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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/07/2007 Park Board PacketLino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino - lakes.mn.us CITY OF LINO LAKES PARK BOARD MEETING Monday, May 7, 2007 Council Workroom— Not Televised — 6:30pm ** *AGENDA * ** 1. Call to Order and Roll Call 2. Approval of Minutes from March 5, 2007 3. Setting Agenda • 4. Open Mike 5. Review Comp Plan Goals and Strategies 6. Recreation Update 7. Park Update 8. Next Park Board Meeting — June 4, 2007, 6:30pm 9. Adjourn If you are unable to attend the meeting please call Sandie at 651 982 -2442. sw /parkbrd/5 -7 -07 Park Board Agenda.doc • Park Board Meeting - March 5, 2007 Minutes The March 5, 2007 City of Lino Lakes Park Board meeting was called to order at 6:36 p.m., by Chair Lindy. Roll call was taken; members present were Kathi Gallup, Pat Huelman, Bill Kusterman, Katie Boyle, George Lindy and Paul Montain. Absent was Pam Taschuk. Also present were Rick DeGardner, Public Services Director and Sandie Wood, Public Services Office Manager. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 5, 2007: Pat Huelman made a motion, seconded by Kathi Gallup, to approve the February 5, 2007 minutes as presented. The minutes were approved. Paul Montain abstained from voting. SETTING AGENDA: There were no changes to the agenda. OPEN MIKE: There was no one present for open mike. REVIEW AND COMMENT ON PRELIMINARY MASTER PLAN OF LINO PARK: Mrs. Candace Amberg from Brauer and Associates was present to review and discuss the preliminary master plan of Lino Park. She told the Park Board that the proposed lacrosse field could also be used as two smaller soccer fields. Phase I includes removing the warming house building, grading the site and erosion control, top soil, seeding, irrigation and an 8' wide asphalt trail. Candace responded to questions from the residents and Park Board members. Rick told members the final step of the master planning process is to formalize the final master plan and present it to the City Council for approval. Paul Montain made a motion to move ahead with the bid process for Phase I, assuming City Council approval. Seconded by Bill Kusterman and Approved. REVIEW 2006 -2007 WARMING HOUSE REPORT: Included in the packets was the final 2006 -2007 Warming House Report prepared by Brian Hronski, Recreation Program Supervisor. Rick said the figures do not include the Centennial Hockey practices, only informal skating. Rick said he will bring this item back to the Park Board this fall to determine rink locations and hours for next year. REVIEW PROPOSED 2007 SUMMER PLAYGROUND PROGRAM: Rick said members may recall that the format of last year's Summer Playground Program was drastically changed due to the elimination of the program's general revenue funding. He said although the registration fees were the same as 2005, the program hours were reduced from an eight week program to a seven week program as well as meeting two days per week rather than five days per week. In addition several cost cutting measures were also implemented which may have affected the program quality for the participants. For example, the use of specialists and 1 • • Park Board Meeting - March 5, 2007 Minutes performers were reduced and t- shirts were not provided. He said the overall attendance of the program dropped from 342 in 2005 to 272 in 2006. Rick told members that partial funding of the Summer Playground Program has been reinstated in the 2007 Budget. Rick said that listed below is the proposed playground description and format for the upcoming summer season. This is the same format as the 2005 program. Join us at the playgrounds for some sensational summer fun! Theme weeks, arts -n- crafts, specialists and games are just some of the fun things we'll do this summer. Program will conclude with a special party at your park. 7 weeks. Min /Max: 20/50. Register by June 11. No program July 4. Cost: $90 per child per session; $65 per child per session Lino Lakes Resident; $130 maximum per family Lino Lakes Resident Age Day Date 5 -10 M -F 6/18 -8/2 5 -10 M -F 6/18 -8/2 5 -10 M -F 6/18 -8/2 5 -10 M -F 6/18 -8/2 5 -10 M -F 6/18 -8/2 5 -10 M -F 6/18 -8/2 5 -10 M -F 6/18 -8/2 Time 8:30 a.m. -Noon 8:30 a.m. -Noon 1 -4:30 p.m. 1 -4:30 p.m. 1 -4:30 p.m. 1 -4:30 p.m. 1 -4:30 p.m. Loc Birch Park Sunrise Park Behm's Park Birch Park Clearwater Creek Park Highland Meadows Park Sunrise Park Also included in the packet, for members to review, was the 2006 Playground Program Report. Some members said they had used this program and it was a great deal for the money. Members told Rick that they hoped the funding and program structure is not going to fluctuate from year to year. OLD BUSINESS: a. Comprehensive Plan "Kick -Off" Meeting - March 7: Rick said, as mentioned at last month's Park Board meeting, the Lino Lakes City Council and its Citizen Advisory Boards will kick off the city's comprehensive planning process on Wednesday, March 7, from 6:30 - 8:30pm at Chomonix Golf Course. He said information pertaining to the city's recently completed 2030 Vision Plan and the collaboration between the City and the Rice Creek Watershed District to integrate resource management into the Comprehensive Plan will be reviewed and discussed. Kathi Gallup and Pat Huelman volunteered to be on the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel representing the Park