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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/01/1994 Park Board Packet i PARK BOARD MEETING October 1, 1990 The meeting was called to order by Vice Chair Bob Williams at 7 : 00 p.m. at Lino Lakes City Hall. Members present were: Candace Toffoli, Bob Williams, John Baumann, Ken Johnson, Bill Nissen, and George Lindy. Absent was Ray Johnson. Staff in attendance were: Marty Asleson, Parks Superintendent and Carole Kohler, Parks Secretary. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES: The minutes of the September 5, 1990 meeting were approved as presented. OPEN MIKE: No one appeared under open mike. NEW PARK DEDICATION FORMULA: In the absence of Don Volk, Marty Asleson explained the new park dedication formula. He feels that this is a more fair way to charge developers, and also recommended raising the lot price from $400. 00 to $500. 00 per. Marty explained the need to get additional monies into the dedicated park fund to purchase raw land in other areas where parks aren't practical in a particular development. Bill Nissen questioned the "changeability" of the new formula. What if developers aren't completely honest about fair market value when they present the development to the city for consideration? Marty explained that this probably couldn't happen as the County has assessed values recorded, but that he would check into it further. George Lindy questioned the density to percentage table currently used in figuring the new formula. He suggested the change be made to read: Density in Units/Acre FROM: TO: 0 TO 3 0 TO LESS THAN 3 3 TO 5 3 TO LESS THAN 5 5 TO 7 5 TO LESS THAN 7 7 TO 9 7 TO LESS THAN 9 10 OR MORE 9 OR MORE PERCENTAGE OF LAND DEDICATION WILL STAY THE SAME. A motion was made by George Lindy to accept the new park ''� dedication formula as presented with noted changes to density rti and units per acre. Motion was seconded by John Baumann. Motion carried unanimously. The board recommended to accept the new formula and send it on to the council. EARL OLSON SUBDIVISION: Marty Asleson presented aerial maps of this particular piece of property to the board members. There are 35 acres in this parcel - 3 .5 acres would be for dedicated parks. There is the possibility of 300 new homes here in the future. Marty said that taking 10% of this property would force Mr. Olson to change his lots to a smaller size. Marty noted that John Miller, City Planner said that perhaps a variance could be obtained to get the parcels down to 8 acres instead of 10. Marty recommended the SW corner of this land would be a good choice for a park, it's all upland, sand and soil. He feels that this is good land and would fit nicely into the Master Park Plan, that it may be a better park land and trail system than a playground because of the busy traffic. Candy Toffoli asked how Mr. Olson felt about dedicating the land. Marty explained that as far as he knew Mr. Olson hadn't been approached with any park dedication plans yet. Marty did recommend that the park board take the property now as he expects that the development of this parcel isn't too far away. Bob Williams made a recommendation to take the 3 .5 acres now. Ken JOhnson suggested recommending to the council that if they didn't take the land now, that they may be lucky to get a couple of parcels later on down the road. Park board agreed to take the land now. FOCUS MEETING REGARDING COMPREHENSIVE PARK PLAN: Marty Asleson reported that the council has approved $1000. 00 in funds to start the initial meeting with Brauer & Associates to find out what direction the park board wants to take. He pointed out the need for a park board liaison since Andy Neal resigned, and anticipates that position to be filled in the next couple of months. Marty feels a need for a separate meeting aside from the regular park board meeting to have time to discuss the key issues. John Baumann questioned what Brauer & Associates would do that the park board hasn't already done the past couple of years. Marty explained that a consultant would be helpful as a tool to help acquire lands. Also that research would be too time consuming for city staff. John Baumann expressed that he would like to see all boards, the city administrator and city council attend the first meeting for their input and questions. He also questioned whether there is a need to hire outside people to pull all the boards together. George Lindy questioned the average cost of hiring Brauer. Marty says the estimate is around $30, 000.00 although some cities could go up to $50, 000. or $60, 000.00. Ken Johnson suggested hiring a student from a college who may be working on his thesis. ''� Lindy asked what other cities have paid. Marty noted that Inver Grove Heights paid $65,000.00. Bob Williams questioned whether all the funds have to come from the park board fund. Marty then asked whether the board still wanted a focus meeting. All the members agreed that there is a need for a first meeting, a question and answer type of meeting before they decide on the next step. The date of the first Focus meeting was set for Tuesday, November 20, 1990 - 7: 00 p.m. at the city hall. Staff will send invitations on behalf of the park board to all other boards, council and administrator. PARKS, REC AND FORESTRY UP-DATE: Marty reported the final document was finished on the Joint Powers Agreement. There are a couple of issues still not resolved, such as: added votes as far as population, and what would happen to funds if a city broke away from the agreement. There is a meeting set for October 11 with the steering committee and Administration to try and resolve the issues. Ken Johnson asked if an invitation had gone to our council seeing that we are without a liaison. Marty will see that the council gets notified right away. Ken Johnson brought up the part of the agreement that dealt with attendance, that there should be some rules set for excused and non-excused absences for city representatives. All the board agreed to "just sign it and get it over with. " PARKS - Marty reported that the irrigation system is in and grass is green and growing, it looks nice. Don Volk got a good deal on bituminous re-grind from streets being torn up and was able to do the parking lots at Sunrise and Birch Parks. George Lindy asked the status of the portable building as Birch Park. Marty explained that it was on lease purchase. George stated that it looks much nicer there now since the fields are done. Marty says these buildings could be added to different parks for other things such as Shenandoah in the winter for the rinks, etc. He also noted that the city is looking at the purchase of a tanker to be able to flood the rinks more efficiently. FORESTRY - Marty reported that the vibratory plow work would start soon. The city may be able to look at the purchase of a plow with matched funds from the County. He says many trees are ding from the drought of recent years, and the plow is definitely needed. John Baumann questioned how the pine bark beetle traps did this year. Marty explained that the beetle population is down this year, therefore the traps haven't shown much so far. OLD BUSINESS: There was nothing brought up under old business. NEW BUSINESS: Due to a conflict in scheduling, Park Board meetings will be moved to Tuesday nights for the next couple of months. The next meeting will be on TUESDAY NIGHT - NOVEMBER 13, 1990 IN THE SENIOR CENTER (note room change, as the council will be meeting in council chambers at the same time) . Meeting adjourned at 9: 07 p.m.