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043009 PK Tours AgP• CITY OF SHOREWOOD 2009 PARK TOURS The Shorewood Park Commission has set aside two days for touring the parks. The first tour is scheduled for: Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. Meet at City Hall at 4:45 • Tour Badger Park Crescent Beach Cathcart Park Continue at Freeman Park A meeting will follow at Shorewood City Hall at approximately 6:45 p.m. Majority of the City Council May be Present. No Action Will be Taken. U 0 60' 120' i T&DA Ef�ITFER�a +Tt�= s 0 40' 80' -.� -_ - Preliminar y Parks Master Plan Badg Park - Concept ' TI�.T3A COI L. k 000IX000 Preliminary Parks Master Plan 0 40' 80' Preliminary Parks Master Plan Cathcart Park - Concept `A' a cvt. ot�3eovq TKDA City of Shorewood - --W Preliminary Parks Master Plan E Cathcart Parr Concept `B' TEA UMM� 1433tt.009 • 2009 Project List South Tonka Little League 4/14/09 Prepared by Grant Leum SAFETYISSUES: Problem: Fence maintenance and repair at Freeman 1 and 3. In high use areas, the bottoms have curled and broken the ties that hold them in place. Mainly by the warm up areas and behind home plate. Because the bottoms have come loose, we feel this is a safety and liability issue that has to be fixed before we start practice. — Replaced 4/09/09 is I I ,list 0 • Solution- Short Term: We have obtained three quotes to repair the fences in the worst areas. This includes replacing the permanently damaged and curled fences behind home plate at Freeman 1 and 3, and the warm up fences at Freeman 3. Retying the fences as needed and minor other repairs as outlined in their quotes. Quote #1: $4,100 Quote #2: $2,650- USED 4/09/09 • Quote #3: $4,520 Solution- Long Term: Use existing batting nets and encourage coaches to only use this. Implement new safety policy throughout league to eliminate batting practice into steel fences.- Implemented at coaches meeting 4/8 Add rubber matting behind pitching warm up areas. 5'x10 Home Plate protective fence matting. These would be proposed for installation at Freeman 1 and 3 and Manitou #1. This would be removed after league play is completed and installed on April 12 PN #RBSPAD1380 $392.85 ea (4) req'd Total = $1,181.55 • • • Repair of all the batting cages to include asphalt paving at both Freeman 1 and 3. This is a permanent change that would eliminate the ongoing work that we do, constantly filling in the potholes, like the ones in the pictures. • 6x l2' Home Plate Mat for use in batting cages at Freeman 1 and 3. These will be used regardless of paving of cage floors to allow for more cage use without mud or maintenance. PN #RRHP612 $286.44 EA Total = $1,718.64 Fall 2009 Build (3) additional batting capes at Freeman 3 next to existing cape on first base side. These would include asphalt bases and necessary structure. — Preliminary discussions Reshingle shed at Freeman 1 concession stand. Change the sign off of Eureka Road. The first sign says Freeman 1,2,3 , but the real entrance to • Freeman 3 is at the next street where the signs for the rest of Freeman park is located. • GENERAL REPAIRS There has been some vandalism at the dugout on Freeman 3 with spray paint and fecal matter that needs to be addressed (see picture 4544). • Raise the concrete under the benches at Freeman 1. These have sunk over the years and become ponds every time it rains. Build containment area for Ag Lime and black dirt. Build inside fenced area at Freeman 1. Also by shed on Freeman 3. Replace the practice pitchers mound at Freeman 1 - 1 st base side. This was used as fill for the walkway. Seed and clean up gravel around new walkway at Freeman 1. Will this be blacktopped? Add concrete under benches at Cathcart park. This would be approximately 4' x 18' underneath each dugout bench. Schedule: Sunday April 12 th : First Day of Practice Saturday April 25 : Season Opener • • 4/17/09 Control Box Relocation Project By: Grant Leum — South Tonka Little League Location: Freeman 3 Purpose: Move existing score board controller out of dugout due to conflict with little league rules. Existing location: Inside first base dugout at Freeman 3. n U Proposed relocation by moving electrical outlet and control outlet to the left side of the near bleacher to allow an official scorer to use, outside of the dugout. Per Little League rules, we have a restriction on the amount of coaches in the dugout. Therefore it has historically been operated by players, causing a • number of problems and distractions. South Tonka has contracted with a licensed Master Electrician to trench approximately 30 feet, two lines from the existing location behind the dugout over to the new location. Then install conduit and weather resistant outlets next to the bleacher for connection of this controller. South Tonka Little League will pick up all expenses associated with this improvement and would like to have it inspected after completion by the city. If we need to pull a permit or other paperwork, just let us know. 4/21/09- Based on conversations with Larry Brown- City of Shorewood, the outlets cannot be attached to the bleachers, however we can relocate to the exterior of the dugout which will be completed in the next week. U CJ City of Shorewood Parks Planning— Concept Plans Review April 14, 2009 AGENDA 1. Introductions • Summary of Process to Date (brief) • Meeting goals (brief) 2. Review & Discuss Concept Plans (10 -15 minutes each park) • Freeman Park • • Badger Park • Manor Park • Cathcart Park • Silverwood Park • Park Building • As we discuss each park, we will note connecting elements, such as • Entry monuments & signs • Plaza elements • "Greens" • Community gardens 3. Next Meeting – May 12 • Final plans • Cost estimates • Phasing plans • 4 �(-,41- fb City of Shorewood Parks 3 -4 -09 Site