Board. However, Rick said all Citizen Advisory Board members were invited to attend this "Kick -off" meeting. Park Board members are hoping that 2 • • Park Board Meeting - March 5, 2007 Minutes minutes or a summary would be done for these meetings so they could be kept up to date as to what was going on with this committee. NEW BUSINESS: a. Fairway Flyerz Letter: Rick said a letter addressed to the Park Board regarding disc golf courses was included in the packets. The letter was discussed and the Park Board asked Rick to contact Anoka County about putting the disc golf course in the regional park because they had more suitable space. RECREATION DEPARTMENT UPDATE: Rick referred to the Recreation Program Highlights update from February 2007. He talked about the Sweetheart Dance, Hockey Skills /Skating Lessons and Adult Basketball. The department is considering distributing a separate brochure three times a year rather than being inserted in the city newsletter. PARKS DEPARTMENT UPDATE: Rick reviewed the memo from Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor, which summarized the maintenance highlights for February 2007. He touched on the completion of tree removal and stumps in Shenandoah Park and regular winter maintenance that staff is doing. Pat Huelman thought Birchwood Acres Park could use a few wood duck houses placed in the south or west end of the park. Rick asked members to review the rest of the memo and to contact him if they had any further questions on the update. NEXT PARK BOARD MEETING: Chair Lindy advised the next Park Board meeting would be held on Monday, April 2, 2007, 6:30 p.m. ADJOURN: Paul Montain made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Pat Huelman. The meeting was adjourned at 7:51 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, Sandra Wood Public Services Office Manager These minutes were approved at the May 7, 2007 Park Board Meeting. sw /parkbrd /minutes /3 -5 -07 Park Board Minutes.doc 3 • • MEMORANDUM DATE: May 1, 2007 TO: Park Board FROM: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director RE: Comprehensive Plan Draft Goals and Strategies Enclosed are the draft Goal and Strategies prepared by the Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel. The goals and strategies were derived from the 2030 Vision Plan and subsequent discussions, review, and editing by the advisory panel. Please review for discussion at Monday's Park Board meeting. Our main objective at the meeting will be to get the Park Board's comments regarding content, possible omissions and /or suggested changes. Comments received will be brought back to the comp plan advisory panel for discussion at their May meeting. Document 1 • • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 1030 Comprehensive Plan Page I Community, Residential and Neighborhood Development Goal 1: Create and adopt a comprehensive Plan that fosters a unified vision and future for the city, promotes a well-planned community, prevents fragmented development, addresses the cts of development and redevelopment on natural aesthetics and view corridors, and provides balanced land use and connective a t ensures the irate_ tion of both sides of the rg, Strategies: 1. Create a Comprehensive Plan for housing development that defines the types and locations of housing development required to meet the community's projected needs. 2. Work closely with neighboring communities to ensure an integrated plan that is consistent with the Metropolitan Council's requirements and compatible with adjacent jurisdictions. 3. Ensure the comprehensive plan is kept current and provides a rationale for all decisions with city -wide implications. oal 2: 1,ns _ zoning and subdi and specific direction provide Strategies: 1. Ensure developers meet the standards specified within the land -use plan and official controls, including zoning and subdivision ordinances and official maps. 2. Streamline the current permitting and development processes to facilitate the type of development and redevelopment desired. 3. Coordinate the plans for housing with plans for light industrial and commercial businesses to balance land uses, serve the quality of life needs of the residential areas, foster a positive business climate for light industrial and commercial business, and expand and balance the community's tax base. 4. Ensure compatibility of adjacent land uses. 5. Create a staging plan for future development. 6. Update zoning map to conform to land use map. Strategies: 1. Link trails to parks and lakes. 2. Establish guidelines for the appropriate inclusion of green spaces, paths, sidewalks, and other people oriented amenities throughout the city. 1 ,housing • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 2 3. Ensure commercial development and mixed -use areas are appropriately dispersed throughout the city. ighbo ©t3 Strategies: 1. Maintain and ensure strong community support for the city's fire and police departments. 2. Encourage community involvement in National Night Out and Crime Watch. 3. Develop neighborhoods with mixed housing styles that promote diversity and attract all age groups. ability oa "_ I tife a �o Strategies: 1. Work with developers to identify innovative strategies for providing entry -level and life cycle housing. 2. Use redevelopment tools to revitalize aging residential properties, made possible by various federal, state, local government, and non - profit programs. 