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EDINA PARK BOARD
7:30 p.m.
Council Room, Edina City Hall
Tuesday, May 9, 1995
A G E N D A
* 1. Approval of April 11, 1995, Park Board meeting minutes.
2. Sr. Citizen Center Annual Report.
* 3. Edina Soccer Association Proposal for Lewis Park.
4. Park Improvement Plan Update.
S. Subcommittee Meetings.
6. June Meeting - Including Park Tour.
7. Other.
* 8. Adjournment.
* These are agenda items that require or request Park Board
action.
City Hall (612) 927-8861
4801 WEST 50TH STREET FAX (612) 927-7645
EDINA, MINNESOTA 55424-1394 TDD (612) 927-5461
CITY OF EDINA
PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
MEMORANDUM
DATE: May 4, 1995
TO: All Park Board Members
FROM: John Keprios, DirectoJ �
SUBJECT: Staff report for upcoming Park Board meeting
Enclosed you should find the following items:
1. May 9, 1995, Park Board Agenda.
2. Minutes from April 11, 1995, Park Board meeting.
3. Senior Citizen Center annual report information.
4. Letters received concerning ESA proposal.
5. Copy of letter mailed to Lewis Park area residents.
6 STAFF REPORT
The following is the monthly staff report concerning each item
on the agenda with the exception of approval of the minutes and
other. "Other" is listed on the agenda in case last minute
items come up between now and the Park Board meeting, plus,
cover any other concerns of Park Board members and/or
attendees.
SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER ANNUAL REPORT
Susan Weigle, Senior Center Director, will be present to give a
brief review of the Edina Senior Citizen Center annual report.
Ms. Weigle's report will cover 1994-95 programs, the senior bus
and the senior center questionnaire.
No Edina Park Board action is requested on this agenda item.
EDINA SOCCER ASSOCIATION PROPOSAL FOR LEWIS PARK
A copy of the enclosed letter of information was mailed to all
residents within approximately 500 feet of Lewis Park. The Park and
Recreation Department office has received many calls responding to the
letter and each caller has been asked to submit their concerns in
writing to the Edina Park Board and/or attend the May Park Board
meeting. All letters received as of May 4, 1995, have been
photocopied and are included in this mailing. Any letters that are
received after that point will be photocopied and distributed at the
Park Board meeting.
Since the April Park Board meeting, staff has consulted with the Edina
Engineering Department regarding the feasibility of converting the
bandy rink into a soccer field. It is the Engineering Department's
professional opinion that the bandy field could be developed into a
playable soccer field at a cost of approximately $40,000. This cost
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would include proper grading, seeding and irrigation. The Engineering
Department suspects that there may be a slow leak in a water main pipe
in Lewis Park and they plan to soon take necessary measures to correct
the problem. It is the Engineering Department's opinion that the
unstable soils beneath the field have been compressed due to earlier
filling. Therefore, the ability to construct a soccer field is much
more feasible than it was during the park's original construction in
the late 19701s.
At the April Park Board meeting, it was suggested to consider the
possibility of playing soccer and bandy on the same site by planting
annual grasses and clover. To address this concept, I have talked
with professionals with experience in this area. Michael Schmidt,
Director of Maintenance Operations for the Minneapolis Park Board,
shared his experience with trying to play soccer and/or softball on
fields that have been flooded for ice skating in the winter months.
In short, Mr. Schmidt suggests that it is virtually impossible to
provide quality or even safe turf for soccer where the field was
previously used as a skating facility. The Minneapolis Park Board has
recently hired a professional firm, Brauer and Associates, to study
their athletic field conditions and make recommendations.
In addition, I have talked to Vince Cockriel, Edina Park Foreman, who
recalls having tried planting annual rye grass on the Lewis Park bandy
field four years ago. The grass did not germinate mainly due to lack
of irrigation. Mr. Cockriel will be at the Park Board meeting to give
his professional opinion about the feasibility of trying to use the
bandy field for soccer and bandy.
