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HomeMy WebLinkAboutParks and Recreation - 05/14/1973 1973 MAY 14 MINUTES CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE AGENDA EDEN PRAIRIE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION Monday, May 14, 1973 7:30 P.M. , Village Hall ROLL CALL a I. MINUTES OF APRIL 25 , 1973, MEETING. II. PETITIONS, REQUESTS, AND COMMUNICATIONS. A. Bikeway/Hikeway Task Force -- Letter from Joan Meyers. III. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS. A. Agency Liaison Reports. ' a B. Anderson Lakes Grant Application Status Report. C. Summer Recreation Program Report. MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION Monday, May 14 , 1973 7:30 p.m. , Village Hall Members Present: Chairman Marvin Erickson, Bill Garens, Rita Kooiman, Frances Blacklock, Jan Berkland, Dick Anderson, Dean Holasek, Marge O'Ryan, Roger Boerger. Members Absent: Terry Fields, Steve Eisch. Staff Present: Marty lessen, Director of Parks and Recreation. Also Present: Nyla Jensen, League of Women Voters. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Erickson at 7:35 p.m. I. MINUTES OF APRIL 23, 1973, MEETING. M/Blacklock, S/Berkland to approve the minutes of the April 23 , 1973, meeting as present. Motion carried unanimously. II. PETITIONS REQUESTS & COMMUNICATIONS. A. Bikeway/Hikeway Task Force -- letter from loan Meyers. lessen reviewed the letter sent by Joan Meyers to interested citizens in the community for a Bikeway/Hikeway Task Force. This group will consider paths and trails in the context of a transportation system of a neighborhood and community scale. The Task Force will interface closely with the Park and Recreation Commission's planning for major linear parks throughout the community. Commissioner Anderson, who is also on the Bikeway/Hikeway Task Force, stressed the need for this coordination between the Task Force and the Park and Recreation Commission. III. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS A. Agency Liaison Reports. Anderson reviewed some of the highlights of the MRPA Board and Commissioner's Workshop that several of the Park and Recreation Commissioners attended. Sessions included discussion of the Metro Trails proposal, their legislation, and proposed planning process for this purpose. Another session was on the economics of open space, which featured George Hite, former Eden Prairie Village Manager. This session dealt with the costs and benefits related to open space as a land use as opposed to any other type of residential, commercial, or C MINUTES Page 2 5/14/73 Meeting, Park & Recreation Commission industrial development. Several of the commissioners expressed interest in this particular topic and suggested that staff work be done to prepare a model for this purpose. B. Anderson Lakes Grant Application Status Report. Jessen reported that the Minnesota Resources Commission had considered on Friday, May 11 , Eden Prairie's request for 100% State Natural Resource funding of the Anderson Lakes Park project. Also on their agenda was the consideration of similar requests for Lino Lakes -in Anoka County, Murphy-Hanrahan Lakes in Scott County, and Lilydale in Ramsey County. At the meeting on the 11th, the Minnesota Resources Commission funded the first priority parcels of the following projects; 1. Lino Lakes Park, Anoka County $900,000 2. Anderson Lakes Park, Eden Prairie 311 ,050 3 . Lilydale Park, Ramsey County 625 ,000 4. Murphy-Hanrahan Park, Scott County 516,750 Jessen reported that the $311 ,050 programmed for Anderson Lakes in Eden Prairie was to provide 100% state funding for the Mike Gorra property. This is property for which the Village has instituted condemnation pro- ceedings and also for which LAWCON grant application is still pending. This parcel will be dropped from the LAWCON grant application pending the final approval of the state grant. No action required. C. Summer Recreation Program Report. Jessen distributed copies of the 1973 Summer Recreation Program. Copy attached. This program is presently at the printers and will be mailed around the end of the week along with the Round Lake Beach season ticket application forms, the Village Newsletter, and several other informational items. A softball protest committee was formed to handle any protests that might arise as a result of the various adult softball leagues in the community recreation program. Chairman Erickson appointed himself and Jan Berkland to serve on this committee with the Park and Recreation Director. IV. ADJOURNMENT M/Garens, S/Holasek that the meeting be adjourned. Motion carried unanimously. MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION Monday, June 11 , 1973 7:30 p.m. , Village Hall CMembers Present: Chairman Marvin Erickson, Bill Garens, Roger Boerger, Terry Fields, Frances Blacklock, Dean Holasek, Jan Berkland. Members Absent: Steve Eisch, Rita Kooiman, Dick Anderson, Marge O'Ryan. Staff Present: Marty Jessen, Director of Parks and Recreation Also Present: Frank Hartman, Geneva Middleton, Bud Belk, Dick Sampson, and Les Blacklock, all representing the Anderson Lakes Property Owners.Association. The meeting was called to order at 7:45 p.m. by Chairman Erickson. I. MINUTES OF MAY 14, 1973, MEETING. M/Garens, S/Blacklock to approve the minutes of the May 14, 1973 , meeting as presented. Motion carried unanimously. II. PETITIONS , REQUESTS & COMMUNICATIONS. A. Letter from Bill Geimer, Eden Prairie Athletic President, requesting an an additional hockey rink. Jessen reviewed letter received from Mr. Geimer requesting,on behalf of the Eden Prairie Athletic Association,,consideration for ocnstruction of a third lighted hockey and free skating facility in the Village. Erickson asked where this third rink,if feasible, might be placed. Jessen responded that his initial reaction was the Prairie View Park site was a logical location. The letter was referred to the staff for study and a report at the next meeting. III. RECOMMENDATIONS & REPORTS A. Agency Liaison Reports. . Terry Fields gave a preliminary report on Schooner Days. It apparently was a financial success as the Eden Prairie Lions Club netted over $1, 000. 