HomeMy WebLinkAboutPark and Recreation Advisory Commission Packet 11-14-1985Plymouth Park and Recreation Advisory Commission
kegular Meeting of November 14,t 1985, 7;30 p.m..
Plymouth City Center Council, Chambers
AGENDA.
1. Call. to Order
2. Approval, of Minutes.
3. Visitor. Presentations
a. Athletic Associations.
b. Staff - Rick, Meryt Ruth
c. Others
4,.: Report on Pant :council Action
a. Set Parkers Lake Budget
b. Approved Brauer's Contract .for Phase I Development
c Approved CIP and 1986
5. Unfinished Business
a. Parkers Lake Phase I Construction Plan (George Watson)
b. Neighborhood Park 'Improvements Update
c, FRAC Education (See attached Paul 'Pjare proposal)
d.
5. New Business
a. Proposal. for Wells Fargo Gamefield Grunt to Purchase a Fitness Court
for Zachary
b. 1985 Annual Report - Review Content of your last year's annual report (1984)
c. New Plat - Lake Ridge. Estates - Neighborhood Park Dedication
d.
7. Commission Presentation
8. Staff Communication
9. Adjournment
Next Meeting - December 12
Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Park and Recreation Advisory COMmI 5sion
October 3., 1985
Page 30
Present: Commissioners Edwards, Beach, LaTour, Reed, Anderson and Mullan; staff
Blank and Pederson; Brauer and Associates representatives Paul Fjare
and George Watson; residents intere•rhed In the Parkers Lake City Park
Issue,
1. CALL TO ORDER
Commissioner Edwards called the October meeting to order at 7:33 p.m. in
the City Center Council conference room..
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTE
A motion was made by Commissioner Beach and seconded by Commissionor Reed
to approve the minutes of the September meeting as presented. The motion
carried with all ayes.
3, VISITOR PRESENTATIONS
a. Athletic Assoulatiohs, None were prese•`t,'.
b. Staff. There were no recreation staff reports.
c.. Others. None
4, REPORT ON PAST COUNCIL ACTION
There were no reports on past council action..
5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
a, Parkers Lake Master Site Plan. Paul Fjare of Brauer and Associates
briefly reviewed the planning process to date for the residents in
attendance and then dispiayed several boards showing the master site
plan for Parkers Lake City Park followed by a detailed explanation of
each board. Commissioner Edwards then asked the audience for questions
and comments.
Jackie. Anerson of 1555 Juneau Lane stated that she was concerned about
the proximity of the proposed trail on the northeast end of the lake. It
is shown on the plan very close to the Intersection of County Road 6 and
Juneau Lane, Director Blank indicated that the exact location of the
trail has not been decided but that it would likely follow along the
County Road 6 right-of-way.
Robert Videen, residing at 1151 Kingsview Lane, asked about the surface
of the trail and If it would be separated for bikers and joggers.
George Watson of Brauer responded that -the trail would be mostly asphalt
and 12 feet in width. There aro some portions of the trail that could
be wood chips. If necessary, the trail could be striped with two-way
direction arrows. Mr. Videen then stated he felt the trail access to
the Luce Line ch the east side of the lake should be from Harbor- Lane
rather than King,sview, because of the steep grade at Kingsview. Starf
lndicatt:d that where the grade drops off, steps will be constructed, and
bikers will simply have to dismount and, walk their bikes down at this
point. Mr. Videen then questioned why the large picnic area has been
proposed for the southwest corner when aiI of the Iarge parking areas
seem to be on the northwest end of the park. Mr. Blank stated that the
Minutes of the PRAO Meeting
October ), 1985
Page 31
reservation picnic area for the southwest end would be constructed in a
future phase of the park, Including the necessary parking required. Mrs.
Videen then questioned how large this picnic area would be. Staff
Indicated that it was meant for small groups such as fomily reunions
with approximately 50 in attendance, and not for "company" picnics
which was the concern of some of the residents In attendance.
Kiri Reynolds of 15300 9th Avenue wondered about the removal of trees.
Staff responded that as few trees as possible would be destroyed..
LeRoy Reinke. of 14411 County Road 6 asked about the proposed parking
101 on the north side of County Road 6 and the operating budget for
the park. Director Blank stated the parking lot may not be included
In Phase 1, and the operating budget is estimated at $20,000 annually..
No fees are anticipated at this time to offset the cost of operating
This park.
Mrs. Videen suggested that the parking proposed for the north end of
the park running along the south side of County Rood 6 be properly
signed to warn that boat trailers are not allowed here.
There were some questions then about a proposed buffer betwaen the
large pichicigames area and the lake's od9 o on the west side. Director
Blank stated that all existing trees will remain and that a possible
50,000 could be spent on planting new material over the: next five
years.
Jeanette Glimmorveen of 1135 Kingsview Lane wondered about the crowded
parking conditions, at the workhouse on visitor days and how this might
spilt over into the park. Director Clank stated that we would sign our
parking areas to state that they were for park visitors only.
Robert l=ord of 15420 County Road 6 asked if fencing would aver be erected
around the park. His concern was for snowmobtlers. Staff responded
that any screening proposed Is to be accomplished with berming and trees,
and that a fence would only be considered in extreme cases. Snowmobile
access to -the park has not been determined yet, Snowmobilers will be
discouraged, however, from using the trail around the park In the
winter as it Is to be used by Joggers and cross-country skiers.
There were some questions about the length of the proposed beach
and how many pe•,)ple It will accommodate. George Watson indicated that
the beach Is proposed to be 250 meet long and will support approximately
150-200 swimmers/sunbathers.
John Glimmerveen asked about the timetable for the park's construction..
Director Clank responded that the earliest construction would begin is
late this fall or early next spring. The beach probably will not open
until the summer of 1987.
