06/11/1992 - City Council Public Works Committee 410 MEMO TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
FROM: CITY ADMINISTRATOR HEDGES
DATE: JUNE 11, 1992
SUBJECT: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING
The Public Works Committee, its Chair City Councilmember Wachter
and Mayor Egan along with any other members of the City Council are
scheduled to meet on Monday, June 15, at 4:00 p.m. at Fish Lake
Park, located just off Denmark Lane on the east side of Fish Lake,
to walk the trail for a review of: 1) the fishing pier and 2) the
location of the existing trail which is outside the approved City
easement.
Director of Parks & Recreation Vraa and Director of Community
Development Runkle will both be present for the tour. Enclosed for
your review is a copy of a memo that was compiled by Director of
Parks & Recreation Vraa as background information per the request
of the City Council.
WCity Administrator
Attachment
cc: Director of Community Development Runkle
Director of Parks & Recreation Vraa
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MEMORANDUM
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TO: TOM HEDGES, CITY ADMINISTRATOR
FROM: KEN VRAA, DIRECTOR OF PARKS & RECREATION
DATE: JUNE 11, 1992
RE: FISH LAKE PARK - TRAIL
You had asked that I prepare a brief memorandum on the chronology of events regarding
the improper location of the bituminous trail at Fish Lake Park for the benefit of the City
Council.
1. Park land for Fish Lake Park was acquired in 1974 and 1983.
2. Park Systems Site Plan developed; Concept Plan approved for a park, including Fish
Lake in 1983. (See Attached Drawing)
3. 1983 - City applied for L.C.M.R. Grant for development of Fish Lake Park.
4. March 1984 - Grant application by L.C.M.R. was approved. Grant provided for
grading, parking lot, trail, docks, boat launch, landscaping, and design engineering at
a 50% matching level.
5. July, 1986 - City makes an initial application to D.N.R. for fishing pier and lake
aeration on the CORE application. DNR makes recommendation for re-submission;
indicates likely approval in next bi-annum.
6. November 1986 - Pinecrest Addition reviewed by the Advisory Parks & Recreation
Commission, staff memo reflects the developer did not want to provide a land
dedication due to the potential loss of lots, but was willing to provide a trail easement
reflecting the parks concept plan needs of having a trail connection to this peninsula.
7. December 1986, Council approved Pine Crest Addition. The developer is to provide
a 20 foot wide easement trail; the trail easement is to be 1.5 feet above N.W.L.; the
trail will be benched by the developer; trail location to be mutually agreed upon.
8. In the Fall of 1987, the trail was constructed.
9. December 1987, the City makes re-application for standard D.N.R. fishing pier
4111 through the C.O.R.E. Program. (See Attached)
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10. 1988/89 Lots 8 and 9 were constructed.
11. August 1988: pier grant awarded by D.N.R.
12. June 1989: Fishing pier installed
13. June 1991: Letter indicating belief that trail was not within proper easement to Lots
8, 9 & 10, received by staff from affected property owners.
An engineering survey confirmed the trail was not within the proper easement, and it
affected Lots 8 & 9, but did not affect Lot #10. (See Drawing) Also, confirmed was the
fact that the easement provided did not meet the development agreement requirement for
being 1.5 feet above the N.W.L.
RESIDENTIAL CONCERNS:
• Mr. Lay (Lot #9) and Mr. Runkle (Lot #8) have somewhat the same concerns regarding
the use (and abuse) of the park. However, each is impacted by the trail somewhat
differently, consequently, different solutions/remedies are sought. Numerous alternatives
were reviewed trying to solve this issue.
As it relates to Mr. Lay, he has asked that we relocate that portion of the trail that comes
towards his home back into the easement area. He has no objection to the "new" trail
reconnecting to the existing trail at the approximate mid-point to this property. Mr. Lay has
also asked that he be able to gate that portion of the trail that will be abandoned to allow
him to use it at some point in the future. Further, a conduit would be placed under the new
trail for possible future electrical connection, and he would be appropriately enumerated
for the new trail easement required.
Mr. Runkle sees the problem, not so much as the trail, but the fishing pier and its use/over
use. Mr. Runkle would like to see the fishing pier relocated elsewhere onto Fish Lake Park.
The fishing pier is "owned by the D.N.R.", and any determination as to its relocation is as
much, if not more, that of the D.N.R. than the City's.
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FISH LAKE PARK
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RESOLUTION:
The City has to make a decision as to the proper use of Fish Lake Park and Fish Lake
Trail.
1. Should the trail be relocated within the easement in its entirety?
OR
should the trail be relocated only on that portion of Mr. Lay's land, as he has
requested, then be reconnected with the relocation or removal of the fishing pier to
another location on Fish Lake Park.
It is my understanding that the City Council will be meeting at Fish Lake Park on Monday,
June 15, 1992, 4:00 P.M. for the purpose of reviewing this issue. If you would like additional
information prior to that time, or if I have made an inadvertent omission of what you
believe are some of the important aspects of this issue, please feel free to contact me.
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cc: Dale Runkle
Mr. Tom Lay
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