I have also discussed this matter with our Turf Restoration
Consultant, John Hopko. Mr. Hopko will also be present at the Park
Board meeting to share his experiences and professional opinion
regarding this concept.
If the bandy field area could annually be maintained to accommodate
both soccer and bandy, my recommendation would be to try both.
According to all the professionals with years of experience in this
area, it is simply not possible to provide safe turf on grounds that
have been flooded during the winter months. Even so, Mr. Cockriel and
Mr. Hopko will both be present to explain what is involved in
restoring a turf area that has been used for ice skating.
As for the issue of parking, there are a total of 106 parking spaces
between the two parking lots. Of the 106 spaces, six of them are
handicapped parking only spaces. There are a total of 72 spaces in
the east lot and 34 spaces in the southwest lot in Lewis Park. There
should be adequate parking spaces for park users for most of the
time. In some cases, on street parking may be needed, which is the
norm at other soccer field sites, such as, Strachauer Park, Pamela
Park, and Weber Park. It was also suggested at the April meeting that
Todd Park be considered as a soccer field site, however, there are
currently no parking lots in Todd Park. All parking for that park
must be done on neighborhood streets.
As you will notice in all the enclosed letters from neighboring
residents, they do not favor the ESA's proposal. Their concerns are
primarily parking (legal and illegal parking), increase in scheduled
athletic events, noise, inadequate restroom facilities, loss of a very
desirable large sheet of ice for general skating and the loss of
serenity that comes with unusable turf areas. Several Lewis Park
neighborhood residents will likely be at the May meeting to voice
their concerns that may even include additional issues that are not
listed above.
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The Edina Soccer Association's proposal will not be an easy issue to
eresolve. As with several Park and Recreation issues, not everyone can
be satisfied regardless of the outcome. In dealing with park
facilities owned by the taxpayers of Edina, the question becomes, what
is best for the majority of residents of Edina and the community as a
whole. The issue is obviously more than soccer vs. bandy. If there
was an option that would satisfy all interested parties, that would be
the best of all worlds. In my opinion, no such option exists. I do
not believe that there is an affordable option that will satisfy all
parties involved.
As staff, it is our job to research the alternatives, present the
facts, and suggest a recommendation for your consideration. Please
know that you, as Park Board members, do not have to necessarily agree
with staff's recommendations. Your job is not to satisfy staff, but
rather, to best serve the community of Edina. Hopefully with
sufficient information from staff and input from the community, you
will be able to resolve this issue with confidence.
With that in mind, staff would recommend that the Edina Park Board
accept the Edina Soccer Association's proposal for the following
reasons:
1) The proposal serves Edina residents and community as a whole.
2) Edina has done its part to promote and provide for the sport of
bandy and it is time for this "regional sport," which is comprised
of 90o non-resident adults, to be facilitated by another community.
3) Edina can continue to facilitate youth bandy on Edina's outdoor and
indoor hockey rinks.
4) It has long been the philosophy of the Edina Park Board to
facilitate the recreational needs of resident youths before (and at
the expense of) fulfilling the recreational/athletic needs of
resident and non-resident adults.
5) In my opinion, there is no better and reasonably affordable
alternative to facilitate the Edina Soccer Association's growing
program.
6) Since the early 19801s, the following bandy rinks have been created
to facilitate the adult and youth bandy program:
A) Lewis Park, Edina
B) Bohanon Park, Minneapolis
C) McCrae Park, Minneapolis
D) Goat Hill Park, Eagan
E) Dred Scott Park, Bloomington
F) Central Park, Roseville
G) Central Park, Shoreview
H) John Rose Minnesota Oval, Roseville
Of these eight sites, only two remain, Lewis Park and the John Rose
Minnesota Oval. The other six sites no longer exist. These six
sites were all discontinued mainly due to the expense involved in
providing a large ice facility for primarily non-resident players.