Commissioner Edwards closed the public portion of the meeting at 8:30
p.m. and asked for commissioners' comments.
John Mullan statod that he was concerned about the parking on the south-
west end of the park. Director Blank answered that the picnic area
PRAG Minutes of October 3, 1985:
Page 32
proposed there would not be constructed until the parking issue has:
been resolved.
Don Anderson indicated that he was concerned with the snowmobiling issue
and how controversial It can become. Snowmobile access will have to be
thoroughly researched by staff it was decided,
Director Blank than indicated that Phase I funding of this park would
include; grading, paving trail, picnic sholte3rs, seeding and sodding,
planting, floating docks, beach; underground utilities and the peace
garden..
A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER MULLAN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER
i.ATOUR RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROPOSED MP,STER
SITE PLAN FOR PARKERS LAKE CITY PARK AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO PROCEED
WITH PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR PHASE I CONSTRUCTION. The motion
carried with all ayes.
b. NeighborhoodPark Improvements Update. Green Oaks park Is 75% completed;
concrete work is yet to be done at Circle park. All play equipment is In
at Green Oaks. The final' payment to the contractor for Maple Creek and
Sunrise parks is going to the Council for their approval on October 7.
The parking lot at Oakwood Is done except for the striping.
r. 1986-90 CIP 1986-87 Budgets. The 1986-87 proposed budge'I Is on the
Council agenda for October 7, but the CIP has been postponed until
October 21. Director Blank noted that the City Manager is recommending
that $250,000 in revenue sharing be used for Parkers Lake City Park
d. ReQUe5t from Mr: and Mrs. Baxter to Dredge Queensland Pond. Mrs. Baxter
appeared before the Commission at their June meeting requesting the
dredging of the Queensland Park pond' near their home. She had indicated
that an area of the pond that was low always dried out In the sump er
and dredging would take care of this problem. Director Blank reviewed
the matter with •the director of engineering, Fred Moore, and our
equipment atmply could not handle this type of work. To hire Ii -'-no
wouid cost approximately $1,000, and Director Blank felt that It quid
not extensively benefit anyone other than the Baxters. A MOTION WAS
MADE BY COMMISSIONER BEACH AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER REED DIRECTING
STAFF TO SEND A LETTER TO THE BAXTER'S DENYING THEIR REQUEST TO DREDGE
QUEENSLAND POND. The Motion carried with all ayes.
S. NEWBUSINESS
a. Betty Threlnen RecQgpition.. PRAC suggested that Diroctor Blank inquire
of the Council if they are planning any sort of special recognition for
Betty Tyreinen.
b. PRAC Education Program for New Commissioners. It was decided that an
education program was necessary considering the number of new commis-
sioners appointed since 1982. One Item for review would be the
Comprehensive Park System Plan. It was suggested that the program
should be delayed until, Council has appointed a replacement for Betty
Throinen. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER MULLAN AND SECONDED BY
COMMISSIONER ANDERSON URGING THE CITY COUNCIL TO ACT AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE IN FINDING A REPLACEMCNT FOR COMMISSIONER THREINEN. The
motion carried with ail ayes.
PRAG Minutes of October 5, 1985
Page 33
c. MRPA Fail Conference. 'he MRPA fall conference is scheduled for Novem-
ber 20.22 at -the Fled l sscn i n St. Pau l . Any conimi ss t oners w i sh l ng to
attend, will have their fees paid by the City..
I. COMMISSION PRESENTATION
Commissioner Mullan Indicated his concorn over park and recroa't•ion programs
being cut or reduced In light of Counciimembor Vasillou's comments at
recent budget meetings.
S STAFF COMMUNICATION
Director Blank will be attending the National Recreation and Parks Association
Congress in Octobers. The noxa FRAC meeting Is scheduled for November 14.
The Phase I construction plans for Parkers Like City Park will be on the
agenda:
9. Abe OURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
October 166 1985
Mr. Eric Blank
Park. Director
3400 Plymouth Blvd.
Plymouth, MN 55447
RE: Park System Update Seminar
Eric!
1 am by this letter indicating my interest in conducting a
Park: Systems Update Seminar for your Park and Recreation
Advisory Commission. I would propose the following schedule
up to and including the actual seminar:
A. SEMINAR PROCESS
1. Paul S. Fjare to review the original systems plan
document.
Z. 2. Fjare to meet with Eric Blank to review and update
on part system progress since 1981; plus, collect
any material's that may have modified the park systems
plan by policy action, whether PRAC or City Council.
3. Fjare to review any modifications or update material
that impact the original systems plan in any way.
4. Fjare to prepare seminar format of 3 to 4 hours pro-
jected duration.
5. Fjare to meet with Eric Blank to reyiew proposed
format, handout materials and graphic materials.
6. Fjare to finalize all materials outlined in 04 that
will be used within the seminar.
7. Fjare to take the lead in presenting and participation
of all materials.
8. Letter report feedback to each participant sum-
marizing seminar proceedings.
7901 Flying Cloud Drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344 (612) 941-1660
Mr Eric Blank -2 October 16, 1985
6 SEMINAR TIMEL I ME
1. It is understood that you Kant this seminar con-
ducted during one of two time frames,
a. December 1st through 16th, 1985, or
b. January 15th through 30th, 1,986
2.. Authorization to conduct the seminar should be
received at least 2 weeks prior to the seminar.
This timeline is essential to adequately carry out
the process outlined in A. above
C. FEES
1. A lump sum fee of EIGHT 'HUNDRED DOLLARS ($800.00),
including expenses, will be billed' upon issuance of
final letter report feedback.
2. Fees are due and payable upon receipt of statement
for consultant services performed
If my understanding of the scope of this project is
accurate, p'iease sign one copy of this letter and return for
our files. I will then contact you regarding your action
timeline, plan.
