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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPark and Recreation Advisory Commission Packet 03-12-1992Regular Meeting of the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission March 12, 1992, 7:00 p.m. AGENDA 1. Call'to Order 2. Approval of Minutes 3. Visitor Presentations a. Athletic Associations b. Staff c. Others 4. Report on Past Council Action a. Accept annual report 5. Unfinished Business a. Update on milfoil - Parkers Lake b. Update on construction projects C. d. 6. New Business a. Park maintenance overview - Mark Peterson b. Volunteer program discussion C. d. e. 7. Commission Presentation 8. Staff Communication 9. Adjournment Next regular PRAC meeting - April 9, 1992 Minutes of the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission Meeting February 13, 1992 Page 4 Present: Chair Anderson, Commissioners Waage, Watson, Wahl, Gutzke; staff Bisek, Blank, Kissinger and Pederson Absent: Commissioner Johnson 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Anderson called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. in the Council conference room. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Commissioner Waage and seconded by Commissioner Gutzke to approve the minutes of the January meeting as presented. The motion carried with all ayes. 3. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS a. Athletic Associations. None were present at this meeting. b. Staff. Mary thanked the park commissioners for assisting with the bonfire at the Fire and Ice Festival. She explained that the employee of the month for February would be presented in March, so that Rick Busch could make the presentation, since the employee is someone that he supervises. C. Others. Residents living north of Plymouth Creek Park in the Parkview Ridge development were present at the meeting, because they recently learned of a 12 -car parking lot proposed for the northern boundary of Plymouth Creek Park to be located south of 38th Avenue at Minnesota Lane. The residents claim there is too much traffic in this area now, and they fear that a parking lot will only increase the amount of traffic. They would prefer to have this area left natural, or to have some sort of playground installed here. Although they recognize the need for a parking lot at some point in the future, they would prefer that it be located farther west on 38th Avenue closer to Plymouth Boulevard. They stated that their development is fairly new, and they plan to form a homeowners' association. Once that is done, they would like to meet with PRAC again to help plan something for this area. Director Blank explained to the residents that the plan for the future expansion of Plymouth Creek Park is only a concept plan at this time and has been in existence since 1982. There are no current plans to go ahead with the parking lot, and it would only be constructed if the need is eventually demonstrated. Chair Anderson stated that residents are notified in advance when park development is scheduled in order for the city to receive their input. 4. REPORT ON PAST COUNCIL ACTION Council approved the park facilities fee and rental policy as recommended by PRAC and the rental policy for Parkers Lake Pavilion. PRAC Minutes/February 1992 Page 5 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Adopt annual report. A draft copy of the annual report was distributed to each commissioner at the January meeting for their review and comment. Commissioners were invited to make suggestions for additions or corrections prior to the February meeting, so that approval of the annual report could take place at that meeting. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WAHL AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAAGE TO APPROVE THE 1991 ANNUAL REPORT AND FORWARD IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE MOTION CARRIED WITH ALL AYES. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. Review 1992 recreation fund budget. Mary distributed copies of the recreation fund budget to the commissioners and gave them a brief overview of the tax supported and fee supported programs. She also explained the kinds of items charged off against each of our programs such as salaries, materials and supplies, uniforms, rental of private equipment and/or property, telephones, etc. She indicated that 72% to 81% of the recreation budget goes to pay the salaries of the part-time employees needed to run the programs. She explained that approximately 25% of the recreation budget comes from the general fund, but that the remaining 75% is generated by fees. Commissioners commented that adult softball appears to bring in more revenue than any other program. Mary stated that it's been somewhat of a dilemna trying to decide if its fair to permit adult programs to subsidize children's programs, and right now the softball program's revenues are used in this way. Mary explained that although the softball program does produce high revenue, it