3. Provide expanded opportunities for housing ownership made available by various federal, state, local government and non - profit agencies. 4. Streamline permitting and development processes to ease the rehabilitation or improvement of existing homes and reduce unwarranted cost impacts on the price of entry -level homes. 5. Provide for and designate appropriate areas for high - density and mixed -use development. Goal 6: Enh. Strategies: 1. Complete a detailed citywide senior citizen housing needs study. 2. Develop partnerships with non - profit and private sector groups who assist in the creation of senior housing. 3. Coordinate development of housing with retail accessibility (restaurants, shops, groceries). Goal 7: Inc areas the cit' ed a E in App• Strategies: 1. Ensure commercial and mixed -use development is dispersed throughout the city. 2. Ensure the Comprehensive Plan and official controls allow for mixed -use development, including higher density residential. 3. Improve the design standards for commercial developments so they are more attractive, user friendly, and integrated into the surrounding neighborhoods and adjacent areas. • • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 3 Goal 8:' Prop c to corhiunity,invc v pment process and city affa Strategies: L Provide opportunities for and encourage citizens to participate in public forums. 2. Identify the current public participation process and work to improve the process to elicit more involvement. Goal 9: Sustain L Aak unique qual es which make it such a desirable pIa e Strategies: 1. Create design guidelines for new development that are intended to sustain Lino Lakes' unique qualities. 2. Continue to promote Conservation Development as the City's preferred development process where applicable. Goal 10 P amc ed community is Strategies: 1. Encourage the development of an economic and social center that will promote pride and "sense of community" in Lino Lakes. 2. Create, strengthen and maintain the appearance of the city's gateways and key transportation corridors through streetscapes, design standards, trails, lighting, signage and other tools. ka Create environment in all residential ei hb ?rh0 Strategies: 1. Enforce necessary codes to ensure the continued compliance and maintenance of the existing housing stock. 2. Identify methods and options to promote the improvement of the existing housing stock, and to encourage the rehabilitation or redevelopment of substandard housing 3. Encourage in -fill housing where appropriate. dinatesptatianvitlaand use planning. Strategies: 1. Analyze the traffic generation characteristics of proposed land uses to avoid exceeding the capacity of local, county, and regional roadways. 2. Consider the impacts to neighborhoods when planning new or upgrading existing roadways. • • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page =l Economic and Commercial Development uraging m Strategies: 1. Encourage developers to take advantage of opportunities provided by mixed -use and nodal development design standards especially within designated redevelopment areas. 2. Establish guidelines for the appropriate inclusion of green spaces, paths, sidewalks and other people- oriented amenities within commercial areas and throughout the city. 3. Ensure commercial development is dispersed appropriately throughout the community and in designated business development areas. 4. Develop walkable neighborhoods with commercial nodes and amenities for residents. 5. Integrate into neighborhoods those retail and service commercial activities that serve the neighborhood. rk with developers to ides preneurial businesses to no sovatty tikes. Strategies: 1. Encourage new business owners and expanding entrepreneurial businesses to locate here by offering appropriate incentives. 2. Work with the current business community, the Chamber of Commerce and the city's Economic Development Advisory Committee to attract new businesses and expand the economic success of existing businesses. 3. Promote Lino Lakes' identity as a business friendly city. intai light industri 1. and expand existing businesses in Strategies: 1. Protect designated industrial areas from residential encroachment and marginal land uses that will preclude the highest economic use of land available for commercial and light industrial development. 2. Develop strategies and programs to attract high tech and high value industrial and business and professional services enterprises that have an emphasis on job creation. 3. Encourage high -end business park development designed to attract medical, technology, and similar industries, which provide quality employment opportunities and have low service demand for municipal services. 4. Encourage a comprehensive business center with services such as wi -fi access, office space, copy services, postal and overnight delivery pick up, and telephone services to • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 5 small and start-up entrepreneurial business owners and telecommuters who are able to share space and costs. 5. Continue to support local business retention and expansion initiatives. 6. Recognize the fundamental linkage between housing and economic development and work to match housing availability with community employment. 7. Promote the Anoka County Airport. lamed commercial ►public intrastruettlriv spot Strategies: 1. Identify key commercial and industrial development opportunities within the City's planned growth areas in locations with access to major transportation systems. 