Tha,p u for your. consideration.
B AUER ASS TES LTU,
Paul S. FJ M.L.A.
President P
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ate
November 4 1985
Mr. Erie Blank
Park Director
3400 Plymouth B[vd.
Plymouth, MN 55447
RE: Parker's lake Park
Eric.
Enclosed you will find one (1) copy each of the Preliminary
Estimate for Phase One Development and the Project Schedule
for Parker's Lake Park, In general, I have tried to include
items that, from a do"struction st4ndpoint, make sense to
install in this phase as well as those basic: systems and
elements that will make certain the City has an end product
that will have recreational value.
The following is a descriptive list of those work items to
be included in Phase. One. -
Basic grading, removals, storm serer work, and sped and
sod for the, entire park
2. Electrical and water service for the future bathhouse
3. Asphalt paving and curb and gutter for the park road and
parking (This does not include the boot launch or
trailer parking.)
4. Development of the Peace Garden pond and fountian
5. One picnic shelter
6. The asphalt trail system (This does not include
bridges boardwalks or stairs.)
7. Trail amenities such as benches, trWi receptacles and
three comfort stations
8. Park entrance signage
9. Planting
The work schedule. as I mentioned to you the other day, will
be stretched out due to the 60 -day D.N.R. review period.
Please do review a id,,rVDl me.
BRAUER-""& WOC IATES LTD.
Cyddtuu a 1i. Matson
Yi- Presi dent
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7901 flying Cloud drive, Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55344 (614) 941-1660
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ENGINEER'S PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE FOR
27 000
PARKER'S LAKE PARK
21,000
PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT
Item
S 22,500
REMOVALS 1--i 000
SUBTOTAL
2,000
S 5,,000
STORM: SEWER
3,000
1 . 15" 014. RCP S 6,400
276500'
2. 12" Oto. C.M.P. Culverts 5,804
3. 12" Ott. C.M.P.: Flared Ends3-:;00
23,000
SUBTOTAL 15,900
EARTHWORK
S 10,000
1. Common Excavation 3570000
Z. Clay Pond. Cover Import 4,400
25,000
3:. Sind Import 9,750
4. Pond Liner 3 Fabric 28.500
SUBTOTAL
10.500
99.650
WATER SERVICE
17,500
1. 1-1/2" Copper Service with 20700
Curb Box
5,000
Z. flet Top to Ext%ting 1.2" Main 200
SUBTOTAL 2,900
ASPHALT PAVEMENT
18,000
1. Roods 6 Parking 2" -- 2341 S 30,000
18,000
A 4, Cl. #5
f 401.900
2. Trails 2" - 2341 i 4" 18.±00
40,800
Cl.. P5
000
MASE ONE GRAND TOTAL
108.700
CONCRETE CURB 4GUTTER 27 000
SUBTOTAL 21,000
ELECTRICAL SERVICE
1. Parking Lot i Roadway S 22,500
Lighting
2. Bathhouse Service 2,000
3. Fountian Service 3,000
SUBTOTAL 276500'
PLANTING 23 000
SUBTOTAL 23,000
SEED i SOD
1. Sod S 10,000
2. Seed 15,000
SUBTOTAL 25,000
MISCELLANEOUS SITE IMPROVEMENTS
1. Pond Floating Fountain f $,Soo
2. Contort Stations 10.500
3 Benches 17,500
4. Trash Receptacles 8,750
S Signage A Entrances 5,000
6. Pond Make-up Water System 51000
SUBTOTAL 55,2,0
PICNIC SHELTER 18,000
SUBTOTAL 18,000
COWSTRUCTION SUBTOTAL f 401.900
10% CONTINGENCY 40,800
ENGINEERING FEE.45 000
MASE ONE GRAND TOTAL T"i'JjT66
CITE' OF, Pt."WH; - PARKER'S LAKE PARK WORD SCHEDULE
Nov"iO 7. 198
Nov WC n Deb Mar Apr v June Jul Y ALSept
WMK ITEM
City soodary a lcpography 12
Update
Phase One Desi gn Ievtl opent 5, - 12
PRAC Meeti no12
Soil Testing i 21
Devil opment, of Preliminary S N..- 17
Lonstructior Documents
City. Staff ReviG* of 20 - 31
Prel iminaries
Hennepin County C.O.T.: 20, - 31
Prel ioninary Review
Final Construction Documents 27
2 Packages)>
Send to Agencies for Regie+ a 7
Watershed District, 7 - 21
Hennepin County D.O.T.; 7 - 21
7 ---- 4
council Authorization to Bid 7
Contingent on Agency ApprovIal
Advertise for Bids. (2 Packages) 20 IB
Receive a Open Bids (2 Packages) 18
Bid TabO at on & Contractor 18 7
Review (2 Packages)
Council Award (2 Packages) s 7
construction Package l 21------------------------ 15
Construction Package 2 15 31
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PLYMOUTH INDIVIDUAL SPORTS ENROLLMENTS 19'19-85
PROGRAM 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Fall Open Gym Basketball. 20 26 15 34 2.5 62 57
Winter Open Gym Basketball 24 20 20 24 20 16 45
Spring Open Gym Baskwlbal'l 12 15 12 30 16 20 30
Youth Basketball Camp 5Q 70
FallOpen Gym Volleyball 30 20' 45 30 25 39 30
Winter Open Gym Volleyball 28 30 46 32 36 19 12
Spring Open Gym Volleyball 30 27 24 30 34 26 44
