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09/13/1979 - City Council RegularY a ^� • SPECIAL WE: Any Park Committee member unable to attend the meeting is asked to notify the Park Office. AGENDA REGULAR MEETING PARK COMMITTEE, EAGAN, MINNESOTA CITY HALL SEPTEMBER 13, 1979 7:00 P.M. I. 7:00 - Call to order, Pledge of Allegiance, Approval of minutes of August 2, 1979 Establish Agenda. II. 7:05 - Report from City Council meeting - Tom Hedges III. 7:30 - Development Proposals A. Delaware.Hills - Dick Parranto B. Lone Oak Heights - Martin Shields property C. Metram Properties D. Zachman Homes - Steve Ryan E. Tilsen Homes - Ralph Wagner F. Wedgewood Addition - Rod Hardy, Tom Prokasky - informal IV. 8:00 - Park Department Business A. Administrative Business 1. Rahn Thomas Trail - Progress Report 2. Park Construction Contract #4 - Progress Report 3. FY 1979 LawCon grant ranking 4. Fall Program Information 5. Park Land Development CIP 6. Report on I -35E - Bob Rosene. V. 8:45 - Special Meetings A. Set next meeting of Trail Subcommittee B. Federal Revenue Sharing Use Hearing Sept 18, 7:00 p.m., Eagan City Hall VI. 9:00 - Old Business A. Update on development proposals - staff 1. Orrin Thompson 2. Thomas Lake Heights 3. Sunset - (withdrawn) VII. 9:30 - New Business VIII. 10:00 - Visitors to be heard (persons not on agenda) IX. 10:15 - For your information X.. 10:30 - Adjournment PARK COMMITTEE AGENDA --- --- -_--- ---- - -- -BACKGROUND INFORMATION September 13, 1979 I. Call to Order, etc. Ii. City Administrator Tom Hedges will report on recent City Council actions relative to the Park Department which include: Appointment of Mark Dandurand and Virginia O'Neill to the Advisory Park Committee as replacements for Arnie Lucke and Tom Gits. Approval of the Lawcon contract for grant funds for purchase of parkland in Section 9 and authorization to proceed with purchase. Authorization to submit 1979 Shade Tree Program Application to State of Minnesota and designation of Advisory Park Committee as the Advisory Committee on Reforestation as -- ---required by the State for participation in reforestation subsidy program. Approval of two year contract for broadleaf weed control. Approval of hiring of Steve Taylor to fill park maintenance vacancy._ Approval of change order for Trail to Thomas Lake Prairie area in the amount of $10,530.1x. Approval of storm sewer outlet for Fish Lake at 842.1. See attached Memo to Council as requested in committee Acceptance of contribution from Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik & Assoc. of $250.00 to be used for purchase of play equipment. Approval of purchase of mowing unit. Approval to participate in construction of joint pathway through Evergreen Park to Thomas Lake 'School. Referral of Delaware Hills to the Park Committee for recon- sideration of park dedication. III. Development Proposals A. Delaware Hills At the 9-4-79 City Council Meeting, a number of residents expressed concerns about the proposed park dedication in Inver Grove Heights. A petition with 106 signatures was Background Information -- Page 2 submitted opposing the location of the active park area. It was noted that the original concept plan for Bur Oaks Park showed a ball diamond and an athletic court and that many of the residents had voted for the 1971 bond proposal based on this plan. The residents felt that the Park Committee and City Council should require dedication of land for active facilities in the area adjacent to Bur Oaks Park rather than in Inver Grove Heights,'a distance of possibly one mile from the existing park. The City Council referred the plat back to the Park Committee for reconsideration of the park dedication recommendation based on these concerns. On Friday, 9-6-79, City Planner Dale Runkle, Public Works Director Tom Colbert, City Consulting Engineer Bob Rosene, Park Director Barb Schmidt and Park Committee Chairperson Myrel Lundsten met with Mr. Parranto and Mr. Fillippi to discuss possible flat land within the plat to accommodate a balldiamondand an athletic court. A major concern was the fact that the normal ordinary high water level has still not been determined by the Department of Natural Resources.- Bob Rosene will contact the DNR first thing Monday to attempt.to obtain this information. The lake is currently at 813.2 as of 8-30-79. A lift station is being proposed by the engineering department to alleviate the current high water situation and to handle future runoff. It is felt that the level will be established at a lower elevation than currently exists. The Eagan storm sewer plan calls for an,800 elevation with 817 as the 100 year storm elevation. Mr. Fillippi will discuss a proposal to accommodate the installation of a ball diamond on Lots 7, 8 and 9., Block 11 adjacent to the pond. Mr. Parranto has agreed to hold back three additional lots from development to allow for additional park dedication if the elevations set by the DNR do not allow for grading adjacent to the first three lots to provide adequate space for a ball diamond. It is