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Parks and Recreation - 07/19/1999 JULY 199, 1999 MINUTES PARKS RECREAT ION & NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION i AGENDA PARKS,RECREATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MONDAY,JULY 19,1999 7:00 P.M.CITY CENTER 8080 MITCHELL ROAD COUNCIL CHAMBERS COMMISSION MEMBERS: Richard Brown,Chair,Frantz Corneille,Claire Hilgeman,Don Jacobson,Vicki Koenig,Glenn Stolar,John Wilson COMMISSION STAFF: Robert A.Lambert,Director of Parks,Recreation and Natural 1 Resources. Stuart A. Fox, Manager of Parks and Natural Resources,Laurie Helling,Manager of Recreation Services 1. ROLL CALL i 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3, APPROVAL OF MINUTES-May 17 1999and June 21 4 4, PETITIONS REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS i 1. None a 1 5. DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS 1. Crosstown Circle Remote Parking i 6. OLD BUSINESS 1. None 7. NEW BUSINESS 1. Park Dedication Fees for 2000 2. Cgnccllation of Open Skating Vill. REPORTS OF COMMISSIONERS AND STAFF IX. ADJOURNMENT l i • i APPROVED MINUTES PARKS,RECREATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION MONDAY,.IULY 19, 1999 7:00 PM CITY CENTER 8080 MITCHELL ROAD COUNCIL CHAMBERS i COMMISSION: Richard Brown,Chair.Claire Hilgeman, Frantz Corneille, Don Jacobson,Vicki Koenig,Glenn Stolar, John Wilson COMMISSION STAFF: Robert A. Lambert, Director Parks and Recreation Services; Stuart A. Fox, Manager of Parks and Natural Resources. Laurie Hclling, Manager of Recreation Services;Rita Maiser,Recorder f i 1. ROLL CALL 1 Chair Don Jacobson called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Wilson was not present. I1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Brown moved to add new business to the agenda,the subject being control of phosphorous fertilizers on lawns. Jacobson seconded the motion. The agenda was approved 6-0,with the Brown motion added. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES—May 17, 1999 The May 17 meeting minutes were not approved at the June 21 meeting due to Brown not i being present at the May 17 meeting, and without his vote there wasn't a quorum at the June 17 meeting to approve the minutes. MOTION: Stolar moved to approve the minutes of the May 17, 1999 meeting.Jacobson ' seconded. Approved 5-0 with Brown abstaining, i APPROVAL OF MINUTES—,lunc 21. 1999 ' Brown called for any corrections or additions. Since Hilgeman, Koenig and Stolar were not present at the June 17 meeting,there is no quo:-um for approval of the minutes at this meeting. IV. P ETITIONS.REQUESTS AND COMM UN[CATIONS A. None Parks.Recreation and Natural Resources Commission July 19, 1999 Page 2 { V. DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS A. Crosstown Circle Remote Parking The proposal calls for a 226-car parking lot on 2.5 acres of land,located at Crosstown Circle and Flying Cloud Drive. The lot would be for use of the Crosstown Circle Center Building. The plan calls for a NURP pond and removal of 52 diameter inches of significant trees. The developer is proposing 793.3 caliper inches of landscape material,but mitigation requires 1,464.5 caliper inches of landscape material due to a previous commitment to plant trees on this parcel. The developer is proposing to plant 220 trees around the parking lot.The adjoining property was to be used for off site tree mitigation but that property was not purchased, leaving the mitigation plan short. To make up for this,the developer is proposing a cash contribution to the City for the 671 missing caliper inches. Rich Sherion, a representative for the developer, The Continental Property Group, was present to discuss the proposal. The developer is proposing to pay the city cash, and in turn,the city would plant the type of trees it wants. Bob Lambert said the staff recommendation would set the cost at$100.00 per caliper inch, including the tree and the planting. $100.00 is the amount required to get a / landscape boa;d. What needs to be clarified is who will do the planting,and what type i, of warranty would there be. Sherion asked about the five-foot wide sidewalk. Lambert said he has petitioned for the sidewalk be assessed to the property owner. Brown questioned why there are two alternatives given in the staff report of June 25, 1999, one with 226 parking spaces and one with 163 spaces. Lambert said the difference between the two alternatives that is explained on page three of the report. Sherion pointed out that the developer is asking for 226 spaces,and that this plan,not the 163-space plan,was already approved by the planning commission. Koenig asked if there could be problems with the developer planting trees on city property. Lambert said for this reason a bond would be required,which would need to q 1.5 times the amount of the total cost. In itself,there is no problem with the developer i doing the planting. hie also said that the bond should be dated so the planting is done i in one to two years, for example,with a bond dated October, 2000. The city would choose the type and locations of the trees. Brown asked what would be the dollar cost per caliper inch to plant a tree. Sherion said the actual planting can be done for less than $60.00 per caliper inch. Lambert said the city would need to get bids on this, and there would need to be city agreement before a developers agreement is make. t Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Commission July 19, 1999 Page 3 Koenig asked who would decide where to put the trees. Lambert said that state would make a recommendation for review by the Commission. Corneille asked if, from the stall's point of view, this proposal would be a good deal. Lambert said he believes this plan would be fair since there is not enough space on the site