7) There is now a more "regional facility" available to facilitate
bandy on a user fee basis. I use the term "regional facility"
because the John Rose Minnesota Oval was funded in part by the
State of Minnesota because the facility was recognized as a
facility to serve "regional needs." Even so, the City of Roseville
owns the facility and pays the operating expenses.
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8) It is staff's opinion that to continue to maintain a large sheet of
ice at Lewis Park simply for the sake of general skating would not
be fair to other neighborhood park residents (such as Strachauer
Park and Todd Park) who have requested and been denied outdoor
skating facilities due to lack of available resources. In
addition, the general skating rink at Lewis Park (north of the
warming house) is actually the same size or larger than other
general skating rinks at other parks, such as, Highlands Park,
Normandale Park, York Park and Weber Park. Lastly, Edina currently
provides the best outdoor pleasure skating facility in the Twin
Cities area at Centennial Lakes Park. The outdoor ice at
Centennial Lakes Park is maintained with an ice resurfacer, and the
beautiful Centrum Building has fireplaces indoor and one outdoor
and is equipped with a concessions stand and accessible restroom
facilities. In addition, to date there have not been any hockey
sticks or pucks on the Centennial Lakes ice surface to interfere
with the general skater.
9) Lewis Park is classified as a "community playfield park," which is
defined in the Jupiter And Beyond Report as follows:
"..as a park greater than 20 acres (21.04 acres to be exact) that
is designed to provide facilities for diverse recreational
activities for young people and adults, although a section is also
typically set aside for smaller neighborhood children."
The master plan for this park has always included three large
soccer/football fields for scheduled activities, which is part of
the purposeful use of a community playfield park. I understand and
appreciate the neighbors of Lewis Park not wanting more scheduled
activities in Lewis Park, however, this particular park is designed
to serve the leisure needs and desires of a larger segment of the
community than just the immediate neighborhood.
Please know that my recommendation is made with mixed emotions because
I believe that bandy is an excellent life-long team sport for youth
and adults. I share the same pride as you in the fact that Edina took
the lead to introduce bandy to America and get it established. If
there were no other alternatives for bandy, staff's recommendation
would be different. The fact is that there is a state-of-the-art
world-class outdoor bandy facility in Roseville to serve the program's
needs. Bandy players will undoubtedly have to pay more to play their
sport if limited to the Oval. I can understand the financial hardship
that bandy players may experience, however, hockey players, figure
skaters and speed skaters have become accustomed to paying their share
of the expense to use facilities. Hopefully, bandy will continue to
grow in spite of the increased costs.
One final thought, I suggest that the Edina Park Board may want to
consider delaying action on this matter until the June meeting for two
reasons:
1) Seek more input from other residents who do not live near the park.
2) Request staff to research and provide more information regarding
other areas of concern to the Park Board.
It is staff's recommendation that Park Board action should not be
delayed any later than the June meeting to allow sufficient time to
implement ESA's proposal or begin planning for the 1995-96 Bandy
Program.
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PARK IMPROVEMENT PLAN UPDATE
As mentioned at previous Park Board meetings, the City Council has
asked staff to present a plan for repairing and upgrading Edina's park
infrastructure. As you may recall, staff's original "vision" for
repairing and upgrading the park system had a cost of approximately
$9.3 million.
Since that report to the Park Board in 1994, a few additional needs
have been identified, such as:
1) The increased interest in building a third indoor hockey rink.
2) The urgent need to renovate the Courtney Fields and Garden Park
baseball field.
3) The need to irrigate more athletic fields under the new Turf
Management Plan.
4) The urgent need to permanently correct an identified design problem
in the pool filter room.
5) Various other needs as recently identified by enterprise facility
managers.
