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1997-07-08 Parks and Rec Comm Agenda Packet (2)CITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES DULY 811997 The regular meeting of the Mendota Heights Parks and Recreation Commission was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1997, in the Large Conference Room at City Hall, 1101 Victoria Curve. The meeting was called to order at 6:30 PM. The following Commissioners were present: Libra, Kleinglass, Spicer, and Linnell. Commissioners Damberg, Norton, and Liberacki were excused from the meeting. Also present was Administrative Assistant Patrick C. Hollister, APPROVAL OF JUKE 10 PARK AND RECREATION MINUTES Commissioner Linnell moved to approve the June 10, 1997 Pazks and Recreation Commission Minutes with no corrections. Commissioner Kleinglass seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: PARK DEDICATION FEE INCREASE PROPOSAL Mr. Hollister explained that at the Joint Workshop between the City Council and the Parks and Recreation Commission on January 14, 1997, the Pazks Commission had expressed the opinion that the Park Dedication Fee for developers should be raised to keep up with land values in Mendota Heights. Mr. Hollister presented the Park Dedication Policies for several neighboring Cities and asked for input from the Parks Commission, The Commission instructed Mr. Hollister to return to the next meeting with a proposed new policy that combined Minnetonka's wording with Lakeville's fee structure. ACACIA BALLFIELDS Mr. Hollister presented concept diagrams and cost estimates by Mr. Kullander for ball fields on vacant land in the vicinity of Acacia Cemetery. Commissioner Libra moved to recommend that the Council consider the following options for increasing ballfield capacity in the City of Mendota Heights, in descending order of preference: 1. install lights at Mendakota ballfields 2. create ballfields at the Acacia sites) 3. create ballfields on the Tousignant property Commissioner Kleinglass seconded the motion. AYES: NAYS: UPDATES Staff provided updates on the following items: Recreation Programmer Vacancy Mr. Hollister reported that Mr. Esser had accepted afull-time position with the City of Prior Lake, and that the City would begin the process of recruiting, selecting, and hiring a replacement soon. Commissioner Kleinglass said that Mr. Esser did a fine job as a Recreation Programmer and that he regretted the departure of Mr. Esser. Commissioner Kleinglass asked if it would be possible for a Parks Commissioner to be part of the interview process for Mr. Esser's replacement. Mr. Hollister responded that he would have to check with the City Administrator, but that he thought it would be fine. Mr. Hollister asked if there were any volunteers to serve on the interview panel. Commissioner Kleinglass said that he would serve on the interview panel if no one else wanted to. Mr. Hollister said he would check with the City Administrator and invite Mr. Kleinglass to participate if it was permissible. The Commission then directed Staff to write a letter to Mr. Esser from the Parks and Recreation Commission thanking him for his service to the City of Mendota Heights and wishing him the best of luck in the future. Iw Hill Townhouse Association Land Donation Mr. Hollister reported that the Council was interested in the offer to donate Lot F to the City and had directed Staff to investigate the history of Lot F and the development approval. Commissioner Libra said that the City should make sure the title is clear before accepting it. 2 St. Thomas Soccer Field Request Mr. Hollister reported that St. Thomas Academy had been allowed to use City soccer facilities at Kensington Park per the Parks Commission's recommendation. Mr. Hollister added that Mr. Esser had discussed the possibility of temporary soccer goals at Kensington Park with the Public Works Department, Area Chazees for Sewer and Water In response to a question from Commissioner Liberacki, Mr. Hollister said that the City of Mendota Heights did not have area charges for sewer and water. Parks Report There were no comments on this item. Police Renort There were no comments on this item. ADJOURN The Commission instructed Staff not to schedule a Parks Commission meeting for August 12, 1997, unless some urgent matter arose, and to inform the City Council of that decision. Motion made to adjourn by Kleinglass and seconded by Linnell. AYES: 4 NAYS: 0 The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully Submitted, . PatrickC. Hollister DAKOTA COUNTY DIVISION OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT 74955 GALAXIE AVENUE August 5, 1997 Patrick Hollister City of Mendota Heights 1101 Victoria Curve Mendota Heights MN 55118 Dear Mr. Hollister: OFFICE OF PLANNING (612) 891-7030 FAX (612) 891-7031 APPLE VALLEY MINNESOTA 5 Thank you for taking the time to meet with Dakota County Planning Department staff. In