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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-04-12 Park Board MinutesDraft Minutes❑ Approved Minutes® Approved Date: 5/10/2016 Minutes City Of Edina, Minnesota Park Board Braemar Golf Course April 12, 2016 1. Call To Order Chair McCormick called the April 12, 2016 Park Board meeting to order at 7:03 p.m. II. Roll Call Answering roll call for the Park Board were Chair McCormick, Members Dahlien, Gieseke, Good, Greene, McAwley, Meyer, Miller, Nelson, Strother and Student Members Crist and Lohani. Answering roll call for the Arts & Culture Commission were Chair Miller, Members Chaffee, Ellis, Gunness, LaValleur, Meifert and Suckow. Staff present: Staff Liaison Ann Kattreh, Assistant Parks & Recreation Director Susan Faus, Administrative Support Specialist Janet Canton and Edina Art Center General Manager Michael Frey III. Approval Of Meeting Agenda Motion made by Good to approve the meeting agenda. Motion seconded by Gieseke. Motion carried. IV. Approval Of Meeting Minutes Motion made by Strother to approve the March 8, 2016 minutes. Motion seconded by Nelson. Motion carried. V. Community Comment None VI. Reports/Recommendations A. Grandview Facility Site Fit Victor Pechaty, from HGA, gave a power point presentation of the two options for the Grandview Facility Site. The Park Board and Arts & Culture Commission gave their feedback and asked questions regarding the two options. Mr. Pechaty indicated that he will take the feedback of what is and is not working for his final report. He stated the purpose of this meeting is to provide several data points from a potential design to go to the City Council. He indicated the final report will be a document that will provide data that will be. useful in the future process to make decisions. B. Proposed Cross Country Ski Trails at Braemar Park 1 Draft Minutes❑ Approved Minutes® Approved Date: 5/10/2016 Staff Liaison Kattreh gave a power point presentation on a proposal for cross country ski trails and snow tubing at Braemar Park. She is proposing they further study the feasibility of adding winter recreation activities at Braemar Park. Park Board members asked questions, voiced concerns and had a discussion about the proposal. Member Greene left at 9:05 p.m. C. 2016 Work Plan Update Chair McCormick gave an update on Initiative 8 (Pollinator Garden) of the Work Plan. She indicated she met with former Member Jones and they added some programming around pollinators. She noted it will be part of the Pamela Park Playground Program as well as part of the Three Rivers programming. The Park Board discussed the Work Plan and the new Park Board members indicated what initiatives they are interested in working with. The following lists the nine initiatives and which members will be working with those initiatives. Initiative I (Inclusive Playground — Rosland Park): Members Nelson and McAwley Initiative 2 (Fred Richards Park Master Plan): Members Greene, Good, McAwley, Dahlien and Miller Initiative 3 (Park Signage Replacement Plan and Begin Implementation): Members Nelson, Strother, McCormick, Gieseke and Miller Initiative 4 (Grandview Facility Planning): Member Nelson Initiative 5 (Analysis of Current Programs and Cost Recovery Expectations for City Recreational Programs): Members Good, Lohani, Miller and Dahlien Initiative 6 (Recreation Programming and Facilities Marketing and Communication Delivery Review): Members Strother, McCormick and Crist Initiative 7 (Engage External Resources to Provide Environmental Programming): Members Strother and Gieseke Initiative 8 (Pollinator Garden — Park Property or Partnership with Edina Public Schools): Member McCormick Initiative 9 (Multi-year Playground Renovation Plan): Members Strother, McAwley, Dahlien and Miller Member Nelson left at 9:32 p.m. VII. Correspondence and Petitions None VIII.Chair and Member Comments Member Gieseke congratulated Member Good on being the new Vice Chair of the Park Board; Member Good was not at the Park Board meeting where it was made official. Draft Minutes❑ Approved Minutes® Approved Date: 5/10/2016 Member Miller gave thanks and appreciation to the city employees for doing such a great job. IX. Staff Comments Staff Liaison Kattreh gave the following updates: • The Parks & Recreation Department is in major hiring mode. • Staff and consultants are working on the final designs and permitting process for the golf course renovation. • Staff and consultants are going to be kicking off renovations to the exterior of Braemar Clubhouse and the driving range building. • Tin Fish will be taking over the on -course beverage sales; that was part of their original lease agreement. • Staff and consultants will be proposing to have a lawn games area in the back area of the Braemar Clubhouse with the deck overlooking the area as part of the golf course renovation. • The driving range will open on April 15; hitting off the mats only. • The Golf Dome will close on April 14. • Braemar Arena will be hosting the Robertson Cup May I 1-15. This is the championship tournament for the North American Hockey League. • Parks & Recreation Assistant Director, Susan Faus, has been working on requests for proposals for playground equipment at Weber and Rosland Parks. • Staff hopes to start working on the Fred Richards site Master Plan process in June. • Nine Mile Creek updated their 100 year flood map which shows most of the entire Fred Richards Golf Course having potential to be underwater. • The Pickleball Court construction at Rosland Park is scheduled to start in early May; there will be a groundbreaking but no date has been set. • The city is still waiting for the final purchase agreement language from the City of Minneapolis for Weber Woods. It should be done and go before City Council in the next month or two. • The city has been approached by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District to partner with them on a stream bank stabilization project; there will be more information in the upcoming months. X. Adjournment Motion made by Good to adjourn the April 12, 2016 meeting at 9:55 p.m. Motion seconded by Gieseke. Motion carried. 3