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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01-27-1998 PTRC Minutes AGENDA • PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1998 7:00 P.M. ARMY RESERVE CENTER 1. Call to order and roll call 2. Approve November 25, 1997 Minutes 3. Oath of Office 4. Council Report 5. Park Fund Spending Plan - Denny Probst 6. Comprehensive Plan for Parks & Trails - Kathy O'Connell from MFRA 7. Rice Creek Corridor - Ramsey County • 8. Tony Schmidt Park Plan 9. Department Reports A. Program B. Director 10. 1998 Meeting Dates 11. Adjourn Please Call Cindy or Lynette if you are unable to attend this meeting*** • CITY OF ARDEN HILLS • MEMORANDUM DATE: January 22, 1998 TO: Parks and Recreation Commission FROM: Cindy S. Walsh, Parks and Recreation Director SUBJECT: January Agenda Report Park Fund Spending,Plan The Commission has discussed the possibility of developing a plan to spend down the Park Fund. The Commission has asked that Mayor Probst attend a meeting to further discuss this possibility. He has agreed to be in attendance at this meeting. Comprehensive Plan for Parks and Trails The City is in the process of updating it's Comprehensive Plan. A portion of this relates to the parks and trails. The consultant firm of MFRA has been hired by the City to assist in developing this plan. I have met with them several times to discuss ideas for trail connections. There will be a representative from the firm at our meeting to get some feedback from the Commission on • several issues. There are trail maps included in your packet. Please take time to look at these and come to the meeting prepared to give feedback. Ramsey County Rice Creek Corridor The County has a plan to construct a trail along the Rice Creed-Corridor. A portion of this is located in Arden Hills (in the TCAAP property). The City Council approved this plan in concept. The County will have to come back to the City when the property becomes available. I just wanted to inform the Commission of this issue since it is parks related. I will bring a copy of the material that has been provided to the City. Tony Schmidt Redevelopment Plan The Task Force has completed their meetings. Ramsey County met with the City Council at their work session on January 20 to review the plan. Jim Johnson, the Commission representative, can give a summary of the plan. I will have a black and white copy available at the meeting. • MINUTES DRAFT • CITY OF ARDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1997 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. ARMY RESERVE CENTER CALL TO ORDER Chair Kreidler called the meeting to order at 7:03 P.M. ROLL CALL Present were Megan Ricke, Don Messerly, Dorothy McClung, Jim Johnson, Tracy Petersen; Program Supervisor, Cindy Walsh; Parks and Recreation Director. Absent were Anita Larson, Mary Robinson, Lou Speggen, and Council Liaison; Susan Keim. APPROVE MINUTES • There were two corrections to the October 28, 1997, Minutes. 1. Page 1, 4th paragraph should read Gregg Larson, Arden Hills Planning Commission. 2. Page 2 under Council Report, paragraph 3 should read concerned with the trail. The minutes were approved by Don Messerly with the above corrections and seconded by Dorothy McClung. FREEWAY/LINDEY'S RESIDENT MEETING The meeting went well and the residents were excited that they will be invited back to go over the playground structure proposals in February. A possible option is to put a new playstructure in the existing area and create a paved basketball court on the top area. Also, there is a possibility of paving the hockey rink. In addition to holding an additional Freeway Park meeting, the Commission decided to hold a resident meeting for the Cummings Park playstructure proposals in conjunction with the meeting scheduled for February 24 with two (2) 45 minute resident meetings to follow Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. • DRAFT Ms. Walsh also mentioned that she had reviewed some public safety surveys the Public Safety Commission received. The issue of striping crosswalks was discussed. Currently, the Public • Safety Commission does not support the striping. Ms. Walsh will ask a member of the Commission to come to one of the meetings. The Commission discussed Hazelnut Soccer field. The Commission thought that some signage saying "you cannot use the field unless you have a permit or it's for City use" should be put in place to prevent adult groups from using the field. It is meant to be a youth field only. GATEWAY GARDENS The