03-26-1985 PTRC Agenda - Minutes

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Minutes, Parks and Recreation Commmittee Meeting, February 26, 1985 Page two •properties, would like to use this as park dedication; would like to leave as much of the property in natural state as possible; in addition, they plan to eventually construct ball fields, trails, etc. which will be available for use by the public. Easement along the highway would be kept as a "green belt". The Church will be developing the property in several phases; final plan will include a 5,000 seat sanctuary. The first stage of development, for which they are seeking approval at this time, will use sixteen acres of the land for buildings, a roadway and parking. They propose to dedicate 1.44 acres of parkland and holding ponds at this time, and expand dedication as the property is developed. Committee asked Buckley need for park land in that area; he stated the need for parks would be decreased (with houses not going in the area). Mark Peterson pointed out that Parks Department needs "good" land for future develop- ment (play equipment, etc. ) not just low land. It was pointed out that the Ordinance asks for 10% of land (or monetary value of land) in either usable land or land needed to meet RCWD requirements for ponding areas. Anderson asked Church's plans for development of recreational facilities for its members at this time. Pastor Pederson stated that there would probably not be any at this time, have ball fields and a gym at their Rice St. facility, in later phases, will probably have a gym and swimming pool, which will be open to the public. Asked why they preferred land to a monetary contribution, they stated they felt use of land and facilities very compatible to Arden Hills' community needs. They would intend to develop trails to tie in with Arden Hills' trails, for Arden Hills' residents use, maintain natural green areas, possibly • grade for future ball field for community use, see good potential winter use for skiing, skating, and sledding. (They emphasized that this initial 1.4 acre of dedication of holding ponds would be extent of this type of dedica- tion. ) Architect Young will meet with Buckley to further define Arden Hills' needs for active as well as passive recreation areas. Church's impression had been that Village would prefer passive. Lien repeated that he would like to work out dedication for first 16 acres with Park Committee now, so they can proceed with development, and work out future dedication as they develop the land later. Motion was made by Anderson, seconded by Klick, that Parks Committee recom- mend to Council accepting ponding area of approximately 1.44 acres as dedica- tion for Phase I (16 acres), and that North Heights Lutheran Church coordinate with Parks on total concept to integrate their recreational needs with Arden Hills for remaining dedication. Motion carried unanimously. Council Report Councilman Hansen reported Council activities of interest to the Parks Com- mittee. Discussion, Drafting Community Survey Committee discussed costs and content of this survey, if it is decided to implement it. Anderson suggested survey contain questions such as: use of parks now, what services are used, what they would like in addition to those offered, would like respondents grouped by age of family, geographical area, participation in programs in Arden Hills and other communities, use of trails, how they would like them surfaced, etc. 1P Sand suggested that Buckley, for the next Parks meeting, develop a sample survey for consideration, along with suggestions for distributing it.