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Parks Commission Agenda Packet 03-15-1995AGENDA REGULAR MEETING . MONTICELLO PARKS COMMISSION Wednesday, March 15, 1995 • 4:30 p.m 1. Consideration of adopting agenda. 2. Consideration of approving minutes for meeting held on February 15th, 1995. 3. Interviews for Parks Commission membership. Earl Smith 4:40 Steven Andrews 5:05 John Duffy 5:30 4. Pathway Project update. 5. Comprehensive Plan update. Fs I 6. Community Center discussion. 1 C\ AGENDA SPECIAL MEETING • MONTICELLO PARKS COM3USSION Wednesday, March 1, 1995 • 4:40 p.m. 1. Consideration of adopting agenda. 2. Consideration of approving minutes for meeting held on February 15th, 1995. 3. Interviews for Parks Commission membership. Earl Smith 4:40 Steven Andrews 5:05 John Duffy 5:30 4. Pathway Project update. 5. Comprehensive Plan update. 6. Community Center discussion. MINUTES O REGULAR MEETING - MONTICELLO PARKS COMMISSION Q February 15,1995 Members Present: Fran Fair, Bruce Thielen, Larry Nolan Members Absent: Roger Carlson Staff Present: Jeff O'Neill, Roger Mack, Wanda Kraemer Meeting was called to order by acting chairperson Larry Nolan. 1. Consideration of adootine aeenda. The agenda was adopted as is. 2. Consideration of anorovine meetine minutes for meetine held on .lanuary is. 1995. Roger Mack, Parks Superintendent, corrected the spelling of Sandy Koufax baseball league. FRAN FAIR MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THE CORRECTION. Seconded by Bruce Thielen. Motion passed unanimously. 3. A000int chair to the Parks Commission. The Park's Commission was in agreement to wait until the new member was appointed by council to select a chair. Larry Nolan would serve as the acting chair until then. 4. Update of Parka Commisaion interviews. Jeff O'Neill, Assistant Administrator, asked the commission if they wanted to interview the candidates to replace Dick Frio or have the City Council make the decision. (Dick Frio was appointed to Planning Commission in February, 1995.) The Park's Commission was in agreement that they would like to meet each candidate and make a recommendation to the City Council. It was decided to hold a Special Meeting, to replace the regular meeting for March, on March 1st at 4:30 to interview the candidates. C Page 1 Parks Commission Minutes 2/15/95 5. Review Monticello Soccer Club oroeram status. Jeff O'Neill, as a member of the Monticello Soccer Club program, gave a brief summary on the progress of establishing a spring and fall soccer league in Monticello. The commission was supportive of an activity that has the potential to involve a large number of players, which would include kindergarten through adult. 6. Review Meadow Oaks Dark desien. Roger Mack gave a final presentation on the Meadow Oak Park. Everything is on schedule. The 6 1/2 acre park will include two baseball fields, one soccer field, 50 parking spaces, and possibly two basketball hoops. There is a concession stand in the plans for 1996. 7. Uodate on Pathwav Droiect. Jeff O'Neill, Assistant Administrator, reported that MNDOT has been given the pathway rules and guidelines by Burlington Northern that are needed to keep the project on schedule for this Spring. There will be an update on the March agenda. 8. Review Leerson nlnt sketch olnn. John Leerson, owner of the plat, was at the meeting to discuss the park area. The commission agreed that the location of the plat is well served by parks in that area and a cash amount would be better than land in this case. BRUCE THIELEN MADE A MOTION TO ACCEPT CASH IN LIEU OF LAND FOR 13ARK DEDICATION AND DEPOSIT CASH INTO A DEDICATED PARK FUND FOR PARK ACQUISITIONS AND/OR TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION. SECONDED BY FRAN FAIR. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. 