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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-16 • CITY OF LAKEVILLE PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES APRIL 16 1980 Roll Call: Storlie, Lovelace, Kennedy, Novak, Holston, and Trued were present. Also present were: Betty Sindt, Kari Boss, Sandy Osterberg and Steve Michaud. 80-25 After review of the April 2, 1980 minutes, it was moved by Storlie, seconded by Novak to approve. the. minutes. Motion passed. Park Director`s Report: Steve updated the committee on the progress of the LAWCON applications. Steve explained. that site plans-were nearly completed and that the architect and Steve would have the final cost estimates of both projects-by Friday. Steve then presented the committee with two concept drawings of Lakeridge Park site plan. Steve explained the requirements for acre fee which is an area necessary to hold storm water runoff from the Lakeridge Addition. Steve explained how filling and certain grading would still provide the necessary amount of area to consume. heavy rains in that area. . Steve explained that he had met with the regional hydrologist .from the Department of Natural Resources. Steve explained the extent of the development and that he felt the classification of a Wet],and 3 was a little severe - that the proposed developments would not.nter- fere with ttze ponding and marsh areas--.and thus requested a re-class ification of the area. The D.N.R.-responded by saying they would rather not re-classify the area but-would allow developments as proposed as long as we stayed outside 'the cat-tail marsh area. Steve felt this was possible and that once the .final site plans were completed., they would be forwarded to the D.N.R. for approval. After further discussion of the site plans, Mr. Kennedy stated that he thought the area designated as a sof tball fieid or as an open space area would better be served if developed as a tot lot. Steve explained -that a larger open area;or a softball field would be. more. advantageous due to a Lack of open space in that area, and that 'a tot lot was being planned on the other side of the site plan. Because Mr. Kennedy lives across the street from triis exact location, his views of course will be considered along with the views of the entire neighborhood. Steve plans ~o meet with the Block Club representing Lakeridge area development to present the site plans in the near future fesr further comments to verify the exact type of site development for`that area. • Park and Recreation minutes April 16, 1980 . Page 2 The next: order of business was legislative update. Steve informed. the committee that there was legislation under consideration o change, the Park Dedication ordinances from utilizing the fair market value of the undeveloped land to utilizing the .fair market value from the level- oped land when determing cash or land dedication for development., Steve will keep the committee informed as to the progress of this bill if it has any further progress. Program supervisor,. Sandy psterberg and student intern, Kari Boss were present at the meeting to present the. upcoming: summer programs.,. Sandy ,went on to list the fallowing programs being planned and formulated at this tame. Our traditional summer playground sites which occur, on Mondays and Wednesdays are going to be increased to five sites over the previous three sites. These will be Parkvew Park, Antlers Park, Dakota Heights; Countryview Trailer court and Ardmore Trailer court. Fantastic Fridays is being planned again. which is a series of special events, starting off with a hot air balloon demonstration. They are having feature films, Storytalers - a professional theatre group for children., summer Olympics and horseback riding. Swimming lessons are being planned for both Ardmore Trailer court and Bunker Hi11 Pool. Several registration dates for these activities are being planned also. Tennis lessons are now being formulated. Tennis • Zadder is being furmulated." We have-plans now underway .for a l0 kilometer run in preparation for the annual Pan-O-frog jogging run. We have`a series of Concerts-in-tha-Parks being planned in conjunction with: the Minnesota Musicians Association union which will be assisting us with the grant to provide bands in the parks. There are several. trips planned to Vikings games, Valleyfair, Como-Zoo, Twins games, the Kicks: games and the Omni Theatre. We are working in conjunction with Dakota County to provide some day camp experiences for mentally retarded and handicapped citizens.