our upcoming meeting, we would like to discuss the parks and open space section of the Comprehensive Plan and city interpretive/environmental education current and/or future plans. I have enclosed the agenda for your review. Please distribute the agenda to your staff that will be attending the meeting. The meeting is scheduled for Monday, August 25, 2:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. If you have any questions prior to the meeting, feel free to contact me at 891-7019. We are looking forward to our discussion. Thank you very much. Sincerely, �l;,�prl�ari,G2 0� �n2 Stephanie Le Gros OFFICE OF PLANNING Printetl on recycletl paper, 20kyost-consumer iJ � AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AGENDA FOR CITY & COUNTY PARK PLAN MEETIYi G In attendance: Eric Evenson, Stephanie Le Gros, and Jade Templin from Dakota County Office of Planning; City Park Director, City Planner, City Recreation Director, City Environmental Education Program Coordinator COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 1. How should we coordinate City and County efforts on the parks and open space section of the Comprehensive Plans to make sure the plans fit with each other, (requirement of Met Council) including regional trails? 2. What is the fit between City and County park services? • How are the County and City park systems currently complementary? • What recreational needs are being supplied, oversupplied, undersupplied? • What are the plans to meet future recreational park needs at City and County level? 3. What are the respective roles of the County and cities in greenspace/greenways planning? Are there any areas within your city that you would like incorporated into a countywide greenspace/greenway system? ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PLANS 1. Does the City currently offer environmental education programs? 2.. What facilities do you have for programs? 3. Who is coordinating, developing and teaching the programs? 4. Who is the audience for these programs (general public, schools, youth groups, clubs, etc.)? 5. What is your experience with having programs for school groups? 6. What is the success of your programs? 7. Do you have an interpretive plan? 8. What are your plans for future programs? 9. If you currently do not have any programs, do you plan to have them in the future? 10. Do you have any interest in running programs in collaboration with the County (in County parks and/or with County staff)? UWAY NEWS August 8. 1997 Fire Department Prints Available To help support their plans for a parade and the other activities being held in conjunction with their 50th Anniversary, the Fire Department is offering commemorative prints for sale. These limited edition, signed and numbered prints, by renowned artist Jim Killen, are available for $75 at City Hail. The prints depict a grass fire scene at historic Mendota with the Sibley house, historic St. Peter's church and the Mendota Bridge in the background. To order them while they are still available, contact Kim at 452-1850 or pick one up on Saturday, August 16th at the Fire Hall during the festivities. (Please see attached order form.) Performance in the Parks Draws Large Crowd A Performance in the Park was hosted by the City of Mendota Heights Parks department on Wednesday, August 6, 1997 at Mendakota Park. Norm Barnhart, a magician, entertained a crowd estimated to be 80-100 people with his magical tricks, balloon animals and humor. A fun time was had by all the families and people in attendance. This was the final performance for the season. Long Time Citv Employee Announces Retirement Fred Pfeiffer, public works utility leadworker, has announced his retirement after 25 years of service to the City, effective September 26, 1997. He is known for his work as a mechanic over the years and for his reliability and loyalty to the City. Fred's dry sense of humor and presence at the Public Works garage will be missed by all those fortunate enough to work with him or to have contact with him. We wish him well on his pending retirement and in all his future endeavors. Tour of Friendly Hills Middle School On Tuesday evening; August 12 at 7:30 p.m., officials from the school district will be hosting a tour of Friendly Hills Middle School with the City Council. Katherine Bode, middle school project manager, will be hosting the tour. All other City officials are welcome, as are spouses and friends. If you are interested in attending the tour, contact Kim Blaeser so a count of those attending can be provided to the school district so they may supply hard hats! SuperAmerica Sign SuperAmerica will be approaching City Council about a change to the height and size of their monument sign along T.H. 110 to address visibility concerns by Dakota Bank. Parkview Plaza Dedication Scheduled Please mark your calendar for the grand opening dedication ceremony for Parkview Plaza, the