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HomeMy WebLinkAboutParks and Recreation - 09/13/1971 _ I 1971 SEPTEMBER 13 MINUTES CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE AGENDA EDEN PRAIRIE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION Monday, September 13, 1971 7:30 P.M. , Village Hall ROLL CALL I. MINUTES OF AUGUST 9, MEETING ' II. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS A. Agency Liaison Reports w B. 1971 Round Lake Beach Final Report C. Snowmobile Trails - Report by Terry Fields D. 1971-72 Grant Applications E. 1971 Fall-Winter Recreation Program F. Relocation of Building From Vo-Tech School Site to Round Lake Park III. DISCUSSIONS A. 1972 Park and Recreation Budget i i i EDEN PRAIRIE PARK AND RECREATION Ca1MISSION MEETING September 13, 1971 7:30 p.m. Eden Prairie Village Hall C^ Present: Marvin Erickson, Chairman, Robert Lieb, Richard Anderson, William Garens, Dean Holasek, Margaret OlRyan, Frances Blacklock, Terry Fields; Marty Jessen, Park and Roe. Directors George Hite, Village Manager. I. Minutes of The meeting was called to order by the chairman. August 9 Corrections and additions to the minutes of August 9: Page 1, paragraph 4, Schooner Day report -- substitute "all local organizations" in place of "Jaycees;" Page 2, Section E, Land acquisition, -- insert "Parcel 10" in the list of acquisitions on Staring Lake; Page 1, 2nd paragraph from bottom on Summer Recreation -- change "whole program" to"Summer Fun and Tiny Tot"programs". 9 M/Lieb S/Garens that the minutes of August 9 be approved as corrected. Carried. II. Recommendations and Reports 'I A. Agency S.R.A. - Erickson was notifiedd too late to attend. Liason Erickson said there is a good turnout for the E.P.A.A football program.; that the village did a good job on the a flyers and registration slips. He said the fields will be im- proved for the first game. The hockey group is running short of money; they have a good season planned. Jessen attended the joint meeting with Hopkins and Minnetonka to 1 clarify the joint study on the feasibility of a Hopkins-,Mtka.- E.P. golf course. Mtka. and Hop. councils have approved the study and E.P. council will act on it Sept. 14. i B. 1971 Round Report on file. Jessen said he is getting more information on J Lk. Beach swimmers itch treatment to prepare for next year. Swimmers l increased this summer by 1,300 visits, but revenue was down because of reduction in season tickets. Three people had to be kept on duty 1 to take care of number of swimmers. Hourly rental rates on boats 11 probably kept use down. Eleven from Edina and nine from E.P. took boating skills which helped pay for boats. C. Snowmobile Fields said the first meeting on trails is to be held Sept. 14; that 1 Trails it is up to the clubs to get the ball rolling. Committees will be I set up to contact property owners. They are looking for possible reflectorized sign material -- Garens may have a source. Everyone in the clubs agrees there should be a fee paid for trail use -- members would sell tickets and carry them with them. Last year 70 kids took Snowmobile Safety classes. Insert -- Anderson said he saw a need for trails for many purposes -- especially Other Trails for the future, and the best time to plan for them is before land is developed. He said some of our surrounding communities have long- range plans for many kinds of trails -- oross-country ski, hiking, .� snowmobile, bike, horse -- and suggested that E.P. lay plans and investigate the possibilities for a total trail system, continuing from Bloomington to join with Jonathan etc. E.P. Park & Rec. Comm. Mtg. Sept. 13, 1971 Page 2 Jessen said the horsemen's organization is in the stage of draft- ing an ordinance and hope to tie some of the park acquisitions together with trails; Anderson Lakes to Purgatory Creek for example. I Hite said we havenit had the push on trail systems we will need. He said a Chain of Lakes trail system could be possible: Hyland and Bush in Bloomington to Anderson Lakes and Purgatory Creek in E.P. to the Minn. River. Also up Purgatory through Staring etc. These would be OK for pedestrian trails, horses are questionable, and he doesnit know about motorized vehicles. D. 1971-72 A LAWCON Application covering Anderson Lake parcels, Mitchell Grant App. and Bryant Lakes, on Sept. 3. Mr. Leary from the Fed. Bur. of Outdoor Rec. was here and went over the land with Dick Pearson of the Minn. State Planning Agency. The response seemed very favorable on the Anderson