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101408 PK AgPi eITY 4 SHOREWOOD PARK COMMISSION MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2008 5735 COUNTRY CLUB RD SOUTHSHORE COMMUNITY CENTER 7:00 P.M. • AGENDA 1. CONVENE PARK COMMISSION MEETING A. Roll Call Davis Youn Hensley Norman Trent Quinlan DeMers B. Review Agenda 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES A. Park Commission Meeting Minutes of September 16, 2008 — (Att.- #2A) 3. REPORTS A. Report on City Council Meeting of September 22 and October 13, 2008 B. Update on Arctic Fever — (Park Commission Jeremy Norman) C. Update On Badger Rink Lights — (City Engineer, James Landini) 4. MATTERS FROM THE FLOOR 5. VETERANS DAY HOLIDAY, NOVEMBER 11- NEED TO DETERMINE DATE FOR NOVEMBER PARK COMMISSION MEETING - (Att.45) 6. APPOINT NEW CHAIR FOR REMAINDER OF 2008 - (Att.46) 7. REVIEW CHANGES TO THE RFP FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES' 8. MANOR PARK BENCH — (Att.48) 9. PREPARE ADDITIONS TO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN 10. DETERMINE LIAISON FOR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON OCTOBER 27 11. NEW BUSINESS 12. ADJOURN • R 25800 STATE HIGHWAY 7 FREEMAN PARK EDDY STATION 7:00 P.M. CITY OF SHOREWOOD • PARK COMMISSION MEETING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 • Hensley moved, Qumlax seconded, Approving the l Commission and City Coup c"'' Meeting of August 12 passed 6/0. C. Park Commission Meeting,Minutes of August 12, 2008 the Minutes of August 12, 2008, as Motion A .ensley, Norman, Trent, Council liaison passed in2 Minutes of of the Joint Park as submitted. Motion 3. REPORTS A. ,Report on , City Council Meeting of September 8, 2008 Landini reported that the meeting of September 9, 2008, was a shorter meeting in which a bench for the Gideon: Glen property was approved for an Eagle Scout installation project. Wellens added that the Council also discussed doubling the maintenance budget for parks from the current $15,000 annually to $30,000. B. Update on Applying for a Grant for Tennis Court Resurfacing Landini stated that a grant application for tennis court resurfacing was submitted to the USTA, and the city is awaiting an interview or response. He noted that, in the application booklet, additional tennis court resurface contractors were listed. M o "A PARK COMMISSION MINUTES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 PAGE 2 OF 5 r ' Norman interjected that the City of Minneapolis had obtained a large matching grant from the USTA to resurface numerous courts. • C. Report on Proposed County Road 19 Trail Hensley stated that he had joined an advisory committee for the Country Road 19 Trail project with other representatives of Hennepin County, Three Rivers Park District, the Watershed District (MCWD), Orono, Shorewood, and Tonka Bay. Using grant monies to look into trail design, the group is developing, with the help of contractors, preliminary designs for a trail leading from the Shorewood City Hall intersection to County Road 15. Hensley stated that Hennepin County is leading the charge wi*, ,, Three Rivers to get this trail put in and hopes to have preliminary designs for viewing i+ October, followed by two public meetings once the final design has been chosen: Although;the process could take up to five years or more, Hensley stated that he was:pleased to see this project finally in its initial planning phases. Despite some minor challenges with narrow- shoulders etc., Hensley stated he was surprised to see how few residents properties would`be,adversely impacted by the trail corridor. D. Update on Optiong for Striping Trai Intersection at Smithtown Road and Eureka Road Landini reported that the City had asked the painf itrlpe contractors to stripe the area and • put a crosswalk at the intersection. He noted t11at'the original plans had called for striping in the first place. 4. MATTERS FROM THE FLOOR Kristi Ande stun, 6f CRR, introduced D'dht lson, and instructor with the USTA and Minnetonka Country �l0b pro to share his ideas with the Commission of expanding his program and offering tennis instructltari to Shorewood residents as part of the overall parks programming initiatives. Carlson stated'that -he initially contacted Anderson with the intent to purchase blocks of time for instructlo h #Badger Park tennis courts, 4 mornings and 2 afternoons a week next summer. It was ' II this conversation that they discovered a potential opportunity existed to work with one another to provide additional instruction via free lesson weeks, tennis block parties, possible junior tournaments etc. to enhance park programming as well as expand his program. Wellens asked how many kids were currently Shorewood kids. Carlson believed that many of the kids came from Shorewood but would have to check his paperwork. He stated that it would be his intent to fit his programming to the City • availability for the courts and hopefully these would coincide with the Country Club time. y s PARK COMMISSION MINUTES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 PAGE 3 OF 5 Trent asked what the fees would be. • Carlson stated that, currently his three week sessions run $80 for Country Club members and $95 for non - members. He indicated, as a new initiative, he was open to discussion or he could simply rent the court space from the city. He added that it would be a fun way to promote the overall play with the City involvement. Trent stated he found the idea compelling, especially given that the City could help create a way for kids to get involved with the sport and Carlson would manage the particulars. Carlson stated he was open to many options, he could offer free lessons city wide, like he currently does a week in May and in later spring, which the city could help promote as well to introduce the program. He pointed out that thru USIA he,travels all over providing tennis clinics. Hensley stated that he would like to see a proposal of how this would work