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CITY OF LAKEVILLE
PARK AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES,
SEPTEMBER 5, 1979
7:30 P.M.
Roll call: Present were Rice, Storlie, Lovelace, Cramer, Trued, Smith, and
Novak.
79 -56 Motion was made by Cramer, seconded by Storlie to approve the August 15, 1979
committee meeting minutes.
Motion passed.
The Park Directors report was given:
1. The following are several smaller items Steve reported on to update the
committee on different things that have been occurring in our park systems.
The archery range at Aronson Park is now in place.
The district state tournaments on August 11th and 18th went over very well.
There were many favorable comments concerning Aronson Park. The Lakeville
softball teams have done very well in winning the Jaycee State tournament,
the men's Class A State tournament and the Class A Regional tournament.
The fall brochure with the fall programs will be out sometime next week.
The capital improvements program budget will be started in the next week or
so. The committee members are suggested to examine any areas that may need
capital improvements.
A request has been made to the Rosemount High School for some testing on
Valley Lake to see if the water is conducive to swimming. There are high
school students who are now going to conduct some 14 different tests on the
water.
Steve mentioned that the hunting season is coming up fast and if we are
going to put together any plans concerning protection of Ritter Farm Park
we should begin to do so soon.
The LAA is well under way with their hockey and soccer programs. Several
hundred participants can be seen at Aronson Park every evening now.
The Antlers Park fense is now complete around the boundary of the park.
Committee members are encouraged to inspect this.
All the beaches and pools are closed for the season and are being winterized
for the upcoming winter.
The concession stand at Antlers Park is closed for the season and will be
moved next week to Aronson Park to test the possibility of creating revenue
during the fall months at Aronson Park.
2. The next item on the park directors report concerned the development contract
proposals. Steve explained that he had talked to Mr. McGarvey and that Mr.
McGarvey will keep the committee informed as to the types of recommendations
for cash contributions and payments and any other items in the development
contracts concerning the committee and park and recreation development.
3. The third item concerned single lot development dedication. Steve explained
that the only time a municipality can acquire money through a dedication is
through platted areas only.
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4. The next item of discussion was on the Fox Run development proposal.
Part of the committee toured this land and it was the general consensus
of the committee that if this plat was to come into the preliminary
stages or the final plat stages the area directly south of the Dodd Park
development along the roadway into Fox Run would be recommended for park
property.
5. Next was an update on the Valley Park bike trail. Steve explained that
he knew only of what has been read in the Dakota County Tribune with
reference to what was said at the Board of Commissioners meeting the
previous week. The bike trail question has been referred to the county
engineer and the park director for development of policy for implementation
of the Dakota County trail system. A meeting has been set up for 8 :00 a.m.,
Monday, September 10th, to discuss this further. Those present will be the
Park Director of Dakota County, Mr. Chuck Lowry, Park Director of Apple
Valley, Mr. Mike Bassett, Pastor Trued from our committee, Barb Kemmer who
is heading the pressure group from Valley Park for this trail, and Steve
Michaud.
6. Item #6 concerned an updated on the LAWCON applications. Steve explained
that of the three applications submitted, Orchard Lake Beach was reclass-
ified as a rural application and thus not eligible for funding this year
because of the types of development that was proposed. The remaining two
projects submitted to LAWCON consisted of Valley Lake Park and Lakeridge
Addition. Of the two, Valley Lake Park scored higher than Lakeridge thus
eliminating the Lakeridge Addition application. Lakeridge was eliminated
because one project is funded per community per year and Valley Lake Park
did score higher. Although Valley Lake Park was scored higher than Lake
ridge, it ranked number 6 out of 7 total projects submitted under the
category 'free standing growth centers'. Of the 5 projects ahead of
Lakeville, several of them consisted of $100,000.00 projects or more.
Under LAWCON, communities are allowed 1 project per year at a maximum of
$100,000.00. There is a slight chance that monies may trickle down to
number 6 thus funding the Valley Lake Project. This will not be determined
until later on in September or in early October. Steve recommended to the
committee that unless a firm committment from Metropolitan Council was
given with reference to total funding of this project that we not accept
any alternative final applications. The work involved in the final appli-
cation is very tedious and time consuming. To submit a final application
without knowing that we have definate funding would not be feasible at this
time.
Under 'new business' Steve informed the committee that the Lakeville Jaycee's have
informed him that as of this fall they should have all their debts paid for the
Aronson Park building. With this in mind they have made a motion to take on two
additional new projects as goals for the future. The two -new projects they have
set as goals will be to light Aronson Park softball fields and to assist in the
development of a bike trail from downtown Lakeville to the new high school.
There was no nave under 'old business'.
•79 -57 Motion was made by Rice, seconded by Storlie to adjourn the meeting.
Motion passed.
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