11/01/1979 - Advisory Parks & Recreation Commission
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` AGENDA
PARK COMMITTEE
REGULAR MEETING
EAGAN, MINNESOTA
CITY HALL
NOVEMBER 1, 1979
7:00 P.M.
1. 7:00 - Call to order, Pledge of Allegiance
Approval of minutes of October 11, 1979
Establish Agenda
II. 7:05 - Report from City Council Meeting
A. Administrator's Report
B. Action on Plats
III. 7:30 - Development Proposals
A. Wedgewood Addition (Wilderness Park IV)
IV. 8:00 - Park Department Business
A. Administrative.Business
1. Election of Temporary Vice-Chairperson
2. Drexel Heights Park Access Request - Tom Colbert
3. Park Construction Progress Reports
4. Report from Trail Committee Meeting
a. High Line Trail
(1) Proposed Uses by Segments
(2) Official Name
b. Park Signs
5. Recreation Report
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b. Proposed Warming House Hours
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V. 8:45 - Special Meetings _
C A. Set next meeting of Trail Subcommittee (Nov. 8, 1979tentative) VI. 9:00 - Old Business
A. Request for time extention for construction of Hilltop Trail
VII. 9:30 - New Business
VIII. 10:00 - Visitors to be Heard (Persons not on Agenda)
IX. 10:15 - For Your Information
X. 10:30 - Adjournment
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PARK COMMITTEE AGENDA
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
NOVEMBER 1, 1979
II. Report from City Council Meeting
A. Administrator's Report
1. Appointment of Committee Member Neil Coates to
Advisory Planning Commission
,-2. Approval of Grant Contract with State Planning Agency
for Rahn Thomas Trail - Phase II
3. Approval of Low Bid for Dump Truck with Stake Box Body.
4. Acceptance of Resignations of Glenn Olson and Greg Rome
as Parks Maintenance Employees and Hiring of Tom Schuster
as Replacement for One Vacancy
B. Action on Plats
1. The plat for Wedgewood First Addition was approved
subject to the Park Committee making a recommendation on
Park Dedication at their next meeting. (See Agenda Item.)
2. The preliminary plats for Lone Oak Heights, Eagan Metro
Center (Metram) and Meade Addition were approved with
park dedication as recommended by the Park Committee.
3. The preliminary plat for Marotzke First Addition was
continued until the 11-7-79 meeting.
Discussed proposal with Ed Dunn. - kO-ate-~9
Staff suggested the following:
1. Retain Outlot A -6*
2. Eliminate Outlot B as park dedication and draw lot lines into
pond.
3. Retain Outlot C with East line as proposed by developer.
4. Outlot D to remain as multiple residential.
5. Reduce Outlot E to a small triangle in the SE corner of the
Outlot.
6. In addition the developer is to provide cash for the construction
of a trail on the east side of the pond in present Outlot E to be
constructed by the City after that area is platted
7. Ed expects area park land not required for dedication to be
subtracted from overall dedication requirement. j
The following factors determined the staff proposal: f
1. Trail connections to the South cannot be guaranteed at this time
except for the bike trail on Lexington Avenue and the pedestrian
trail through Oak Pond Hills.
2. A street connection which has been required on the Western portion
of the plat should ultimately connect to Cliff Road and will provide
an additional connection for residents south of the plat tc get
to the neighborhood park NE of Lexington and Wild Run Road.
3. A trail on the east side of the pond on Outlot E appears more
feasible than one on the west side.
4. Outlot C provides the only flat land available for park dedication
to serve this neighborhood.
5. Outlot A may provide for atrail connection in the future to
provide for access to the north for residents of Lakewood Hills.
6. The topography of the NSP easement, which was considered as an
alternative~is very severe between the area being platted and Cliff
Road and the sight distance for crossing Cliff Road at the easement
is very poor there to the extreme curve of the road.
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PRELIMINARY PLAT
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SUGGESTIONS FOR DESIGN FOR PARK SIGNS
A tree planting area for:
3 pines
2 pines and a speciman tree
1 pine and 2 deciduous
3 pines and 2 deciduous
with sign in front (which could be moved forward when trees grow larger)
Simple wood sign possibly with log uprights and cover and routed boards.
And with garden area for a perrenial bed, with some room for annual
accent plantings.