00. Erickson stated that he felt that it was not as good as in the past and Geneva Middleton said that her reaction was that it was just another carnival and no longer the community affair that it was previously. Fields indicated that only two community groups participated in Schooner Days with the Lions Club and that was one of the reasons for the loss of the community affair aspect of the celebration. / B. 1973 Summer Recreation Programs Status Report l Jessen presented and reviewed the registration report through June 11, 1973. All registrants for the swimming program were asked to indicate whether they r • MINUTES PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION Page 2 would prefer driving their youngsters to swimming lessens either themselves, or car pools,or whether they would prefer bus transportation. The overwhelming majority indicated that they favor driving themselves as this would enable a reduction in class size per instructor. Efforts are now being made to organize car pools for those who indicated transportation as a necessity for their participation is the program. lessen reported that beach season ticket sales were doing quite well as 250 family tickets and 12 individual tickets have been sold to date. The weekend at Bryant Lake and Round Lake Park was a smashing success due to the very warm weather. Proceeds from the weekend totaled in the neighborhood of $900. 00 for the two beaches. A boat crash marred the otherwise successful weekend at Bryant Lake Park. This occurred on Sunday evening and was due to a failure to yield right of way on the part of one of the boaters. Fortunately no one was injured. Garens suggested that the staff report at the next meeting as to what type of buoys and signs were going to be placed at Bryant Lake to protect swimmers from boaters, as when he was at the park over the weekend boats were going right through the swimming area and he felt that this was a very hazardous situation. C. Anderson Lakes Park LAWCON Funding Status Report and Discussion of Future Effort. lessen presented a memo to the Park & Recreation Commission and reviewed_ it with them. He stated that he had just met with a representative of the Metropolitan Council late in the afternoon and there appeared to be an unwillingness on their part to proceed with the proposed acquisition of the north shore because of financial constraint and the very expensive land involved. Dick Sampson, President of the Anderson Lakes Property Owners Association, referenced two laws passed by the last session of the' Minnesota legislature which he felt Eden Prairie could use to successfully defer development around Anderson Lakes and hopefully buy enough time to reach some means to acquire the land. One of these laws was the State Environmental Policy Act which requires the preparation of an environmental impact statement for any development which has an adverse efff ct on either the environment or people. The other law was a so-called section^?05.37 which gives to the State Department of Natural Resources the right to regulate land use 1,000 feet back from the shore of lakes deemed to be outstanding water fowl habitat. lessen indicated that he felt these laws might be effective tools for deferring development in the Anderson Lakes area at this time, however, understanding the "confiscation without compensation" philosophy he stated that he felt that sooner or later someone would have to pay for the acquisition of this land if it Cwere to be held for open space. It was moved by Garens, seconded by Erickson that lessen request from the Village Attorney a review of these two laws and that a report be prepared for the Council and the Park & Recreation Commission as to their impact on future I 1 ' MINUTES PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION Page 3 Village planning and development. Motion carried unanimously. D. MCA Task Force -- Status Report Jessen reported that the Major Center Area Task Force.+would be completed and delivered to all members of the commission either on Tuesday or Wednesday of this week. A public hearing for Village officials will be held on Thursday, June 14, 1973 at 7:30 P.M. at the Village Hall and all of the Park & Recreation commissioners are invited and encouraged to attend. A*special meeting of the Park & Recreation Commission to review the plan is scheduled for Monday, June 18th at 7:30 at the Village Hall . Chairman Erickson asked if the consensus of the commission was to make the 18th a regular meeting rather than June 25th. The commission agreed. E. Motorized Vehicle Traffic on Park Land. Garens requested that this item be added to the agenda and a brief discussion took place as to what could be done to enforce the signs recently placed at the parks which state no motorized vehicles off park roadways. ressen replied that the Public Safety Officers have been attempting to enforce this regulation, however, with only one officer on duty most of the time throughout the entire Village it is a little bit difficult to catch anyone. . The feeling of the Commissioni was to strive for very strict enforcement of this regulation. F. Adjournment. It was moved by Boerger, seconded by Garens that the meeting.-be adjourned. Motion carried unanimously. 1 1 i i' AGENDA EDEN PRAIRIE PARK & RECREATION COMMISSION Monday, June 18, 1973 7:30 P.M. Village Hall ROLL CALL I. MINUTES OF TUNE 11, 1973 MEETING. 1 II. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS A. Bryant Lake Safety Program B. E.P.A.A. Hockey Rink Request C. M.C.A. Task Force Report D. Gelco Corporation III. ADTOURNMENT