Commission agreed that a unifying theme would be appropriate. The Commission discussed the idea of improving the quality of the gardens to include perennials, bushes, shrubs, and a variety of flowers entries into our City should be our main gateways. Perhaps, the Commission can pick up ideas from the gateways that go in on the corner of Highway 96 and 35W for the rest of the flower gardens in the City. Ms. Walsh will work with Don Messerly and others who are interested in designing the gardens. TASK FORCE UPDATES Highway 96 Don Messerly presented the task force's recommendations concerning Highway 96. This recommendation will be made to the Council on December 10, 1997. The task force has • recommended the following for Highway 96: • Median be grass with irrigation system and flowers. • No noise walls. • Possible burms by Arden Manor Park area. • Lighting every 300 feet on north and south. • 10 Foot trail on the south side of Highway 96. • No sidewalks on the north side at this time. • No trail as planned by the County for the 35W area, safety issues need to be worked out. The task force also presented a conceptual drawing of Gateway Signage. These two (2) gateways would be on southwest and northwest corners of Highway 96. The Gateway Signage would include the following: • Stone exterior with black lettering • Anti Graffiti coating • Evergreens (from TCAAP) • Perennials and annuals • Lights Don Messerly mentioned the addition of a logo was still under discussion. • S DRAFT After hearing the summary of the Highway 96 Task Force recommendations on the Gateway signage and trails, a motion was made by Dorothy McClung to support the existing task force's recommendations. The motion was seconded by Jim Johnson. The Commission continued to discuss the Highway 10 and Highway 96 areas. Ms. Walsh said that the pedestrian bridge over Highway 10 was not funded by ISTEA. Ms. Walsh also mentioned that there is a possibility of a fly-over for Highway 10 where there would be no access to Highway 10 from Highway 96. The County has agreed to look at possible alternatives for the 35W access, but any changes must be approved by ISTEA. It is apparent that the County is still planning to go ahead with the existing plans. If the City wants to pursue an alternative, they can do so. Ms. Walsh mentioned the City will try and secure a railroad area for an alternative trail route. TONY SCHMIDT TASK FORCE Jim Johnson explained that the task force is working a P.O.G. (Problems, Objectives, and Goals) the task force calender is as follows: December 1 - Summarize three (3) possible Master Plans December 15 - Refine Master Plan January 5 - Public Hearing on Master Plan • Construction for Phase I is scheduled to start this spring. Phase I of the plan includes: • ConcessionNending • Beachhouse/Restrooms • Playground Equipment • Trails The task force has discussed the importance of connecting trails to amenities, schools, parks, library, and other existing trails. The task force has also discussed the wetland areas and concern for vegetation. Trails would encourage skiing. County would like to construct an underpass under the railroad. Security issues have also been discussed with the possibility of providing trail access that the Sheriff can access. FACILITY NEEDS STUDY Ms. Walsh noted that the athletic association and the cities have met to come up with an analysis of all of their needs. The analysis shows that an athletic/multi-use complex is need for all parties. The study was also discussed with the mayor, managers, and the school district. The only apparent site for the multi-complex field would be TCAAP property. The City of Arden Hills will take the lead on drafting a concept plan for the TCAAP site. The U of M site is another possibility, but apparently the City of Shoreview is not willing to let that site be an option. a%AFT Ms. Walsh also mentioned that this analysis of the facility needs to also tie into our needs. We will continue to explore Ingerson for a soccer field site. 1998 PROJECTS The Commission's projects will be as follows: 1. Park Fund - invite Mayor Probst to the January meeting to get a clean idea on this issue. Park Fund objectives will include the meeting goals or needs assessment and trails. 2. Resident Meeting - continue to invite the residents to meetings when changes/projects are being done in this area. 3. Day in the Park. 4. Master Plan for Gateway Gardens. 5. Trail Master Plan to coincide with the Comprehensive Plan. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 8:44 p.m. •