HomeMy WebLinkAbout1976-01-27 Park Board MinutesMINUTES OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF
THE EDIALA PARK BOARD
HELD TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1976
r EDINA CITY HALL
Members Present: Mrs. Shaw, Mrs. McDonald, Mr. Rice, Mr. Fischer, Mr. Turnbull, Mr.
Pavek, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Sweetland.
Staff Present: Ken Rosland and Gordon Hughes.
Mr. Rice opened the Park Board meeting by thanking the guests present for coming. He
ported out that all of the Park Board members were present at the January 19, 19760
Council meeting where revised plans for the Meadowbrook area were presented. He asked
if any of the visitors had anything new to present. Mr. Mike Kelly of 22 Circle West
presented to the Park Board a written summary of the actions that have been taken by
the Watershed District in the past 111 years and the neighborhood reactions.
Mr. Rosland read a sample resolution with the following four alternative recommenda-
tions regarding the Meadowbrook Marsh area:
1. Approval of the final plans for the Meadowbrook area, presented on January 19, 1976,
in total, including a perimeter walking path encircling the Meadowbrook Marsh, a
trail center at the end of Vandervork Avenue which includes a 20 car parking lot,
and a canoe landing northerly and westerly of the trail center.
2. Approval of the Meadowbrook Area plan with the deletion of that portion of the
walking trail located within the City of Edina.
3. Ap_roval of the Meadowbrook harsh area plan but with a perimeter walking trail
which commences at the Vandervork Avenue trail center and extends westerly and
across a floating boardwalk in the vicinity of Circle West as shown on the
district's plans of January 19, 1976, and terminating at the south extension of
Alabama Avenue in St. Louis Park.
4. Approval of the Meadowbrook area plan but with the deletion of the entire perimeter
walking path encircling Meadowbrook Marsh.
Also included in the resolution was the further statement regarding the remainder of
the mir_nehaha Creek Watershed District's proposals within the City of Edina boundary
limits.
After a great deal of discussion, Mr. Rice suggested the Park Board review_thd
resolution step by step. Mrs. Shaw moved and Mr. Warner seconded that the Edina
Park Board recommend approval of all of the additional projects located in Edina,
including canoe landings, the portage trail, and associated picnic facilities at the
Browndale Dam and Utley Park, provided the picnic facilities must be portable;
maintenance dredging upstream and downstream of 44th Street; canoe landings and a
portage trail in the vicinity of 54th Street; and rock dam renovation upstream of
France Avenue. Motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Sweetland moved that the entire Meadowbrook marsh plan as presented by the Water-
shed District be disapproved. Mr. Pavek seconded the motion. Motion was defeated 2-7.
Mr. Warner moved that the Park Board recommend approval of the canoe landing and
parking lot at the north end of Vandervork Avenue but recommends disapproval of
the entire perimeter walking path and its related facilities. Mr. Fischer seconded
the motion. The motion was defeated 4-5.
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Mrs. McDonald moved that the Park Board recommend approval of the Meadowbrook area
proposal but with a perimeter walking trail which commences at the Vandervork Avenue
trail center and exLesius westerly and across a floating boardwalk in the vicinity of
Circle West as shown on the watershed district's plans of January 19, 1976, and
terminating at the south extension of Alabama Avenue in St. Louis Park. Mrs. Shaw
seconded the motion. The motion was defeated 1-7.
Mrs. Shaw moved that the Edina Park Board recommends the construction of a parking
lot generally located at the extension of Vandervork Avenue and a canoe landing
located northerly and westerly of the parking lot, the construction plans subject to
the approval of the City of Edina Park and Recreation Department. Mrs. McDonald
seconded the motion. The motion passed 7-2.
Mr. Fischer moved that the Edina Park Board recommend deletion of the entire
perimeter walking path around Meadowbrook Marsh and that the trail center and kiosk
facilities be deleted. Mr. Sweetland seconded the motion. All voted aye.
Mrs. Shaw moved that the Watershed District be requested to restudy for subsequent
Park Board review the plans for the Meadowbrook area perimeter walking path. Mrs.
McDonald seconded the motion. The motion was defeated 3-4.
Mr. Rice thanked the interested parties for being present. The special meeting of
the Edina Park Board was adjourned at 10:30 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Ken Rosland
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