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050393 PK MINCITY OF SHOREWOOD PARK COMMISSION MEETING MONDAY, MAY 3, 1993 MINUTES CALL TO ORDER SHOREWOOD CITY HALL 5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD 8:00 PM Following the 6:OOPM tour of Silverwood, Manor, and Badger parks, Vice Chair McCarty called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. The Chairman's report on the tour is attached to these minutes for reference. Pr)T.T. rAT.T. Present: Chairman Dzurak (arrived 8:05 PM), Commissioners Bensman, Laberee, Lindstrom, McCarty and Wilson; Administrator Hurm; Park Planners Mark Koegler and Bruce Chamberlain; and Planning Commission Liaison Jack Hanson (Present for the tour was Public Works Director Zdrazil). Absent: Commissioners Andrus and Fuller, and Council Liaison Benson 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES March 23, 1993 minutes will be approved at a later date. G. Lindstrom moved to approve the minutes of April 13, 1993, seconded by M. Laberee. Motion passed unanimously. 2. CONSIDER AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF CHANHASSEN FOR THE JOINT MAINTENANCE OF CATHCART PARK This item was delayed to later meeting. 3. MEET WITH PARK PLANNER ON REVISED PARK PLANS (SILVERWOOD, MANOR, AND BADGER) There was concern voiced about the appropriateness of sliding hill at Silverwood Park. The feeling was that there would not be enough slope for a good sliding hill. There was a general consensus that the area should be marked as " future sliding hill" on the plan and that there should be no grading on the hill at this point. It was noted that the tennis court fence needs repair, and that the piling climber should be removed at Manor Park. It was the consensus of the Commission that the lower loop of the proposed Badger Park trail should be removed because it is in a very low area, and that the updated plan include only the upper loop. There was also a consensus that the City consider tiling under the Badger Park hockey rink so that it would be more useable during other parts of the year for soccer. CITY OF SHOREWOOD PARK COMMISSION MEETING MONDAY, MAY 3, 1993 - Page two 4. PLAYGROUND AND BUILDING COMMITTEES MEET WITH PARK PLANNER J. Hurm reported- that Bob Boyer stopped into City Hall and offered to organize neighbors to assist with improving playground equipment in Manor Park. He feels he can provide the manpower to install the equipment and, perhaps, raise some money. It was the consensus of the Commission that the Playground Committee should work with the Park Planner in developing a vision for playground equipment in each of the parks. They will then start with the Freeman north and Manor Park playground areas. Once the vision is decided upon, the Committee can meet with the neighborhood groups, explain what is available, and develop a joint specific playground equipment plan. The Park Building Committee will continue working with the Little League in making decisions regarding building signage and color. 5. FINAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ARBOR DAY CEREMONIES Bensman reported that she has not received any responses from her nine letters to fifth and sixth grade teachers regarding the essay contest. She will ask Steve Frazier to be a judge for the contest. J. Hurm will contact Bruce Benson to make arrangements for a donated tree. J. McCarty will handle the press for the Arbor month festivities which are planned for Thursday, May 27, at 6:00 PM at Freeman Park. Jim Wilson and Liz Fuller will be responsible for producing the ceremony. It was suggested that winners of the essay contest would receive potted trees as a gift. J. Hurm will work with Bensman in making follow up telephone calls to the teachers. 6. REPORTS Steve Dzurak reported that he attended the City Council meeting April 26. At that meeting the City Council approved the updated Capital Improvement Program and approved use of the Twin City Tree Trust. The City Council will be reviewing Capital Improvement financing to see if there is any other money available that can be put toward park improvements. Dzurak reported that members of the Park Commission received letters from Kirk Rosenberger, Chairman of the Planning Commission, inviting each Park Commissioner to a Planning Commission work session Tuesday, May 18, to discuss motorized traffic on the trail. Jack Hanson stated that the Planning Commission is very interested in learning the history of snowmobiling in Shorewood and discussing the issue with the members of the Park Commission. CITY OF SHOREWOOD PARK COMMISSION MEETING MONDAY, MAY 3, 1993 - Page three 7. MATTERS FROM THE FLOOR None. 8. AD JOURNME N T Lindstrom moved, Laberee seconded, to adjourn the meeting at 9:55 PM. Motion carried unanimously. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, James C. Hurm City Administrator MONDAY, MAY 3, 1993 PARK TOUR REPORT Commissioner Steve Dzurak said they started at Silverwood Park. He said there wasn't much to report, the hill looks like it had some significant wash out, and if the seeding was guaranteed we should make the contractor come back and redo it. With respect to the sliding hill, there's some question as to whether the designated sliding hill will have a steep enough grade on it. We are going to have to discuss this further if even after a thousand dollars worth of work the grade isn't steep enough it may not be worth while working on it, perhaps it should be left as is. Mark Koegler commented on other possible ski hills on the site. The one that is not designated but was used during this past winter is probably the best except that the tennis courts and other structures are going in. The designated hill is indicated as not very steep and to cut another route through the wooded area would probably not work very well because the drop off is too severe. There really isn't much of a run down hill, mostly drop offs leading to the pond. Next we went to Manor Park. Two maintenance items exist. The fence at the back of the court has to be patched, currently the small section of fence has been torn out by tennis players so they can retrieve balls without having to run through the gate. The other maintenance item is on the child play structure. There are a number of logs that were installed vertically that were fastened together not only dug into the ground but they were fastened together with spikes. One of them is rotted out and apparently has been torn away by someone who was in the park and there is a spike that is exposed that will have to clipped off so that it doesn't injure anyone, or perhaps we should just consider replacing the log so there is not a gap in the line. The tennis courts appear to be in fairly good shape considering that they were resurfaced about three years ago. There's some wear and blistering, but in general they seem to be in decent shape. We looked at the ballfield, nothing to report there. It's being used. The childrens play structure generally looks like it's in good shape except as noted. We also looked at the placement of the parking lot. Mary Bensman was concerned that the child's play structure nearest to the road should be moved as quickly as possible because apparently there are small children that use it a lot, she felt it was a little too close to the road. We then moved on to the Christmas Lake Access. There is nothing to report there. Everything looks like it is in reasonably good shape. Our final stop of the evening was Badger Park. We walked around all the facilities. We noticed that the driveway is torn up. Don indicated that parts of it may not be able to be asphalted for at least a couple years due to some gasoline contamination testing. Other than that there's nothing to report.