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Home My WebLink AboutCOMMISSION_MINUTES_1984-09-27� �--�, CALL TO OPD6R ROLL CALL MINUTEB O! 'CHB pNOC�kpiN08 O! THL PARKB AND RBCN6ATION CUMMt86IQN CITY O!' MOUNbB VICW COUNTY OM RAMeI;Y BTATF. UY MINNFBU?A H�ptomber 27, 1984 Mounds View Ctey Hell Council Chembare 6�70 p.m. The meetlnp wen celled to order at 6�33 p.m. Ay CAsirpsr�on Burm�istsr. Comml�sion�r• pre�entt Commi�alonacs Weflen, Bowin�n, Btivts, L�t�ndc�, Lonp end Cheirper- son Butm�l�tor. CommlRetun� n ebaeot� Commleeloner Wermaqer. Counatlm�lnl'Hr� abunt� Counatlmember poty. Nt�lt pC��ent� Park� end R�creetion Director Andorson. APPRUVAL OP MINUT178 A motton wes me4e by Commleeloner Sllvie, ..- seaonded by Commtuloner Wetlen to epprove tb� mtnute� of the Auqu�t 23, 1984 Parka and penreetlon meetlny ee preeented. Motion pas- snd unentmou�ly. CNAiKMAN'p RkpopT 6 aye�, 0 neyee Chstrman Nurmrtetac questloned whether or not tho trstl developmont et Bllver View Perk hed t»an butlt complstoly on City perk property. BC�tt e��ponA�A thet th� tretl hed baen loca- t9d on Kraus�Andereon propsrty et aome pointe polnt• snA thet en intormel eqreement had b�an reeched with Rreue-Andereon ecknowledq- tn� thet the trefl �yatem mi�ht extend onto th�tr �KOp�rty. Btetf turther inAiceted that no p�rm�n�nt improvementn hed been placed on tha Kraue-Anderuon pcoperty and thet only low ao�t or mtnimel lmprovements would ba located out�lde the perk psrtmeter. Commiseionar Bu�mot�ter stetnd thet hs hed observed van- Q�ItAm et Bllver Vlew Perk, inclu9lnq the burntny ot e ptentc teble, AemeQe to same erees, a• well ee Ewo treeh recepticle. Hl�ft tndicetaA thet vendalism hatl incceaeeA et 811ver Vlew Perk, es the pond/plenic area eppo�rs to be e populer for younq people to conpteqeea durinQ t�e summer monthe. Steff turth�r lndlceted [hat thie hes been reported tn the pollce depertmen! end patrols nave baen lncreeead. _.� ,� � �; ... . . . ... . . .. . . . . 1-. -2- �^SWNCILMEMBER'S REPORT There was no formal Councilmember's report aa � Councilmember poty �ad calletl reyuestinq to '�" be excused from the meeting. 9taEf diA review the capital improvemanGs approveA by the City Council, and atated their pleasure with the positive suppoct the City Council has provided. MNDOM PARK FENCING StafE reviewed the ataff inemorandum ou[lining the actions taken to date with the ebutting property owners of Random Park. Staff inet with five neighbor�ood residente on Tuesdey, September 4 to review their concerne follow- ing the installation of the new pleyqround equipment. The neiqhbocs were unenimously and quite adamently in eqceement lhet ehe only solution to ehe problems ot treapaesing, noise and qeneral disruption, ae well ea future vandaltsm, would be to inetell a 5 foot fence fcom Ridqa Lene nort�werd tying into the exiatinq 4 Eoot fence. seaEE recom- mended thet t�e Commisston teke a"wait and eee" atlitude reqerdinq the fencinq of Random Park, end provide e major plenling end berm- inq pcoyrem to eerve es a sound barriar. .--�. M[. Sheh, 5238 Lony Leke Roed, wes in atten- -- dance at the meeting, end indicated his sup- port of atefE's poaition atatinq that the young people needed an opportunity to play anC thet he dtd not feel the new playground apparatue wes a detrlment to the neighbor- hood. He fucther wen[ on to say that he com- mended the Park Commiseion for improving the peck and felt thet !t had increesed the value of �le properey, The Park Commission review- eA their exieting fancing policy, and felt thet ft wee concurrent with staEE's recommen- datton. Following e qeneral discussion of the tssue, e motion was made by Commissioner Bowmen, xaconded by Commisaioner Weflen to pcovlde berming antl planting on the eastside oC Rendom ea per staff's recommendation. The motlon wae edopted unanimously. 6 aycs, 0 nayes T�e Commiseion further stated t�at the issue ehould bd revtowed again in 6 months. '��." �RBENFIBLD PARK GRANT ; -3- Staff reviewed a memorandum indicetiny Chet the City had received a grant in the emount of $175,000.00 which needed to be metchud by the City of Mounda View on a SUB beele or 587,500.00. Staff reviewed a number of op- tions as to how ehe 508 match could be Eund- ed; including Storm Water Menayement Fund, interest from Special Projacts Fund, enA cep- ital reserves. Ae no [ormel ectlon was required on this ieeue, [he Comminelon accep- ted staEf's report end directed Cham !o pro- ceed with the final qrent epplicetlon. COMPOST AND RECYCLING StaEf reviewed a memo[endum outllnlnq the PROGRAM composting proqcem G�et wa• echadulsd to open on October 17 and run tor � wseks throuqh ehe November 11. scaee indtcetsd thet some improvements were mada to th� pcoqrem in 1984 includinq expansion ot t�e [enced tn eree as well as constructlnq e clas� S roadwey end second gete throuqh th� perk •lt�. Staff ehen Atecuee�d with the Commiseion the Eeasibility oE ezpendinp the compoeting site to include e recycliny proqram, steff stated that they had con[eclad Recycling Unlimitetl regardinq t�e placement of berrels Eor glass, aluminum cene enA newepeper at the site, and they indicatad they would be willing to do so. Tha Commission dlscuesed the issue of expenAinQ t�s compo�tln� ette into a recyc- linq cenler, entl falt thet Ehere were ade- quate meene evetleble Eor recycling wit�in t�e C1ly throuyh the Mounde Viaw Square and drop stles. A mollon wae made by Commission- er Bowmen, eeconded by Commisaioner Silvis to Eorwerd eny turther revlew of expanding the caayclinp proycem to the City's Energy Com- miseton. Motton passed unanimously. 6 eyas, 0 nayes FALL RECREATION Steff revlewed a memorandum outlining the PROGRAM UPDATE fell recrsetion progcams and highlighted the new progrema aveilable. As no formal action wea reyuired on thie issue, the Commission eccepteA steff's ceport as presented. �;,:..�,�ONTqLY STAFF UPDAT6 ., � AWOURMENT � -4- Staff reviewed the ataff report and high- lighted Ghree areas: 1. Athletfc Association Surve - Seaff is current y working w th other municipali- ties in the school district to develop a survey to improve services antl relation- ships between the existing athletic associationa. A summary will be avail- able for the Park Commission at the Octo- ber meeting. 2. Groveland Park Picnic - Over 500 neigh- ra atten e the Groveland Park Picnic on September B and it turned out to be an extremely successful occasion. In addi- tion to raising approximately 52,500.00, a festive days activities was enjoyed by young and old. 3. Wood Chipa - Staff indicated that wood chips were available at Silver View Park for any interested residents. A motion was made by Commissioner Silvis, seconded by Commissioner Weflen to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed unanimously. 6 ayes, 0 nayes The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m. R tfully s itted, , tiu. ;.' ' _ f.�i✓z\ Bruce R. Mde on, Director :� Parks, Re r tion and Forestry BIU/ell