Volleyball Instruction 36 22 18: 36
Youth Wrestling Instruction 50 32 28 20 20 40
Youth Soccer lnstructlan 60 60
T -bail 268 209 112 140 250 160 226
Youth Softball 75 68 53 60 101
Ice Skating Instruction 250 165 74 44 57
Archery Instruction 13
Boot Hockey Tournament 78 102 108 78
Spring Tennis Instruction 64 72 99 80 97 97 93
Summer Tennis Instruction 253 205 161 148 187 178 195
Juniors Tennis League 40 32 35 34 35
Spring Tennis Leagues 16 28 27 8 11
Summer Tennis Leagues 52 67 64 68 48 62
Fall Tennis Leagues 8 5
City Tennis Tournament 28 18 40
Open. Tennis Tournament 42 108 111 11`7 82 94 39
Jrs_. Tennis. Tournament 28 30
Spring Golf instruction 60 91 86 90 82 97 72
Summer Golf Instruction 57 164 67 71 103 167 102
Fall Golf I WTu.+Ion 24
Juniors Golf' League 41 57 98 130 41 25
Ladies Golf League 23 18
Weight Training Instruction 66 36 32
Vikings Training Camp Trip 31 20 40
Twins Game. Trip 116 135 180 360
TOTAL 963 1,322 10409 1,626 1,694 1,711 1,655
l NROL1.MENT 1 N PLYMOUTH ADULT 78AM SPORTS 197985
19'9 1950 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Fall 3 -Man basketball 22 16 4
1
32 36
Wntr 3 -Man Basketball 18 27 27
SprinQ 3 -Mar. Basketball 16 2 19 28 32 24 32
5-M6n Basketball 6 8 8 12 12 12 18
Fa l I Unof f ..,Vo 1 l eyba l l 20 29
Wntr Unoff._Volie ball 7 7 11 8 18- 8PowerPower,Vol ! eyba l i,
4 -Man Football ;-_
13 14
11
10
14
14
24
12`
28
12
29 29
Co-Rec Bi-oomball 6 12 12 12 io
Fall FloorHockey6 5
Spring Nooroor Hocke 9 5
4 -Man Hockey 14 14 14'
Summer Softball_ 56 60 72 100 124 123 139
Fall Softball 22 32 37 30 48
Whifflebalf 8'
T6TAi 91 137 174 253 332' 358 425
Softball Tournaments
Plymouth Open (1981-52 teams, 1982-33 teams}
Plymouth Industrial (1981-20 teams, 1982-23 teams, 1983-25 teams, 1984-18 teams,
1985-16 teams)
MRPA Men's State Industrial' (1983-85 teams, 1984-86 teams)
MRPA State Co-Rec Tournaowfit (1985-69 teams)
USSSA Divisional Men's Class B Industrial (1983=26 foams)
USSSA Dlvlslo a.1 Men's, Class C (1984.81 teams)
USSSA Boys World Tourn6ment (1985-52. teams)
PLAYFIELL) SOFTBALL
60t
BASEBALL
1985 PLYMOUTH PLAYFIELD
900
BASEBALL, SOCCER
USAGE
TACKLE:
FOOTBALL
TOUCH
FOOTBALL BROOMBALL
Or HRS
HOCKEY
4 -MN
HOCKEY
OAKWOOD 25 25 72 292 24 0 0 64 0
LACOMPTE 10 30, 0 0 0 0 0 56 0
R I WjEW)UNT- 8 14 106 5 0 0 72 0—
PLY., CkKi 1270 0 67 21 0 45 56 0
PLY JR HIGH 85 74 0 100 to 0 0 80 0
ZACHARY 1,385 8 65 116 0 102 0 72 63
TOTAL 1 783, 139 204 681 60 102 45 400 63
Thls is the number of games played by thq youth athletic associations, Plymouth Park and Rocreatlon Department, school
teams, and 'prlvb-',,e groups on Plymouth playfields. If does not Include school physical education classes, Inframurals
or any foam practices.
FACILITIES
LaComgLe Park
2 softball/baseball fields
I hockey rank
Ridgt-mounf Park
I softball/baseball field
1 90.1' baseball field,
2 soccer/football fields
2 hockey rinks
Oakwood Park Plymouth Park
3 soccer`/football fields 3 softball/baseball fields
1, softball/baseball field 3 soct8r/football fields
I W baseball field 2 hockey rinks
1 hockey rink
Zachary Park
4 softball/baseball fields
1 901 baseball field
2 soccer/football fields
2 hockey rinks
I
Plymouth Creek Park
2 soffball/basoball fields
1 90' baseball field
I soccer/football field
2 hockey rinks
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD,, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE (612) 559-2800
MEMO
DATE: November 6, 1985
TO: PRAC
FROM., Eric Blank
SUBJECT PROPOSAL FOR WELLS FARGO GAMEFI ELD GRANT TO PURCHASE A FITNESS COURT FOR.
ZACHARY PLAYFIELD
We have recently been notified that the Wells Fargo Bank has awarded us
a $3,600 grant toward the purchase of a fitness court. The total cost
of the court, plus shipping, is $7,780. Thus the City's total expense is
4,280. We have been attempting to secure one of these grants for the
last three yoars, but up until now have been unsuccessful.
Recently, the Rotary Club expressed an interest In helping to fund and/or
Install this type of equipment in a City park. Because of the ti'mellne
associated with this grant, I am, recommending that the City proceed with
the acquisition of the fitness court at this time. Because of the
weather, we will not be able to install the court ontil next year. This
will give me ample opportunity to work with the Rotary Club or other clubs
in requesting their assistance in funding this particular installation:
The -fitness court is designed as a warm-up and cool -down exercise statlon.