9. Undate on stntus of discinline problems at ice rinks. Roger Alack, Park Superintendent, reported that since the trouble at the rink last month he contacted Don Lindahl, Wright County Sherifl's Department. Mack was told to have the attendant just call the deputy on duty if there was any problem and they would handlo it. That suggestion was working at this time. Page 2 Parks Commission Minutes 2/15/95 10. Discuss coals and objectives for 1995/96. The commission's main goal for 1995 was to work on the comprehensive plan which will include a long range park plan. Researching the idea of a community center is also an objective for the near future. Jeff O'Neill would draft a memo to the council on the commissions views on researching a community center. O Neill will present this at the March 1st meeting. THERE BEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION LARRY NOLAN MADE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. Seconded by Bruce Thielen. Meeting adjoined at 6:10`P.M. Respectfully submitted, Wanda Kraemer Development Services Technician I Page 3 SOTE - PARR AND RECREA,rioN SECTION- (school and city) General Minnesota now has at least three African American mayors, Jean Hams. a Luo -term member of the Eden Prairie cry council. was elected that city's mayor. She was Douglas Feltey's running mate during his unsuccessful campaign for govrrmor in 1990. E. Craig Morris, who served as the mayor of Lakeland from 1987 to 1992, was once again elected that city's mayor. The third city is, of tuurw. Minneapo• lis. Sharon Savles Belton has been that nods mayor for the past year, If this omits any other Afncan American mayors, past or present, please let us knowWe'd also be interested in learning of other minority group members serving as elected officials. A possible 'first* til Minnesota local government hision is the election o: a no% council made up entirely of women. Brooklyn Center is the first tri% we know of whet a ecn'nne oto the rouncd n frmale Broukh n Center's utuncd n made up of rise members .Asfsin, please nonlr us A you know of ally orhet cuv that has or has had an all woman rooI'll lliere'% tllliere'% a h, and new tounrd tit the new tin of North Branch, foi need by the umsuhdauon of ttr t uv of Branch and the'old' in of North Itswuh At the council's fiisl meeting there was aniptr g, -d will, plrnn of applause. and a take While there base been same difficult moinetus tint a the two urn m,mtses came together In Noyem her, )fill tats air doing their best to make the transition go vmonthly. They air hnprful that die tontolrdationcan serve as a model flit othei (ones prrsenth +ons,dertog amet get lummri, a fiberupun ring around Winona, n up and running A $fiU0.0W grant horn Sprint and the Ihawalha Fduianon Foundatuot,rratrd 1 ununrt rat 11199 Subequenih, l' S kVett brt anir a pantie:. provrdmg an rdduumal $5010HRI V's Well has assnird tit the design and tonuruetion of to lucrl netuotk, while Sprint is handing long drum r i o unninu r tions (.,dinrurd as a pan of ,'heir 1 of thr t unniset pralrt t tie the tris of N mune. the unnmunos bit%purl, and many of the city's major educational institutions. During Phase 11, the county, the public libran', local businesses. and additional schools and communis facilities will be able to hook up. The program's central mission is to provide education via a computer network. The network will extend nauomwide. as well as vasty increasing the local community's ability to communicate with its various parts. The city of Glyndon ,s planning to honor one of its founders, Howard Glyndon, next summer. Howard Glyndon k actually the nom de plume used by Laura Catherine Redden. a 19th century poet, author, andjournal• ist who interviewed Civil War notables such as l'lyssrs S. Grant and sipped wine wuh Abraham Uncoln. She was also deaf, and communicated with pad and paper or slate and chalk, Tlic city plans tar e, rt t a port's corner tit her honor, whah will include a brnch and Plaque Cunent resrdcnts have recenth• come to know about her through the work of the Minnesota Women's itlstun Month uuntron . which recenth teveanhrd her life Clcndon and its 990 tesidents are currendy evpenrnung a period of rapid eco. nom,c guiwth and new homing starts. It, Novruibrn. the Burnsville «>uncil agreed to temporan1v suspend enforce• mens of the tin's sign ordinance provision banning oil. and ulTpremues adveruung of employment opponum. ties (:died'llumsvdlejubOpportunuy Days: the at lion was an attempt to help Intal tumpames deal with labor shortages by allowing plat einem of help wanted sigm at their business location the idea began with marsw fat ruling t umparnes and revel outlets, and had the uuppo, t of Burnsville businesses and the un tounnl. The moratorium on enforcement of the ordmaneelasted II dais Parks and recreation Roseville's parks and rrcreauon department was one of Onh eight PUNIC park And ret reanon agent res in the tannin accredited by the National (:ommituon on At irduauon for Pat and Re, rectum .Agencies The accredi. f t vJ Lattonprocess provides for peer review, using a systematic approach to examine