Therefore, staff will have an updated copy of the current Park
Improvement Plan to distribute at the May meeting. It is staff's
recommendation that the Park Improvement Plan/Long-Range Planning
Subcommittee review this plan and have a meeting prior to the June
Park Board meeting. The Subcommittee would then make recommendations
to the Park Board at the June meeting.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEETINGS
Staff would like to suggest the following options for each of the four
Subcommittees to consider for their first meeting:
By-laws and Articles of Organization
1) Andy Herring
2) Dave Crowther
3) Frank Bennett
Wed., June 14 or Thurs., June 15, 1995
Capital Budgets/Fee Structure
1) Andy Herring
2) Jim Fee
3) Dave Crowther
Mon., June 26 or Tues., June 27, 1995
Facility and Maintenance Committee
1) Andy Montgomery
2) John Dovolis
3) Jean Rydell
Wed., June 21 or Thurs., June 22, 1995
Park Improvement/Long Range Planning Committee
1) Becky Bennett
2) Mike Burley
3) Beth Hall
Wed., May 17, or Wed., May 24, 1995
I suggest that each meeting can be scheduled for either 7:30 a.m. or
7:00 p.m. for each of the suggested dates. Meeting places could be
either at City Hall or at Perkins. Either bring your preferences to
the Park Board meeting or simply call the Park and Recreation
Department office at 927-8861. With your input, staff will set up the
meeting dates, times and places.
JUNE MEETING - INCLUDING PARR TOUR.
•The June Park Board has traditionally included a tour of various parks
and facilities throughout Edina. Please come to the May meeting with
a suggested list of the parks and facilities you would like to visit
in June.
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LeCHATAIGNIER CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION
7200 Cahill Rd,
Edina, MN 55439
May 3, 1995.
John Keprios, Director
Edina Park and Recreation Dept.
4801 West 50th St.
Edina, MN 55424-1394
Re: Your letter of April 17th, 1995 (received April 28th)
We,the residents of LeChataignier Condominimums, object to
the proposal before the Council to develop Lewis Park bandy/
skating rink to a soccer field.
We appreciate the Park and the winter activities of ice
skating, bandy/games and use by families with young children
during the winter months. Our windows are naturally closed
during the winter months when there is no nuisance value,
however, the summer months would be a disaster to all resi-
dents with the increased traffic and noise levels.
We hope the above clearly states our views.
Sincerely.
Gayle Basford,V President
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Garage Stall #
Name
Telephone No.
100
9& 17
Ken & Majel Miller
941-6497
101
39 & 40
Ray & Arvis Gustafson
942-0468
102
23
Evelyn "Gigi" Olsen
829-0642
19
Ed & Clara Izmirian 941-3642
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831-1177
103
29 & 30
Glenn & Donna McDonnell
941-6821
104
28
Les & Lea Nelson
829-5531
105
21
Jon B. Amason
944-1601
106
18 & 20
Al & Amy Woods
944-8208
107
5
Neil & Jean Lossing
944-6293
108
1 & 13
Leda Bausman
941-6498
109
7&S
Don & Mae Rand
944-0584
110
10 & 44
Glen & Jo Omestad
942-0327
200
3 & 4
Eleanor Mass 941-3019
201
16
Eric & Carol Sundquist 829-1909
202
24
Bill Yaeger 942-5568
203
22
Stan & Jan Thomas 942-0297
204
47
Marion Rasmuson 829-1801
205
19
Ed & Clara Izmirian 941-3642
206
37
Dick Dahlstrom 941-6276
207
35 & 36
Audrey Blackbourn 944-9608
208
41 & 42
Gale & Darlene Basford 944-7790
209
45
Dan & Florence Liemandt 946-1469
210
48
Larry & Jinny Payne 941-4640
300
15
Marian Sorem 944-0068
301
11 & 12
Doug & Bernice Beach 941-8528
302
26
Stan & Sharon Chauss 947-0875
303
31 & 32
Gyda Bailey 941-4435
304
25
Dick & May Bartley 941-8270
305
33
Ken & Dorothy Kohn 944-5308
306
43
Janis Propper 944-0431
307
38
Melva (Mel) Howard 941-6318
308
6
Betty (Margaret) Adams 944-7478
309
34 & 46
Jerry & Joey Gruggen 944-8200
310
2 & 14
Gilbert & Lois Falk 941-2240
Pat Sundberg 938-5549
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May 3, 1995
Mr. John Keprios, Director
Edina Park and Recreation Department
Edina City Hall
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, Minnesota 55424-1394
Dear Mr. Keprios:
Thank you for your letter dated April 17, 1995, requesting community input regarding the
Edina Soccer Association proposal to develop Lewis Ridge Park bandy/skating rink into a soccer
field. Since Lewis Ridge Association Inc. is located next to Lewis Park, we are very interested and
concerned regarding any future proposed park development.