People coming to Zachary to play softball, soccer, football, hockey, etc.,
go through a series of stretching and warm-up exercises to prepare them
for their activities. As they leave the park, they once again go through
a series of stretching and cool --down exercises designed to prevent Injuries.
i feel that this Is most appropriately located at -the Zachary playfleld
complex. Other Gamefield courts such as the jogging course, walking
course for seniors and wheelchair course for the handicapped may be
appropriately located in other parks such as Parkers Lake, etc. We will
continue to explore this avenue for future installations.
The funding for this project should be taken from park dedication community
pla.yfield account.
I suggest the P4rx and RecreaflonlAdvisory Commission recommend to the City
Council that the City proceed with the acquisition of the Gamef'ield Fitness.
Court for installation at Zachary playfield with the cost being funded at
this time from the city playfield account. This is with the understanding
that we will attempt to secure further matching funds from Focal community
groups.
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THE NATIONAL
Hear Wellness ,and. Fitness Enthusiast:
Metro Medical City is pleased to announce its affiliation with the Wells
Margo Gatwefield National Fitness Campaign in an effort to create and promote
comunity fitness and wellness. By providing funding, planning and promotional
assistance to communities, Metro Medical. Cbmmunity and Walls Fargo hope to bring
camefields and the fitness lifestyle within the reach of tharards.
Our Gamefields are unique outdoor exercise adventures provided in an attempt to
focus on cardiovascular fitness, vitality and longevity for people of a)yl agea
backgrounds. Already, wore than throe thousand Wells Fargo Gowfields are
open to the public nationwide to encourage regular participration in fitness.
Thousands more will be opening in parks, schools, hospitals and corporations
across America to provide a unify and cohesive network of fitness centers
where you work# study, play and travel.
Metro Medical Community has been selected as the Regional Sponsor of Game 3.eld
in the Minneapolis comrtmity. The cxganizations selected will only be
responsible for the costs of shipping and installation.
We wxxx rage your participation in the identification of rAmible. Gamfield
sites in your community. Eligible recipients are schools, parks, young Mens'
NO Young Wows' Associations, senior centers, rehabilitation centers,
corporationsand civic organizations. The National Fitness Cairpsign will be
responsibh for coordinating the planning and site selection process. Their
extensive experience in the creation of comamity and statewide programs will
facilttate the dmlop m -t of the bast possible program for the Minneapolis
community.
The enclosed material describes the National ritnese C7r psign in mors dt-;tai? .
If you feel any community site would like to be involved in this program, please
contact the National Fitness Campaign, directly and ask for Jerry Pyykola, our
Managing Consultant at 415-701-7140.
Once the selection process is oompleted, fttro .';t diral :amity, as Regional
Sponsux, and a unity Fitness Task Force coposed of community leaders and
grant recipients will work together to promots wellness through fitness in
Minneapolis and surrounding connities.
Sin" y
President
50 Francisco Stroet, San Fiancisco,CA 9 133 • (415) 781.7100
THE NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN
The National Fitness Campaign
is the most powerful coalition of
public and p,ivate sector resources
in support of fitness and vitality in
the history of America, Since its
incep0on by Wells; Fargo Bank at
Stanford University in 1979, it has
sparked a revolution in the Ameri-
can way of life. By providing fund-
ing', planning, and promotional as-
sistance to communities, across
the nation; it has brought Game -
fields, and the fitness lifestyle within
the reach of millions.
Partners in the National Fitness
Campaign are park directors who
see use of their parks doubled;
hospital administrators who see
wellness through fitness" as their
calling card; and educators who
see "soundminds in sound' bodies"
becoming a reality. Corporations
and organizations join Wiens Fargo
as co-sponsors for the benefits of
living in a healthy town, state, and
nat o' n, and to reap the recognition
such good citizenship deserves.
The National Fitness Campaign
is now spread' across all fifty states.
Two thousand Gamefields dot the
landscape of the nation. By 1985,
there will be 10,000 Gamafields
forming the infrastructure of a Fit
America, Already, millions of Ameri-
cans can play on a Gamefleld where
they live, work, study, or play.
New Boston General Hospital in
Texas provides the same thrill of
vitality from fitness activity to its
patients and neighbors as the Na-
tional Institutes of Health in Bethes-
da, Maryland does to its medical
researchers,
Elementary school children in
Scottsdale, Arizona, college stu-
dents at the University of Alabama,
and senior citizens in Boone County,.
Kentucky, now share the Game
field experience.
And the YMCA in Marysville; Ohio
offers the same broad range of
fitness fun to its community as does
the Jewish Community Center in
Tenafly New Jersey.
Even on vacation, one can find a
Gamefield. From the sunny shores
of San Diego, to the, forest lake
resorts of Michigan, to Falmouth
on Massachusetts' Cape Cod,
the city fathers have joined the
National Fitness Campaign.
But this is just the beginning;
Ralph Cryder, Director of the Los
Angeles County Park Department,
the largest in the nation, will soon
have dozens of Wells Fargo Game
field Fitness Programs spread
throughout the host city for the
1984 Olympics. In contrast, Deer
Park, Washington, with a popula-
tion of 2,140, has installed three
different Gamefields to meet the
needs of all its citizens'.
itness has come a long way in
the twenty years since Doctor
Kenneth Cooper's book, Aerobics,.
revolutionized the way Americans
think about exercise. His introduc-
tion of the concept. of cardiovas-
cular conditioning as the vital ele-
ment in good health inspired Amer-
ica to run. Fitness trails like those
in Switzerland moved us toward
total conditioning by providing a
series of flexibility and strengthen
Ing exercises along the running
course. Many tried fitness trails,
but most abandoned them after a
brief trial. The reason: boredom.
The challenge of boredom was
met by the Gamefield Concept,
with a way of looking at exercising
as a game with its own rewards,
The intitial success of the first
Gamefields ,inspired the motiva-
tional experts to call in graphic
artists and play and sports special-
ists to refine a program already
innovative and pioneering. The re-
sult is the Gamefields in this book-
let and a dramatic change in the
way America lives.
