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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRCAgenda_91Nov12PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, CITY HALL 7:00 P.M. 1. Curtiss Field Update, Future Improvements 2. Cleveland Ave. Road Improvement and Ramifications for Community Park 3. Community Park Play Equipment 4. Brainstorming Follow-up PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN DATE AND PLACE OF MEETING. SEE YOU THERE. MINUTES PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING • October 15, 1991, 7 p.m. Members Present: Carol Huso, Steve Schugel, Carol Weisberg, Dave Wickhem, Lloyd Jacobson, Linda McLoon, Jyneen Thatcher, Carol Kriegler, Parks Director, Sam Jacobs, Council Liaison Members Absent: Jeff Johnson 1. Commission Member Changes Due to changes in his employment commitments, Mike Farrell, resigned from the commission. We all welcomed Carol Weisberg to the commission. 2. Lion's Club Tree Sales The commission unanimously agreed to allow the tree sales to continue. The trees will be out towards the front of the Community Park. The trees will not be where ice rink flooding occurs. 3. Curtiss Field Dedication The date was changed to October 26, since Scott Midness thought everything would be done by then. Carol K indicated that it will be mostly complete by then, including sodding. The play structure is almost done and should be complete with pea rock in the next 2 days. The Kompan stuff is also • here and ready to be installed. The dedication schedule is as follows: 2-3pm, kids games and relays; 3- 3:15, formal dedication; 3:15 -3:30, the Duck Tales. In the event of terrible weather, Carol K thought the Duck Tales would be willing to cancel without charge. Carol K also looked into renting tents. The consensus of the commission was that no one would come if it was pouring, and it might be best not to bother with a tent. Carol K thought the dedication needed to go ahead as planned, no matter what the weather. There will be an article in the Pioneer Press, North section on Wednesday. She also sent press releases to the Focus, Review and Bugle. We will serve cider and cookies. The two individuals who named the park will be at the dedication (Miles Aiken and Shauna Janke). Carol K asked if the commission members would come and help Chip and Carol K with the games. 3. Curtiss Field Building Update The grinder that we all know and loved will not be a part of the building. Instead amini-lift station will be installed, at the suggestion of the contractor. It costs a bit more, 51500 will be absorbed by the contractor and 5750 by the city, but there will be A LOT less maintenance. (What a forward thinking city council we have!) There will be a pump and a holding tank that will retain all non- biodegradable material (like hockey pucks). The pea gravel will be 12" deep, instead of 8". It is recommended by Landscape Structures and will give us a better safety net for changes in code in the future. This was an additional cost of 5150. The basketball standard should be in soon. Kudos to Neil Weber (should we write him a letter) for keeping the • contractors within budget etc. Carol K said he was great to work with. Dave indicated that the hardcourt has quite a slant to it. Carol K said that Scott indicated that they normally have a 1 % grade to prevent water pooling. Everyone who has looked at it on the Commission agreed that it looked like a greater slant than 1 %. Carol K will check into it. Carol K said there was one additional change order. A low point will be filled in the dirt and this will then require sodding, at a cost of about $200. She said this would increase the effective size of the pleasure rink at the park. • Dave was concerned about park lighting. There will be exterior lighting on the building and at the park itself. This should make the park less prone to vandalism. The total project cost is about 5150,000, with the grant covering 5 69,000. 4. Ideas for the future Although we are done with major facilities, there is still much to do to keep our parks managed and maintained. Sam reminded the commission about the signage and the Lion's pledge of 51,000. Carol K said she would bring the information to the next meeting. Carol H lead a brainstorming session on potential desires for the future. She thought a survey might be in order. Jyneen stated that a survey had been done when we hired the park planners several years ago. She went over the salient points. Some of the suggestions were: more open, natural areas, guided nature trail (could this be done in cooperation with Roseville Parks and Rec or Gibbs farm), more picnic areas (which we have increased at both the Community Park and Curtiss Field. Other ideas: a dog running or training area, hockey boards at FH Elem. School, the Folwell nature corridor, concerts in the park in the summer, classes for adults, gardening club, etc. Carol K said that we had been trying to make the programming pay for itself. If we add "free" programming, we need to decide to incur this cost. Other capitol improvements for the coming year: play structure re-do at the Community Park, running course re-do at the Community Park. What about a cocoa, coffee vending machine for the Community Park building. It would get a lot of use during skating season, and the city would reap some financial benefit. A pop machine outside the building would also be nice. We all agreed that we needed to spread the word about building rental. Carol K said that every group that has rented the building said they loved it and would be back. 5. Update on Cooperative Study with RV Sam stated that the study is done and Sue Hoyt and Steve Sarcosi(?) are reviewing it. The representatives from the two city councils will review it next. They are, for FH, Sue Gehrz and Paul Ciernia, and for RV, Vern Johnson and Joann Cushman. The two councils will then have a joint session to review the study. A community committee will also look at it. Then the city councils will make recommendations for implementation of shared services, with a decision for action sometime in 1992. Sam also reminded us that anon-motorized path was still up in the air for the redo of Cleveland Ave. The commission agreed that we would try to show up for that city council meeting and indicate how important we think that path will be. 6. As there was no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Linda McLoon, Secretary