Lakes area including one newly built house since there were no legal grounds for not granting a building permit. The dedication of land from The Preserve would serve as E.P.1s share, ($500,000) , with $600,000 from Fed. plus State funds. So far E.P. has received 5% of LAWCON money spent in Minn. i Bloomington has completed acquisition of Tierney Woods on east side of Cty. Rd. 18, Bush Lake has been mostly acquired and they are working on two corridors to connect Hyland County Park with Anderson Lakes. E. Fall Winter (Typed schedule on File) Printed schedules will be mailed to Rec. Prog. every home and passed out to industries, tied in with School Adult Education Program. Registration is Mon. Sept. 20 to Oct. 2. F. Moving bldg. Vo-Tech administration has a 26 x 28 half-log siding house available frcm Vo-Tech for moving. Siding and roof slope similar to Tee n Center. Can site to move bldg. and put it on new slab for $700 - $1,000. Jaycees have Round Lake agreed to finance it up to $400. E.P.A.A. needs storage space for dquipment and this could also serve as warming house, saving money in the long run because the concession stand wouldn't have to be moved to serve as a warming house. M/Garens S/Fields that the Park and Recreation Commission recommend to the Council the relocation of a building from the Vo-Tech site to Round Lake at a cost not to exceed $1,000, to save moving the concession stand; and that a letter be sent to the Jaycees in recognition of their $400 contribution. Carried. III. Discussions A. Park & Tennis Courts: Advantages of having them located near schools were Recreation pointed out where they can get maximum use. Need at least 4 courts Budgetfor for class use. Jessen has talked with Principal Schee re: Round 1972 Lake where future high school will be built, but transportation would be problem now. O'Ryan said the present high school has space west of parking lot and thought if village would build two courts the school might build the other two. Anderson said that eventually when this building is used for Jr. High the tennis courts would be used for classes. Hite said that many' communities build two courts in scattered park centers with large tennis centers of 10 to 12 courts ALt the High School. He felt that if the school E.P. Pk. & Rec. Commission Mtg. Aug. 9. 1971 Page 3 WOULD BUILD TWO OF four courts that it might be a feasible arrangement. Fencing is about half the cost. The proposed 1972 Budget was gone over for Park and Recreation expenditures (Budget Proposal on File). It consists rougllps and $ 51.000 personnel operation 37.250 capital improvements and park development $ 88.250 Park and Recreation program minus fees collected (some programs are almost 100% self-supporting Hite said the village is trying to hold the line except for j maintenance and skating. He hopes a park development program will be ready to submit to the voters in 1973. He and Jessen are attempting to make 5-year projections on all programs. M/Fields S/Garens to accept the 1972 Budget Proposal and recommend its adoption to the Council with the amendment that the purchase of a pickup truck be changed to the purchase of a Scout or some more all-round usable vehicle. Carried. M/Garens S/Anderson tht the meeting be adjourned. Carried. �Leo Frances Blacklock i i i f i J C VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIg 1971 ROUND LAKE BEACH REPORT SEPTEMBER 10, 1971 Round Lake Beach opened on June 12th and closed on August 29th this year for 80 days of swimming. This was, a year of hard work to overcome the bad image created in 1970 by.the swimmers itch t and dirty water problems. Before opening for the 1971 season the Beach was treated with copper sulfate to take care of the swimmers itch problem. On the opening weekend the "schistosomes" struck anyhow and it was necessary to close the Beach for two days and retreat. After this treatment no further problems were incurred. The improvements made to the teen center well last fall and the laying of the irrigation pipes which made it possible to run water into the lake to augment the water level helped to eliminate the dirty water problem. Together with the removal of the sand bar it gave good circulation to the water and a good part of the silt from the beach construction has now been "washed out" of the beach area. The new beach equipment purchased this year was quite popular. The diving board was a big draw, particularly among teen-agers and the beach umbrellas were popular with adults. The