HomeMy WebLinkAbout1959-02-16 Park Board Minutes;.A . U "P Z.
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1959
bers pr,:zc-m&- Ribbert Chairrim-ri. Mr ens absent: 'Hillis ecus
K',.A. Crinkley
Ken
I dall Ste`irosns
Willi= Lzuis
Herwim atrachaue-r-
I Approval of Mnutes of the Febrry 2: 1959 Park Board NeetLag,
The Park Board discussed the proposed re -alignment of County Road #18 as it
would affect the development of the Hays Farm. No -action on this matterV
but was postponed for further consideration at their next meeting.
1) OlariJfication of service roads which border- on the park.
21' intone= tion on the intersection of County Road
61,18
and
3) Fa--,-ther informAtion on the acres that would, be taken by
the proposed relocation of County Rzzd -and the
Possibility of recovering this froir the north est corner
cf the park,
III LI -58-10 HeariEig, rma Edna U ilaLi
Mr. French explained the proposed pla,:is. He stated, that going brack to the
Park Band, ellectian, in FebrrzatT, 1957.- that this park -das then set up as a
park playfield and the voters., in approving, the park bond,, therefore$
approved the general idea Of aiq)raving the Mghland Park along the lines
nov proposed. He explained that an a pla3,field3 this area Would service
those people north, of #169, west to Tniliko qoad., the nor -6h limitations of
the Village Lioimts.. and, cast to &IG-0,,, As a neighborhood playground it
we serve, directly the Edina Highland Development., the Skyline Drive
Develop rate, ran Baia, and Rolling Gre-en�, He then re -viewed the current
developrerat pn which calls for the ezqj)cnditmv of the remaining funds,,
some $22,,00,0 aut of 'rhe $30-000 which was originally allocated. for thee
developr%nt cf this parkp,
The, major objeotirvvs of this af�rrent de-volopmnt plan aret
1)
Janda pi and basrttifi,�ati= of the field gams area,
i the area een long arry- rarl-aray anal Donca straver
w4re the prezent ba e` fieMz are. T1 area,
to recaive spec -Lal treatnen� us-ing plant Mteriala vt-ich
T:ill m's'lit or sorei�n the ball fields and back-stvas,
� and,
vini-cli be 1110,a nand mora effective as 'Wia ;Years go by.
5 ,`r eparat4 ,v§: Wl the p i v =r g.t:°ound area at the
north 00 01 Doncaster 5Q, .5 We plaFgraund lyinc
adjacent as it does to the vDair :a sa will after
especially fine Play apporKnitics .dor the.le-rae ..
tary Whool aged childran,
3) A sliding hill will be clear the north end of
wooded area..
4) tk Vititer so pp%3�jr has already been established, This
vill provid* a source of watering the ptings, as
well as the esta ish- eot< of a.skating rink.
5) Footpaths Strom Skyline Drive down to the plyyground
and from the easement through intarlachea Court will
be constructed
6) To make it possible for ar skating rin during those
seasons wwhen as bappamcd t pis Fea.ri the pond dries up,
The areas around the coni at the and of Northwood
Drive and that piece of land adjacent to Mirror mss
Drive and laterlachan boulevard are to be improved by
gras ing, proper top soil, fertilized and seeded.
Mr, HarKson discussed in detail the planting pears for that area b Glengarry,
Kr may and Uanoaatsr Ely, she hearing was then opened to comments and ques-
tions trot the Wien=
& K. W sch el re 5303, Glengam Parkway said that he had a potition signed
by some 90 people, r ioalie d�.d not hays vith hint but ich he could nail to
the Pare Board, and this petition i°ted. all of the,grievences again the park
and its development;e further er states that he irculd not review all of these
objections, since he r s sure that We Park Board was familiar with them, hcavv-
avers he did Ws% to state that the present proposed evelopmant, is cut of
keeping i°with the character of t` o asighborhood and asked gor re-coI' s dear u ami
of the plans with particular refore anti flys el.n .ratio . or °thy "relocation$
f the basI!fields, Re asked several ra l q es do s of Mr, Harrivon sit
respsat to the plantings and s tatQ that IAS Felt that the landscaping
were inadacjuate,,,
Mr. K. cAnderson, 5207 eoncaster Qy spoke ha p* cticular Kjonlio, to the
parking
area at the ilr% a o Doncaster may, asking
Qy it couldn't be
placed On the Glengarr-,-T Fa�� and of Northwood Drive,,
Mr. Folks Vic° orse n, 5605 v yr shre Dino rd spoke in objection particularly
to the, parking area, at the north a& ofone-a. �fer Wwy 4 w . the baseball baakatqpa.,
and becanse of some f ua_w put cm part prop€ It naxt to hIs land as 'r: nter h
«:sem%
Court,, his land now b tkets rater �; �i c he claims it had never done before,
hg possibig for c
019 Nizahn, 510 c, as��ca
bicYcle path to be creatt:,,d drcn�qt the steep bank at che and of Skyline UrivG
W ths Park- In response to tbis, NO. Franc h stnted that the bank was SO
Ree p thst this our. not real feaviblc and tho solution to this
sONe' Order lY method of Parking bioy6les in the turn around on Skyline
Kim The Park BoaN aslUsted that this possibility be explored,
k& Flench then said that there had been SIX meetingo held in the neighbor-
hood to discuss and aNplain the park plans to the people in the service
area with an attendance at approximately 265 people. it could Q consermy-
ati7ely stated that a substantial majority were in favor of the plan as it
was presented, Append& to the kinutes is a report of the meetings and the
list of people Vho attanded,
hr,, Stevens moved since one mane neighborhoW meeting was scheduled, and to
allov Mr. WWI= time to get his petition in, that action ca the Highlands
Development plea be poste r.. until the March 2. 1959 meeting® Mr, Crinklely
second the motions It passed unaninauslyo
IV 11QqQf_J1qnn21_Ecr Hays 1-15
VON= and Associates presented their proposal covering the planning of the
Byz Farm. The Park Ward acceptel their Jr,posal for stuay.
The maettag vas adjourned at gilO p,mm
Respectfully suhd-tted,
Clifton 0 French, Seerstarr7
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