Memo To: Park Director Schmidt
From: Recreation Programmer Peterson
Date: October 25, 1979
Re: Proposed Change in Warming House Hours
For the 1980 skating season, I propose that our hours of operation
be as follows:
Weekdays during school 4:00-9:30 PM
Vacation days & Saturdays 10:00 AM-9:30 PM
Sundays Noon-9:30 PM
Christmas & NY's Eves 10:00 AM-5:00 PM
Christmas & NY's Days Noon-9:30 PM
The reasons for the proposed changes are:
1. The reduced hours would save the budget $1,000-$1,500.
2. The MRPA survey of 38 municipalities in the Twin City
area proved that the majority of rinks are open:
Weekdays 4:00-9:00 PM
Saturdays 10:00 AM-9:00 PM
Sundays 1:00-9:00 PM
3. The fatigue the attendants experience which lessens
their efficiency may be postponed or even eliminated
by offering reduced hours.
4. Closing at an earlier hour will help to eliminate
some of the late hour behavior problems at the warming
houses that have occured in the past.
Since approximately October 5, job openings have been posted at the
area high schools, Inver Hills and-the Vo-Tech. The ad appeared in
the October 11 Dakota County Tribune and October 17 This Week.
To date we have had 8 applications for warming house attendant jobs.
Obviously, this is not a sufficient number of applicants. I will be
contacting last years best attendants, however not all of them will
be available. We need assistance from the Park Committee and Home-
owners Associations to find qualified teenagers, young adults and
senior citizens.
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Memo To: Park Committee
From: Recreation Programmer, Peterson
Date: October 29, 1979
Re: Halloween Party--for your information
The second annual City Halloween Party was held on Saturday,
October 27 from 2-4 PM at the Rahn Building. Children in Kinder-.
garten through grades 4 were invited.
Publicity: 1. Fall Community Services brochures; all three school
districts.
2. Eagan fall newsletter.
3. Articles in Dakota County Tribune in September and
on October 25.
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Registration: Telephone registrations totaled 121 children
Actual Attendance: 125 children
Staff: Recreation Programmer, five summer program staff, two
volunteers.
Activities: 1. One game with the group all together.
2. Five game stations, indoors and out.
3. Indoors to observe Apple Valley Puppet Wagon
performance.
4. Each child received a treat bag as he/she left.
Cost: For apples and treats .$53.02
Staff 61.40
Total $114.42
Comments: 1. Attendance was lower than in 1978; we narrowed the
age range to K-4 which had an effect.
2. 125 was an excellent sized group for the Rahn
Building.
3. The weather was: rain in the morning, cloudy and
windy in the afternoon. This undoubtedly affected
the number of children in attendance.
4. The children were super--we all had fun!
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Dunn & Curry
Rea! Estate Management Inc.
4940 Viking Drive
Pentagon Office Park
Minneapolis. MN 55435
(6!2)835-2808
October 29, 1979
Ms. Barbara Schmidt
Director
Eagan Park Commission
City of Eagan
3795 Pilot Knob Road
Eagan, Minnesota 55122
Re: Hilltop Estates Park Trail.
Dear Barb:
This letter is to serve as our notification to the Park Com-
mission that we do not plan to have the trail system in place
on the above referenced project by November 1, 1979. It is
our intention to install a portion of the trail system on the
exterior edges of the property prior to the end of this con-
struction season.
The portion of the trail system that is adjacent to the ponds
will not be built until next spring after the lake levels
have had a chance to moderate.
By this letter, we wish to reconfirm our commitment to con-
struct such a trail system in accordance with plans and speci-
fications already submitted. The exact location of the trail
is to be determined by representatives of the Park Commission,
the City and the City Engineer prior to the installation of the
system.
While our intention is to install the trail system along Berry
Ridge Road this fall, we wish to point out that we cannot
firmly commit to its installation because of the changing
weather
conditions at this thime of year. This is in addition
to an extremely poor building season which has resulted in an
evidenced slowdown of the overall development of the property.
Please be assured that the trail system will, however, be
installed at a time prior to the issuance of at least 500 of
the building permits for this area or November 1, 1980,
whichever occurs sooner.
Sincerely yours,
Rodney D. Hardy
Vice President
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cc: Tom Hedges, City Administrator
Bob Rosene, City Engineer
James R. Hill
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