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Home My WebLink AboutApril 16, 1974TO: Park Board Members FROM: P. R. Devitt, Secretary SUBJECT: Minutes from 74-3 Meeting The Park Board held meeting 74-3 at the City Hall on April 16_, 1974 at A pl~ Members present were Devitt, Kalton, Patchin, Williams. Guests -M. McGuire, C. Tooker, W. Stock, T. Watkins, W. Gentz, R. Corwine, J. Rice, S. Brandt. Katton called meeting to orde~ Minutes from 74-2 meeting was approved. Memorial Park 1. Park Reservation System a. Policy for ball park M/S/P - Ka~ton/Devitt: Prior Lake Jays have first choice for use of baseball park. High School and P.L.A.Y have second priority. It was agreed that people who maintain the baseball park should get first choice of use. Board~has requested M. McGuire to obtain baseball schedules from P.L. Jays (W. Gentz), High School (D. Busselman) and P.L.A.Y (J. Rice) to be placed on an over-all~ park schedule for 1974 and reviewed for conflicts- W. Gentz of P.L. Jays reviewing possible conflict of park schedule with Babe Ruth Tournament on August 9 thru 11. ~ b. Policy for Picnic Shelters It was agreed that the picnic shelters be reserved through City Administrator. Application forms are available at City Hall. It is the responsibility of the'reserving party to post reservation form at picnic shelter during the early morning of the day scheduled- 2. Spring Cleanup a. Picnic area and rest rooms Campfire girls are to paint park tables and rest rooms on April 27. b. Ball Park The board will accept expenses on park repair and infield-fill that may be required. Costs in the past have been around $40.00. c. Paint grandstand and fence The cost of paintihg (1-coat) grandstand and fence was between $900.00 and $925.00. Two estimates received (Thorsfeld~ and Johnson). It was recommended that W. Gentz receive estimate from W. Brown. M/S/P - Kalton/Devitt: We paint grandstand and' fence contingent upon written approval (by bonded inspector) of structural soundness of grandstand- M. McGuire to have sturcture examined. Boudins Manor Park 1. Acquisition of extra lot No appraisal has been received. ~ 2. Spring Cleanup M. McGuire to have grader level off park area property. Hiring of Summer Help No Discussion Lake Front Park 1. Fence around Kop Property M/S/P - Williams/Devitt: To have wooven wire fencing'" with 2 strands of barbed-wire across top installed' around Kop property boarding park area by time option is secured. M. McGuire to pursue. Costs in excess 'of $2DOD.DO should be cleared through park board- ' Any reuseable fencing material on the property should be salvaged. W. Stock to place approval of cost for fencing on next council agenda. 2. Land acquisition a. Closing on Kop, Whitney, and Boesser. Options are to be exercised on the above pro- perties in June, 1974. b. Receipt of Grant Funds City received $47,50D.DD in grant funds. c. Negotiations 1) Pearson - no appraisal received 2) Watzl - Mayor Stock and M. McGuire to meet with Watzl~s on April 17, 1974. d. Road to Watzl~s owned by. Hannen M/S/P - Williams/Kalton - city of PP~or Lake purchase 780E of RSL 22 from Oliver Hannen. W. Stock to place approval of purchase on next council agenda. 3. Development Plan a. Recreational needs of P.L.A.Y J. Rice and R. Corwine presented recreational facility needs of P.L.A.Y. Their immediate needs are hockey rinks. Future requirements forl baseball fields. Park Board recommended that P.L.A.Y initiate a meeting where members of the School Board and Park Board be invited to review future recreational facility plans. b. Location of ball fields, hockey rinks, etc No discussion since there is nothing firm in the area of recreational facilities. c. Cambridge Road - Kortsch Dr. access problem Concern express for public safety by using Cambridge Road/Kortsch Dr for access to the park. Tooker to review possibility of access to area off West Avenue. d. Beach Parking area No vehicle access to beach area except for service vehicles. Discussed the possibility of canoe renta~ or storage on site. e. Snowmobile trai~ M/S/P - Wi]~iams/Devitt: To have city attorney write up 'ordinance to ban trail bikes and limit snowmobile traffic and accesses through park. Snowmobi]e traffic should be dependent on the amount of snow fall and temperature. f. Capita~ Costs Patchin reviewed capita~ improvement program for parks. g. Operating Costs Devitt to obtain sample figures from city of Bloomington- h. Corps. of Engineers " Kalton reviewed use of Corps. of Engineers for development of park properties. Ka]ton to re- spond to'Corp, that we are several months away before we can use them. i, Park Signs M. McGuire to come up with design and costs for erecting a large sign with eEAKEFRO~NT COMMUNITY PARKe on it facing Highway 13. It~,~'.was also re- commended that sma]]er but similar type signs be made available for placement at the sm~]]er parks. j. Park Plans Tooker was requested to review the possibility of a central road leading into the park area and present at next park board meeting (5/14/74). Tooker was also asked to update the original pro- posal (accesses on parks edges) w~th the fo]lowing being considered: {1) access from West Avenue instead of Cambridge/Kortsch Drive, (2~ movement of baseball fie]ds/tennis courts to area designated as winter sports, (3) consider hockey rink facilities etc · Next meeting is Tuesday, May 14, 1974, at the City Hail at 8PM. Circulation List Devitt Kal ton Patchin Wi 11 lams McGuire TO: Board Members May 10, 1974 FROM: P. R. Devitt SUBJECT: Operating Costs - Action item from 74-3 minutes -- I met with Lyle Rude of the Bloomington Maintenance Department on Wednesday, May 7 to discuss operating cost estimates for Lakefront Community Park. Some of the things discussed were: 1. Trails - Nothing special done to trails. Keep trails as natural as possible. About the width of a rake handle. Bloomington tried putting down wood chips, but with 10 miles of trails, it was impossible to keep up. Must spray for poison ivy and remove overhanging branches. Remove dead tress. Approximately $100.00 per tree. 2. Nature Center - Bridges are constantly need of repair and paint. 3. Tennis Courts - Must be resurfaced every 8 years at a cost of $1500.00 per court. There are usually 3 or 4 courts with- in the cyclone fencing. Nets replaced every 5 years. 4. Hockey Rinks - Minimum of $1500.00 a year to maintain a hockey rink. They have had no success putting rinks on lakes. Seems like ice never sets up right. Rinks should not be placed on infield area of ball fields because the slope of the infield doesn't aid flooding, All there rinks are collapse- able. '5. Beach - 6-7 people for a week in the summer time to get facilities and area cleaned-up. Must replace sand every year on beach, Approximately 100 ton, Recommend usage of floating dock saves installation time and costs each year. 6. Ball Fields - $150.00 per field per year for infiei~ main- tenance. Grass cutting not included in $15D.D0, Mowing done by large city mowers. 7. Garbage Removal - Had eAblee sanitation pickup. They had 50 barrels picked up 3 times a week at 70cents a barrel (150 barrels X 70cents : $105/week}, Now have there own cruncher and do their own pickup. 8. Parking Lot Maintenance - Did not have any estimates for patching and resealing each year, Operating Costs P. R. Devitt Page Two 9. Bloomington has 2 people constantly cleaning park area. One works 7am to 2pm. The other from 2pm to 9pm. 10. Did NOT discuss special equipment such as for hockey rinks, tractor type lawn mowers, tractor and drag for ball fields, park pickup type trucks, etc. 11. Lyle estimated yearly costs {ball park figures) at $15,000 to $18,000. This does not include any equipment purchases. P. R. Devitt