Before we respond to your letter of April 17, we would like to give you the following
background information regarding our experiences with Lewis Park, the athletes who use the park
including spectators and visitors, based on the present level of activity and control.
1. Lewis Ridge Parkway is a private driveway of the Lewis Ridge Condominium Association and the
Lewis Ridge Townhome Association. It is also a fire lane for these complexes and it is clearly signed
as a private driveway including no parking and fire lane signs. Notwithstanding this, our driveway is
frequently used as a parking place by those participating in soccer, football and other park sports
events. Our requests to such individuals to move their cars have been met with rude replies, obscene
remarks and unwilling cooperation.
2. Residents of Lewis Ridge Condominium Association have also been asked by sports participants,
etc. to use our private bathroom facilities. We have also observed persons changing clothes, etc. in
the bushes and wooded areas surrounding our property. We believe that opening the park house
restroom facility during sporting events would help.
As stated above, these are examples of problems that we are currently experiencing with
Lewis Park based on the present level of activity and control. We think it is safe to assume that the
growth of the Edina soccer program at Lewis Park will compound these problems.
Therefore, in order for us to provide the Community input you are seeking in your letter of
April 17 on this important matter, we will need more information including your plans regarding the
magnitude of the ultimate project being proposed. Specifically, we have the following questions and
concerns:
1. Is the Soccer Association's offer to donate up to $40,000 intended to be just seed money with a
larger expenditure planned? It seems that this amount would not cover much beyond grading and
preparing the present space.
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To: Mr. John Keprios, Director, Edina Park and Recreation Dept.
2. Will the City of Edina undertake to improve Lewis Park needs such as:
- Sanitary facilities
- Adequate parking on Lewis Park grounds for proposed usage
- Seating/stands
- Traffic management
3. Will the Edina Police Department enforce and protect our privacy, no parking and fire lane signs?
4. What will be the Park's hours of operation?
With answers to these questions we believe that the Lewis Ridge Condominium Association
can make a more informed response to your request for community input. Thank you again for this
opportunity to comment, and we look forward to your response in writing.
Very truly yours
Lewis Ridge Condominium
Association Board of Directors
Doris F. Clegg, Preside
Clyde Blinn, Vice President
James Tracy, Treasurer
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Marion Kloster, Document Administrator
Del Bruss, Secretary
Mr. Ron Clark, Builder
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EDINA PARK BOARD
ED I NA CITY HALL
4801 WEST 50th STREET
EDiNA,MN,55424
SUBJECT:LEWIS PARK PROPOSAL
ATTENT1ONFARK BOARD MEMBERS
Thank you for soliciting inputs from Edina residents irvhu i i ve near
Lewis Park. 1 live very close to the park and enjoy it on a daily basis. I'd
like to offer comments from my perspective both as a neighborhood
resident who uses the park as well as a member of the Edina Hockey
Association Board of Directors.
As a resident, I would like to see the park be made available to
both the soccer players and bandy players. There must be a way to use
the field in question for both activities. If it requires compromise on
the quality of the soccer surface, then it might be a fair trade-off in
order to retain the large bandy/skating area. We can't afford to lose that
field to a single season sport. Be creative, find a way to make an
adequate (not perfect) soccer field out of the bandy park in the off
season! Lewis Park is the most heavily use skating surface in Edina. The
bandy rink is used for much more recreational skating than you may
realize. Many adults and children learn to skate on the large smooth
surface. Many younger children are not comfortable skating in the hockey
rink because of the speed of the game played by the older children and
adults.