- The Senior Citizens Center. is flourishing and we are experiencing good.attendance. They are involved at the center three days a week with several trips on a weekly basis going all over the'Twin City area. Thee seniors are involved in several community service projects assisting the mentally retarded, children and other projects within the community. We are in the process of_formulating Pan-O-Prog programs including the annual Senior Citizens dance and dinner, Tournament Days with all the children, the Teen Dance and several other miscellaneous projects. We are also expanding our nature days at Ritter Farm Park from once a .week to five days a week. We are also formulating programs for'the teens of our community including teen dances and some trips to try and keep this population segment occupied this summer. The recreation staff is also involved in Park and Recreation minutes • April 16, 1980 Page -3- working with the Community Action Council in conjunction with the trailer courts to develop additional teen programs, softbaal leagues and so forth. We are also working with some adult programs-such as an active Archery G1ub; being formed ,for thssummer and a jogging club which will be'formed, As far as adult athletic leagues, the men's softball league is full with eighteen.teams. They could have had twenty-.four teams; but because of field availability, the .limitations. were added. The women' softball league has gone from five teams .to a solid ten teams this year, and the mixed .couples league has gone from three teams to eight teams: Lakeville Athletic Association, wth'their T-ball, baseball, softball and total comprehensive program for the summer ~as_also increased.; Aronson. Park is naw-being scheduled 100% along with every outlying softball and baseball field in the community including school facilities and Gity park facilities... In ..summary,, the recreation staff is very proud,. of their accomplish- ments to date. The City of Lakeville will have a very wide variety of recreational opportunities to choose from, starting from the youth of our:.. community to the Senior Citizens, including our mentally retarded and physically handicapped citizens. . The next order_ofbusinesswas a discussion of the .capital :improve- menu program.' Steve presented an updated copy of the capital improvements program through 19$4. Steve explained to the committee that the proposed improvements over the next five years are basic needs and would be accom- plished only ,through the.park dedication fund or whatever general fund money may become available through other sources in the future. Steve emphasized the wo major projects-.for 1981 being West Park and Orchard Lake Park, the two applications to the LAWCON grant process. Steve ex- plained that the figures for both-of these,parks would be available the following Friday, as explained earlier in the minutes. Steve requested that the committee accept .this capital improvements grogram and recommend to .:Council for.-its approval and adoption. The reason for doing this is a formality and a requirement under a LAWCON regulation in order to_make eligible .for our grants. 80-.26 Upon proper motion by Storle, seconded by Kennedy, it was recommen- ded to City Council the .adoption of the five year .capital improvements.. program as presented by the Park.Director. The figures shown for Orchard Lake..Beach..and the West Park project, both being the.LAWCON appli- cation projects, would be changed when the final figures were received on Friday. Motion passed.. The next order of business was new .business.. • Under new business, ...Park Director Steve Michaud presented .a recommen- dation to add an amendment to the existing park dedication ordinance. The amendment deals .with assessing a single family home development Park and Recreation minutes April 16, 1980 Page -4- project with. the same. park .dedication fees as imposed upon single family home dwellings in large developments. Steve explained. that we have had several individual home lots or five to ten acre parcels outside of regular developed and platted lands apply for building permits to build a home and.. in turn not pay any park. dedication fee. Steve explained that most large developments that have to pa.y park dedication fees pass these fees on to the actual buyers of those lots, thus the people are ;paying for their share of >the park .development.: and facilities in the .City of Lakeville.. In terms of thoseindviduals,. five, ten .:and fifteen acre developments or those lands outside of developed lands should also pay their share to help develop the park system. After much discussion, including Mr. Kennedy's- disagreement with. this ordinance., based on the fact that he felt the. park dedication ordinance was designed by the .legislature to require only developers to pay park dedication fees, not individual., land .developers, .that this. was unfair. Pastor Trued expressed the thought of who would be receiving more value °from $300.00 imposed upon either the of or land owner within a developed plat - or a private individual buying a ten-acre parcel of land. A motion was made by Novak, seconded by Lovelace, to recommend to Council tl~e'approval of the Park and Recreation Director's recommendation. • The previousdiscussion followed this :'motion. It was .then motioned by Kennedy to refer this .back to .the Park Director for further research. The motion died due to lack of a second. 80-27 There. was a call for the original question Voting aye: Storlie, Lovelace, Holston and Novak.. Voting no: Trued and Kennedy. Motion passed. 80-28 After proper motion by Kennedy and .seconded by Novak, .meeting was adjourned.. Motion passed. Respectful bmit~, ed, Steve Michaud Park and .Recreation Director GSM: j r