felt that an athletic court could be provided within the existing park when the water level is lowered. B. Lone Oak Heights Park dedication for these two parcels was satisfied when Mr. Sheilds dedicated four acres of land for Pilot Knob Park Staff has recommended trail connections from each lot connecting to the trail in the park which leads to the school and an additional 10 foot easement to Pilot Knob Rd. to accommodate Background Information _ Page 3 _ a potential future crossing of Pilot. Knob Rd. The developer will present a proposal to show where these pedestrian trails could be located. There would be no credit required or given relative to the trails. Those portions creating the connection to the park trail would be expected to be constructed by the developer with street construction. There is an additional problem relative to this plat. A correction has been made to the survey done by Dakota County for Pilot Knob Park. However the corner markers have not been moved because Mr. Shields has not signed the corrected legal description. This correction will involve a minimal correction to this plat, however, the plat should not be approved until the'cor- rection is completed. C. Metram This plat was reviewed, informally by the Committee at the last meeting. City Planner Runkle will discuss the Section Study for this area as requested by the Committee. D. Zachman Homes The preliminary plat for Zachman Homes was reviewed by the Park Committee at the 7-12-79 meeting but no final action was taken. The preliminary Park Committee recommendation is contained in the 8-28-79 memo to City Administrator Hedges. This plat was continued at the 9-4-79 City Council Meeting. Additional Information which the committee may wish to include in their final recommendation is as follows: An additional trail to the proposed parkland to the North is also included in the plat. The committee may also wish to require this dedication as a.trailway with construction to the surface to be done by the developer with street construction. It is recommended by Staff that definition of parkland to be dedicated with development of the Rahn Park Expansion area (if the grant application is not funded and the City elects not to pursue this acquisition) be delayed until such time as a final 'plat for that area is received.. 0 0 __.Background -Information Page 4 The amount of cash required to complete the park dedication _ requirement has been calculated to be $3,438.00. This amount could be accepted as dedication at this time rather than being placed in an escrow account as was previously suggested. E. Tilsen Homes - Eden Addition This preliminary plat was reviewed at the 7-12-79 Park Committee meeting but no final action was taken. See 8-28-79 report to City Administrator for review of Park Committee preliminary recommendations. Additional Information: At the 8-28-79 Advisory Planning Commission meeting the planning commission attached the following condition to their approval of this plat: "That the developer shall provide an -easement along Outlot A for pedestrian access to connect to the trail system to the North as required by the City. The Easement would be from Beecher Drive to the NSP power line easement." This plat was approved at the 9-4-79 City Council Meeting. Bob Rosene will be present at the Park Committee meeting to discuss the latest information from the.Highway Department regarding 35E in relation to the High Line Trail in this area to assist the Committee in making their recommendation. The additional cash dedication required to complete the Park dedication has been calculated and amounts to $13,953 to be paid to the Park Site Fund. Grading of the High Line Trail Area should be subject to approval by the City Engineer. IV. Park Department Business 1. Rahn Thomas Trail Has not been completed due to poor weather conditions. 2. Park Contract #4 Has also not been completed.. 3. FY 1980 Lawson Grant Ranking Eagan's'grant proposal for additionalland to expand Rahn Park has been ranked #ll in the area of planned urbanization. It is not yet possible to determine where the funding cutoff will be because the total amount of available funds is not yet known. Since two of the higher ranked applications are for small projects, it Background Information Page 5 is possible that the grant application will be funded but it does not appear that we are in as. good a position as we were last year. 4. Eagan's Fall Recreation Programs will be published as an additional page to be inserted in the Eagan Newsletter which will be delivered to all Eagan homes the second week of September. See attachment. Please note art work by CETA Staff Artist. V. Special Meetings - The annual meeting to determine the uses for federal revenue sharing funds will be held Sept. 18 at the Eagan City Hall at 7:00 P.M. For the past several years these funds have been allocated to pay for the new police facility. Park Committee members may wish to offer additional suggestions to the Council. VI. Staff will review the status of three development proposals