new senior housing facility in Mendota Heights. The ceremony is scheduled for September 25, 1997 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and all city officials are invited. More details will follow in a later edition. (Please see attached letter.) MAC Decision Harms Mendota Heights On Tuesday, August 5, 1997, the MAC Planning and Environment Committee voted against Mendota Heights' request to switch to a Close -In departure procedure for aircraft taking off over the Mendota Heights -Eagan corridor. In all likelihood, the full MAC will rubber stamp the P&E's recommendation. The decision appeared to be based purely on the fact that Eagan and Inver Grove Heights, who prefer the Distant departure, have more people than Mendota Heights. This is especially egregious when you consider that this discounts the level of noise impact for those closest to the airport such as the Furlong Addition, Curley Addition and Rogers Lake/Wagon Wheel neighborhoods. Areas of Inver Grove Heights (seven miles from the airport) apparently receive as much consideration as those homes in the DNL 70 and DNL 65 noise contours. A close -in departure would have benefited those closest to the airport, where the heaviest noise impact occurs. MAC and MASAC Representation The decision to reject our request on the Close -In departures is only the latest example of the frustrating way in which MAC conducts their business. This raises serious questions about the lack of accountability at MAC and the ineffectiveness and lack of representation on their sound abatement council - MASAC. Mendota Heights is moving forward on two fronts to affect changes in this regards. On Thursday, at the AMM's Metro Agencies Committee meeting, Councilmember Smith and myself volunteered for Mendota Heights to submit policy language that will support legislative changes to make MAC an elected body, or to redistrict the seats on MAC so that heavily impacted communities are represented. Also, Mendota Heights will be pressuring MAC to change the structure and representation on MASAC so that heavily impacted communities at the end of the parallel runways have proportional representation. The City Council has informally discussed withdrawing from MASAC. And Finally ... The following items are attached: the Parks and Recreation Commission agenda for August 12, 1997; and invitations from the Dakota County Economic Development Partnership, the Dakota Partnership for Healthy Communities, and the Turner's Gym Golf Tournament, Kevin Batchelder, City Administrator DAKOTA COUNT' August 5, 1997 City of Mendota Heights Attn: Kevin Batchelder 1101 Victoria Curve Mendota Heights, MN 55118 Subject: Dedication for Parkview Plaza Dear Kevin: [ IousinLT & Redevelopment Authority u1 41') 4S00 ]-huh-W h 5t. W. • FO.011 1„1c. \IN ;;2a. • TP L,. n11-i';-siti] • FAX 01u--I11-81.. I writing to confirm that the dedication for Parkview Plaza Senior Building will be held on September 25, 1997. The reception will be held from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., with speeches held at 4:00 p.m. The entire city council and planning commission is invited to attend the dedication. Invitations will be sent to each member approximately two weeks prior. If you have the chance to pass the word along about the date, please do so. I know officials calendars fill quickly. As I stated above invitations will be mailed to guests. If there are any individuals or city staff that you would like to be in attendance, please fax me a list of those individuals. If you have any questions before September 25, please feel free to give me a cal!. PAy number is 423-81E5. Sincerely Cheryl J c son Communications Coordinator -�NEQC-�Lt�PPORTL'NITI E>IPL��IER" Dakota County EcOYOMIc DEVELOPMENT - Pd RTNE RS111 P The Dakota County Economic Development Partnership Board ofDlrectors cordiaQy invite you to our Annual.1fembersbip Meeting Thursday, August 21, 1997 Old Cbicaga Conference Center 14998 Glazier Avenue Apple valley, MN 4:00 p.m Refreshments and ,Networking 4:30 p.m Welcome and Chair's Report Kevin Carroll. Carroll Law Office, Chair of the DCEDP Board 4:50 p.m Launch of Dakota County Capital Arne. Hendrickson. _Minnegasco, Vice Chair, Dakota County Capital 5.'00 p.m Keynote Address: "Biotechnology, The Future and You" Jeljrey L Tate, Pb.D.. Director, Biological Process Tecbnatog)� Institute, University DjMinnesota 5:30p.m Adjourn alahratinn d Our Pa Monday, September 15, 1997 5:304:30 PM - Dinner Provided Veteran's Memorial Community Center 8055 Barbara Avenue, Inver Grove Heights Directions: 494 to Hwy. 52 South - go 1 mile to 80th street and go west 1/2 block, building is on your left The Dakota Partnership for Healthy Communities (DPHC) invites you to join us in a workshop to motivate, challenge and support community members and coalitions who are working on prevention activities in Dakota County. This workshop will bring together