excellence in operations. last March a team of threr experts spent several days in Roseville validating the department's compliance with 154 standards in 10 categories. Previously, Roseville personnel had prepared an extensive sclf,assessmem regarding compliance with the standards. Roseville received the accreditation award, which is for five wars, at the )994 National Rccr . ation and Parks Association Congress in Slmncapohs in October. A new S5.2 million community center opened just before Christmas in New Briehton. It conurns a large Indoor p4nground, a gymnasium, a walking and running track. exercise room, a teen center, meeting rooms for senior citizens, and a reception room with a dance doter to rent for weddings and other parties It's a twtrstun structure, which dors not conwm a sw'omnnng pool as do some of the larger renters ,n the arra the schwil dutnct usnmtu red 5801.000 Iowa, d the budding. and has space fur each, childhood and famty rducatiun prugnios to it, Northwest Youth and Famdv Senues also has a %atelbre ofGte tit to structure. and offers several health and usunseling programs there Minnrtonka and the tiopkuls Schon, Dninc hale signed an a}vn cement to ponrT ctmsiruti and mauuauh an activity center that will tau Jude I I volieball courts osrriappmg five muln. purpose baskethall courts, an elevated walking andjoggnng Oatk, and aerobic, cnndnronmg, and "erase fattlrues It will have a %rating Cap: cit% of 2.500 for events .After the u hood dntt u t passed a bond issue tit October of 1999 the two governmental units started discuss- ing dieamnl pugect The I IO,000 square tout budding, costing $7 7 million, will he built in Minnetonka on landownrd hs the %thud duititt it .01be ownedrnndl' M the city and the dntntt. and the two will lousily use and operate the frcihn as their agreement provides In Septembei of 199.er, n. dent St h, �i 1 )o+t s t and the cuv of Ci-aAass ro will open a $9 7 million MINNESOTA Clrlta, 44wuaar4tonuaay rets Tz- -k I ,rut.us ,, huol and ecu cauun . .. t , uw.urrI o , a 10 acre tampit, Palk us- 1 he ,1 boul i i,uict t, liIla l,nrg ns I OI Uun of the uwperati,c Ij.. • ,t iio'I mtbnnl Meth a portion of the Pro- rets til a 5 Hi i mdhon rear:c fruit Thr un is unr,ting $2 5 nw.;un m 1a1 increment pro( red, uuu ilii ren rnum center The 9o,000 .quare tout ,c hoot and 23.0011 ,quare I1101 reUcaln)[h center stand connected .t, ,nc, w:th sepal ate parking lots anti separate emlanee, ser,mg cath nunpo writ Although each pain oNns °n acre, of property, the cos', recre. ai un scoter IS un school property. The ,ear also contains a multi-purpose park ,hc:ter. li,e ball fields, r%o hod.ev rink, foul tennis courts, a pla,giound, landxapcd asurt,ards, outdoor da„rooms, and an access boule,a"I. all unsaid lis a 11 All amt HIIeN Jik asucm- The rf fur 1, of the lo( algal glen t(unul have ❑nal\, resulted it, erection tat a gaicho at %I neson Park in Edina. the garebo will ,enc as a fatal point tut matt, of the other effort, of the members of garden clubs to the un \meson Palk n a park designed for adwn. p:nhcuiarh gardeners Even fcbivai tudeners. with theassistance nl the (us , horticulturist, begin gto%mg Cowers and other vegetation Ili the grccnhouse on the property. By ?las. outdoor planting begins. and the pat k sen e, a, a showcase for the garden club,' efforts and w an inspires. tion for Inoue gardeners who visit the park for nc% ideas about what to plant and nc% gardening techniques. Prisons Waseca will most probably become the site of %linnesou's fourth federal prison fatlhn, following a decision by the federal Bureau of Prisons to convert the vacant University of Minnesou W aseca Campus into a prison. The campus closed more than two sears ago. The city's effort to bring the prison to Waseca has encountered strong opposition, and although that oppusmun %dl probably continue, it appears .o though the prison will be esubinhed The other three federal prisons to Minnesota are located in or near Sandstone (a low -security prison). Rochester to medical facility). and Duluth a prison camp). Law enforcement Ranier's dogs recenrd -orderable media attention last fall, both lin Minnesota and nation%tafe, %hen the city council decided to begin photo- graphing all the taw's dogs. and their owners, and keeping their mug shots in an album. Other inf. tinaw.n to the book includes the o%ner', name. address. and phone number. plus various identifying mfoi mal ton (name, size, color, age, etc.) about