2. Encourage compact commercial development that will make efficient use of infrastructure and resources. 3. Require that new commercial, industrial, and institutional developments may only occur in sewered areas. 4. Promote the rehabilitation and redevelopment of existing commercial facilities by continuing to pursue and make available various financial programs and assistance. 5. Encourage the success of major regional commercial center which would include various types of restaurants, shopping, and entertainment venues for both adults and children. 6. Improve the design standards of commercial developments so they are more attractive, user friendly and integrated into the surrounding neighborhoods and adjacent areas. the metropolitan region as an advantage in doing Strategies: 1. Work to actively market Lino Lakes as a great place to live and work. 2. Collaborate with business support organizations to serve the needs to current and future businesses. 3. Use financial incentives (i.e TIF /tax abatements /grants) to attract businesses to relocate or start up in Lino Lakes. • • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 6 Roads and Transportation Goal 1: Plan of Lino'' Lakes. 'ovem v Strategies: 1. Include within the Comprehensive Plan a 20 -year transportation component (Roads and Transportation Master Plan) that will identify and plan for needed public transportation options and street construction, upgrading, and related funding requirements. 2. Ensure by 2030 that main east/west corridors (examples: Main Street, new 35E/35W, Birch and Ash Streets) are of good quality and allow for potential, required expansion and upgrades, i.e., widening, expanded capacity and turn lanes. 3. Identify and prepare appropriate plans, official controls, zoning and subdivisions ordinances and regulations, and official maps for land use around identified potential future interchanges. (An example might be exit ramps from 35E at Birch Street if warranted). 4. Plan for, within the transportation component of the Comprehensive Plan, improved and required north -south connectivity. 5. Work to connect neighborhoods by minimizing the use of cul -de -sacs. e as p Strategies: 1. Identify potential traffic safety problem areas and adopt plans to lessen risks as traffic volume increases along these problem stretches and intersections. ease Strategies: 1. Plan, within the 20 year traffic component of the Comprehensive Plan, for an expanded and improved road system to accommodate projected increases in traffic volume accompanying predicted/planned growth and development. 2. Encourage high - density housing along our traffic corridors; e.g., County Road J, East end of Birch and Main Street. Add needed stop lights and turn lanes. Increase connecting and collecting roads — plan ahead for them. 3. Ensure, as areas are developed, that development bears the cost of this reconstruction to the fullest extent possible. 4. Develop mass transit options. Goal 6: Pla 1 ► cress to local open spaces and lakes. • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 7 Goal 4: Ensure that local streets are maintained (or reconstructed to) an acceptable level. Strategies: 1. Adopt, fund and steadfastly implement a Comprehensive Pavement Management Plan for the maintenance and reconstruction, to an optimum level, of the city's streets in a responsible and cost - effective manner. 2. Recognize that proper maintenance is less expensive in the long run than reconstruction after a street has been allowed to degrade. Once a street has been allowed to degrade to "poor ", maintenance is no longer effective, and the city's ability to reconstruct the street is severely limited. 3. Change the City Charter, as favored by 60% of the respondents in the Quality of Life Survey, so city council can plan for and fund (budget) street construction and maintenance in a responsible manner. This effort should be initiated by a citizen's group or task force that identifies options and advocates that the city council, the charter commission, and the community support a charter change proposal on the ballot. Goal S :'Reduce unnecessar\ traffic on Lino Lakes Strategies: 1. Plan for and develop park and ride opportunities that are adjacent to our east/west connectors. 2. Recognize, as affordable and life -cycle housing develops, the need for mass transit will increase and should be planned for on our east/west connectors. 3. Find ways to minimize unnecessary heavy vehicle traffic such as garbage haulers. 4. Appreciate mass transit is not likely to be self funding, but the city can seek to influence mass transit funding sources. Strategies: 1. Determine the need and plan for: a. off - street parking b. trail connections and loops c. access for bikers, walkers and runners d. better access to lakes e. improved canoe access points f. canoe launch sites to be developed wherever feasible. (Example: south end of Rice Lake) 2. Require developers to link to existing trails and extend them. City should develop more and better lake access; there may be state or county programs or department grants to help offset these costs. • • • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 8 Goal I: Pro t ltertta a ort ation such as blc iztg,: valki , transit and rail. Strategies: 1. Support the planning and development of the established Rush Line transit corridor (rail and bus) from the central cities through Hugo. 2. Provide local transit opportunities to access the Rush Line corridor. 