providing the normal community access and these special offerings at a reduced hourly fee;' The general consensus of the Commission was to pursue'this further and look at a proposal. Quinlan asked who, besides, CRR, could act as a.liaison with Carlson to set this up. DeMers volunteered to assist on be of .the Commission, Landini stated that(j was good to require a reservation rental fee in order to hold regular users accountable for them reserved space. He pointed out that the fees vary by City from nothing to $20 per hour: Norman proposed there be no fee for residential use and a small fee for organized, for profit activity, as in this case, as the distinction. Hensley moved, DeMers seconded, that the Commission establish a fee policy for organized sports and activities for tennis of $5 per court per hour on a regular basis and that we not charge individual residents for reserving courts, continuing our is open access policy for reserving courts. Motion passed 6/0. Anderson stated that she would have the reservation form updated to reflect the changes. PARK COMMISSION MINUTES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 PAGE 4 OF 5 6. REVIEW REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR CONSULTANT FOR PARK DESIGNS Quinlan voiced his concern that the scope of the RFP was not defined in enough detail as we would expect from the consultant RFP. He felt there needed to be more definition with regard to direction, guidelines on a per park basis, and the financial parameters of the budget for the changes. • Landini stated that they had used an earlier RFP example to create,this one and had purposely taken out elements with regard to specific parks in order to keep it more general. Young agreed that specific parameters, e practical document so that the-consultant money was no object . should be part of this ith unrealistic designs as if • Chair Davis asked 'Lan park, adding additional and staging that the end monetary budget guidelines per park templates, signage, style guide, to be tightened up and volunteered to do so. Norman suggested that the park secretary Grout email the document out, that each Commissioner red--,line or make changes and suggestions to it and email it back to Trent by mid next week, rho v l'1 then work with Grout to create an effective document. 7. REVIEW AND AUTHORIZE FUNDS TO PURCHASE A SURVEILLANCE SIGN FOR THE SKATE PARK Landini presented an option for the video surveillance camera signage. Quinlan moved, to authorize the $30 expenditure of the surveillance signage for the Skate Park. At this price, and to avoid additional shipping charges later, Landini suggested they purchase • additional sticker signs to post at the well building or to have as back -ups. PARK COMMISSION MINUTES TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 PAGE 5 OF 5 Kristi B., Recorder • CITY OF SHOREWOOD 5755 Country Club Road • Shorewood, Minnesota 55331 •952- 474 -3236 Fax: 952- 474 -0128 • www.ci.shorewood.mn.us • cityha11 @ci.shorewood.mn.us To: Park Commission From: Twila Grout — Parks Secretary Date: October 8, 2008 Re: Veterans Day Holiday, November 11 The Park Commission meeting on November 11 is Verterans Day holiday. Because of this, the Park Commission will need to determine a different date for their November Park Commission meeting. The Southshore Center has the library room available on the following dates: Monday, November 17 Tuesday, November 18 • Wednesday, November 19 Please advise staff which date the Park Commission will hold their meeting. • • CITY OF SHOREWOOD 5755 Country Club Road * Shorewood, Minnesota 55331 9 952- 474 -3236 Fax: 952 -474 -0128 • www.ci.shorewood.mn.us • cityhall @ci.shorewood.mn.us To: Park Commission From: James Landini — City Engineer' Date: October 9, 2008 Re: Appoint New Chair for Remainder of 2008 Chair Davis has informed staff that she will have to resign as Chair for the remainder of the year (see Sue's e -mail attached). On Tuesday evenings she attends class at the University and may be late attending the Park Commission meetings. Due to this the Park Commission will need to appoint a chair for the remainder of the year. • 91A Page 1 of 1 Twila Grout From: Sue Davis [sueda @ bolton- menk.comj 0 Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 8:56 AM To: Jeremy Norman; hyoung2473 @aol.com; josh.trent17 @gmail.com; Robert Hensley; Steve Quinlan; Travis Cc: James Landini; Larry Brown ; Twila Grout Subject: Chair, Late and Maybe Even Absent Friends, Due to the commitment I have on Tuesday evenings at the University I have to step down as Chair for the rest of the year. The class will be over in December and I have no intention of resigning at this time. Meanwhile, Jeremy will continue at the helm. My term runs through January 2010. 1 will still becoming to meeting but will be late so I apologize for that as well as for not being as on top of issues as I would like. Thanks for picking up the slack. Sue Sue Davis Engineering Technician Bolton & Menk 2638 Shadow Lane Chaska, MN 5537 8 -1172 952- 448 -8838 Ext.2474 • 10/8/2008 CITY OF P-.� SHOREWOOD 5755 Country Club Road • Shorewood, Minnesota 55331 •952 -474 -3236 Fax: 952 -474 -0128 • www.ci.shorewood.mmus • cityhall @ci.shorewood.mn.us To: Park Commission From: James Landini — City Engineer }_ Date: October 8, 2008 Re: Manor Park Bench Rebecca Fish with the Southshore Gardeners inquired if a bench can be placed at the North End of Manor Park. This area is where residents Mr. and Mrs. Babcock planted the Blue Spruce trees and also where Mrs. Babcock planted flowers. Residents near Manor Park like the idea of an additional bench installed in the Park. There is an estimated $717 in the Shirley Rice fund that could go towards the purchase of the bench. The city just purchased a bench for Gideon Glen in the amount of $590 (see attached) and public works could install or have a boy scout looking for community service project install. 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