the dog itself, and interesting editorial come menu (e.g..'Penm• Joe is a true Ranier dog who once saved a rtul(l', life') as well. Although the reason for the practice seems rewonabl, obvious—to make it easier to marsh delinquent dogs with their someumcs irrespensible owners—apparently feu dam cities in the country haat thought of it, at least not until the Associated Pirss got their hands on the Ranier stun E,en Jason Davis from KSTP was there, and provided the stow to c,en 1BC affiliate in the countn. plus 150 other stations scrNed through a satellite network. With regard to all the attention the dogs ha%e brought the community, a member of the atv `� r.r •.m s.r,l ha. the nI:hr mo f .nu pJrL. ¢,SII ,.err... ., h.,.•h.nb, sddru. 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Sunday/FeWuary 12/1995/Scor Tribune Community/ Woodbury block Continued from page IB But beyond the amenities, the center is "a community gathering place where people can get to know each other," Pokorny said, Such elf it paydividends. he added. crediting Cbaska's sense of commu- nity spoil with helping win residents' approve! of a aPonl $45 million pro. p+nal to build a new elementary slid high school. 1 h plan was backed by 75 penem of those voting. Out building a Bene of community also "'rant horsing beyond municr- p.l bnmdaric%, said Hagan Mayor tum ['pan. "Anyone who lives in a wrhmb descrses to have sonic degree of community image and community spirit," he said. "That image and spirit can complement rather than comate with the spirit and image of the larger community." Barry 7ohnson, city administrator of Woodbury. agrees Building eommu. nity "get% people to f wut on things beyond themselves' hr uid, "I'to. Plc get so totally wmplted up in their own family that they don't have time to think of their proirion, in a larger group. A primary factor in develop> mg asense of community it having a sena of reston%ibilily to the commu. nity." Wrodrulf s block -patty efforts were inspired by a conversation among rival ministers about the lack ofcom. mumily spirit, mid the Rcv, 171anklin Nelson, pastor of Wo.dbufy Baptise Church. "The need is nor to hove twit friends ell over the place;' he said, "It's getting to know, your ocightiva, knowing they're there end they inn. who you are and they know you well enough to care if you party paid off suburban trends. Unlike small towns "Loneliness and being valued are at the heart of or central cities where families stay in the same neighborhood for gentra. it. How can I be valued in my town and my ,ions. new suburbs are host to a high. neighborhood?" Franklin Nelson, Woodbury pastor ly mobile population. Many residents stay only long enough to build enough equity to trade up to a larger ger to the hospital. Loneliness and !ring valued are at the heart of it. flow can I be valued in my town and my neighborhoodT 1'be discussions were the beginning of an organizing effort that culminat. Coll in August, when about 5.000 pro. file took to their street% for a patty with dtcir nrigbtwes, Noison estinmb ed that one-16urth of Wodbury's residents participated. 1'1oe teuh? Propte are socializing now who didn't her e. People are Patin{{ together for golf and for cook. it CIC Angers. the Woodbury City Council likes the idea of holding annual block parties and }utt two weeks ago told its staff to Think atom rnndurtingg tity loss.. neu in a -my% that woutolenhance the sense of community. Stan rivers. brit also were told to develop ideas about providing a "gathering place" for residents, perhaps a park, or, in the future, an enclosed park, Bill Monissey, manager of the Si, Paul (foul, is a member of a citi. rent economic development cam. miftee in lagan that has a similar auignment. The panel is working to define a downtown arta to terVe as a gathering plate. Mayor Esser said the city is tooting at the intersection of Interstate Hwy. 33E with Pilot knot, and Yankee IN;rdlr Rd%, to provide "a prdetri. am0iendly place where people can park their can and walk to stores or entertaimnew facilities:' A conven. tion hotel could anchor the site, he said. "ss'e want a signature licadguar- ters, a good rocas Point for the city." According In Morrissey, his neigh. horhood, the 10 -year-old Woodland% %uMiivision on Wrscoii Rd., already hat a snarrg sense of community. Although the development includes atout It117 homes and is a half -mile long and a quarte -mile wide, he said that tesidenu know each other and that "their is a real sense of pride and ownership, - in the trimmer there ate golf outings picnics where residents block of( a street and football games in which they field two full teams. In winter tittle is to gala dance (or the whole neighbnrhod at a golf dub, if neigh. inns have a dispute over a running dog ar oaf, they don't call the police, they talk to the animal's owner, Mm. rismy said. "'things ate !wing dealt with the way they should be dealt with — between themselves.