~~7 was Ice Arena update and Steve explained to the committee, once again, that a random sample survey was being developed and these surveys plan to be mailed the week of March 5th. As soon as we have results from the survey Steve will send them out with the packets. Further discussion brought out concern from several committee members as to the feasibility of building a single interest ice arena. It was the general concensus of the committee that if a building referendum was prepared, that the interest and needs of all the community groups should be examined. 84.12 It was then moved by Cramer, seconded by Lewis, that the Park and Recreation Committee members feel strongly that a single ice arena is not a feasible project. That is any referendum is to be presented to the citizens, it should include facilities similar to a multi-purpose building, such as the Eden Prairie Community Center. Motion passed. Item ~~8 was a review of the McDonalds Corporation and Dodd Pointe development. Item a, McDonald's Corporation has been completed. Item b, Dodd Pointe, the committee had several concerns. The committee overall usually doesn't get involved with plat designs and layouts, but this particular layout seem to bother the committee considerably. Several points were listed starting with ~~1, pedestrian access to Valley • Park 8th Addition, which is headed toward the school, a major public facility, was totally missing. That a potential sidewalk be developed along Dodd Blvd. along with access to the 8th Addition. The potential access into the 8th Addition be investigated between lots 10 and 11, that a potential sidewalk be located along the north lots, that being lot 1. Then additional consideration be given to the general pedestrian and traffic flow from east to west, headed toward the major swimming areas, major park facilities and major school facility. The committee also could not see the need for a particular piece of property in that 84.13 area and it was moved by Cramer, seconded by Lewis, that the final plat and this location be assessed a cash contribution to satisfy the park dedication ordinance. Motion passed. There was no new business and under old business the committee decided to settle the issue of officers for the committee and it was moved by 84.14 Lewis, seconded by Lovelace, the following slate: Chairman of the committee - Jeff Cramer Secretary - Larry Olmsted Vice Chairman - Jerry Grenz Motion passed. i 2 City of Lakeville PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING February 15, 1984 84.15 There being no further business it was moved by Lewis, seconded by Olmsted, to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed. Resp ully s b 'tt d ~ G~ Gerald S. Michaud, Director Parks and Recreation GSM:ss •