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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSeptember, 1975CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 PRIOR LAKE PARK BOARD AGENDA September 11, 1975 CALL TO ORDER MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING I. Lake Front Park A. Improvement and Planning le 5 e B. Other Trail System Fencing Electric Power to activity area II. Willows Park A. Minor regrading and seeding B, Ce III. Boudins Manor Park Ae Bo IV. Green Oaks Park Ae Bo Memorial Park A. Bo -1- THE CENTER OF LAKE COUNTRY CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 VI. Other Business A. Bicentennial Project - Tree Plant~ng B. Sale of Park Board Property. C. D. -2- THE CENTER OF LAKE COUNTRY MEMORANDUM TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Prior Lake Park Board Charles Tooker, Planner Highway 13, Planting Plan September 11, 1975 Horst Graser made a preliminary inql~ry with P.L. Chandler at the District Engineers Office in Golden Valley concerning the proposed planting of Highway 13. At this time, funding appears to be out of the question. However, if the community will prepare a plan~!ng plan and a long range maintenance plan such a planting program could be authorized at local expense. 'Tn general, they recommend short needled conifers as long as they remain more than 30 feet from the shoulder of the road. Because of the lack of funds, it~ would appear that the Park Board will either be requLred to rely on its own supply of trees from the Lakefront Park nursery or the generosity of a citizens group which may raise funds for larger nursery stock. In general, the smaller the tree, the more maintenance that will be required until they are visible. Therefore, I would suggest that the Lakefront Park nursery not be utilized as a source butt that the alternative for larger trees be explored. As a first step someone from the staff should be designated as a contact person with the Highway Department staff. This responsibility should include the drafting of a complete list of plant materials acceptable to' the Highway Department and securing a right of way map including all of the land which potentially can be planted. During mthe' winter, but before the end of this year, I will prepare a planting plan to be used by the citizens group, in raising money to purchase the trees. When this has been done, the trees could be ordered by the staff and a planting day may be organized by the citizens group. If this suggestion appears to be satisfatory I w~11 plan to work on the planting plan early in Decenber. TO: Park Board Members FROM: P. R. Devitt, Secretary SUBJ: Minutes from 75-16 Meeting DATE: September 15, 1975 The Park Board held meeting 75-16-at the City Hall on September 11, 1975 at 7:30 pm. Members present were; Arnold, Devitt, Patchin. Absent; Kalton and Williams. Guests were; H. Graser. Patchin called meeting to order. Minutes from 75-15 were approved. I. Lake Front Park A. Improvement and Planning - 1. Trail System - {a} Arnold reported committee was to meet next week to review seasonal nature trails. Hopes to have something to report by the September 25 meet- ing. (b) No response on the walking system in the activity area from VFW. 2. Fencing- {a) Gates for cedar fencing along Ridgeway Road have yet to be installed. (b) Barb wire fence along Red Oaks needs to be surveyed and erected. 3. Electric Power to Activity Area - Graser reported that NSP has been contacted and will install cable late this fall. Approximate costs will be $500.00. 4. Telephone Access - Graser to investigate costs to in- stall telephone line in same trench as power cable. A telephone may be a necessity for emergency situations in this high activity area. 5. Controlled Burning - Directed Graser to establish a date in October for the fire department to burn desig- nated area of Park. B. Other 1. Warming House - At the October 30, 1974 meeting it was agreed that the VFW was to have use of the office building as a warming house in the gravel wash area for two years {if the facility is utilized). Graser to send letter to VFW inquiring about their intentions on the use of this building as a warming house for winter skating. ~ II. Willows Park A. Minor regp~ding and seeding - Graser reported seeding will be completed when grounds dry a little. ~Park Board -2- September 15, 1975 III. Boudins Manor Park - No Discussion IV. Green Oaks Park - No Discussion VI. Other Business A. Bicentennial Project- Tree Planting- Graser distributed memo from Tooker on the Highway 13 planting plan. Graser to in- form C of C that (1) the Park Board is willing to participate in the planning and securing permission from the Highway De- partment; (2) some citizens group would have to purchase the trees because the ones in our nursery are not suited for this effort and {3) considerable maintenance effort would be re- quired by the City once the program was implemented. Graser to provide C of C with the number of trees required, sizes and costs for such a planting program. B. Sale of Park Board Property - M/S/P Patchin/Arnold - Graser to (1) have F. Wicker re-appraise the Park property in Oakwood Hills area and (2) post FOR SALE signs with City Administrators telephone number. Graser to check with City Attorney to see if our plan of making bids public for one month prior to acceptance can be used in lieu of the sealed bid practice. The Park Board would still have the authority to reject any and all bids. C. Dead Tree Removal - Graser to have D. Johnston inspect the dead tree near Arnolds' place for Dutch Elm and then have