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City Council Agenda Packet 10-12-2015 SpecialAGENDA SPECIAL WORKSHOP MEETING – MONTICELLO CITY COUNCIL Monday, October 12, 2015 – 4:45 p.m. Hunters Crossing Park Mayor: Brian Stumpf Council Members: Charlotte Gabler, Lloyd Hilgart, Tom Perrault, Glen Posusta Others: Jeff O’Neill, Angela Schumann, Tom Pawelk, Kitty Baltos, Department Heads 1. Call to Order 2. Consideration of concept plan for the Bertram Chain of Lakes Regional Park Athletic Park 3. Adjournment CityCouncilAgenda:10/12/15 1 Workshop-ConsiderationofconceptplanfortheBertramChainofLakes RegionalParkAthleticPark (AS/TP/KB/JO) A.REFERENCEANDBACKGROUND: CityCouncilandtheParksCommissionareaskedtoconsidertheconceptplandeveloped fortheBertramChainofLakesRegionalPark-AthleticPark.Thepurposeofthereview istomovetheconceptforwardtothemasterplan,phasingandfeasibilitycomponentof theplanningprocess. CouncilwillrecallthatthefirsttaskoftheAthleticParkplanningprocesswasto completeaneedsanalysisleadingtotheconfirmationoftheconceptplanlayout.The exercisereevaluatedtheconceptplandevelopedin2008,usingcurrentdata,athletictrend information,anddirectfeedbackofareaathleticgroups. Assuch,thenewlypreparedconceptplanhasbeendevelopedbasedonfeedback receivedduringaseriesofstakeholderandpublicmeetings,including: •BertramChainofLakeAdvisoryCouncil-2meetings •AthleticOrganizationandBCOLAthleticParkSub-Committee–multiple meetings •ParksCommission–2meetings •September17th,2015publicopenhouse •Publicinput–mysidewalk.com Inaddition,theconceptplanisreflectiveofafield/playareaneedsassessmentand inventory,withinformationsuppliedbytheMonticelloSchooldistrict,theParks Department,localathleticorganizations,andCommunityEducationrepresentatives. WSB&Associates,theCity’sselectedconsultantfortheAthleticParkmasterplanning project,willpresenttheirconceptplanfindingsandanswerquestionsontheplanand backgroundanalysisduringtheCouncil/ParksCommissionworkshop.WSBwillalso providemoredetailedinformationontherationalefortheproposedparkamenitiesand layout. TheBertramChainofLakesAdvisoryCouncilmetonOctober3rd,2015andreviewed thedraftconceptplan.AlthoughtherewasnotaquorumoftheAdvisoryCouncil present,thosepresentatthemeetingexpressedgeneralsupportfortheconceptplan. WSB&Associatesdidrespondtoquestionsrelatedtothetypeofamenitiesproposed, includinghockeyandtenniscourts.Itwasnotedthattheseamenitiesprovidefora broadervarietyofseasonalrecreationoptions,andproviderecreationopportunityfor campersattheadjacentregionalparkfacility.Thesecondaryaccessintotheathleticpark fromtheregionalparkwasalsodiscussed.Itwasnotedthateaseofaccessinandoutof theathleticparkwasviewedasanimportantcomponentforthoseusingthepark,andan importantconnectionbetweenthepassiveandactiveareasofthelargerregionalpark. CityCouncilAgenda:10/12/15 2 TheconceptincludedhereforCouncilreviewissubstantiallysimilartotheconcept presentedtotheAdvisoryCouncil. Atthetimeofthisreport,theathleticparksub-committeeandathleticorganization stakeholdersweresettomeettoreviewtheconceptandprovidefeedback.Afterthis finalmeeting,WSBwillcompileafinalneedsassessmentreportdetailingthe backgrounddatagatheredfortheconfirmationoftheconceptplan. Asdetailedinthescopeofworkforthisproject,theconceptplanwillmoveforward fromthispointtodevelopmentofaphasingplan,includingconstructioncostestimates forallimprovementsineachphase.WSBwillalsoprovideprojectionsofoperationsand maintenanceforeachphase,includingtheinterimimprovements.Thefeasibility plan/reportwillincludeastatementaddressinghoweachofthegoalsoftheprojectscope havebeenmet. Again,thegoalatthistimeistoreceivecommentsandquestionsoftheCounciland ParksCommissioninordertofinalizetheconceptplanandmoveintomoredetailed planningtasksidentifiedfortheathleticparkmasterplan. B.ALTERNATIVEACTIONS: 1.MotiontousethepreparedconceptplanfortheBertramChainofLakesAthletic Parkasthebasisformasterplanningandfeasibilityanalysisasoutlinedinthe contractforworkwithWSB&Associates,subjecttothecommentsandfeedback oftheCityCouncilandParksCommission. 2.Motionofother. C.STAFFRECOMMENDATION: CityStaffrecommendsAlternative#1above.Theplanrepresentsabalanceofactive fieldplay,playerandspectatoramenities,andopenspace. D.SUPPORTINGDATA: •DraftBertramChainofLakesConceptPlan