Now fitness activity has become
as much as part of our daily lives
as brushing our teeth, eating, and
going to sleep. Just as Wells Fargo
stagecoaches once criss-crossed
America, carrying the wealth of
the nation, so, too, will Wells Fargo
Gamefield seed grants bring fit-
ness to all who seek it. As we all
become more fitness -aware and
start living longer, healthier, and
more active lives, our glove com-
partments will not just carry road
map; they will also carry Game -
field maps, the National Fitness
Campaign Atlas,
Wolfs Fargo Gamefields are spec-
tacular health entertainment ad
venturesl Fitness and motivation
experts from the Stanford Univer-
sity Heart Disease Prevention Cen-
ter and the Arizona Heart Institute
have designed them to entice the
unfit, to tantalize the casual exer-
ciser, and to elate the fitness buff.
They are outdoor fitness systems
that are PLAYED, not endured.
On colorful signs, the Gamef ld
Referee presents playing instruc-
tions and cardiovascular informa-
tion so skillfully that, before you
know it, you have joined the Fit-
ness Boom.
Each of four different Wells largo
Gamefields can be played at a be-
ginning, training, or competitive
WELLS FARGO GAMEFIELD8
level, making them equally excit-
ing and fitness effective for child-
ren and adults at all stages of
awareness and fitness condition.
The unique scoring system moves
you up the fitness ladder as you
compete with yourself. Health edu.
cation signs entertain as well as
teach, providing guidance and bo-
nus points for playing the game well..
Always providing safety tips and
ways to measure progress, they
challenge you to do better.
There is a Gamefield to meet
the needs of everyone in the com-
munity. Their flexibility allows them
to be played by an individual or
family, or in groups or classes. in
many communities, all four Game
fields are placed in one area, form-
ing a Gamefield fitness park or
campus.:
To the National Fitness Campaign,
everyone in America is special.
And, as you will discover, there
is something special about every
Gamefield.
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The Gamefield Jogging Coorse « 4ft MAg, heart rate modular design as
blends the contemporary world of4 e information for small as 100' x
sports medicino with the fantasy ;F cardiovascular 100, the Jogging
and magic of a child's imagination conditioning, a Course has such
to provide a fitness program so warm-up, training, and cool -down se- broad appeal that
entertaining and so engaging that qusnce complete with color codod it is the core of
it's impossible to resist. guidance, as well as separate play any community fitness program
The twenty -game program, di ing instructions and requirements' and is most often the first Game-
rected by the Garnefield Referee, for beginning,, intermec late, and field in the community or neighbor -
provides scoring, training, and edu- advanced play on the system, hood. it can be placed a" the
cation to players of all filness levels Idealty suited for a one- to two- perimeter of a park, school campus,
long the route to vitality and good mile joning pah or a compact or Vital `" =
health, complex, along
Special features in- a scenic river.,
elude a course extene N,or forest trail,
sion for advanced in an office or industrial park, or
joggers who can
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downtown to facilitate lunch-time
leave the Gamefieki f -°' fitness activity, Installation requires
for uninterrupted run= seven cubic yards of concrete and
the weekendefforts of a 4 -man crew.
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forriors opens up a new and
marvelous life for older Americans.
Together with old friends and new
acquaintance--, they are swept into
the fitness lifestyle with a series of
fourteen mild but energizing exer-
cise games. The Gamef eld Ref-
eree leads them through a warm-
up and cool -down series of breath-
ing, stretching, and flexibility exer-
cises, Midway, they depar on 'The
Walk, providing the same vitalizing
cardiovascular conditioning bene
fits as jog-
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condition is salt
monitored through`
safety tips and pulse
rate information,
Gamefield Walking Clubs use
the Walking Course as the core of
an exciting' twelve -week program
that revitalizes seniors to physical
fitness and, greater involvement
in their community. By making
exercising a group adventure and
social outing, the Walking Course
motivates seniors to enjoy friends,
fresh air, and scenery in "The Walk"
for a healthier way of life.
Because of its unique feature,
The Walk", the Walking Course
can be built, in an area as small
as 100' x 100' or on an extended
trail. Parks, hospitals; and senior
centers are nommon locations; but,
increasingly, Walking Courses can
be found' on community college
campuses and wherever seniors
reside. Installation requires five
cubic yards of concrete and the
weekend efforts of a four -man crew.
The Gamefield Wheelchair Sports
Course provides an exhilarating
entry and training wide into the
world of wheelchair sports and fit
nese activity, Created by wheel-
chair athletes aM rehabilitation
specialists, the program focuses
players on the challenge, anergy,
and skill that can be achieved in
a wheelchair.
The Gamefield Referee leads
players through twenty fun -filled
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disabled, but are increasingly being
included in "Gamefield Fitness
F Parks" In many communities, they
are being combined with .fogging
Courses, Fitness Courts, %- nd Walk -
Ing Courses to form joint -use fa-
cilities. layout plans for joint -use
and dtal* nq conditioning activi- facilities are'included in the Game -
ties designed tc, prove that s> physi- tls/d Design SeWbon and Specifi-
cal handicap is not an obstacle to cation Guice. installation requires
enjoying sports or increased fit- four cubic yards of concrete and
cress, instead, the progrw—n greatly the week -end efforts of a four -
improves sports mobility, usingthree man crow.
playing levels and the unique Game -
field warn -up, conditioning, and
cool-do*n phases. These games
are not only vastly entertaining but
are so fitrmwvaluable that the
course is being used across the
country as a training facility for the
Wheelchair Olympics.