Visit General Park Info • Eddy Station last major project • Looking to improve infrastructure • Parks have gone from passive to active use through programming in parks, along with surrounding communities • Community garden program • Make parks more hangoutable — plaza spaces, etc. • Music in the parks • Look for elements to "tie together" park components /image • Image to present in all parks • First — short term improvements — for example, Community Ed will use Manor Park for programming if new facility with running water is provided • Tennis courts need ongoing maintenance • Volunteer gardeners get $100 / year for garden at Manor Park • Frisbee golf? • Splash pad? — Freeman Park? • Fountains? • Consider use of land on south side of City Hall (house bought for storm water imp.) • Platform tennis, horse shoes, shuffleboard, volleyball (Manor has one that isn't used / • Freeman has two that are used), bocce ball, chess tables, etc.? • More demonstrations of natural plantings — rain gardens, prairie restorations, etc. • Going green types of elements • Add recycling • Suggest trees and plantings that are wildlife friendly • Lots of active recreation provided — consider uses for passive rec. and older users Park Shelter Info • Image to present in all parks • Easy care / functional / secure • Some vandalism at Eddy station — currently spending $7,000 on re- staining • Multifunctional building to accommodate winter and summer uses • Restroom / shelter / water / grills / warming house • Image: natural / trees / lakes / rural flavor • Timeless look • Like uplifting feeling of soaring ceiling with laminated wood of Eddy Station picnic overhang vs. low, flat ceiling of Manor Park picnic overhang • Like buildings at Lake Minnewashta Park ( ?) - rough block outside / laminated wood ceilings — low maintenance but looks good • r Badger Park • Like stacked stone look of City Hall • Need storage • • Need to redo pavement around warming shelter • Warming shelter suffers from vandalism / needs maintenance &/or new shelter / add picnic shelter with viewing of tot lot • High water table complicates construction • Heavy team use of hockey rink — could shift rink but lighting should stay (new) • Too small free skate area • New lighting recently installed at football field and hockey rink • Football field — well used by Tonka youth football — leave (would need a really good reason to move) • Tennis popular — courts well used • Existing parking capacity — 80 cars • Future of Senior Center Building uncertain • Lots of active recreation provided — consider uses for passive rec. and older users • Connections to City Hall — plaza area? Interpretation? Freeman Park • So far — no ice at Freeman Park — ice takes a lot of effort — Eddy Station designed to serve as warming shelter if needed — free skate pond? • Currently use Eddy Station building for MCES • "Music in the Park" — bands under picnic shelter with audience on lawn — evening sun in • band's eyes • Community gardens planned at south end of Freeman Park at old r/w from Hwy. 7 • Little league / Babe Ruth fields at south end of park to remain unchanged • Wetland restoration study has been done for storm water / water quality improvements in west part of park with woods and trails — plan for this area? • Perimeter trail connects with regional trail — should it be widened for combo bike /ped use? • Heavy group picnic use in wooded south picnic area • Look at an Option 2 that shows tennis courts, hockey rink, and free skate near Eddy Station • Temporary pile of snow informally used as sliding hill — not many hills in Shorewood for sliding • Is parking efficient, or could it be laid out better? Cathcart Park • Free canvas — maybe same activities, but reorganized — keep hockey and tennis • Ball field — little league — small kids only — gets good use • Park extends south past trees on south side to house fences / storage sheds, etc. • Good to save trees — can work around with compatible park use within • Need new permanent warming shelter — water and sewer not available, so likely portable toilets • • Parking deficiency • Tennis practice board — need new and bigger • Swings — play area too small add more • Open space area - maintain 0 Silverwood Park • Steel slide poses maintenance and insurance issues (but is popular) — different material? Slide/hill area has erosion problems safety /liability issues — long term may need a different option, but residents like the big slide • Needs picnic shelter / sitting areas — maybe closer to wetland? • Use of portable toilets here would be ok • Drinking fountain would be nice — maybe by well house? • Sliding hill is popular — leave bottom of hill unobstructed • Trail potential? Tennis? • Update area under play equipment • Maintenance — basketball court • Trail connections to neighborhood Manor Park • Shelter needs about half as much space as Eddy Station — add on to existing or demo and build new, whichever makes the most sense — needs to include rest rooms, multipurpose room (warming shelter in winter), and picnic overhang • Add more lighting for skating on pond • Pond used for free skate / pond hockey • Currently no trail exists in park • • Neighbors like benches • Tennis courts are in disrepair — high water table makes it a continuous maintenance issue — if rebuild courts, consider at a higher elevation • Consider a plaza in this park for neighborhood gathering space, with revolving art? • Consider adding hockey to park • Location of softball field — open to relocation / reorientation — consider youth size baseball field (75' +/- baselines) • Will begin community gardens in Manor Park (possibly south of tennis courts in lower area of park) Skate Park • Small picnic shelter(s) /picnic area and sitting areas would be nice • Horseshoes?