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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984-10-09 Park Board PacketEDINA PARK BOARD October 9, 1984 6:30 P.M. Edina Citv Hall AGENDA I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 11, 1984 MEETING II. RECREATION REPORT III. DISCUSSION OF SALE OF PROPERTY AT 66th AND WEST SHORE IV. SPEED SKATING RINK V. FRIENDS OF BRAEMAR GOLF COURSE 4•, Edina park board dedicates Hermann Strachauer Park Dedication ceremonies were held last week for the renaming of Beard Park to Hermann Strachauer Park. The park, located at 62nd and Beard streets, was re- named last October in honor of Hermann Strachauer, longtime Edina resident who served on the Parks and Rec- reation Board from 1948 to 1961. Strachauer was in- volved in almost every step of the early stages of the Edina park system. Strachauer was in- strumental in putting togeth- er the original survey of the city's park system. He also helped secure the 1957 $800,000 bond issue to purchase the 450 acres of the Hays farm property for the Braemar Arena and to build the city's municipal pool. The dedication of the park was postponed last year when Strachauer began un- dergoing cancer treatment. He died in February. Renaming Beard Park is part of what is expected to be an ongoing process of chang- ing parks named after the streets on which they sit. Nineteen parks in Edina still have street names. Eleven parks in Edina have been named after peo- ple, primarily prominent citizens: Van Valkenburg Park at Malibu and County Road 18 is named after former Mayor James Van Valkenburg; Alden Park at 6750 Belmore Lane honors Gretchen Alden, former longtime city clerk; Bredesen Park at Vernon and Olinger avenues is named for former Mayor Arthur Bredesen; Weber Field at 4115 Grimes Ave. is named after the first con- stable of the city of Morn- ingside; Harold Utley Park at 50th and Wooddale is named after a former promi- nent citizen in the Country Club area; William Wardwell Lewis Park at De- wey Hill and Cahill roads honors the longtime member of the park board and current chairman of the planning commission; Williams Park, the Old Mill site at 50th and Browndale, was donated by an Edina man whose son, William, died in World War H; Arneson Acres carries the name of the man who donated the 15 acres of land for the park; Frank Tupa- Edina Historical Center, 4918 Eden Ave., is named after a longtime city council mem- ber who actively worked on purchasing and seeking out park property; T. Lea Todd, 4429 Vandervork Ave., car- ries the name of the former mayor; and Pamela Park is named after the daughter of the Edina resident who donated the land.