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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09/21/1993 , , � � Item #3. CITY 4F APPLE VALLEY PARKS AND RECREATiON ADVISORY COMMITTEE Segtember 21, 1993 Minutes of the Apple Valley Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee held September 21, 1993 at the Apple Valley Community Center. PRESENT: Committee Members Royal Bakke, John DiRico, David Gross, Charlie Maus, Tina Rankin �a„�v�at ar�:ss p•m.), Connie Scheid and Laura Steadmaa; Parks and Recreation Directar Randy Johnson; Park Maintenance Superintendent Tom Adamini; VAA President Jeff Krause. ABSENT: Russ DeFauw and Greg Kopischke. Item #1. - Acting Chairperson Charlie Maus called the meeting ta order at 7:30 p.m. Item #2, - Approval, of Agenda. Randy Johnson requested two additions to the agenda: 1) Item #4. B. New Business - +. Apple Valley Legion Memorial InformaCion. 2) Item #6. A. Other - Thank You from Meg McMonigal. MOTION: by David Gross, secanded by John DiRico ta approve the agenda with the requested additions. VOTE: Yes - 6, No - 0 ITEM #3. - Approval of June 1993 Minutes. John DiRico requested a grammatical changa to page #4, under Committee Comments. The third sentence should read "There will be people going there. . . ." rather than "There will be people to go there. . ." MOTION: by David Gross, seconded by Gonnie Scheid to approve the June 1993 minutes with the noted change. VOTE: Yes - 6, No - 0 1 � � , ITEM #4.A. - New Business - Keith Wallace - Park Maintenance Department. Randy Johnson reviewed some of the items being done by the City of Apple Valley and what the Park Department would like to do for the family of Keith Wallace, a city employee who was murdered last month. MOTION: by David Gross, seconded by John DiRico to recommend to City Council the naming of a park after Keith Wallace, believing that this would have more impact than a park trail as a memorial and there being a park to be named in the near future. VOTE: Yes - 7, No - 0 ITEM #4.B. - New Business - Apple Valley Legion Memorial. Staff has been working with the American Legion representatives for quite a while to build a memorial within a city park. The Legion has committed $12,000 towards the project. Staff would like to see the project placed in Apple Grove Park. Committee questioned the renaming of Apple Grove Park as one of the items listed on the information from the Legion. Mr. Johnson reassured the Committee that this did not seem to be a big issue with Legion representative Vernon Yetzer, and there is no recommendation from staff to change the park name. � City staff would act as the contractor on the project and subcontract out part of the work. Committee members wouid like to see the various responsibilities more clearly defined between the Legion and the City; define the where/when/cost of the entire project. MOTION: by David Gross, seconded by Connie Scheid to endorse the general concept of the proposed memorial development and instruct staff to work on the details. VOTE: Yes - 7, No - 0 ITEM #S.A. - Old Business - Youth Athletic Complex Update. Kevin McNamara, owrter of the property east of the Central Maintenance Facility and west of Eastview Athletic Complex, contact Randy Johnson earlier this week to begin negotiations on the property. Earlier, Mr. Johnson, Mr. McNamara and Public Works Director John Gretz met and agreed that a professional appraiser, Ray Connelly, shou�d be hired to handle the land appraisal. Mr. Connelly has given a land value of $15,703 per acre for the 72 acre site. The proposal is that the City will gradually acquire the 72 acres to allow Mr. McNamara's company to continue to gravel mine a portion of the property over the next few years. 2 ' � � � Randy Johnson expects to meet with Kevin McNamara later this week and will keep the Committee updated on the development. Projected time frame for the proje�C would be to have the land deal wrapped up yet this fall and staff would possibly return to the Committee, VAA and AVHA for support of a bond issue in the spring of 1994. ITEM #S.B. - Old Business - Park Dedication Report. Tom Adamini conducted a sCatus review of the maintenance projects for 1993 to be completed with Park Dedication funrls. Charli� Maus stated, "Looks great out there." John DiRico questioned the split rail fence instaliation problem at " Eastview. Mr. Johnsan stated that the Maintenance Department would be cementing in the pales to alleviate the problem of rising water from the holding pond forcing the poles out of the ground. The Public Works Department is hooking up the drainage for the storm water holding pond at Eastview. This should also help the drainage from the fields. The drainage hook up and the overlay at Valleywaod are both being done with storm water drainage funds from Public Works. � _ Mr. DiRico complimented the flowers under the scoreboard at Eastview. ITEM #S.B. - Old Business - Park Dedication Report. Currentl.y the park dedication fund has approximately a $750,000 balance. The fund has been building to support a few larger upcoming projects in the near future. Staff may return to the Committee next year with a proposal to build a couple of new warminghouses. David Gross stated that the Park Maintenance Department did a pretty good job with clean up o� some of the projects he and Randy Johnson had discussed earlier, very nice job at Pennock. The maintenance crew and Tom Adamini should be commended. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Kopischke may have information at the next Advisory Committee meeting regarding the development of the property on the north side of 140th Street and west of Johnny Cake Ridge Road. ITEI�1 #6.A. - Other - Thank You from Meg McMonigal. Randy Johnson distributed copies of a letter from Ms. McMonigal. She left employment with the City of Apple Valley and has taken a new job with Northfield. 3 � � . ' City staff update: Dennis Welsch, Community Development Director and Sharon Ecklund, Assistant Finance Director, have transferred out of the City and John Gretz, Public Works Director, has become the Community Development Director for Apple Valley. Next Park Advisory Committee meeting - Mr. Johnson will be out of town October 19th (third Tuesday of the month) and requested a modification from the usual schedule. Committee agreed on October 12, 1993 for the next meeting. ITEM #7. - Adjourn. There being no further business on the agenda, the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee was adjourned. MOTION: by David Gross, seconded by Laura Steadman to adjourn the meeting at 8:20 p.m. VOTE: Yes - 7, No - 0 � .. 4