10-20-15 PTRC Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes October 20, 2015 Page 3 A short discussion then ensued about the need for a parking lot as well as playground equipment and a splash pad as this would be beneficial for families with young children. Staff Liaison Grant stated the area should have a half-court basketball and tennis courts side by side. Councilmember Holden asked about pickle ball courts and stated pickle ball lines should be added to all existing and new tennis courts. Acting Chair Straumann requested Staff Liaison Grant provide clarification regarding overall parking. Committee Member Michaelson said there would be three basketball courts total in the development area. He asked for clarification about the play structure on Attachment B and questioned when the plans were “scrubbed”, were the items that were going to be provided also eliminated? Acting Chair Straumann reiterated there will now be two parks in the hill area which will be similar and yet have amenities of the initial park that was eliminated. The two parks will have a different focus based on the population expected in the area. Councilmember Holden stated at one point, it was discussed that a small ice skating rink would be built in the Town Center area which would prompt the need for a facility to be built that could be rented out. She stated it is her hope that a structure similar to the Perry Park structure would be built somewhere in one of the Rice Creek Commons parks. A short discussion ensued about how the new structure could be utilized (warming house, changing rooms, bathrooms, showers). Acting Chair Straumann stated that for the list Committee Member Michaelson is creating, the group should be able to indicate, for example, “We need one of this”. Committee Member Michaelson stated he was keeping a list of the total items desired but would then like to indicate, for example, “For this development, we want three softball fields, in total.” Acting Chair Straumann asked Councilmember Holden to clarify what kind of control the Committee will have and asked if the group would work closely with the developer. Councilmember Holden stated the park on the north end will stay there as that will be an actual City park, and the Committee will be able to determine what amenities will be implemented there. She said other than the wetland area, the other parks are negotiable as far as function and location. Committee Member Michaelson said it makes sense to him to keep track of how many of each item the Committee wants to have in the whole area and then start wiggling around where the amenities might go -- in total.