could be offset somewhat by field maintenance being charged against it, which currently isn't being done. Mary went on to explain how we got involved in offering recreation programs to the citizens of Wayzata and that Wayzata's city manager has not yet indicated if they want us to continue this practice in 1992. In past years, we have contracted with the City of Wayzata to offer summer swimming lessons, tennis lessons, and to provide guards for their city beach. In exchange for this service, they have paid us an administrative fee. Mary also stated that this year, for the first time, the Wayzata Community Education Department will be charging us a rental fee of 750 per pool to run our summer swimming program. This additional cost will have to be recovered by charging higher fees for swimming lessons. b. Review city forestry program. Don Kissinger gave a short slide presentation to the commissioners on identifying Dutch elm disease, the beetles that carry it, and on the city's reforestation program. He explained that our city crews do two types of plantings throughout Plymouth, bare root stock and balled/bur lapped. He stated that his division is responsible for the care and maintenance of the trees, shrubs, and other plantings located on all city property, including the parks and trails. He explained that he works with developers in designing a landscaping plan, and if any of the trees/shrubbery in that plan fail to grow, the developer must replace them. The forestry PRAC Minutes/February 1992 Page 6 division will plant several coniferous and deciduous trees in Parkers Lake Park this spring, which will be located mainly around the entrance to the tunnel and the fountain area. This is being done as a way to direct people to the tunnel and away from crossing County Road 6. There are plans also to plant about 70 coniferous trees south of the Zachary Playfield along County Road 9, which will act as a noise and sight barrier from the traffic on the road. The forestry division also includes a weed inspector who inspects about 500 properties per year, looking for and eliminating noxious weeds. The forestry crew marked approximately 831 trees this past year suffering from Dutch elm disease and oak wilt. That number is down from past years. Don feels this is due in part to there being fewer elm trees, and there was more plentiful rainfall this year, preventing elm trees from going into a stressful state, something which the elm beetle can sense. C. Review goals and objectives from the Comprehensive Plan. This section of the Comprehensive Plan was sent to the commissioners in their packet as an information item. Directly Blank did a brief overview of the goals and objectives section and explained that the entire Comprehensive Plan was last updated in 1990. d. Review park and trail comprehensive plans. Director Blank displayed a map of the park system plan explaining which parks resulted due to park dedication and which were purchased by the city. The plan showed existing parks and future parks. Most of the future parks are in the northwest corner of the city, outside the boundaries of the MUSA line. Director Blank explained that development in this area will be limited until sewer is extended. He indicated that the city hopes to purchase 14 acres west of the Zachary Playfield and that once this property is acquired, park development east of I-494 will be completed as proposed in the parks portion of the Comprehensive Plan, with the exception of some homes within the boundaries of West Medicine Lake city park. He explained that except for a park proposed at the corner of Highway 101 and County Road 24, all of southwest Plymouth is completed too. The second map on display indicated what the trail system will look like when it is completed, and the third map was a current rendition of the parks and trails in place as of February, 1992. e. Review proposal for city acceptance of Deerwood Glen Outlet A. Director Blank explained that the city has a public trail easement over this outlet at this time and we are currently maintaining it. The outlet abuts Rolling Hills Park and was specified in the Deerwood Glen development contract to be owned and maintained by the Deerwood Glen homeowners' association. However, ownership was never legally transferred to the homeowners' association, and they now think it makes more sense for the city to own the outlet and to make it an extension of Rolling Hills Park. Director Blank stated that he supports this view. A MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER WAAGE AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WAHL TO RECOMMEND THAT COUNCIL ACCEPT TITLE TO OUTLOT A OF DEERWOOD GLEN FOR INCLUSION IN ROLLING HILLS PARK. THE MOTION CARRIED WITH ALL AYES. 7. COMMISSION PRESENTATION Commissioner Watson asked about the possibility of having a canoe rack PRAC Minutes/February 1992 Page 7 available at Parkers Lake for residents to rent. Director Blank indicated that we currently have two racks at Medicine Lake and could probably relocate one of them to Parkers. This item will be on the March agenda. 