it removed. M/S/P Devitt/Arnold - Adjourn 9:15 pm. P. R. Devitt, Secretary Prior Lake Park Board Attachments: (1) Memo from Tooker on Highway 13 Planting Program PRIOR LAKE PARK BOARD A~A September 25, 1975 CALL TO ORDER MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING I. Lake Front Park A. Improvement planning 1. trail system 2. condemnation Watzel's Point 3 · dredging ~. flagpole 5. telephone access B. Other le e II. Willow' s Park ,,, As Be III. Boudins Manor Park A. B. IV. Green Oaks Park A. Drainage problem B. Ce V. Memorial Park Be VI. Other Business Ae Be Ce Martinson's Point park dedication II TO: Park Board Members 'FROM: P. R. Devitt, Secretary SUBJ: Minutes from 75-17 Meeting DATE: September 29, 1975 The Park Board held meeting 75-17 at the City Hall on September 25, 1975 at 7:30 p.m. Members present were; Arnold, Devitt, Kalton, Patchin and Williams. Guests were; H. Graser, M. McGuire. Patchin called meeting to order. Mi.nutes from 75-16 meeting were approved. Z. Lake Front Park A. Improvement & Planning 1. Trail System - Arnold reported progress by John Miller and Judy Kuechly. M/S/P Arnold/Kalton - form a standing advisory group of 5 people {one of which is from the Park Board) called the Lake Front Nature Development Committee. M/S/P Williams/Kalton - Arnold to chair the Lake Front Nature Development Committee {LFNDC}. It was the con- sensus of the Board that {1) Judy Kuechly and John Miller be part of the committee; {2) Patchin contact Louise Anderson to see if she would be interested to be on the committee and {3) Devitt to contact Bob Mattson to see if he could be any assistance and in what areas he could best serve our needs. 2. Condemnation Watzl's Point - Any decision on the Watzl property will be delayed until after the anticipated federal grant monies are received in October. 3. Dredging - Williams reported that Nodlund Construction was willing to assist in re-establishing the low area near Arnold's as duck habitat if they could have the fill free of charge. M/S/P - Nodlund Construction to dredge low area by Arnold's in exchange for the fill. Arnold to identify what needs to be done to re-establish area as duck habitat. Graser to inform city engineer of our plans so he can inform Nodlund. It is important that Nodlund initiate no actio, n until our plans have been finalized 4. Flagpole - Graser reported flag pole will be installed by VFW this fall. The monument planned for the area by the VFW will not be erected until next year. Telephone Access - Graser reported telephone company will run cable to the activity ar. ea free of charge. · Graser to contact telephone company about installing a second line to the area. Park Board Page 2 6. Tree Trimming - Williams and I. Clemens Will be touring Park on Saturday, September 27 to identify what trees should be trimmed. II. Willow's Park A. Grading of Area - Graser to contact Bohnsack and Hennen to com- plete grading of area and have wash outs filled. The area should then be seeded with a fast growing red clover {or some- thing similar} to reduce future wash outs. B. Sign - The Willows Park sign has been completed and erected. III. Boudins Manor Park A. Grading of Area - Sewer and water activity should be completed within a couple of weeks. The area will then be graded for Winter Activities. B. Lot 50 & East Half of 51 - No legal advice received from City Attorney on wheather the city can sell this property or not. IV. Green Oaks Park A. Drainage Problem - M. McGuire and Williams to work out an agree- ment with contractor and engineer to establish a drainage sys- tem for area and report results at next meeting. B. Development Plan - Tooker was told to complete a preliminary development plan for the area. V. Memorial Park A. Merry-Go-Round - Williams to have welder complete job this week. VI. Other Business A. Martinson's Point Park Dedication - M/S/P - Establish land dedication fee of $3500.00. This figure is based on $70,000 land value times 5% = $3500.00. B. Development Plans - Graser to distribute copies of the Boudins and Willows Park development plans to all board members. C. Controlled Burning of Lake Front - Fire dept. has been informed and application to PCA states it will be between Oct. 22 and Nov. 20, 1975. D. Warming House - No response from VFW on their intentions. Park Board Page 3 E. Highway 13 Beautification - Graser to obtain list of accep- table/recommended tr.ee types that can be ~planted along State highways. F. Oakwood Hills - Graser to recontact Wicker Knox to see if a quick and dirty re-appraisal couldn't be done for around $50.00. M/S/P Devitt/Kalton - Adjourn 10:00 p.m. P. R. Devitt, Secretary. Prior Lake Park Board Attachments: (1) Memo from Graser on status of action items from Meeting 75-15. CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA 55372 TO: Park Board Horst Graser SUBJECT: DATE: September 15, 1975 Park Board Me.eting September 2~, 1975 Please refer to the minutes from Park Board Meeting ~75-15. Item IA-~ - Telephone Company w~ 1 ] run a cable to activity area. at no cost to the city. Item IA-5 - Application has been submitted to PCA for a burning permit. Item IB-1 - Letter has been sent to VFW asking their intentions -- for the use of the warming house. Item VI-A--Letter has been sent to Chamber of Commerce stating our position on the tree planting program. Item VI-B - Letter has been sent to Wicker-Knox requesting a market value appraisal. Cost $100.00. Item VI-C - D. Johnson inspecteddead trees near Arnold's place for Dutch Elm. He also checked immediate area. All findings negative. THE CENTER OF LAKE COUNTRY