people from healthy communities initiatives, community -based substance abuse and violence prevention organizations, and youth and adults who are working on programs to create safer, healthier neighborhoods. The workshop will provide an opportunity to: * Share lessons learned *Celebrate our successes * Maintain our momentum * Imagine our potential Tentative Agenda: 5:30-6:00 Dinner - Provided 6:00-6:45 Keynote: Dr. Judy Cooper 6:45-8:30 Roundtables and Concurrent Sessions on the following topics: * Measuring Your Impact * Imagining Your Potential * Intergenerational Dialogues * Engaging Community Leaders in Coalition Efforts * Youth and Older Adults As Resources * Recruiting Volunteers * Planning After -School Activities * Developing Effective Strategic Plans * Asset- Building and Faith Communities * Community Norms and Standards * You're The One Who Can Make The Peace To register call Sue Larsen BY SEPTEMBER 9th at 552-3114 For more information call Cathy Mackiewicz at 552-3112 Dear Business Leader: The Turners philosophy is simple: a sound mind and a sound body will provide for a sound future. We need your help in providing our Turners youth a sound future. Turners International is a 100 year oltl organization devoted to the improvement of young minds and bodies. Our local chapter, Saint Paul Turners operates a gymnastics center in Mendota Heights for boys and girls age three and up. As a non-profit organization, Turners is able to offer many reasonable priced gymnastics programs from recreational toddlers to United States Gymnastics Association sanctioned teams. Turners is able to offer low-cost, quality gymnastics programs through the generous support of the business community to Turners fundraising program. This year, Turners is expanding its fundraising projects to include out first Turners Open Golf Benefit To make our event a success, we need your help. We are asking your organization to sponsor our fundraising event We have four levels of support o Golfer - $50 registration fee will pay for green fees and a picnic lunch. o Sponsor - $100 Tee or Green sponsor with your organization name. o Prize Donor - Any item or service that you donate will be used as a contest prize. o Cash Donor - Any cash amount to help directly with the equipment needs of the gym. We recognize that your organization is asked many times over to participate in various charitable causes and events. We want to assure you that your financial support of the Saint Paul Turners gym directly helps area children on a daily basis. Please consider providing some item, cash or time to golf to enable Turners kids to thrive. Use the enclosed form and return envelope to indicate your level of support and participation in the Turners Open Golf Benefit Thank you for your consideration. With appreciation, T �ave Dave Frye Committee Chairman Turners Open Golf Benefit 991 G-0�� All proceeds beneti .at Turners ��ymn�ast _ 5 !r y.,� � i 1 ���.-P�'Q-.r �,,Sun,daySeptember 7 9997 'w .Par.-kview Goif Club �� �1� �liflf'�Road Eagan � R.egistrati,on °deadime.: �Aug..11. 1r_ r� � �. -tea 1 :ost $504�'per person .- 7i°> j#�1i'4q'1 �'T t .......................................................................................................................................................... iURUENS G9(UOBSiICS CEUiEN GUtf EVEUi flEGISiUU11UU BUU SPOOSOU fGU(U Payment must accompany registration and be mailed lo: 'Level of parlicipalion: Turners Gymnastics Center, c/o Dave Frye, 2500 Lexinglon Ave, Number Amount Mendota Heights. MN 55120 by August i i, 1997. — Goll and picnic meal @ $50 $ _Picnic meal: _Adult @ $10 _child @ $5 $ Name _Tee or Green sponsor @ $100 $ _Cash donor $ Adtlress Prize tlanor: Item description City SlaleZip Code Home phone number Business name Address Stale_ Zip Code Business phone nulnbe� Contact for prize pickup Total Make checks payable lo: Turners Gymnastics Center Goll is limited (0 100 participants. Advance registration is renuired. 1 wiilbe playing with the following lcursome': Name Adtlress Phone i. 2. 3. 4. 'We will assign you to a foursome i( you do not have a preference x Q m O .._. O c4 O w n � Aral s � w.n n _ W � Ut � ,n �� �' ,n O O rn G O~ O Turners Gymnastics Center No Promor9. 2500 Lexington Avenue South . us. PosrAce PAID Mendota Heights, MN 55120 si. Pam, MN Permit p7434 Parks Report for July 1997 1. Clean out ditch line at Friendly Hills for street department 2. Push up dump and cut trees up for street department 3. Clean up trees in pazks after storms 4. Trim up trees along pedway in Valley Park and use chipper for brush 5. Plant 50 trees in tree farm from the U of M. Variety of trees: Lindens, Maples, Ash 6. Aerate and seed azound wild flowers at Ivy Falls 7. Fertilize soccer fields, ball fields, Fire Hall and City Hall 8. Try to keep up with grass cutting. Striping of foul lines and soccer fields -also cutting pedways 9. Sweep fields and pazks where needed