Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Packet - January 25, 2007

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5&o Greg Lee From: Steve Dazenski Sent: Monday, .January 22, 2007 7:22 AM �� To: Greg Lee Subject: FW: Greenfield / Oakwood Park feasibility study primer Attachments: NRPAArticle0107 pdf NRPAArtide0107.p df (1 MB) Hi Greg, should we place this in the packet for the commissioners? -----Original Message ----- From: Michael Snelson [mailto:discindude@comcast.net] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2007 2:39 PM To: Steve Dazenski Subject: Greenfield / Oakwood Park feasability study primer Mr. Dazenski Thank you for the opportunity to work with the City of Mounds View. I have visited Greenfield Park and have determined that it could sustain a disc golf course on its northern, central and eastern portions of the park. I believe that with some creative design work we could install up to eighteen baskets without impacting the neighbors that back up to park land, and you would gain a park amenity that draws people from all over to your community to play. The area immediately east of the ball field, all the way to half way across the park on the south of the creek, is unusable due to considerable wet land. The strip of park land between the homes along Hillview Road and Lois Drive is also not desirable because it is too close to the neighbors, and I feel that errant throws would encroach on them. The remaining park land is reasonably dry, wooded with occasional openings, with a little elevation change along the north side, a confluence of a couple of creeks, and would make a good site for a disc golf course. I envision a course that begins from the southeast, shooting northward a couple of holes and then there would be a small walk to the next tee due to the narrow property between neighbors. The holes then would continue north, then west over to the creek along Jackson, then south, east again, and finishing back to the south end of the park on Quincy and Jackson. Distances would vary from 150-500', and would incorporate much of the water as hazardous areas to shoot over. There is a good possibility that we can make the course in to a double -loop that gives your players the option at some point to play a nine -hole OR an eighteen -hole layout. By offering this option we can increase the daily course traffic by adding the alternative lunchtime players or others that who do not have time to play the full eighteen. My recommendation is for a basket with a 24 -chain configuration. This gives the disc golfer a better catching capability with less "blow -through", and therefore a better disc golf experience. The baskets will be galvanized for durability, (the Innova DisCatcher is a stainless and galvanized combination). I am suggesting a direct pipe -to -concrete installation process (theft deterrent ), since there will be little room alternate pin positions. There are three manufacturers that I would recommend for Greenfield Park. Both Disc Golf Association (www.discgolfassoc.com) and Discraft (www.discraft.com) make a 100 %