Wheelchair Sports Courses are
not only being placed at rehabilita-
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points along the
Within its 321
tiers, the Ftnes,
warm-up, cool -d
2ning exercise9
As a school, you may be hard
hit by budget cuts, but ya are
determined to fight the unfiitnoss
that causes chlid!hood obesity
and cardiorespiratory disease.
The unique Welis Fargo Gamefield
Fitness. Program. provider you with
an exciting but inexpensive physi-
cal fitness program.
In Greensboro, North Carolina,
it was the. Mcivor School of
Special Education that sought
a grant. ThelocalKnights of
Columbus jumped on the fitness
bandwagon and offered their
help. The result: Mclvor is now
the official prototype for physical
education for the handicapped
in North Carolina,
COMMUNITY FITNESS
As a college or university, you
are training the future leaders of
America as well as being a source
of enlightenment and progress
for the entire community..
The University of Wisconsin
in La Cross serves as a. model
in that state, with its three-
Gamefield campus, In Athens,
Texas, Henderson County Junior
College received grants to place
a Jogging Course, a Walking
Course, and a Fitness Court on
their main campus. Additional
campuses in Kaufman Gnd Pal-
estine, already with one Game -
field each, should join Athens
and LaCrosse as total Gamefield
Fitness Campuses,
As a park department, you want
to bring joggers off the street, out
of the traffic, and into the safety
and tranquility of the park. *u are
always seeking new ways to draw
attervion to your existing facilities
and new programs designed to
meet the changing needs and de-
mands of a fitness -oriented society;
Dave Fonfara, Park Director
of Sunnyside, Washington, has
turned that suhurban town into
the fitness community of the
Northwest. From day one, he
has had the involvement of the
media, business, schools, civic
organizations, and the entire
medical community. Today, in
Sunnyside, doctors write pre-
scriptions for the use of a Game -
field as routinely as they write
them for medications.
I
As a corporation, you find em-
pluyee fitness programs a boon to
morale and productivity, You are
increasingly conscious of your rf le
as a corporate citizen, and thus
contribute much to your community.
The National Fitness Campaign is.
right, down your alley.
The Grupe Company joined
forces with Dameron Hospital
of Stockton, California, to pre-
sent the community with both
a Gamefield and the park in
which it was placed as the kick-
off of that community's fitness
campaign,
COMMUNITY FITNESS
As a senior center, you find that
social contact is the key to draw-
ing your people out of their hones
and intoactive, involved lives.
The Gamefield Walking Course
for Seniors yr hs created expressly
for that purplsa,,
The Recreation Director of Car-
michael, California, Herb Moniz,
when asked why he sought a
grant for a Gamefield Walking
Course, said,"We built a new
senior center As far as we are
concerned, this Walking Course
is as necessary a part of this
senior center as the root, We
believe this Course is the most
vital part of our seniors program."
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As a civic, health, or service
organization, you have a record of
service to your community, There
can be no better gift than fitness.
In San Francisco, the American
Heart Association initiated a
Wei lnessThrough Fitness"
campaign for seniors with a
Gamefield Walking Course.Two
hospitals, the US. Army, and
the City Parks Department fol-
lowed suit with Jogging Courses,
Fitness Courts, and Wheelchair
Sports Courses. And 350 miles
to the south, the American Heart
Association is placing sixty
Gamefields across Santa Bar-
bara County,
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HOW TO GET A SEED GRANT
lbur community fitness program
can't fail to be a smashing success,
and the National Fitness Campaign
is prepared to give it a. boost by
offering $2,500 seed grants to fund
a significant portion of the cost of
each Wells Fargo Gamefield Fitness
Program, Seed grants are available
to hospitals, park departments,
schools, senior centers, corpora-
tions, civic and fraternal organiza-
tions, and a varetu of governmental
agencies and c -aps.
To be eligible, your group must
demonstrate a commitment to
fitness. Your Gamefield must be
open to the public or be a regular
part of your organization's fitness
program, Whether this is a first
venture or an ongoing interest for
you, the National. Fitness Campaign
is ready to assist,
The Grant Application is concise
and requires only that information
necessary for the Grant Commit-
tee's consideration,
No one is left out
whore fitness is int.
k
Write or call;
Wells Fargo Gamefield
The National Fitness Campaign
50 Francisco, Suite 265
San Francisco, California 94133
415) 781-7100
Grant coordinators are assigned,
to each of the fifty states and will
assist you in assessing need, ad-
vise on location and type of program,.
and represent you before the Grant
Committee, They are also trained
to assist you in identifying fitness
partners and sources of funding,
They have access to the Campaign`s.
staff landscape architect and public
relations group to provide answers
to siting and community -wide fit-
ness promotion questions,
RWELLS FARGO GAMEFIELD PROMOTION PACKAGE
Just as each Garnefield excites The Gamefield Referee's Public -
and involves the players on it, the ity Guide gives full and precise
Wells l=argo Gamefield Promotion guidance for ground breaking,
Package motivates the community opening day, and fitness celebra'-
to a.fitness lrfestyle,The same tions, as well as for keeping media
motivational experts who designed @ attention throughout the year,.
the Gamefleids created the promo The Gamefield Referees Fitness
tions{ package. Curriculum; A Teaching Manual
for Life gives schools, colleges,
Posters, visors, and T-shirts and universities lesson plans and
advertise your Gametleld Fitness educational material to teach their
Program not only in your community students the fitness ethic.
but also in thousands of towns and The Gamefield Referees Walk -
cities across America, T-shirts are Ing Club Guider A f=itness Advert=
available with your own logo and cure For Seniors provides a pro
name on the back, Everywhere and gressive, twelve -week program
everytime they are worn and seen, for Walking Clubs.
their striking design captures the And don't forget your Gametield
attention of new recruits to fitness, itselfl With its brilliantly conceived
and colorfully illustratedsigns; your
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have become the messengers of
fitness, *u won't have to ask them.
twice to publicize your entry into
the National Fitness Campaign.