to place enough trees to meet the mitigation requirements. The actual number of trees will be increased by about two to one. It just would not work to place any more trees on the site. Jacobson asked if this type of plan has been done in the city before. Lambert said no, it hasn't,because mitigation on site should always be the first option. This is similar to mitigation for wetlands, where mitigating off site may sometimes be the better plan. Koenig asked where the 163 parking space plan came from. Sherion said the original plan for the Crosstown Circle Center building called for an additional parking deck on the office building. However, with this proposal, 163 spaces would be shifted down the street to this site. MOTION: Brown moved that the commission support the recommendation of July 15, 1999 staff report on the Crosstown Circle Center Remote Parking project. f Corneille seconded the motion to approve the project as recommended in the staff �l. report dated July 15, 1999, with the addendum that the city bond $100 per caliper inch, that the city work out the options the developer can take, and that the bond be valid until November 1, 2000. Jacobson seconded the motion as amended by Corneille. The motion passed 5-0. Stolar abstained due to a conflict of business I interests. VI. OLD BUSINESS A. None VII. NEW BUSINESS 1. Park Dedication Fees for 2(NNI The City Stall'is recommending an increase in the park dedication fees for the year ` 2000 for residential development from$1,850. to$1,950. per unit,and from$5,500. to $5,775 per acre for commercial/office/industrial development. These changes would result in a five percent increase. Lambert reported the city doing a survey showing that if the increases were:approved, Eden Prairie would have the highest increase over other cities in the study. The rationale for the recommended increase is that Eden Prairie residential property i Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Commission July 19, 1999 Page 4 values are now$60,000-$90,000 per acre. Current park fees are based on $38,000- $40,000 per acre. Stolar asked what would be the percent of increase in relation to the value of the land. Stolar said the city can charge the developer 10%of the raw land value for the parks that serve the development. The existing fee of$1,850. Per acre is less than 10%of the fair market value for undeveloped residential property, Corneille suggested that the fees could be indexed to the price of the land. Lambert said that indexing would become just too expensive compared to adjacent community park dedication fees. Jacobson said the recommended increase is$100 per unit, and that the commission could recommend a larger increase, such as $2,000 residential units,and$6,000 on commercial acres. He wondered how many more dollars would be generated by the proposed increase. Lambert said that industrial sites over five acres can't be charged cash park fees,and that the legislature does not want to increase park fees for industrial property. Cedar Forest is the last neighborhood park to be acquired and completed. After that,general funds or referendums will be used to pay to develop the parks. MOTION: Jacobson moved to increase cash park fees for the year 2000 as p recommended in the staff report dated July 13, 1999, with the new fees starting on & July 1, 1999. Corneille seconded the motion. The motion was approved 6-0. 2. Cancellation of Open Skatine The Eden Prairie Community Center will be hosting the STP(Strength Training Program)hockey tournament on August 13, 14 and 15. The tournament is requesting that open skating on these dates be cancelled. The staff is recommending the cancellation to accommodate the STP tournament. MOTION- Hilgeman moved to accept the recommendation of the staff report dated July 7, 1999, to cancel open skate from August 131h though the 15`'. Corneille seconded. The motion was approved 6-0. 3. Water Ouality in Eden Prairie Parlo F3ro%vn presented a copy of an ordinance from the City of Plymouth,which addresses lawn fertilizer application control and prohibits use of fertilizers containing phosphates. His concern is that phosphates from lawn fertilizers are impacting water quality in city lakes. Brown reported getting phone calls on the $900,000 cost required to clean up Round Lake. The Plymouth ordinance would allow use of phosphorous on newly established or developed turf and lawn areas during the first growing season, and on lawn areas in which soil tests confirm phosphorous levels ( established as acceptable by the University of Minnesota extension service. Anyone i i II Parks,Recreation and Natural Resources Commission July 19, 1999 Page 5 applying fertilizer containing phosphorous would have to notify the City 24 hours before application. The ordinance applies to both residential and commercial properties. It does not ban the sale of fertilizers containing phosphorous. Lambert said he likes the language in the proposal and that the commission can recommend such an ordinance change to the Environmental and Waste Management Commission,which is the Commission that has reviewed and recommended language for fertilizer controls in the past. MOTION: Brown moved to support the language of the City of Plymouth ordinance controlling application of fertilizers containing phosphorous and that the Environmental and Waste Management Commission review the language of the ordinance and have the results of their review returned to the commission. Hilgeman seconded the motion. Approved 6-0. Vlll. lth;PORTS OF COMMISSIONER$AND STAFF Stolar announced that he is moving from Eden Prairie to Chanhassen,and he will be resigning his position on the commission in September. 1X. ADJOIJRNMGNT. MOTION: Jacobson moved to adjourn the meeting at 8:25 p.m. Koenig seconded. The motion was approved 6-0. f