HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMMISSION_MINUTES_2007-07-26Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commission Meeting Minutes
July 26, 2007
7:30 P.M.
NOTE: The Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commission has selected Thursday, July 26th to conduct a walkthrough tour to investigate the feasibility of constructing a Disc Golf Course
located north of Oakwood Park and east / northeast of Greenfield Park. The tour will start at 6:00pm. The tour will be starting at the far north end of Quincy Street. All interested
parties are welcome to attend and participate in the walk through.
Following the walk through, the Parks and Recreation and Forestry Commission will discuss the disc golf course proposal at their meeting scheduled for 7:30pm that same evening at the
Mounds View City Hall, located at 2401 Highway 10, across from the Community Center.
1. Call to Order 7:33 P.M.
Roll Call: Kunz, Kroeger, Long, Arel, Palm
Staff Present: Dazenski, Weldon
2. Approval of minutes from the June 28, 2007 meeting. One adjustment to Item 4, Safety Camp is in collaboration with Spring Lake Park and New Brighton (not Fridley). Motion to approve
as amended by Kroeger,2nd by Long . Motion Passed 5-0.
3. Public Input - Citizens are encouraged to speak to the Park and Recreation and Forestry Commissioners on issues of concern. NONE
4. YMCA Update:
Summer Playground wrapping up next week. Family Night Tuesday, July 31st at 5:30-7:00 at MVCC
Summer T-Ball, Baseball and Soccer wrapping up.
Taking registrations for fall soccer. Deadline to register without additional fee is August 1st. Looking for coaches and referees—looking to high school and college volunteers, etc.
Field Usage: more compliments than complaints about fields—especially Greenfield
Safety Camp registration through Friday, August 3rd. Dates of camp are August 15-16 for grades 3-Held at Lions Lakeside Park in Spring Lake Park
Offering adult softball leagues this fall.
Festival in the Park—MVCC will have a basketball activity.
5. Unfinished Business:
Spring Lake – residents of properties on Spring Lake are in the process for developing a Lake Owners Association. This group was present to meet with the Parks and Recreation and Forestry
Commission to discuss a proposal to introduce water into Spring Lake and to perform weed abatement activities. The Lake Owners Association is also in the process for identifying funding
sources.
Representatives, presented information.
2000-2001 three cities of Fridley, Spring Lake Park, and Mounds View signed a task force agreement which is still in effect.
DNR is still stocking with fish and people are fishing successfully.
Spring Lake Park City Council and Mounds View City Council have heard this information
RCWD asked for application to be added to their lake study list in 2008.
Lake has an “A” rating—clearest water you can have. Could put in Mississippi water as pipe is leaking into it already.
Three phases with approximate costs:
1) Get weeds out—northern water milfoil and curly leaf pond weeds (twice a year fall/spring @ $6500 each). Harvesting weeds initially ($6000-10,000)
2) Buy water to put back into the lake. ($2500 per year for 18 million gallons)
3) Restoration to get beauty back with regards to swimming and fishing.
Recommended secchi disk testing with PCA for measuring water quality.
Recommended to get information from DNR and RCWD as well as dollar amounts and come back with a specific plan to address the issue.
Recommended to speak with Greg Lee about a feasibility study for this process.
Motion by Long, 2nd by Palm to recommend to City Council to submit an application for a DNR permit for removal of submerged vegetation. Motion Passed 4-1.
Disc Golf Course - Disc Golf –Mike Snelson from Fairway Flyerz presented a proposal for the location of the first nine holes of the disc golf course at the June 28th meeting. He is currently
working on the course layout for the remaining nine holes. A review of the trees in the area of the proposed disc golf course was completed by the City Forester on Tuesday, July 24th.
A walk though was conducted prior to this meeting. A neighborhood notice regarding the investigation of the feasibility of the disc golf course along with information pertaining to
the walkthrough was sent to all nearby property owners. Several property owners attended the tour.
Discussions from tour included:
*moving some smaller pine trees from fairway to help shelter neighborhood properties and direct players through the course. Particularly at holes 5 and 9.
*Do not have to be ADA compliant
*need bridges at holes 4, 7, & 8
*Tree replacement
*fairway width
*park clean-up
*Cost of bridge at hole 8.