They will tell your story of commu-
nity fitness loudly as long as you.
keep the ball roiling. Not only is
fitness news, it is good news.
In Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, the city
and Henry County Health Center
joined in seeking grant funds from
the National Fitness Campaign.
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InTamarac, Florida, the simple
announcement of its first grant for
a .fogging Course to be placed.
in a public park brought 210 -bed.
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attertZion in the media throughout
the state than did the purchase
and installation of a $1.5 million
CATscanner. And that was just
the beginning,
In Lawton, Oklahoma,, Park Di-
rector Dick Huck has such ongoing
attention from the news media
that he keeps expanding his pro-
gram, gaining new allies in the
community and winning three or
four additional grants at a time.
The headline in Lawton: "The Na
tional Fitness Campaign is the big-
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keep the "fitness lifestyle" a secret
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sponsored by Wells Fargo Bank,
is rolling across the nation. Accord-
ing to a recent Harris Poll, over 40
million Americans now jog, and
over 90 million exercise at least
twice a week, Gamefields in varied.
configurations are extending the
opportunity for a fitness lifestyle
to all kinds of people everywhere,
But community fitness doesn't
just mean having an outdoor fitness
program for every age and kind of
person; it means having a Wells
Fargo Gamefield to serve every-
one who wants to participate.
When one sponsor or group of
sponsors team -up to place Game
fields throughout the Community
A NETWORK OF FITNESS
In parks, at schools, in industrial
parks, at hospitals and rehabilita-
tion centers, and at senior housing
sites, they have created a network
of fitness,
Already, across the country, one
can see. "Garnefield campuses" with
facilities for all at such schools as
Stanford University, Cayahoga Com-
munity College in Ohio, Gwynedd -
Mercy College in Pennsylvania,
and Iowa Braille and Sight Saving
School,
Hackensack Hospital in New
Jersey is seeking sites to place
twenty Gamefields in its neighbor-
ing communities, while Spring Gar-
den Health Association has em-
barked on a plan to place seven-
teen Gamefields in densely popu-
lated North Central Philadelphia.
TheIowa Hospital Association,
armed with 150 seed grants, has
created the Iowa. Fitness Campaign
to carry the program throughout
the state, with the eventual goal of
600 Gamefields in Iowa.
The boom is here. But the genius
of America is than everything
starts and ends with the individual,.
The National Fitness Campaign
Is leading America to fitness,
We invite you to join us,
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
3400 PLYMOUTH BLVD., PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447
TELEPHONE: (612), 559-2800
LATE: November 8, 1985
TO PRAC
FROM; Eric, Blank
MEMO
SUBJECT NEW FLAT LAKE RIDGE ESTATES POSSIBLE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK DEDICATION
This past week a neva plat called Lake Ridge Estates was submitted to the
City. This plat consisting of 1.52 gross acres, Located on; the north
border of Plymouth immediately went of 494, is bisected ty County Road
47 and includes most of the shoreline around Mud. Lake, The attached
exhibits show the vicinity, location,; site analysis, the City's staged
development plan,; concept plan. and a density analysis.. I've also
included the narration from the City's comprehensive park plan on the
Mud Lake site. This site was one of the two alternatives at the time:
the comprehensive plan was developed for a neighborhood park in this
area.
Because it seems apparent we are, losing our ability to acquire property
on Pomerleau Lake because of current development, I believe it is imperative
that we begin to 'Look at alternative sites that may be used for not only
a neighborhood park, but a future playfield and city park..
Where: are a few questionb about the Lake. Ridge site that we have not had
time to research as of the writing of this memo. One of these questions
deals with a swamp area northwest of the lake. I hope to gain additional
information from the DNR about this property prior to Thur'sday's meeting..
Please use this information to acquaint yourself with the general site,
if it is possible, it would be appropriate for you to drive by the site
on County Rote! 47. This way you will get a first-hand view of what the
lake Actually looks like and the property we are, considering for land
dedication.
At this time, I am leaning toward, recommending, that the City accept this
proposed property as park dedication,. After I have done further research.
tiext week, I will be prepared to make a definite recommendation to you
at Thursday's meeting.: if you have any questions after reading the
material* please give me a call., so that I can review it prior to our
meeting.,
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dumber- of Units 100 3 322 425
2.31 0.32
46 S.F. 149 S.F.
Density With No Bonus Points 2:.0
276 M.F. 276 M.F.
Less: Area Below 1:00 Year flood 3.68 19.66 0 23.34 Acres
Required Public Trail 0 0 0 0
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Proposed Park. Land' 29.76
Net Open Space 38.05 Acres
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Total Allowable Units 117 41 559 717
Proposed No. of Units 100 3 322 425
Proposed Density 2.31 0.32 4.89 3.58
Density With No Bonus Points 2:.0 3.0 5 3.78
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Mud Lake (Neighborhood 8)
Mud Lake is ioca,ted'in the north central part of
Plymouth and is about 20 acres in size. It is a shallow
and isolated water body., The only existing public
access is on the north edge of the lake from County Road
47. The lake is located in a predominantly agricultural
area. Except for two residences on the lake the sur-
rounding lands are pasture or cultivated. There is
algae visible but the iakeshore appears pristine with
heal thy vegetation..
The key to the development of Mud Lake and its affected
shoreline is the existence of the Hennepin County Park
Reserve District trail corridor which passes along the
west edge of the lake. In order to sustain the isolated
character of the site, acquisition of land along the
west and northwest shore should take place. A small
neighborhood park could supplement the use of the trail
and the lake could serve for ornamental or passive recre-
ational purposes. Adequate zoning, Setback policies or
even additional acquisition should occur to preserve the
remaining shoreline.
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