8. STAFF COMMUNICATION Director Blank announced that a commissioners workshop was scheduled Saturday, February 15, at the Crystal Community Center, and all commissioners were invited. 9. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m. PROJECT NUMBERS FOR 101-124 Regular hours 101-124-601 O.T. hours 101-124-603 Holiday 101-124-605 Vacation 401-124-606 Emergency leave101-124-615 L.T.D. 101-124-616 PROJECTS 001 City Hall 6 Ply.Blvd. 002 Queensland 003 Green Oaks 004 Lions 005 Circle 006 Kilmer 007 Four Seasons -Meadow Lawn 008 Imperial Hills 009 Birchview Elementary 010 Shiloh 011 Hemlock 012 Zachary Ele. 013 Mission Hills-Miss.Ridge 014 Gleanloch 015 Turtle Lake 016 West Medicine Lake 017 East Medicine Lake 018 Parkers Lake 019 Timber Shores 020 Plymouth Creek playfield 021 Egan 022 LaCompte 023 Plymouth playfield 024 Oakwood playfield 025 Zachary 026 Greenwood Elem. 027 Ridgemount playfield 028 Ferndale North 029 Beacon Hts.Natural area 030 Greentree West 031 Amber Woods 032 Fazendin 033 Ponderosa 034 Olive Lane Pond 035 23rd. 6 E. Medicine Lk. 036 Deerwood-Balsam 037 Oakview Pond 038 Birck Park 039 Birch Briar 040 Fountain Lane 041 Meadowood 042 34th.& E. Medicine Lk. 043 Cemetery 044 Armstrong Sr. Hi 045 Sunset Hills Elemntary 046 Schools in general 047 Pilgrim Lane Elemetary 048 Private Ponds 049 12th. Ave. Pond 050 Industrial Strip 051 Fire Station #1 052 Fire Station #1 053 Public Wks.Bldg. & Treat Plant 054 Sunrise 055 St. Marys 056 Schmidt Lake Park 057 Lift Sts, pump houses,water towers 058 Trails 059 Inspections 060 Playfields in general 061 Sidewalks 062 Neighborhood Pks in general 063 Maple Creek 064 Areas outside/inside City Limits 065 Co. Rd. 61 066 Rolling Hills 067 Med. Lake Cocom Club 068 Parkers Lake Bldg. 069 Zachary Water Treatment Plant 100 Work done for others SOB -PROTECTS, 001 Mowing 002 Trimming 003 Line painting 004 Infield maint. 005 Aeration G06 Topdressing 007 Seeding 008 Sodding 009 Fertilizing 010 Broadleaf weed control (chemical) 011 Play structures repair 012 Painting 6 staining bldg. 013 Cleaning bldgs. 014 Plumbing repairs 015 Electrical repairs 016 Misc. bldg, mint & repairs 017 Snow plowing rinks & lots 018 Brooming rinks 019 Snow shoveling 020 Snow blowing rinks 021 Flooding rinks 022 Hockey rink lines 023 Board repair & placement 024 Down time 025 Misc. rink mint. 026 Irrigation mint. & repair 027 Fencing 028 New Construction 029 Signs 030 Electricity 031 Equipment mint 032 Trail Maint & repairs 6 constr. 033 Tree & Shrub mint. 034 Tree planting & shrubs 035 Watering 036 Weed inspection 037 Flower Maintenance 038 Garage pickup 039 Tree hauling 040 Tree removal 041 General Cleanup 042 Safety Meetings 043 Entry ways 044 .Training 045 Natural Gas 046 Bleachers 6 Benches 047 Tennis Cts. 048 Windscreens 049 Docks & Board walk 050 Goals & goalposts 051 Beach Maint. 052 Deliveries & pickups 053 Special Events 054 Park & Ret. Equipment 056 Planting beds 057 Staff Meetings 058 Play structure Inspections Insp. 059 Traill Inspection 060 Street dept. 061 Sign Inspection 062 Archery Range 063 Animal Control 065 Water dept. , 075 Sewer dept. CEMETERY 209-209 PROJECTS 001 New Burial 002 Maint. 003 Admin. SUB PROJECTS 001 Mowing 002 Weed & Sod 003 Roadways SKATING RINK LOCATIONS BY MODE ly IMI Plymouth Creek - 3625 Fernbrook Lane LaCompte Green - 10805 Co. Rd. 15 Oakwood - 1700 Hwy. 101 Plymouth - 10011 -36th Ave. Ridgemount - 12000 Ridgemount Ave. Zachary - 4355 Zachary Lane MODE II Parkers Lake - Co. Rd. 6 & Niagara Lane Birchview Elem. - 425 Ranchview Lane Circle - 5th & Lanewood Lane Green Oaks - 26th & Xanthus Lane Imperial Hills - 17th & Shadyview Lane Kilmer - 27th & Kilmer Lane Pilgrim Lane Elem. - 3725 Pilgrim Lane Queensland - 8th & Queensland Lane Sunrise - Off 30th & Kilmer Maplecreek - 27th & Xene Lane Shiloh - 27th & Jewel Lane Turtle Lake - 46th & Lanewood Lane Swan Lake - 12700 43rd Avenue 12th - 16900 -12th Avenue TYPICAL MAINTENANCE PLAN FOR ICE RESURFACING WEEKDAYS: A. Playfield Rinks Mode I B. General Pleasure Rinks & Ponds Mode II High quality skating surfaces managed under a program of intense and varied ice maintenance activities. Pleasure rinks and ice hockey rinks normally subjected to consistently high levels of use during the entire skating season. Weekend use intensive during periods of favorable weather. Commonly associated with sites offering hockey rinks, pleasure rink, permanent warming shelter and lighted parking lot. Typically programmed for organized events including hockey, broomball, skating lessons, and daytime usage. Highest maintenance priority given to Mode I sites. Base ice established to a depth of 4 inches to 6 inches on a priority basis. Snow removal and ice surface sealing performed 5 days per week, during appropriate temperature regimes. Ice surfaces subjected to routine mechanical shaving to create a uniformly smooth surface largely free of frost heaves, cracks and