If the area in question can only be used for one sport, then i would
prefer that it remain an ice surface_ The parking around Lewis park is
already strained and further soccer pressure will result in even more
overflow parking onto Dewey Hill Road and the side streets, such as Tara
Road, where I live. Additionally, I believe the field may be located on
swampy ground. The northeast side of the bandy rink (field) is
continually wet. It may be difficult and expensive to make this into a a
good soccer field.
The Lewis Park proposal was also discussed at a recent Edina
Hockey Association Board of Directors meeting. Tl,, Board is concerned
about availabilitu of both indoor and outdoor, ice facilities. Lewis Park
i _� our best outdoor facility. it is also our highest use facility. The
availability of the bandy rink for skating skill improvement is something
we would not want to lose.
Thank you
Jerry Wi towski
7224 Tara Road
Edina, NN 55439
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Edina, Mn. 55439
May 5, 1995
Director of Edina Parks & Recreation Dept.
Dear Sir:
Am writing to you in regards to the letter we received about
developing a soccer field at Lewis Park.
We do not approve of the development of a soccer field of this
magnitude for the following reasons.
We have lived at Lewis Ridge for almost five years and enjoy
our daily walk for our health as do many older people in all
the condos & townhomes from 70th & Cahill to 78th & Cahill.
This area is populated with Senior Citizens and taxed heavily.
At present we have toddlers in the playground equipment and
will have more activity when your new equipment arrives.
A few organized games and the ice skating in the winter we do
not object too.
We have some roller bladers and teen alters on bicycles who
could be more careful and need more rules.
People at the practice games are using our private driveway,
which is a fire lane for parking and watching. Tournaments
would bring young people from all areas. The field is only
available from two sides. Too much confusion in a Senior area.
We would like to see the walking paths improved. They all
slope one way or the other. Dangerous to rollerbladers and
to walkers.
We object to a soccer field and hope you can find a more
suitable place which has more parking available, restrooms
and police detail.
Sincerely,
Clarence Guldberg
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April 17, 1995
SUBJECT: Request for community input regarding Edina Soccer
Association proposal to develop Lewis Park bandy/skating
rink into a soccer field.
Dear Resident:
The volunteer advisory board to the Edina City Council, the Edina
Park Board, is seeking community input on an important matter
concerning your local park. Due to the soccer program's growth,
the Edina Soccer Association has recently made a proposal to the
Edina Park Board to develop the large bandy/skating rink area, at
Lewis Park, into a playable soccer field area. The Edina Soccer
Association has offered to donate up to $40,000 (from their
association funds) to the City of Edina to pay for development
expenses, such as, irrigation, grading, drainage and seeding.
If the bandy/skating rink area were to be developed into a
playable soccer field, the large area could then no longer be
used for skating purposes in the winter. The smaller general
skating rink and the hockey rink would still be maintained
throughout the winter months, however, the large lighted soccer
field would not be flooded for ice skating purposes.
The Edina Park Board will be discussing, and possibly voting on,
this proposal at their Board meeting on Tuesday, May 9, 1995,
7:30 p.m., Edina Council Chambers, Edina City Hall.
Therefore, if you have an opinion that you wish to share with the
Edina Park Board, please send your comments in writing and
address the envelope to:
Edina Park Board
Edina City Hall
4801 West 50th Street
Edina, MN 55424
As always, you are also welcome to attend the Edina Park Board
meeting to share your comments in person. For your information,
this notice has been mailed to every Edina resident who resides
within approximately 500 feet of Lewis Park.
If you have further questions about this matter, feel free to
call me at 927-8861 ext. 230. Many thanks.
Si erely,
John Keprs6 , Director
Edina Park and Recreation Dept.
EDINA PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
PARK IMPROVffiFfl$NT PLAN
MIML PARKS - Total proposed development - $441,000
Bi ncrest - Playground equipment, rading, backstop.