3. Continue to work with Metro Transit to provide and expand safe, affordable and efficient public transit. 4. Incorporate, where feasible, bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and safety standards when planning changes, additions, or maintenance to roads, sidewalks, bridges, paths, or other public facilities. 5. Work to physically connect neighborhoods with roads and pedestrian/bicycle links. 6. Encourage sidewalks and separated pathways along all arterial collector, and local streets in developing residential and commercial areas. Goal 8: Maintain and coordir County, Washington County, ausportat opolitan Cour system with adjacent MnDOT. es, Anoka Strategies: 1. Use the functional classification system to define and plan existing and new roadways. 2. Develop and utilize access management guidelines in conjunction with Anoka County. 3. Continue to work with surrounding jurisdictions, state and federal agencies to ensure an integrated transportation system. oa . e10 . frt n, itt connect the current and proposed trails in the City of lino La' and Rice Creek Regional Park in a manner that preserves and sustains the natural environment. • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 9 Community Amenities and Natural Resources 1. Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation Goal I :' Continue development and maintenance of recreational activities that serve the identified needs or the community and people of all ages, including. where possible, nc bborhood parks, larger multi -use area parks and the regional park. Strategies: 1. Continue to pursue the development of a multi sports complex either on the city -owned property at Birch and Centerville Roads or another suitable site. 2. Foster and maintain cooperation between the city and school districts to facilitate joint use of indoor and outdoor facilities for organized and recreational activities. 3. Utilize the Rice Creek Regional Park as an aesthetic and recreational community amenity with continued sensitivity to the preservation of biosystems and ecosystems within the park. 4. Acquire, reserve and develop sufficient park and open space land to fulfill the identified and projected needs of the present and future population. 5. Continue collaboration with the YMCA and similar organizations to provide recreational facilities for the entire community. 6. Continue, whenever possible, inclusion of neighborhood parks in future developments and planned redevelopments. Strategies: 1. Identify, develop and maintain new public access points to area lakes so that residents can enjoy these unique recreational opportunities. 2. Ensure the new access points are designed to minimize adverse impacts on lakeshore quality, water quality and adjacent environmental features: i.e. uplands, etc. Strategies: 1. Continue to work with adjacently jurisdictions to achieve interconnectivity among trails. 2. As development occurs, require an interconnected trail system. • • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 10 2. Natural Resources and Amenities preserve the desirable natural areas and ecological and aquatic Strategies: 1. Pursue a well - defined natural resource restoration and management plan for Lino Lakes. 2. Continue to staff an environmentalist and maintain a city environmental board. 3. Maintain the partnership of Lino Lakes and Rice Creek Watershed District and other groups such as Anoka County to maintain the aquatic and upland areas of the city. 4. Establish and fund programs to maintain or improve current green spaces owned by the city. 5. Where possible, restore damaged or misused natural and ecologically significant areas to their original state. 6. Require natural space buffers, where appropriate, around wetlands. to address, r aquatic assets. ore, and Strategy: 1. Within the resource management plan (RMP) created by the conservation -based partnership between Lino Lakes and the Rice Creek Watershed District, include a component that incorporates TMDL (total maximum daily load) constraints to halt the degradation and achieve restoration of the ecological health of the city's and region's lakes, waterways and other aquatic resources. 3. Land Use Policies and Practices Goal 1: Ensure that well - planned. qua l den #' esi pevel ' projected gr wth' needs also co accommodate the c' ., � � � � rues ari J' ors; •. � enhances the city's al resour^ d amenit Strategies: 1. Encourage developers, where appropriate, to use Open Space Design/Conservation Development Track practices. 2. Extend the Conservation Development principles, to the extent feasible, to business and commercial development. 3. Ensure the development of the land within the community is done in a way that consciously preserves its natural resources and amenities. 4. Continue application of the MNRAM (Minnesota Routine Assessment Methodology) program to ensure valuable wetlands are preserved. • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 1030 Comprehensive Plan Page 11 5. Promote business and commercial development that is conservation conscious, aesthetically interesting, and recognizes that each individual land use activity contributes to the total effect on the community's natural resources. 