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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPark and Recreation Advisory Commission Minutes 05-09-1985Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the .Park and Recreation. Advisory Commission May 9, 1985 Page 15 Present:, Chair Threinen, Commissioners Chesebrough, Edwards, Mullan, Reed, LaTour and Beach; staff Blank, Cook and Pederson; And residents, from the Green Oaks neighborhood 1. CALF TO ORDER Vice: Chairman Chesebrough called the May meeting to order at.7:39 p.m. due to the temporary absence of Chair Threinen. Z. APPROVAL OF MINUTE5 A motion was made by Commissioner Reed and seconded by Commissioner Mullan to approve the April minutes as presented. The: motion carried with all ayes. 3 VISITOR PRESENTATIONS a. Athletic Associations.. No representatives were present at this meeting. b. Staff. Steve Cook announced that he was involved in a large planting project throughout the city,, with 1,000 seedlings being planted. He indicated that 22 trees had been moved in. Green Oaks park. He also stated that the City had recently won a Tree City USA award by meeting Lour criteria.which included having, a tree ordinance, spending $1 per capita on trees for the City, celebrating Arbor Day and having a tree board.. When asked who made up the tree board, Steve responded that the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission was the board. 4. REPORT ON PAST COUNCIL ACTIONi a. Oakwood Parking Lot. Director Blank indicated that a $46,700 bid for construction of the Oakwood parking lot had recently been awarded. Construction, will begin when school is out in. June. 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Parkers Lake Update. A state grant in the amount of $47,000 is expected to arrive the week of May 13. The federal. portion ($90,00) will come, when the project is completed. Director Blank indicatedthat a recom mendAtion on a consultantwill be expected at the June meeting. b. Community Center Update. It was decided. to discuss this item as part of 6. b. c. Neighborhood Park Improvements/Review Park Plans. Director Blank displayed the final concept plan for Green Oaks park and briefly explained it for theCommissionand the visitors present who all, live adjacent to this park. Rick Rosen, residing at i$715 27th Avenue:, indicated he was generally pleased with -the concept plan,; but does have some problems with children trespassing on his property on their way to and from the park. He stated .that his property line is within eight feet of, the proposed improvements, and he would like PRAC to consider relocating the play equipment, especially the cable ride.. He presented PRAC with a petition signed by those homeowners who live on the park, requesting that FRAC move the cable ride to the center of the park. 'He also stated that the shelter building attracts teenagers who use it as a, place to drink beer and smoke marijuana. mz... FRAC Minutes of May 9, 1985 Y:ge 16 Tom Rakos, residing at; 18725 27th Avenue, stated that broken glass is often found in the play equipment area, and that motorcycles frequently use the, bike path. His property line is approximately 62 feet from,the proposed location of the cable ride, and he is apprehensive about the additional noise it will create. Kent Carlson, residing _at 18705 27th Avenue, is mainly concerned about the location of the cable ride and the additional noise it will create.., He.has a privacy fence across his backyard, but the proposed cable ride is higher than his fence. He would like FRAC to eliminate ride completely and use savings to buy shrubs and plants which could act as a buffer. Additional comments were made by the residents including the statement that a professional appraiser had informed the homeowners adjacent to Green Oaks park that their property values could be reduced by 10-157, sbecaue of the cable ride. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER THREINEN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER EDWARDS TO REMOVE THE CABLE: RT,DE AND STUDYRELOCATING IT AT A LATER, DATE, TO RELOCATE THE SPRINGED ANIMALS AND DIGGERS, BUT TO KEEP THE PLAY EQUIPMENT IN ITS GENERAL PROPOSED LOCATION.. The motion carried with all ayes. Director Blank then displayed the plans for Circle park and pointed out the existing components. and the proposed improvements. 'There were no citizen comments on this proposed plan. Director Blank announced that he had recently meat with the residents of Cimarron Ponds once again to see if they would be willing to support a park on,the Luca Line trail if it was moved 100 feet further south than originally proposed. They did not agree to that idea. The DNR is willing to consider leasing other land along, the Luce Line to the City, but Director Blank feels that the Cimarron Ponds residents will, never agree to any park regardless of where it is located. It was decided to postpone any plans for a Luce. Line park indefinitely, or until we hear from the group that supports 'a park in this location. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER REED AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER EDWARDS TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF $37,786 FOR THE PROPOSEL7: IMPROVEMENTS TO CIRCLE PARK'. The motion carried, with all, ayes. d'. St.. Mary's Land Update. Director Blank has been unable to meet with Phil Johnson due-to scheduling conflicts for Mr. Johnson. e. Imperial Hills Park. Update. Director Blank stated that some of the trees surrounding this park are being moved to allow for a better view of the park by adjacent residents. He announced that Jelle DeBoef had informed him thot the. Imperial Hills_HOA was willing to pay 50% of the cost to install soccer goals. f. Joint Meeting with Maple Grove Park Commission. This meeting will be held in Maple Grove on May 16 at 7:30 p.m. Agenda items include the Hennepin. County Regional Trail and problems encountered by northern Plymouth residents registering for programs offered by Maple, Grove', PRAC Minutes of May 9., 1985 Page 17 6. NEW BUSINESS a. 1986-1990 CIP Timetable. PRAC will be discussing the parks component of The 1986-1990 CIP beginning in June. b. Review Results of Community Attitude Survey. Commissioner Chesebrough. briefly reviewed the results of the Community Attitude Survey, focusing on the questions regarding the community center. Results indicated that respondents were fairly evenly split on their opinion of building a community center, with 45% favoring it and 427opposing it. A ftwther,' breakdown showed that the group most likely to favor it included blue collar workers, transients, women, and renters. Those opposing it tended -to be professional/technical-people, the wealthy, older residents and retirees. A significant number of senior citizens opposed the senior center. Dr. rl,` "s, who conducted the survey, indicated to Director Blank that iuld prepare a.2.0 -question survey specifically dealing with; LL,. ommunity center that could be conducted this year to help PRAC in their future discussions on this project. This idea will be discussed at the June meeting, and Maria Vasiliou will be invited to attend. c. Schmidt. Lake. Landscaping. Director Blank stated that he had received. a petition from residents near Schmidt Lake neighborhood park requesting the sodding/seeding of the area along 50th Avenue, which has become overgrown with weeds and tends to be a dumping grounds. An outside contractor could be hired to do this work for $3,975. A MOTION' WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER EDWARDS AND -SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CHESEBROUGH TO APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF $3:,975 TO SOD AND/OR SEED THE.AREA ALONG 50th AVENUE NEAR SCHMIDT LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK. The: motion carried with all ayes. d. Swan Lake Plat. The park,proposed within this plat is approximately 11 acres in size and is currently shown as having houses bordering it. Our comprehensive plan indicates that at least two sides should be left open to the road.., which is how Director Blank would' prefer to see it approved. The Planning Commission needs PRAC's recommendation as soon as possible. A MOTION WAS MADE BY CHAIR THREINEN AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BEACH TO APPROVE DIRECTOR BLANK'S RECOMMENDATION AND TO FORWARD THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PLANNING CO 4iISSION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. The motion carried with all ayes. e. Request for hark in Area Bounded by I-494, County Roads 15 and 61 Mayor Davenport. has sent a written response to 'these.resdents indicating that the City has no plans to build a park in their area at this time. f. Public Relations, Director Blank indicated that Ruth Brown, recreation specialist, had been successful in soliciting funds from merchants in the Plymouth Shopping Center for the operation of our puppet wagon this year. He also stated that our waterpolo program was shown on KSTP's Good Company program, and that our adult softball league was receiving media attention.due to the recent dedication of our police league to Officer John Scanlon from Robbinsdale who died in; the line of duty earlier this year. Also, WTCN Channel 11 has a softball team in our Wednesday Men's Recreational Class C League, which occasionally affords some media, attention.. FRAC Minutes of May 9, 1985 Page 18 7. COMMISSION PRESENTATION Commissioner Mullan requested, that we place more trash containers along our City's trails. Commissioner, Beach announced that the Wayzata -Plymouth Soccer. Club is selling "I Love Plymouth" t -shirts. She also stated that she is attempting to start an alt -Plymouth competitive swim team._ 8. STAFF COMMUNICATION June and July meeting dates were: discussed, and it was decided to stay with June 1:3 and July It, which are the regular meeting dates:, 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting; adjourned. at 10:10 p.m;