- An hemselves" An active homeowners' association cares for common property, and the group's entertainment committee -also to preserve that cooperative spirit. Coopermans caveats notwithstand- ing, Momstey i neighborhood rtpte- tents the model that civic leaden spots the region hope toe roulatc. [tut they try they are fighting modern house in a mote c%pensive area, 'I hey onen don't tiny tong enough to make close friends at develop a strong link to the community. In a 1493 survey of Washington County residents by the polling firm Decision Resources Ltd., 36 percent of thou living in flit rapidly-desef oping Wondbury-Anon area uid that they had lived there for no longer than five yeah. Nearly 60 percent said they had lived there for 10 )con or less. For the county as a whole, 27 Percent amid they had lived there for no more than riseears and 43 per. cent for 10 years or less. Bill Morris, who has conduced Con veys or Twin Cities suburbs for the part I i years as president of tleckir," rsnotces, said that people who move to the suburbs from a cure city or small town are moa likely m develop a strong connection to their new neightturhool than are people who moved from other suburbs. That is because of"their past esperi. ence living where neightyothoods ate strong. we are where we lived," he uid. Our Egan old he urea more hope (tie positive intervention by city leaden. "Community pride OIXnates from neighborhood pride. Neighborhood pride is fostered by increased appor. tunily for itorraction," he said. "If fid;hbon have an opportunity to in. trite, in the Community, then we have an opportunity to develop a sense of neighborhood" C Stressing. FOR YOUR INFORMATION - s sense of community "tf 1rcoDit are predisposed by their of l ie suburbs Ju income, edurntion. ethnicity or prior experience not to interact, then they're going to !Pt I regard- r�� seek close-knit, in., less of heir ph test surtouneinga,'• Coopermonwrd. small -town feel Bove "Glumly. icity ad - minista,at. iisage.Cityleadars Cstvno Can create opportunities for people to I feel o sense ofcommunity; he said. IIy Uenniv stalliviiie, II Ahhpugli the Cgrver County city hal From Chatka to Woodbury, a num: grown noIn recent dun, Pokon Oar o(Tivin Cities suburbs are siriv. + ing to promote a greater sense of nay said new residents atilt tell Co- tcarchen they were attracted to Community. Chaska bemuse of its small-town at. mosphere. "If that's the reason pen. u Inacfforttosurmounttheobstacles m developing communities and Pie are living here. then we'd better dosomething to maintain it." he aeigidwdtosals where people "we Phnut each other — ser at Irmo 4nor, said'" I'he sense or community and i community ideality is part of that•• inch ulhcr — Woxibmp Intl year I sponsured acitywide block party, To Iho end, the cit built a i !ion community center C ter in9911, it Fagan is trying to have a major later- includes the usual amenities a section developed In a way that will Irl tropic gather and mingle. And ee ! rrealion center with gyms, a tkst- ing rink, a pool — and there are I.1mske a small town swelled by sub. plans far an suditoium. - urisan deveiopment has made main• twining a amaitaown sense of Com- Community continued on page 40 munity s lop c; vic pr iority. ihn q University of Minnesota scrci• now uiossrsl questions the cdRctivenets of onelt ailuro David Cooperman maintains that People will decide whether to be aeralrbnrly — or mo' — on their own and that no amount of civic engi- Pectins will make much of a differ. I ence. In V yca s of research, he said, no one has shown that tubarlranites arc. kitnelghtvmiy than city people. Indeed, he said. there can be as many dilretenees between two neighbor- hrsods of a cGyy as there arc between o city nrighbnrhood and a suburban ncrghbothood. :"We're erss � � bu51m h . ' the us t�i Ihrt19 vWIQ COIEQD .,M. Asa n,urft betae re F •'rv* Fabecaft • To* the' teat s .. �, •Tft . wha ' e do." 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