*Mike Snelson has volunteers to help clearing fairways and building bridges
INFORMATION FROM FEBRUARY 22, 2007 MINUTES: Disc Golf – Cost estimated have been developed for a 9-Hole and 18-Hole course:
9-Hole 18-Hole
Design $900 $1,500
Goals $3,420 $6,840
Footings $1,350 $2,700
Tee pads $900 $1,800
Clearing Staff / Golf Volunteers
Sub total $6,570 $12,840
10% contingency $ 657 $1,284
TOTAL $7,227 $14,120
The design for a 9 hole course is $900.00 and for a 18 hole course is $1500.00. This would assure that our course would be built to acceptable standards thru the National Disc Golf Association.
Disc Golf at Oakwood / Greenfield: The prices are between $360.00 and $380.00 for the goals depending on the style. This would be 9 or 18 depending on the course. Concrete and rebar
would cost approximately $150.00 per hole. The tee pads could be developed by staff for approximately $100.00 each. They would be bituminous and should hold up very well. The clearing
and brush removal could be done in house and would enlist the
help of the Frisbee association to assist. When the Silver View course was installed they were available and helpful. Tree removal will be kept to a minimum. We are basically looking
at scrub bushes and stunted saplings. The corridors or freeways are not very wide and efforts would be made to keep any larger trees in play. Signage could be installed at a later date,
and we could do without the blacktop tee boxes for awhile. We could use gravel and aglime (we will have some from the ball field). The area where the old playground stood would need
to be trimmed back and maybe some of the cottonwoods removed due to their condition. We do have some saplings growing just east of that area. Staff discussed these with our forester
and he felt it would be better to get some bare root plantings instead of trying to transplant our existing saplings.
Direct staff to identify cost of bridges and parking lot.
6. New Business:
Other New Business? NONE
7. Commissioner/Staff Reports:
Oakwood Park – Soccer Field / Irrigation Project Update – Grass in the field have been growing well. The City will start mowing the field.
Oakwood and Hillview Playground Equipment Replacement Project Update – The equipment has been delivered. The equipment at Oakwood has been tentatively scheduled to be installed the second
week of August. The installation of the equipment at Hillview will be contracted out.
Park Improvement Plan – the Park Improvement Plan was updated based on direction given by the Commission during May 24th Park Tour and discussions at the May 24th and June 28th Parks
and Recreation Commission meeting. Base on the motion made by the Commission on June 28th, staff to presented the plan to the City Council on July 24th for approval. The City Council
approved the plan and authorized purchases for 2007 as recommended by the Parks and Recreation Commission.
The YMCA Advisory Committee Meeting Update – There was no meeting in July.
Park Sign Replacement Program Update – one half of the park signs are budgeted to be upgraded in 2007 and the other half in 2008. Pictures of the signs will be presented at the meeting.
Commission approved sign design with slanted letters. Tan sign background, blue MV logo, green trees and staff will present park name in black or blue at next meeting for commission
to decide on colors and see final product before approval.
Silver View Pond Aerator – As directed by the Commission at the May 24th Meeting, Staff has installed an aerator in Silver View Pond. The aerator is powered on a temporary basis by a
portable generator. The aerator is currently being operated from 7:30am to 2:30pm Monday through Friday. This purpose of operating the aerator on this temporary basis is to determine
the effectiveness of the aerator before expending the funds to run electrical lines.
Groveland and Hillview Ball fields – the proposed 2008 Budget was adjusted based on the direction from the June 28th meeting. The fields will be regarded (but not flipped) and irrigation
will be added near the buildings. Hillview will be done first this fall after the season is over, then Groveland.
Parks Promotional Video – A suggestion has been made to re-execute the parks video in the summer when there is activity (softball, baseball, etc) going on. The City will be hiring a
full time cable coordinator. It is anticipated that this position will be filled by early to mid August. Once hired, this person can assist in the creation of this video. The Commission
may want to consider discussing the details of this video at the August meeting. Video will include tour of parks with commissioners
presenting information from Facility Guide. A staff person will be on board next month for videography.
Any Other Reports?
Mounds View Community Theatre is putting on “Oklahoma” the next three dates. Encourage residents to attend. g
8. Request for future agenda items/other business
Possible Items for August 23rd Agenda
Should we have a standing reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of park vandalism?
Police chief opinion? City attorney opinion?
9. Motion by Long, 2nd by Kroeger to adjourn at 9:44 PM. Motion Passed 5-0