07/14/1970 - Advisory Parks & Recreation Commission
EAGAN TOWNSHIP PARK BOARD T,x Gt,I1 TOWN HALL
JULY 14, 1970
MEMBERS PRESENT. Joe Harrison Bob Ferguson Gerber Hatteberg
I,1,illie Engbor.g Charles Hall Barb Schmidt
Dale Everson Bill Harris
ALSO PRESENT: John Voss, Park Planner
John Klein & Paul Uselmann, Totraship Supervisors
Alyce Bolke, Town Clerk
Jim Ingalls, CAA ,
Ken Erickson, Mend-Eagan Athletic Ass n.
Mrs. Klein & Mrs. Kehne
Joe Harrison chaired the meeting. The minutes were approved as mailed.
Bill Harris reported that the Town Board has authorized the expenditure of
$300.00 for a baseballcthap site
Gerber Hatteberg mentioned
for us at this site. He will look into this and will also look over an old
backstop being stored by the Township to see if it is usable before he goes ahead
thiwill araise them mitofstheir disability insurance
with the purchase. Tha Tow Board
from $50,000 to $300,000 to cover
Joe Harrison reported on a July Town Board Meeting where Cedar Grove Construction
Co. was given permission to delay turning over Cedar Grove park sites #7 and #8.
Dale Everson will get in touch with the To mship attorney to see what arrangements
have been made regarding leveling enough land in Cedar Grove #7 for seeding to be
done this Fall for a baseball diamond.
It was also mentioned that Mustang Development Corporation will donate $25.00
per unit to the Park Acquisition Fund for their 62tunit apartment complex next to
Bunker Hill on Yankee Doodle Road.
It was moved and seconded that a Park Board member or members attend the
Ordinance Revision Meeting on September 9, 1970.
It was also moved and seconded that we recommend a chain link fence for
Mr. McKee°s property adjacent to Rahn Park. Bob Ferguson will submit the chain
link fence estimate and also one for redwood tzehethenext Town Bofoard Me
baseball
He will also ask the Town Board for approve
backstop for Heinie Field on Pilot Knob Road.
Arnold Carlson brought in two plans drawn up by residents of his Evergreen Park
The Park Board accepted Plan B
Development for the 4.5 acre park site on.his land.
which includes a baseball diamond and three tennis courts to be constructed
immediately. Mr. Carlson indicated that there will be a 60-foot access road to the
site and that he plans to plant trees, probably Chinese elms. The tennis courts
will be black-topped and enclosed by chain link fencing.
Jim Ingalls of the C.A.A. submitted cost estimates on the items his group has
recommended for immediate purchase. These were turned over t prefer Fi ancetCommittee.
He mentioned that the C.A.A. could do the building, but would do it. Both the hockey rink and the warming house wotild be of the knock-down type.
Dale Everson recommended a skating rink as well as a hockey rink for Rahn
School. Jim Ingalls offered to meet with the Short Range Committee and theTFiinance
Committee at 6:30 on August 11th prior to the regular Park Board Meeting.
regular meeting will not begin until 8:00 p.m. on that date. A representative from
Total Export Company plans to bring in on a truck one or two examples of warming houses
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for the Board to inspect.
It Baas mentioned that the dance program will be holding recitals that
evening from 7500 to 9:00 p.m. at Cedar and Rahn Schools. A Park Board representative
will try to attend.
John Voss reported on the Park Development Guide. He discussed the individual
sites and indicated that he hoped to have the Guide completed in time for our next
meeting. Paul Uselmann requested that he submit an es,imate of his charges for
filing applications with H.U.D. for the eligible part: sites. He felt that applications
submitted before November would receive letters of consent just after the first of the
year. This Park Board decided to submit two variations 'Co the Guide. The playground
park P3 was expanded from two to five acres and in the second pbase which would occur
several years in the future Site 8 was deleted because of its close proximity to the
Blackhawk Lake site which would be a major community park.
Bob Rosene talked on pollution control. He mentioned that Eagan wants to put as
much storm water as possible back into the water table rather than running it off into
the Mississippi River. This is accomplished by emptying storm sewers into lakes and
ponds. He stressed the importance of finding new methods to increase seepage
capabilities in lakes without natural outlets. He stated that these is no physical
way to prevent soluble salts and fetilizers from entering the lakes. He stressed
controlling pollution problems at their source by prompt clean-up of the roads in
spring to help eliminate dirt and sand and by ordinances to control fertilizer use.
He felt that the Park Board should investigate the latter. He stated that the
future impact of the expressway in terms of salt pollution is not known at this time.
Mark Anderson of the Eagan J.C.'s has received permission from the Park Board
to buy Sakrete to set benches at Rahn Park.
The Park Board will recommend to the Town Board that a baseball backstop be
purchased for Heine Field.
Dale Everson showed plans for improving Cedar Pond Park with a walkway and
planted areas. He also discussed Outlot F. with Mr. Rosene and was assured that
grading, leveling, and seeding would take place in the next few weeks and that the
result would be a good sliding hill.
Respectfully submitted,
Barb Schmidt, Secretary