undulations. Edging of hockey boards performed weekly to maintain clean edges and square corners. First sites to receive snow removal following trail cleaning operations. Ice surface maintained at a moderate quality level. Normally associated with sites offering single pleasure skating rink only and no warming shelter. Generally not programmed for recreation events or lessons. Primary usage originating from neighborhood park service area and comprised mainly of younger children. Base ice established to a depth of three to five inches. No base flooding made on pond surfaces with pond ice not being done till it is of safe depth. Snow removal and sealing of ice surfaces made three to five times per week., Ice shaving performed at a frequency to maintain surface uniformity at a moderately acceptable level. Ice surface maintained at a moderate quality level. Normally associated with ponds offering single pleasure skating rink only and no shelter. Primary usage originating from neighborhood park service area comprised mainly of younger children. No base flooding made on pond surfaces with pond ice not being done till it is of safe depth. Snow removal and sealing of ice surfaces made as priorities allow. Plymouth Park Facility Guide a MODE I 15 Rinks MODE II 11,Rinks MODE III 5 Rinks 25 PLAYSlRUCIVRE INSPECPICN FM 00k for: loose fasteners/footings, sharp surfaces, missing parts, surface problems, vandalise fitter, splitting/decaying wood, etc. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Mears Park Centre, 230 Fast Fifrh Street, St. Paul, MN 55101-1634 612 291-6359 FAX 612 291-6550 M 62 291-0904 February 13, 1992 Mr. Charles E. Dillerud City of Plymouth 3400 Plymouth Boulevard Plymouth, MN 55447 RE: City of Plymouth Comprehensive Plan Amendment Park and Trail Element Metropolitan Council District 9 Metropolitan Council Referral File 15249-6 Dear Mr. Dillerud: FEB 18 4.992 C-AT4' - PLYMOUTH CWmi,,t i<'r DEVELOPMENT DEPT. The Metropolitan Council staff has reviewed the comprehensive plan amendment received by the Council on February 5, 1992. We have determined that the proposed amendment has no potential impact upon any of the metropolitan system plans. Therefore, the city may place the amendment into effect immediately. Because the proposed amendment appears unlikely to affect policies and plans in other chapters of the Metropolitan Development Guide, the Council will waive further review and comment on the amendment. The amendment, explanatory materials supplied and the information submission form will be appended to the city's plan in the Council's files. This concludes the Council's review. Si.^...erely, Mary E. Anderson Chair MEA:kp cc: Kenneth Kunzman, Metropolitan Council District 9 Lynda Voge, Metropolitan Council Staff Tori Flood, Metropolitan Council Staff CITY OF February 25, 1992 PLYMOUTH' Brenda Bitterman 14525 38th Ave N Plymouth, MN 55446 Dear Brenda: I'm writing to let you know that I received your letter dated February 20. I have made copies available to members of the City Council and the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission. In April, the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission will begin discussing future capital improvements for all park and recreation facilities. I invite you to attend that meeting and subsequent meetings, so that you can express your interest directly to the commission members. The Park Commission meets the second Thursday of the month, at 7 p.m., in the City Council Chambers. Later this year, the Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the capital improvement program, and you would be welcome to present your ideas to the Planning Commission as well. If I can be of any further assistance to you, please call me at 550-5131. Thank you for your interest in this matter. Sincerely,/ A< Eric J. Blank Director of Parks and Recreation EJB/np cc: City Manager Mayor and Council Park Commission 3400 PLYMOUTH BOULEVARD, PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA 55447, TELEPHONE (612) 550-5000 a/Do DL - 0 - /q. C--3 34 e 1009 - Q C--- "t-3 5sqLE- m s - —1 Iffig, wllm PAVILION CALENDAR SUNDAY MONDAY TQFSDAV MARCH 1992 WF.nMRRn AV TRTTRCTIAV FRIDAY CATTTRnAV 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 9:30-11:30 SC 9:30-10:30 MWO 9:30-11:30 B/T 9:30-10:30 MWO 9:15-12:15 PD 10:45-11:30 FFT 4:00- 6:00 BP 6:45- 9:00 SB 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 9:30-11:30 SC 9:30-10:30 MWO 9:30-11:30 B/T 9:30-10:30 MWO 9:15-12:15 PD 9:00-12:30 PSS 10:45-11:30 FFT CLOWNING AROUND 6:45- 9:00 SB 4:00- 6:00 BP 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 9:30-11:30 SC 9:30-10:30 MWO 9:30-11:30 B/T 9:30-10:30 MWO 9:15-12:15 PD 10:45-11:30 FFT 4:00- 6:00 BP 6:45- 9:00 SB 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 9:30-11:30 SC 9:30-10:30 MWO 9:00-11:00 9:30-10:30 MWO 9:15-12:15 PD 10:45-11:30 FFT PRESCHOOL ART 12:30- 3:30 ART WORKSHOP 4:00- 6:00 BP 6:45- 9:00 SB 29 30 31 9:30-11:30 SC 9:30-10:30 MWO 10:45-11:30 FFT 6:45- 9:00 SB