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Chowen - Hard surface court, basketball standards, regrading,
shelter building with restrooms and picnic area, replace
fence, landscaping.
Heights - Pathways, hardsurface court, basketball standards,
backstop, regrading, landscaping.
Kojetin - Pathway, regrading, landscaping.
McGuire - Pathway, regrading, landscaping, comfort station.
Sherwood - Regrading, landscaping, gazebo shelter.
St. Johns - Regrading, landscaping, backstop.
Tingdale - Playground equipment, regrading, landscaping, backstop
comfort station.
York - Pathway, drinking fountain, regrading.
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS - Total proposed development - $1,131,000
A* - Hard surface court, basketball standards, landscaping.
Arden - Parking lot re -face brick wall, curbing, sidewalk,
playground equipment.
Cornelia
School - Park shelter building with restrooms, hockey rink,
irrigation, pathway, fencing.
Countryside- Irrigation, tennis bangboard & oasis, pathways, fencing,
playground equipment, landscaping, regrading.
Normandale - Hard surface court, basketball standards, bleachers,
picnic shelter, pathway, asphalt hockey rink.
Strachauer - Hard surface court, basketball standards, playground
equipment, pathways, hockey boards, lights, parking lot,
gazebo shelter, landscaping, irrigation.
Utley - Pathway, tennis court oasis.
25,000
160,000
25,000
9,000
80,000
15,000
3,000
120,000
4,000
$441,000
25,000
83,000
280,000
95,000
85,000
110,000
8,000
Weber - Hockey rink, remove and replace shelter building,
playground equipment, tennis courts, tennis oasis,
pathways, hard surface court, basketball standards,
fencing, parking lot, regrade ballfields, irrigation,
landscaping. 350,000
Wooddale - Safety fencing, irrigation, basketball court and standards. 45,000
Y town - Tennis courts, pathway, regrading, irrigation, volleyball
courts, landscaping. 50,000
$1,131,000
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COMMUNITY PLAYFIELDS - Total proposed development - $1,382,000
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Va ey - Tennis courts, regrading, hockey rink, brick face shelter
building, pathways, landscaping. 35,000
Garden - Shelter building/picnic shelter with restooms, playground
equipment, pathways, rebuild baseball field, safety
fencing softball field, drinking fountain, park lighting,
irrigation. 150,000
Highlands - Playground equipment, tennis courts, pathways, safety
fencing, outfield fencing, irrigation, lighting. 85,000
Lake Edina - Playground equipment, gazebo shelter. 40,000
Pamela - Hockey rink with asphalt, picnic shelter, pathways, park
lighting, regrade ballfields, irrigation, drinking fountains,
tennis courts, tennis bangboard, fencing. 195,000
odd - Remove house, irrigate ballfield, parking lot, playground
equipment, pathway, park lighting, shelter building/picnic
shelter with restrooms, tennis courts, hockey rink. 177,000
Van
Valkenburg - Picnic shelter, batting cages, playground equipment,
pathways, park lighting, hard surface area, drinking
fountain, grading, landscaping. 380,000
R - Shelter building/picnic shelter with restrooms, tennis
Wt
courts, regrading, landscaping, basketball court and
standards, backstop, fencing, playground equipment, park
lighting, pathways. 162,000
Lewis - Shelter building/picnic shelter with restrooms, irrigation,
regrading, rebuild existing shelter building to make
restrooms accessible from exterior, tennis oasis, pathways,
park lighting, drinking fountains, landscaping. 158,000
$1,382,000
COMMUNITY PARKS - Total proposed development - $663,000
Courtney
Fields
Baseball
Complex -
Regrading, fencing, lighting, irrigation, netting.
265,000
Braemar -
Playground equipment,
picnic selter, pathways.
58,000
Lake
Cornelia -
Playground equipment,
pathway, backstop, irrigation, park
lighting, parking lot,
curbing, tennis courts, volleyball
courts, fishing dock,
shelter building with restrooms.