recently reviewed by the Park Committee: 1. Orrin Thompson 2. Thomas Lake 3. Sunset Y a ^� • SPECIAL WE: Any Park Committee member unable to attend the meeting is asked to notify the Park Office. AGENDA REGULAR MEETING PARK COMMITTEE, EAGAN, MINNESOTA CITY HALL SEPTEMBER 13, 1979 7:00 P.M. I. 7:00 - Call to order, Pledge of Allegiance, Approval of minutes of August 2, 1979 Establish Agenda. II. 7:05 - Report from City Council meeting - Tom Hedges III. 7:30 - Development Proposals A. Delaware.Hills - Dick Parranto B. Lone Oak Heights - Martin Shields property C. Metram Properties D. Zachman Homes - Steve Ryan E. Tilsen Homes - Ralph Wagner F. Wedgewood Addition - Rod Hardy, Tom Prokasky - informal IV. 8:00 - Park Department Business A. Administrative Business 1. Rahn Thomas Trail - Progress Report 2. Park Construction Contract #4 - Progress Report 3. FY 1979 LawCon grant ranking 4. Fall Program Information 5. Park Land Development CIP 6. Report on I -35E - Bob Rosene. V. 8:45 - Special Meetings A. Set next meeting of Trail Subcommittee B. Federal Revenue Sharing Use Hearing Sept 18, 7:00 p.m., Eagan City Hall VI. 9:00 - Old Business A. Update on development proposals - staff 1. Orrin Thompson 2. Thomas Lake Heights 3. Sunset - (withdrawn) 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 PARK COMMITTEE AGENDA --- --- -_--- ---- - -- -BACKGROUND INFORMATION September 13, 1979 I. Call to Order, etc. Ii. City Administrator Tom Hedges will report on recent City Council actions relative to the Park Department which include: Appointment of Mark Dandurand and Virginia O'Neill to the Advisory Park Committee as replacements for Arnie Lucke and Tom Gits. Approval of the Lawcon contract for grant funds for purchase of parkland in Section 9 and authorization to proceed with purchase. Authorization to submit 1979 Shade Tree Program Application to State of Minnesota and designation of Advisory Park Committee as the Advisory Committee on Reforestation as -- ---required by the State for participation in reforestation subsidy program. Approval of two year contract for broadleaf weed control. Approval of hiring of Steve Taylor to fill park maintenance vacancy._ Approval of change order for Trail to Thomas Lake Prairie area in the amount of $10,530.1x. Approval of storm sewer outlet for Fish Lake at 842.1. See attached Memo to Council as requested in committee Acceptance of contribution from Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik & Assoc. of $250.00 to be used for purchase of play equipment. Approval of purchase of mowing unit. Approval to participate in construction of joint pathway through Evergreen Park to Thomas Lake 'School. Referral of Delaware Hills to the Park Committee for recon- sideration of park dedication. III. Development Proposals A. Delaware Hills At the 9-4-79 City Council Meeting, a number of residents expressed concerns about the proposed park dedication in Inver Grove Heights. A petition with 106 signatures was Background Information -- Page 2 submitted opposing the location of the active park area. It was noted that the original concept plan for Bur Oaks Park showed a ball diamond and an athletic court and that many of the residents had voted for the 1971 bond proposal based on this plan. The residents felt that the Park Committee and City Council should require dedication of land for active facilities in the area adjacent to Bur Oaks Park rather than in Inver Grove Heights,'a distance of possibly one mile from the existing park. The City Council referred the plat back to the Park Committee for reconsideration of the park dedication recommendation based on these concerns. On Friday, 9-6-79, City Planner Dale Runkle, Public Works Director Tom Colbert, City Consulting Engineer Bob Rosene, Park Director Barb Schmidt and Park Committee Chairperson Myrel Lundsten met with Mr. Parranto and Mr. Fillippi to discuss possible flat land within the plat to accommodate a balldiamondand an athletic court. A major concern was the fact that the normal ordinary high water level has still not been determined by the Department of Natural Resources.- Bob Rosene will contact the DNR first thing Monday to attempt.to obtain this information. The lake is currently at 813.2 as of 8-30-79. A lift station is being proposed by the engineering department to alleviate the current high water situation and to handle future runoff. It is felt that the level will be established at a lower elevation than currently exists. The Eagan storm sewer plan calls for an,800 elevation with 817 as the 100 year storm elevation. Mr. Fillippi will discuss a proposal to accommodate the installation of a ball diamond on Lots 7, 8 and 9., Block 11 adjacent to the pond. Mr. Parranto has agreed to hold back three additional lots from development to allow for additional park dedication if the elevations set by the DNR do not allow for grading adjacent to the first three lots to provide adequate space for a ball diamond. It is felt that an athletic court could be provided within the existing park when the water