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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMMISSION_MINUTES_1986-05-22 MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW • COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA May 22, 1986 Mounds View City Hall Council Chambers 6 : 30 p.m. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 6: 35 p.m. by Chairperson Wayne Burmeister. ROLL CALL Commissioners present: Commissioner Letendre, Silvis , Long , Wuori , Weflen , Linnell and Chairperson Burmeister. Councilmembers present: Councilmember Quick and Mayor Linke Staff present : Parks and Recreation Director Anderson CHAIRPERSON 'S REPORT There was no Chaiperson ' s report. COUNCILMEMBERS REPORT Councilmember Quick stated that the City Council had voted unamimously to request a Spark dedication fee of $527 in addition to the land dedication from the Stanley Fisher sub-division. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN Staff informed the Commission that the City Council was in the process of establishing goals and objectives for 1987. Staff distributed cost estimate sheets on each individual park and asked that each Commission member rank the projects in order of priority, and that they would be reviewing them at the June Commission meeting. He also stated that the Commission needs to review the long range capital improvement plan and reprioritize each of the projects. Commissioner Silvis made a motion to table action on the prioritization of the park projects until the June , 1986 meeting . The motion was seconded by Commissioner Weflen . The motion passed unanimously 7 ayes 0 nayes. REVIEW OF POSSIBLE Director Anderson stated that we had not PROJECT IDEAS FOR THE formally received the park dedication fees HERBST SUB-DIVISION from the Herbst Sub-division as of yet , but IIINDS we should be receiving it in the next two weeks. Currently, there is approximately $6 , 000 in the park dedication fund and with the addition of the Herbst money, the fund would total approximately $40 , 000. -2- Director_ Anderson suggested three possible uses for the park dedication funds as follows : 1 . Begin the establishment of a capital • improvement fund with a goal of $500 ,000 , with 75 percent being allocated for long range capital improvements. 2. Tennis courts at Groveland Park. 3. Paving of the Silver View Park parking lot in order to eliminate dust and van- dalism problems. A discussion ensued regarding the above sug- gestions. Councilmember Quick asked staff what kind of vandalism was occurring at Silver View Park. Staff stated that damage had been done to trees and turf from vehicles driving on the berms and other turf areas. Commissioner Wuori asked if free standing cement curbs , similar to those at Greenfield Park, would sufficiently deter people from driving vehicles on park turf area. Staff responded that although it would help, the free standing curbs are quite expensive and would only be a temporary solution and it would be best to permanently end the problem • by paving the parking lot. Commissioner Linnell stated that she thought the paving of Silver View Park was important, but that the Groveland Park Foundation had been working a very long time towards the installation of tennis courts at their park and she ' s feels they should be given first priority. Commissioner Wuori asked if $30 ,000 would be enough to build the tennis courts. Staff indicated that with the addi- tion of the $20 , 000 from the Groveland Park Foundation, there should be enough funds to cover the cost of the soil corrections and tennis court construction. Commissioner Wuori suggested that the long range needs of the park system be considered , and that the establishment of a capital improvement fund may be the best use of the funds. Commissioner Linnell made a motion to make the construction of tennis courts at Grove- land Park the number one priority for use of the Herbst sub-division park dedication fee . The motion was seconded by Commissioner Letendre . The motion failed 3 ayes, 4 nays. -3- Pending more detailed information on park projects, the item was tabled until the June , ID 1986 meeting. DISCUSSION OF Staff gave a brief overview of the develop- ESTABLISHMENT OF ment of the Silver View Park, after which he A POLICY FOR SILVER stated that the Park Commission would be VIEW PARK establishing a written, formal policy regard- ing the use of park property adjacent to residential property. Following a lengthy discussion, staff asked for volunteers to serve on a sub-committee to establish a policy regarding use of park pro- perty adjacent to residential homes. There were five volunteers from the Silver View Park area and two from the Park Commission as follows : Kathy Tacke Laurie Trettel Mary Mitchell Dave Long Rebecca Delmore Diane Wuori Tom McKay STAFF REPORT Staff reviewed an article on solar powered lighting and indicated that it may be useful at Greenfield Park. He also reminded the III Commission of the Arts in the Park program on June 9 and discussed the letter written by youth volunteer coach Frank Mazzacco. ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS Commissioner Wuori asked when the joint park tour would be . Staff indicated that the it would be June 21 beginning at Roseville ' s Central Park , and that the Commission would be receiving additional information on the tour. The Commission suggested that additional trash recepticles be placed along the trail at Greenfield Park to discourage littering. ADJOURNMENT A motion was made by Commissioner Long, seconded by Commissioner Wuori to adjourn the meeting at 10 : 05 p.m. Motion passed , 7 ayes, 0 nayes. . :se-ctfully 'sub i ted , r i . ce K A ete so Director arks, Recreatio and Forestry IliKA/s l 1