340,000
TOTAL COMMUNITY PARKS
$663,000
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ENP'"RPRISE FACILITIES - Total proposed development - $1,164,000
AQUATIC
CENTER
Redesign filter room
New bath house
Expand zero depth
Perimeter fencing
Concession stand
Concession stand
Lounge chairs
Paint pool
Pool vacuum
TOTAL
ART
CENTER
entry pool
equipment
awning
$230,000
700,000
100,000
70,000
15,000
15,000
6,000
18,000
10,000
$1,164,000
Roof repair, sculpture stands, patio on east side of main
gallery, sculpture court, welding stations added in pottery/
sculpture area, student locker, tea room, fax machine, carpet,
display case, VCR and camera equipment, remodel jewelry room,
printing rack for gift shop, new stools, energy efficient
windows, banners for acoustic control, air conditioning for
Nichols studio, computer, exterior irrigation, replaster walls,
extruder for pottery department, pottery wheel, electric kiln,
replace wooden ware carts, auto -firing kiln controllers,
hand rail for back door steps, motion sensors for gallery
lighting, widen stairs to lower level, accessible doors. $62,000
BR EMAR
ARENA -
New garage resurfacer (West Arena) 30,000
Locker room expansion (West Arena) 60,000
New ice resurfacer machine 130,000
Glass door emergency exits 45,000
Parking lot 400,000
Fire protection sprinkler system (West Arena) 50,000
Lower level matting 20,000
Event marquee 8,000
Exterior irrigation 20,000
Sub -total $763,000
Third sheet of ice $2,500,000
Total Braemar Arena $3,263,000
GUN
RANGE
Relocate trap thrower, sound proof indoor range, natural gas
supply, heating/air-conditioning system, ventilation system for
indoor range, regrading, landscaping, asphalt driveway, curbing,
hook up city water and sewer, gutter system, indoor walls and
ceilings, security fencing, archery range. $134,000
TOTAL ENTERPRISE FACILITIES $4,623,000
Please note that Edinborough, Centennial Lakes, Braemar Golf Course and
Nr Landale Golf Course are not included in this proposal because they
h their own means of financing capital improvements.
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SPECIAL PURPOSE PARKS - Total proposed development - $1,230,000
Al' ;ON
AC, --S -
Complete master plan of landscaping, irrigation, entrance,
pathway, park lighting, drinking fountain, formal gardens.
BREDESEN -
Pathway repair, gazebo shelter, drinking fountains.
SENIOR
CENTER
A new permanent Senior Center building.
SOUTHDALE
GATEWAY -
Landscaping, benches.
TUPA -
Irrigation, install island in parking area
TOTAL SPECIAL PURPOSE PARKS
-IISCELLANEOUS PARK AMENITIES - Total proposed development - $647,500
(not included in above estimates)
Signs (including posts and keystone base flower beds)
Park benches (including hard surface under benches)
Permanent bleachers (including hard surface under bleachers)
Pc `able bleachers
P =r benches (including concrete apron)
Trash recepticles (including concrete pads)
Portable sound system (Sousa Band etc.)
Showmobile (includes trade-in of old showmobile)
Portable tables and chairs
Picnic grills
Portable gas cooking grill
Picnic tables (portable and permanent)
New Senior Bus (includes trade-in of existing
Roof repair for Public Works Building
TOTAL MISCELLANEOUS PARK AMENITIES
SUMMARY
Mini Parks $441,000
Neighborhood Parks 1,131,000
Community Playfields 1,382,000
Community Parks 663,000
Enterprise Facilities 4,623,000
Special Purpose Parks 1,230,000
Miscellaneous Park Amenities 647,500
TOTAL PARK IMPROVEMENTS $10,117,500
senior bus)
$175,000
35,000
1,000,000
10,000
10,000
$1,230,000
80,000
20,000
95,000
8,000
10,000
25,000
19,000
190,000
6,000
5,000
2,500
12,000
75,000
100,000
$647,500