6. Recognize there are unique lands that the city /residents may not want to be developed: a. Promote techniques that encourage developers to preserve the unique lands within their development. b. Partner with the Rice Creek Watershed District and /or other groups to purchase unique ecological properties if they become threatened. c. Develop innovative practices, when appropriate, to acquire unique lands to prevent development. d. Promote partnerships with established conservancy groups in order to "save" these unique lands. Examples: Nature Conservancy. 7. Promote the use of quality and environmentally sound buffer areas between areas with differing land uses. 8. Continue to use the Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) process to assess the impact of development on the city's natural resources and infrastructure. 4. Other Ecological Challenges and Threats the Mate Arid o her loc over'nmetif entitie g p tential ecological challenges and thrreats that could Strategies: 1. Identify and alert residents of potential ecological challenges and threats that can affect Lino Lakes and the property of residents. 2. Plan and initiate cooperative efforts with the state and other local government entities for programs that address and may manage these threats effectively. 3. Proactively educate the community and its residents of all ages about the specific actions they can or may be asked to take in addressing these threats. • • DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Page 12 Community Facilities Goal 1 • oat a ildre of Strategies: 1. Work with the three school districts serving Lino Lakes to continue the level of education that residents have come to expect. 2. Collaborate with the City's three school districts to provide opportunities for and actively market continuing education programs. 3. Explore opportunities for locating an educational facility within the City that provides training beyond high school. • Ei'1r® I •;, Strategies: 1. Promote the community green within the Legacy at Woods Edge development as a gathering place for Lino Lakes' residents and visitors from around the region by providing music and cultural activities. 2. Work with community groups such as athletic associations and service groups to gauge and discuss the demand for additional community facilities to be built in Lino Lakes. 3. Collaborate with business partners to help fund additional community facilities. 4. Market the use of community facilities for events such as youth athletic tournaments, social gatherings, and other community events. 5. Identify and market existing resources that are available for community use. 6. Promote usage of the City's and other community groups' websites, access cable channels, buildings, and other resources. 7. Continue to work with the Anoka County Library System to establish a regional library in Lino Lakes. Goal 3: Maintain and improve the water quality' of our la s and wetlands by managing storm water runoff at acceptable rates and pus, while reducing pollutant tnd sediment loadings ands be ear a bank erosion ' eAgy .. .., Strategy: 1. Implement the city's Surface Water Management Plan and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan. DRAFT — Goals and Strategies Lino Lakes 1030 Comprehensive Plan Page 13 • Goal 4: Provide the City's residents and business* ti ith affordable p, NO eater that k'safe and • high quality for daily consumption and fire demand. Strategies: 1. Provide a low- maintenance, cost - effective water system that meets the long -term needs of the City's residents and businesses. 2. Provide adequate water pressure for all residents and businesses. 3. Continue working with adjacent communities to provide a cooperative water system for emergency services. 4. Provide water service for developing areas in a planned manner by constructing new mains, water towers, wells and water treatment plans. 5. Protect the City's sustainable water supply through conservation by reducing the demand for water, improving the efficiency of water use, and reducing loss and waste of water. 6. Protect the groundwater source from contamination by implementing the groundwater protection plan. Goal 5 en s ands; -6 rd e and Strategies: 1. Provide a low- maintenance, cost - effective sewer system that meets the long -term needs of the City's residents and businesses. 2. Provide sanitary services to undeveloped areas in a planned manner. 3. Provide for the capacity and extension of sanitary sewer to developed areas of the city currently serviced by on -site systems. 4. Establish an on -site septic system inspection program to identify potential failing systems. 5. Where possible, direct public sanitary sewer improvements to areas identified as having failed on -site systems. Strategies: 1. Ensure that governmental buildings and services are located so as to offer ease of access and minimal response time. 2. Provide for adequate maintenance of the City's buildings and equipment and for their orderly replacement. 3. Plan for necessary new or expanded public facilities through an annual capital improvement program. 4. Hold public buildings to high architectural standards to create a sense of community identity, ensure land use compatibility, and to serve as examples for private development. Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department Program Highlights April Park Board Update YOUTH Youth Instructional Programs: Spring session youth instructional programs are off and running. Soccer and Preschool Dance were two of our more popular programs this session - we filled all three of our soccer classes for a total of 37 participants and three out of our four dance classes for a total of 38 participants. Fifteen children are participating in two classes of our Basket "Have a Ball" program this spring session and 17 youth and adults are participating in our Beginner and Continuing Tae Kwon Do programs. Spring session classes conclude by early June. Spring Break: The two camps we offered over spring break, Abrakadoodle's Colorama Camp and Once Upon a Time Dance and Theatre Camp, were both cancelled due to low enrollment. The fact that they were only 1/2 day camps may have affected enrollment. We will look into offering full day options next year. Access Adventure (A2): Our Access Adventure programs are struggling to draw in participants. We have had a few calls from adults interested in our running program, but for themselves rather than their teenager. We are looking into some alternative marketing methods in hopes of bringing in participants for the summer Amazing Teen Race, as we have secured $600 of grant funding for the program and would hate to have to give it back •cause we were not able to run the program. Lacrosse Leagues: Our summer lacrosse leagues are filling up fast. We will have one 3rd /4th grade team, two 5th /6th grade teams, and one 7th /8th grade teams. These are all boys teams. ADULT Softball: Summer softball leagues started last week. We have nine Sunday Co -Rec, nine Monday and nine Tuesday Class D Rec teams for a total of 27 teams this spring /summer. Indoor Soccer: The Co -Rec Indoor Soccer regular season champion was Miller Time. The championship game is Wednesday, May 2. RECREATION REVIEW The summer edition of the Recreation Review is out in homes. Resident registration officially begins May 7, but we have already received several registrations. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT We received over 60 applications for employment this summer. Twenty -three applicants were hired for the Playground Program and Preschool Playtime. Of e 23, 11 are brand new and 12 are returning. We ve a great group of staff this year and are looking forward to an exciting summer! Questions? Please contact Liz Benoit or Brian Hronski at 651- 982 -2440. Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 (651) 982 -2440 Fax (651) 982 -2439 www.ci.lino- lakes.mn.us 7 May 2, 2007 TO: Park Board Members FROM: Mike Hoffman, Parks Supervisor SUBJECT: March and April 2007 Park Maintenance Update Maintenance activity during the months of March and April has included the following: ✓ Remember Round #2? Well it arrived just like the weatherman predicted. (I guess they do get it right occasionally). Round #2 kept us busy the first few days of March plowing streets, trails and parking lots. ✓ Snow and ice removal from Rice Lake Elementary tunnel. ✓ Picked up and stored hockey goals for the season. ✓ Street tree pruning. ✓ Equipment maintenance change from winter to summer equipment. Service and store winter equipment. ✓ Built firefighting tank and pump for Polaris Ranger (for prairie restoration burns). ✓ Cleaned, organized and painted floor at Sunrise Park garage. ✓ Demolished Lino Park warming house. ✓ Brought water service into Lino Park for future irrigation (contracted). ✓ Playground inspections and repairs. ✓ Ball field inspections and preparation for spring play. o Moved base pegs from 65' to 70' on adult softball fields (new rules). o Laid out and painted fair /foul lines. o Renovated pitching mounds (Sunrise #3 and 4, Centennial Middle School #1). o Added ag -lime to infields as needed. o Installed base pegs at 60' on CMS #3 and 4 (girls fast pitch). o Removed base pegs, home plate and rubber from Lino Park. Infield and fencing will be removed this summer. ✓ Soccer and Lacrosse field layout and painting. Anchoring and putting nets on goals. o 3 soccer at Rice Lake Elementary o 3 soccer at Centennial Middle School o 2 soccer half fields at Marshan Park o 2 soccer (1 full, 1 half) at Lino Park o 1 soccer at Sunset Oaks Park o 1 soccer at Sunrise Park o 1 soccer at Clearwater Creek Park o 2 lacrosse at Centennial Middle School ✓ Shenandoah Park Boulevard - many of you are aware we have removed all the Cottonwood and Box elder trees from the front boulevard (over 30 trees). We then stump ground many of the existing stumps. We now have removed the remaining stumps; tree spaded an existing Hackberry to a new location, added additional soil to the boulevard, • • • ✓ tilled the site, leveled it and seeded it. The first 12' from back of curb will be maintained turf, the rest of the area will be planted to short grass prairie and wildflowers. We will also be planting some oaks in the prairie area this spring. ✓ Prepped nursery site at city hall. Our bare root tree order will be arriving on Wednesday, May 2. These trees will be planted at various park locations this spring. ✓ Conducted prairie burns at various parks and open space locations. ✓ Ball field game preparation — Adult softball has begun and we are prepping game fields at Sunrise #1 and 2 on Sundays, and Sunrise #1 and 2, CMS #3 and 4 on Mondays and Tuesdays. Game preparation will begin shortly for Centennial Lakes Little league, Centennial Baseball League, Centennial Fast Pitch and Forest Lake Athletic Association. Those are the major highlights of the past two months. Things are getting awfully busy; I wish my seasonals were here. Much more to come in May! Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department Program Highlights May Park Board Update YOUTH Youth Instructional Programs: Our youth instructional programs are winding down for the season. Highlights of the season: Soccer Mini -Camp finished on May 21 - 37 total participants were registered in three classes, Basket "Have a Ball" finished on May 22 - 13 total participants were registered in two classes, Dance classes end June 4 and 5 - 42 total participants were enrolled in five classes, Tae Kwon Do ends June 7 - 23 total participants were registered in three classes, Toss, Kick and Catch ended on May 21 - 7 total participants were registered in one class. T -Ball: Spring (May) T -Ball is wrapping up. We had 90 three, four, five, and six year olds participating! YLM Lacrosse Leagues: YLM Lacrosse has started for the summer season. We have one 3rd /4th grade team, two 5th /6th grade teams, and one 7th /8th grade team playing this season. There are a total of 77 boys in grades 3 -8 playing in this summer lacrosse league. Playground Program: We are gearing up for the start of summer and the Playground Program. As of May 25, participants were enrolled in the program. Our afternoon programs at Behm's Park, Birch Park and Sunrise ark are full at 50 participants each and our afternoon program at Clearwater Creek Park is almost full at 42 participants. There are still plenty of openings in our Highland Meadows afternoon program as well as our Birch Park and Sunrise Park morning programs. Teen Programs: Our Access Adventure teen programming is off to a slow start. We had to cancel two of our spring programs (Earn 5K in 6 Weeks and Metro Area Skatepark Tour) due to lack of registrations. We hope our summer Amazing Teen Race draws some participants, but at the moment it is still without interest. We will be continuing Access Adventure programming in the fall despite the poor showing this spring and summer. We hope that our new relationship with the Chain of Lakes YMCA will help increase attendance. The Access Adventure collaborative now consists of the Parks and Recreation Departments of Lino Lakes, Shoreview, Blaine, and Arden Hills, and the Chain of Lakes YMCA. ADULT Softball: Adult Softball is off to a great start. We haven't had one rain out yet this season! Adult Golf: Adult Golf lessons are finishing for the May ession. We had a big jump in registration this spring. sons are run at Shadow Ridge Driving Range and Chomonix Golf Course. Questions? Please contact Liz Benoit or Brian Hronski at 651- 982 -2440. Basket "Have A Ball" Tae Kwon Do pg . Lino Lakes Parks and Recreation Department Program Highlights March Park Board Update YOUTH Youth Instructional Programs: Our youth instructional programs will end their winter season this week. They will resume again the first and second week of April after spring break. Registration is currently underway for the spring session and numbers appear to be strong for our dance and soccer programs - both have classes that are already full. Spring Break: We are offering two week long camps over spring break week - Abrakadoodle's Colorama Camp and Once Upon a Time Dance and Theatre Camp. Both camps are offered in collaboration with Blaine Parks and Recreation Department. At this time enrollment is still low for both camps, but we anticipate it increasing now that spring break is only a little over a week away. Access Adventure (A2): We have just started a new teen programming initiative with Shoreview Parks and Recreation and Blaine Parks and Recreation called Access Adventure (A2). A2 programs are designed to provide adventure for teens in all areas of their life. Our current line up of programs includes a cooking class at Chef Space, a Saturday afternoon area skatepark tour, and a running program. This summer we will be offering a program called Amazing Teen Race that is modeled after the TV show. • ADULT Basketball: The Mens Basketball Tournament completed on Wednesday, March 21. The Gym Rats won the title game over the Corporate Raiders! The Gym Rats, Dummys Dummies, and the Corporate Raiders will represent the City of Lino Lakes in this weekends upcoming Class State Tournament in Minnetonka. Indoor Soccer: The Co -Rec Indoor Soccer League opened play on Wednesday, March 14. We have 8 teams in the league this season. Slowpitch Softball: Slowpitch Softball Leagues are almost full....we have one spot left on Tuesdays. We will be offering Monday and Tuesday Class D Mens and Sunday Co -Rec leagues. RECREATION REVIEW Work is currently underway on the summer edition of the Recreation Review. It is scheduled to be out in homes the last week of April. Watch for some minor changes to the design of the guide. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT We have received 45+ applications for summer playground and general summer employment so far this year. Our application deadline is March 30, but we anticipate that we will continue to receive applications past that date as many students don't think about summer employment until mid - spring. Interviews for selected candidates for our playground program will take place the weeks of � arch 26 - 30 and April 2 - 6. We have already offered positions to 10 returning ayground staff and anticipate hiring an additional 12 - 16 people for this program. Questions? Please contact Liz Benoit or Brian Hronski at 651- 982 -2440.