boats were not used as much as anticipated for rentals during re- crational swimming. They did however serve well in the boating instructional program and I hope to see a pretty substantial increase in the number of participants in this program next year. i The number of swimmers increased substantially over last year from approximately 5 ,500 to 6 ,800. Even more encouraging was the fact that last year the number of swimmers decreased as the season progressed while in 1971 the number increased. This would indicate that part of the negitative image from 1970 is being overcome if this trend continues perhaps next year the ' Beach can be sucessful in reaching our objective of being a self-supporting facility. i f Round Lake Beach Report September 10, 1971 Page 2 I FINANCIAL REPORT i Revenues: 1970 i Season Tickets $1,512.50 $1,935.00 Daily Admissions 348.50 390.50 Rentals 13.00 - Concessions 1;392.35 694.26 Total $3,266.35 $3,019.76 Expenditures Beach: i Personnel $3, 185.95 $2,915.23 Contractual 210.00 Est. 374.84 1 Supplies 264.'22' 174.15 I i Total $3,660. 17 $3,464.22 Concessions Personnel $ 438.20 $ 373.25 Contractual 125.00 Est. 30.00 Supplies 600.00 Est. 485.39 Total $1,163.20 $ 888.64 Capital Outlay 1 Canoe $241.85 1 Sailboat 481.00 2 Diving Boards 150.00 1 Motor 320.00 Total $1, 192.85 s f r VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE 1971 FALL-WINTER RECREATION PROGRAM GYMNASTIC S Girls 5-12 years Thursday - 3:00 Prairie View School, October 7 t Beginning Tumbling and balance Beam t Ten 1-hour sessions FEE $6 GUITAR LESSONS 9 years and up Tuesday, 7:30 P.M. , October 5 ` Eden Prairie High School Music Room Group guitar lessons covering, tuning, chords, and progressions. 3 Eight 1-hour sessions FEE $7 TINY TOT's ACTIVITIES Boys and Girls, 4-5 years ; Monday and Wednesday, 3:00 P.M. October 4 Round Lake Park Program includes games and sports, arts and crafts,drama and music. Twelve 1-j hour sessions FEE $6 TEEN GYM ACTIVITIES ?� Junior and senior high students Saturday, 10-12 a.m. , October 9 Eden Prairie High School Gym Unstructured recreational activities FEE $25 , PUNT PASS, AND KICK CONTEST Boys 8-13 years Saturday, October 2 at 10:00 a.m. Flying Cloud Field r r, National contest for distance and accuracy, Winners compete in all suburban competition in Hopkins, October 7, Co-sponsored by Eden Prairie Jaycees and E.P.A.A. NO FEE MEN'S GYM NITE Mondays, 7 p.m. , October 4 Eden Prairie High School Gym Volleyball, basketball, exercises Ten 2-hour sessions 7-9 P.M. FEE $5 or 75Vnight 14 Fall-Winter Recreation Program September 10, 1971 Page 2 C WOMEN'S GYM NITE Thursday, 7 P.M. , October 7 Eden Prairie High School Gym Badminton, volleyball, trampoline, archery, games Eight 12-hour sessions FEE $5 or 75¢/night CONTRACT BRIDGE FOR BEGINNERS Tuesday, 7:30 P.M. , October 5 Eden Prairie High School Faculty Lounge A new easy-to-understand method. Eight 1-hour sessions FEE $6 FIREARM SAFETY CERTIPICATION'COURSE Boys and Girls 12-18 years Tuesdays, 7 p.m. , October 5 Prairie View School Gym Course trains and certifies students for Minnesota hunting permit. Instruction includes indoor shooting range use and field trip. C FEE $5 SNOWMOBILE SAFETY'CERTIFICATION COURSE Boys and Girls 12-18 years November 4-11 or November 16-23 at 7:00 P. M. Eden Prairie High School Study Hall Operation, safety, first aid, and conservation training to certify students for Minnesota snowmobile permit. Both classes will have practical test at Round Lake Park when snow allows. Limit 25 per class. FEE $ EDEN'PRAIRIE SKI_ CLUB Junior and Senior High Students Ski instruction and trips to various ski areas will again be available to members of the Eden Prairie Ski Club. Organizational meetings will be held in November and fund-raising projects will be held. CLUB MEMBERSHIP FEE $2 EDEN PRAIRIE MEN'S BASKETBALL•LEAGUE Eden Prairie High School Monday, December 13, 7 p.m. Highly competitive play for men who live or work in Eden Prairie. Eight league games plus playoffs TEAM ENTRY FEE $90 ..,_,,uu��w► r'rugram September 10, 1971 Page 3 EDEN PRAIRIE MEW'S VOLLEYBALL L$AOUE Eden Prairie High School Gym Thursday, December 16, 7 P.M. Competitive league play . Ten league games TEAM ENTRY FEE $25 EDEN'PRAIRIE WOMEIV''*S*VOLLEYBALL;_t'tAOUE Prairie View School Monday, December 13, 7 P.M. Brief volleyball instruction followed by 8 weeks of competitive league play. TEAM ENTRY FEE $25 MEN'S B RObM ALL League play beginning December 15, at Round Lake Park i TEAM ENTRY FEE $50