level is lowered. B. Lone Oak Heights Park dedication for these two parcels was satisfied when Mr. Sheilds dedicated four acres of land for Pilot Knob Park Staff has recommended trail connections from each lot connecting to the trail in the park which leads to the school and an additional 10 foot easement to Pilot Knob Rd. to accommodate Background Information _ Page 3 _ a potential future crossing of Pilot. Knob Rd. The developer will present a proposal to show where these pedestrian trails could be located. There would be no credit required or given relative to the trails. Those portions creating the connection to the park trail would be expected to be constructed by the developer with street construction. There is an additional problem relative to this plat. A correction has been made to the survey done by Dakota County for Pilot Knob Park. However the corner markers have not been moved because Mr. Shields has not signed the corrected legal description. This correction will involve a minimal correction to this plat, however, the plat should not be approved until the'cor- rection is completed. C. Metram This plat was reviewed, informally by the Committee at the last meeting. City Planner Runkle will discuss the Section Study for this area as requested by the Committee. D. Zachman Homes The preliminary plat for Zachman Homes was reviewed by the Park Committee at the 7-12-79 meeting but no final action was taken. The preliminary Park Committee recommendation is contained in the 8-28-79 memo to City Administrator Hedges. This plat was continued at the 9-4-79 City Council Meeting. Additional Information which the committee may wish to include in their final recommendation is as follows: An additional trail to the proposed parkland to the North is also included in the plat. The committee may also wish to require this dedication as a.trailway with construction to the surface to be done by the developer with street construction. It is recommended by Staff that definition of parkland to be dedicated with development of the Rahn Park Expansion area (if the grant application is not funded and the City elects not to pursue this acquisition) be delayed until such time as a final 'plat for that area is received.. 0 0 __.Background -Information Page 4 The amount of cash required to complete the park dedication _ requirement has been calculated to be $3,438.00. This amount could be accepted as dedication at this time rather than being placed in an escrow account as was previously suggested. E. Tilsen Homes - Eden Addition This preliminary plat was reviewed at the 7-12-79 Park Committee meeting but no final action was taken. See 8-28-79 report to City Administrator for review of Park Committee preliminary recommendations. Additional Information: At the 8-28-79 Advisory Planning Commission meeting the planning commission attached the following condition to their approval of this plat: "That the developer shall provide an -easement along Outlot A for pedestrian access to connect to the trail system to the North as required by the City. The Easement would be from Beecher Drive to the NSP power line easement." This plat was approved at the 9-4-79 City Council Meeting. Bob Rosene will be present at the Park Committee meeting to discuss the latest information from the.Highway Department regarding 35E in relation to the High Line Trail in this area to assist the Committee in making their recommendation. The additional cash dedication required to complete the Park dedication has been calculated and amounts to $13,953 to be paid to the Park Site Fund. Grading of the High Line Trail Area should be subject to approval by the City Engineer. IV. Park Department Business 1. Rahn Thomas Trail Has not been completed due to poor weather conditions. 2. Park Contract #4 Has also not been completed.. 3. FY 1980 Lawson Grant Ranking Eagan's'grant proposal for additionalland to expand Rahn Park has been ranked #ll in the area of planned urbanization. It is not yet possible to determine where the funding cutoff will be because the total amount of available funds is not yet known. Since two of the higher ranked applications are for small projects, it Background Information Page 5 is possible that the grant application will be funded but it does not appear that we are in as. good a position as we were last year. 4. Eagan's Fall Recreation Programs will be published as an additional page to be inserted in the Eagan Newsletter which will be delivered to all Eagan homes the second week of September. See attachment. Please note art work by CETA Staff Artist. V. Special Meetings - The annual meeting to determine the uses for federal revenue sharing funds will be held Sept. 18 at the Eagan City Hall at 7:00 P.M. For the past several years these funds have been allocated to pay for the new police facility. Park Committee members may wish to offer additional suggestions to the Council. VI. Staff will review the status of three development proposals recently reviewed by the Park Committee: 1. Orrin Thompson 2. Thomas Lake 3. Sunset