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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993-01-12 Park Board Packet1W City of Edina EDINA PARK BOARD 7:30 p.m. January 12, 1993 MANAGER'S CONFERENCE ROOM A G E N D A 1. Approval of the December 8, 1992 Minutes 2. Edina School District Construction Schedule - Doug Johnson and David Vick 3. Jr. Olympic Volleyball Association - Scott Berg, President 4. YMCA's 1993 Field Rental Fee for Use of Yorktown Park Field. 5. Van Valkenburg Park Softball Complex Rental Policy A. $100 per field per day plus $100 for building per day B. Rentals will be limited to Edina based organizations or individuals only 6. Recreation Report REMINDER: City Council's Annual Dinner Meeting to Honor Boards and Commissions on March 24th, 6:00 p.m. at Centennial Lakes City Hall (612) 927-8861 4801 WEST 50TH STREET FAX (612) 927-7645 EDINA, MINNESOTA 55424-1394 TDD (612) 927-5461 EDINA PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEMORANDUM TO: Dr. David Vick FROM: Doug Johnson DATE: January 11, 1993 R E: Gym Availability During Construction January -May, 1993 All gyms will be available for use except one gym at Valley View Middle School. May -August, 1993 Edina High School, Valley View Middle School South View Middle School, and Concord Elementary will all be totally closed for construction. September -December, 1993 While the secondary facilities will still be under construction as well as Concord, we do not anticipate any significant closures. January -December, 1994 All elementary buildings except for Concord will be under construction. We can anticipate that these gyms will be closed during the summer months. Our schedule for January -August 1993 is unlikely to change. The building team has not adopted an elementary construction schedule as of this date (probably not until summer, 1993). While I can not write the rest of the schedule in stone, it is in our best interest to keep the gyms open as much as possible. DATE: TO: FROM: SUBJECT: CITY OF EDINA PARK AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM January 4, 1993 Bob Kojetin John Kepriosi�� YMCA field rental for use of the Yorktown Park ball field. The YMCA again is requesting to use.the Yorktown Park ball field for two of their recreational programs: PROGRAM DATES Batters Up April 24 -June 14, 1993 Outdoor Soccer Sept. 11 -Oct. 23, 1993 DAYS/TIMES Thursdays 5:00 p.m. -8:30 p.m. Saturdays 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Saturdays 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Each program registers roughly 400 children, boys and girls grades K-6, and both have the same registration fee, which is $25 for YMCA members and $45 for non-members. The ratio of members vs. non-members registered in both programs is roughly the same; 75% non-members and 25% members. In the past, we have charged a field rental fee of $500 per program, which equates to $1.25 per child. The YMCA has always done their own field maintenance, which means they have always done their own striping and chalking for their Batters Up and Outdoor Soccer programs. The Edina Park Maintenance Department has always done all the routine maintenance of the field, such as grass cutting, fertilizing, weed killing and infield agri-lime maintenance (leveling and dragging), however, we have never dragged the field for their Batters Up program. To determine what is a fair and reasonable field rental fee, I believe that we need to consider mutual benefits as well as the service provided. I have to agree with the YMCA that the park users benefit from the use of the YMCA parking lot as well as the YMCA's restroom facilities. On the other hand, I am sure that there are several YMCA members that use the City owned parking lot next to the tennis courts. How much is the parking and restroom benefits for our programs at Yorktown Park worth? That is a difficult question to answer, however, there is definitely some value to the park users. I believe it is important to maintain a healthy working relationship with the YMCA. The YMCA staff has already told us that if they are charged $6.00 per participant, they will find alternate facilities. I would not recommend that the YMCA be charged the $6.00 per participant if we do not provide any field maintenance beyond the routine grass care. Therefore, I would recommend that we charge the YMCA $600 per activity, which is 10% more that previous years and is the same percentage increase that is being placed on Edina residents who participate in our organized athletic programs. OPEN LETTER TO ALL PARTIES INTERESTED IN WALNUT RIDGE PARK Recently, we have noticed, along with several of our fellow Parkwood Knolls residents, that the ice conditions on the hockey and skating rinks in Walnut Ridge Park are of significantly poorer quality than recent years. As inhabitants of the house closest to a hockey rink in Edina and observers of ice maintenance for 12 winter seasons, we can only attribute this deterioration in ice conditions to a change in flooding procedure used by the Edina Park and Recreation staff. Previously, the City workers have resurfaced the ice by flooding the rinks with water from the park fire hydrant. This year, a large water tank truck has been driven on the ice to flood the rinks. In that this is the only apparent change in maintenance procedure, it seems that the poorer ice conditions are due to this change. The absence of complaints concerning ice quality in previous years supports this theory. It is regrettable that the Park and Recreation staff has attributed the deterioration of ice conditions to our repeated request that rink maintenance be performed at a reasonable time of day. During the past 12 years, the Park and Recreation staff has prepared and resurfaced the ice as early as 3:30 am and, in recent years as late as 9:00 or 10:00 am. The resurfacing procedure takes 30 - 45 minutes and the equipment used is akin to a backhoe and very noisy. Until recently, the maintenance required turning on the rink lights. We have been pleased that our request that the resurfacing be done after 7:00 am has been generally respected during the past three years although this year the equipment has been operation as early as 6:30 am. This particular resurfacing was done on the Christmas weekend. We welcome this discussion at the Park and Recreation meeting in an effort to resolve the concerns regarding the maintenance of the Walnut Ridge Park. Fellow residents have called attention to the poor quality of the park's walking path and neglect of the baseball diamond as other areas for concern. As parents of an 8 year boy who enjoys skating and playing hockey in the park, we are eager to see the Walnut Ridge rink maintained in the same high quality manner as we have experienced in the past few years. We also feel it is not unreasonable to ask the city employees to make an effort to work with Edina residents and taxpayers to achieve solutions to these issues. Jeff & Bobby Arnold 6515 Biscayne Edina, MN 55436