11-08-1983 Meeting agenda and Sept minutes

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aen-71M'rPVrKS e t hi h ratin g . By LARRY JONES committee. = .� • Staff Writer TOOK ER SPECIFICALLY Doted that ARDEN HILLS—An evaluation study the city should do more for senior citizms, i of Arden Hills parks suggests alternatives including the development of more local and improvements while generally giving community education programs and the neighborhood park system a high trails. rating He suggested that the city should seek , The evaluation study, which was options to locating an athletic oomplez of ^� review-ed Munday night by tl%-Arttdfi lM%--Turzidemfftnl--W'*eePtng social Abd-- City Council and which will be the subject educational statistics on program par- of a more thorough review by the parks ticipants as an aid in designing future s and recreation committee next week,was prams and making department beads IT WAS MOVINI conducted by Charles Tooker, landscape responsible to the clerk-administrator. Brightea Area I architect at Mankato State University. Programming recommendations in- preps to mom The study, noted Tooker, can not only cluded having the parks and recreation MW to the CRY 1 be used to help Arden Hills implement staff develop a list of specific program i improvements in the future but also can objectives as an aid in program be the basis for some of his work with evaluation and having the parks and students at Mankato. recreation staff work with the advisory st ud ,APPEARING before the council committee on a long-range division of IN Tooker noted that Arden Hills could labor between the various agencies in the become a "showpiece" for parks and community which provide recreation open space by tying active recreation services. areas into a trail system, thereby Two other recommendations in the aria avoiding traffic and conflicts with of personnel suggested that the city r E automobiles. council consider the future need for a ' ' t part-time recreation s One aspect of the study suggested thapecialist for # Arden Hills should give more thorougl► management of programming and thatthe council investigate the option of thought to how it can serve all different contracting for park maintenance as an i age groups that would like to use the parks, including senior citizens. alternative to summer help. • "We've got to be sure that the parks program serves all of the people,and the IN THE AREA of areas and facilities, 's study study suggests several steps we can Tooker dY recommended more take," noted Councilman Tom Mulcahy, at- tention to finding the best way to develop liaison to the parks and recreation active recreation space at Park -- E softball fields and the like "on a remote MSI Insurance' site in the Arsenal property." Generally, the study also rated Arden '• ` Hills Other recommendations were broken l Pam high, saying such things as, "BY every measure,the Arden Hills open THE NARROW down into the areas of administration, space system exceeds recommended the woven to ai programming, personnel and areas and facilities, in each .case recommending standards" and "The relationship bet- ed to be a aD specific action. ween the total budget and the department bailding witk tit of parks and recreation budget appears to IN THE AREA of administration, be reasonable based on the services Tooker noted that the city should give provided. 14th Street name change :p asked west of 29th Avenue NEW BRIGHTON — A petition to be consulted inasmuch as street names .- change the name of a portion of 14th affect their emergency type services. To ' Street N.W. in the Innsbruck North-New Councilman Robert Benke's question as )' Brighton 3rd Addition (west of 29th Ave. to whether the option of changing the 14th N.W.)to Rockingham Lane and to change Street name all the way back to Silver the name of Innsbruck Terrace .to Lake Road had been explored, the Rockingham Court was received by the petitioners indicated it could go as far as city council at its Oct. 25 meeting. Long Lake Road if desirable. However, Petitioners included developers Keith and Gene Skiba, 14th Street resident living ^� Diane Harstad and realtor C. Ray east of 29th Ave., said he was well • McCulloch who said he felt a more unique satisfied with the 14th Street name and name than 14th Street would aid in the would not want to change all his records sale of high-priced homes in the addition. because of a street name change. McCulloch said the change in street name would el urinate the problem the The petition was referred to the city POWER LINEI fire department has with Innsbruck staff and police and fire departments for prodgn firm r Terrace. Ho-wever, NTAyor Gregg,Harcus review and recommendations to be NW.Hermann' expressed some concern and said the considered at the Nov. 8 city council police and fire departments would have to meeting.