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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-10-04 . APPROVED . PARI�S AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES October 4, 2000 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the Parks and Recreation Committee of the City of Centerville held their regularly scheduled meeting on October 4, 2000 at City Hall, 1880 Main Street. Chairperson Doug Porter called the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. Present: Cha.irperson Doug Porter Wayne LeBlanc Karla DeVine Tedd Peterson Brian Walter Terry Sweeney (Council Liaison) Absent: Staff• Jill Lien Jim March (brief appearance) I APPEARANCES Mike Ouigley, Gor-Em Development — Eagle Park Sport 1 Tennis Court Ms. Lien explained that a$er contacting Mr. Quigley earlier that day, he informed her that he would not be able to attend the Parks and Recreation Meeting that evening. Mr. Quigley faxed a letter to the Parks and Recreation Committee eatpressing his intentions regarding the completion of the park in the Eagle Pass sub-division. Mr. Quigley is currently evaluating the area required for the court to determine the possibility of providing a regulation tennis court, as well as an additional smaller court area to be used for a basketball area. Mr. Quigley is relying on the Parks and Recreation Committee's knowledge of the recrea.tional needs of the area to be the determining factor. The consensus of the Parks and Recreation Committee was to determine if there is enough space for both a regulation size tennis court, and a sport caurt. The committee made the following motion: Motion by Mr. LeBlanc, seconded by Mr. Walter to have Mr. Peterson and Mr. Porter and any other available Parks and Recrestion Committee Members, go to Eagle Park on Friday, October 6, 2000 at 4:00 p.m. to look at the park layout and to decide the feasibility of: 1) a regulation size tennis court, surface, fence and a separate sport court; 2) tennis court alone; and 3) sport court alone. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. 1 The committee requested Ms. Lien contact Mr. Quigley to inform him of the Parks and Recreation Committee's intentions. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES Se�tember 6, 2000 Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting, Minutes Motion by Ms. DeVine, seconded by Mr. Peterson to approve the September 6, 2000 Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes with noted addition. All iu favor. Motion carried unanimously. OLD BUSINESS Proposed Trail Map Discussian Tabled Informational Meeting for Skate Park / BMX Track for Parents and Youth The committee discussed the "sample" flyers presented by Ms. Lien along with possible dates and times to consider, and made the following motion: Motion by Mr. Porter, seconded by Mr. Walter to have Ms. Lien distribute the flyer I to Centenniai Middie School and Centerville Elementary Schoal, to accept any printing costs, and to publish the meeting in the LeJournal and the Quad Community Press. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. Turf U�date (Laurie LaMotte Park� � Mr. Peterson explained that he spoke with Valley Creek, regarding aerating the soil at Laurie LaMotte Park. During their discussion, Mr. Peterson learned that Valley Creek was already planning on aerating the soil at City Hall. Valley Creek was willing to aerate ! the soil at Laurie LaMotte Park for $27.50 per hour (approa�imately siar hours). After the aeration had been complete, Mr. Peterson learned that Valley Creek spent two (2) days I aerating the soil at LaMotte Pazk. Due to the fact that the soil was so hard, they had to aerate it twice. Even though Valley Creek spent two (2) days at LaMotte Park, they only charged the City for six (6) hours of labor. Tree Placement at Parks — Maps Mr. Porter had visited the parks prior to the meeting to sketch out each of the parks existing trees. T'he committee elected to roughly `�lot out" the placement of the 20 Autumn Blaze Maple trees that Mr. Goetz is currently holding for the City. There will be four (4) trees planted at both Royal Meadows and Tracie McBride Parks, and seven (7) trees planted at both Acorn Creek and Laurie LaMotte Parks. Eagle Park will not receive any of the Autumn Blaze trees. Mr. Porter will contact Mr. Goetz regazding the installation of, and any suggestions he may have related to the trees and/or their surroundings. 2 Motion by Ms. DeVine, seconded by Mr. Peterson to authorize Mr. Porter to work with Mr. Goetz regarding the placement and installation of the 20 Autumn Blaze Maple trees at the parks. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. Li�ht^uig of Parks / Police Grant Mr. LeBlanc explained that he had contacted Chief Heckman regarding the possibility of any type of grant funds being offered by the Police Department for lighting of pazks. Unfortunately, Chief Heckman was unaware of any such grant. YMCA Update Ms. DeVine mentioned that she had contacted Craig Bode of the YMCA to learn why the Summer Youth Programs were not offered at Laurie LaMotte Park as planned. Mr. Bode explained that 25 registrations were needed in order to hold the classes and onty 6— 8 were received. Bill Bisek's "Recreational Activity Director" Proposal Update Mr. Sweeney explained the City Councils reactions to Mr. Bisek's proposal of becoming the City's "Recreational Activity Director". The Council felt it was great that someone is willing to offer activities for both adults and youth, but the opportunity should be open for all businesses within the community, not just one. In addition, both the Council and the Parks and Recreation Committee e�ressed financial concerns about a local business owner offering recreational activities through the City. The Parks and Recreation Committee made the following motion: Motion by Mr. Porter, seconded by Mr. Walter to request that Mr. March write a letter to Mr. Bisek regarding City sponsored leagues vs. privately sponsored leagues, indicatiag that the Parks and Recreation Committee will not sponsor any privately organized leagues through the City. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. The general consensus of the Parks and Recreation Committee is to research the needs, qualifications, pay, and responsbilities of Park Directors / Coordinators in the surrounding communities. Mr. Porter will contact the University of Minnesota to explore the possibilities of obtaining a paid intern with a degree in Parks and Recreation. Mr. Porter will also contact Jim Hoeft (City Attorney) to discuss any liabilities involved, and Barry Bernstein (Lino Lakes Recreation Progra.m Supervisor) to discuss all of the issues, concerns, pros and cons involved with a Park Director / Coordinator. Future Trails Meeting Update Mr. LeBlanc e�lained the meeting held on Monday, September 25�' was a great success. The entire Pazks and Recreation Committee along with representatives from Anoka County, Washington County, Lino Lakes, Hugo, St. Paul Water Utility and the Rice Creek Snowmobile Association were in attendance. All parties involved came together to form a general vision of the future trail systems. Mr. LeBlanc will update the proposed trail map and bring it to the November meeting. 3 Rem�inin�Balance of the Parks and Recreation Bud�et Ms. Lien distributed an updated balance sheet provided by Ms. Bender indicating the total assets, total e�enditures and total funds/balance remaining in the Parks and Recreation accounts. Mr. March e�lained the Capitol Improvement Projects, indicating he would like the Parks and Recreation Committee to prioritize the list included and any other projects they feel important. Mr. Mazch also e�rplained the increases in the budgeted amounts. The Capitol Improvement Projects packet of information was for informational purposes only at this time, with the exception of prioritizing. The final budget is due in December. The Parks and Recreation Committee elected to visit all of the parks in Centerville on Saturday, October 28, 2000 at 8:30 a.m. to determine the goals of each park, and then to have a workshop at City Hall to discuss the entire Parks and Recreation Budget for the year 2001. The committee requested Ms. Lien notify the LeJournal and the Quad Community Press. Laurie LaMotte Park Li�g Mr. Peterson explained the light poles donated by Mr. DeFoe have all been relocated except for one that is currently being used on Mr. DeFoe's property. In addition to the donation of the light poles, Mr. DeFoe offered the scoreboard to the City. Mr. Peterson mentioned that the actual cost of the relocation would be slightly bigher than previously quoted due to the additional e�ense of relocating the scoreboard. � I NEW BUSINESS Letter from Bert Cas�e� r Re�arding a Trail Between Ojibway Road and Heritage Street Mr. Bert Casper (6979 Eagle Trail) e-mailed Mr. March requesting a trail be paved where a path currently e�sts between the dead-end of Heritage Street (on the east side of Centerville Road) and the curve on Ojibway Road. The consensus of the committee was to write a letter to Mr. Casper thanking him for his interest in a possible trail and to notify him that this will be discussed in the future. Hunter's Crossing Bituminous Trail / Acorn Creek Park Trail Mr. Tom Peterson (City Engineer) had sent a letter to Mr. Rick Carlson (Hunter's Crossing developer) regarding the bituminous trails in both the Hunter's Crossing Development and the trail around the playground equipment at Acorn Creek Pazk. In addition, were bids from two (2) vendors for paving the trail around the pla.y structure, and a map of the park indicating the proposed work. The lowest quote of $10,000 was from Arcade Asphalt, a local contractor from Centerville. The second quote of $17,347 was from Northdale Construction (Hunter's Crossing contractor). Motion by Mr. Walter, seconded by Ms. DeVine to recommend to City Council the acceptance of the bid from Arcade Asphalt in the amount of $10,000 for paving the trail at Acorn Creek Park as indicated. Al! in favor. Motion carried unanimously. 4 Sheehy Land Donation Ms. Lien explained tha.t Mr. Cy Sheehy is willing to donate land iocated in the Industrial Pazk area just behind Goetz Landscape and Northern Forest Products between 20'� and 21 �` Avenues to the City. It is currently a 20-acre parcel in which Mr. Sheehy would like to donate 15-acres of. As indicated in Mr. March's Week in Review, if the City obtained this 15-acres, we would have the future trail linkage area secured to traverse, and would be consistent with the long-term trail plan to connect to the City of Hugo. The property has a high potential for recreational uses, and could also be a site for a future water tower. In addition, a local business owner has e�ressed his interest in purchasing or renting a portion of this property from the City, if we accept the proposed donation. This was presented to the Parks and Recreation Committee for infor�tional purposes only at this time. Capitol Im�rovement Pro�ects Discussed previously. Ground Development Concept Plan The committee discussed the proposed Ground Development Concept Plan for the property located just south of the Center Oaks Development. Ground Development is proposing 17,500 square foot minimum lots. The committee was not in favor of the proposed Ground Development Concept Plan as presented. DISCUSSION ITEMS Parks and Recreation's Monthly Reuort to Patricia Scott (LeJournal� The committee directed Ms. DeVine to focus most of the monthly Parks and Recreation I update on the Skate Park / BMX Track Informational meeting to be held on Thursday, October 26, 2000 at 7:00 p.m Motion by Mr. Porter, seconded by Mr. Peterson to adjourn the October 4, 2000 Parks and Recreation Committee Meeting. All in favor. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, �J f�) Jill Lien Staff Liaison 5