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030298 CC Jt Pk Comm Ws AgP ",. ... . ' SHOREWOOD "What Do We Want Our Community to Be and What is the Role of Parks and Trtrils?" SUMMARY VISIONING SFSSION February 19, 1998 INTRODUCTION The Shorewood Parks and Trails Visioning Session was held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. FebnlMY 19, 1998 at the Southshore Senior Center. Approximately 40 residents, landowners and interested people participated in the Visioning Session. Participants arranged themselves into 6 small groups. The process involved both individual participation as well as small and large group participation. OPENING EXERCISE - "Favorite Place" The initial exercise asked participants to identify their favorite place in Shorewood. As individuals. they noted their response on separate cards then placed a colored dot on a map of Shorewood. The following is a tabulation of their responses. Gathering Places . Christmas Lake (2) . Silverwood PaJ:K (4) . Crescent Beach (1) . American Legion (2) . LRT Trails (12) " Freeman Park (8) . Catacart Park (1) DEFINITION EXERCJSE."What is this place?" The following questions were asked of the participants: What is this place? What characteristics define Shorewood? What TI'Illkes Shorewood ttShorewood"? The following verbatim re...ponses were recorded on a flip chart from any and all that offered them: . Natural features and environment (trees, stores, protected wetlands) . Safe communitY . Residential character . Neighborhoods are small- good feel . Mix of countty and city " Historical roots to lake . Geographic boundary meanders . No central gathering place . Large lot size (open space) . Insulated from Metro Area . Limited developable land . Reliance on neigbboring communities . Lack of business community Sho~ Vision Session Summary Page 1 c0d 7~C: j3-:S3C> > 'L",:",,:,,:)'>J .", ~. '. .. . Proximity and access to regional recreation resources . Slow pace to community .. Growing pains witb recent development . Growth is occurring around all sides of city . Lack of identity -leftovers from lake communities . No sidewalks VISIONING EXERCISE - What does this place want tq he? In the Visioning ExeICise the small groups were asked to identify, both individually and as a group, what characteristics comprise a vision for the future community of Shorewood? Each small group discussed their visions, axrived at jive conclusions and presented their characteristics at the "Vision Wall" on half sheets of paper. Once on the wall, the characteristics were placed into groups of common characteristics. These groupings are listed below with a buUeted list of characteristics taken verbatim from the "Vision Wall." PARKS AND TRAILS Natural Resou:n:es . Buried utilities . Trees . Underground utilities . Keep open space, wetlands, woods, etc. . Dark skies . clear .. Progress without compromising country Park Improvements . Expand Freeman to Hwy 7 and east . Pocket parks (more in the neighborhoods) Trails and Accessibility . Co-existence of traffic and people . "Welcome" to bikes and waDdng . Street trails for access to LRT . Get in front of planning around LRT . More and safer trails . Improve the major tborough.faxe (i.e. Smithtown, Eureka) . Pedestrian accessibility to community resources (school. park, lake) (sidewalks and trails) Diverse Activities . RecreationaIly diverse opportunities . Recreation center with pools " More ice (mdoors and outdoors) Golf Course .. More activities for youth (13-18) . Community youth/recreational center . Subway under LRT - to keep trail on top . To municipal golf course Sborewood Vision Session Summary Page 2 -.... ::::: ::I3.::l ZJd 7S::C: '~::r-:s=c, ':Cj~S;",! = ~ :--.... ", . Public Art and Gardens · Gardens in parks (flowers. veggies intergenerational project) · Public DLT/gardens OTHERS · Fire-pit in backyard (still legal) · Mixed housing (affordable and senior) · Life cycle housing . Tax stability · Merge with Excelsior (Tonka Bay?) · Look at Shorewood as part of Metro area CHARACTERISTICS EXERCISE - What characteristics will be the most important in realizing our collective vision/or Shorewood? The objective of the characteristics exercise was to determine the importance of the characteristics that were identified. The characteristic!; identifIed at the visioning exercise were added to a list of characteristics assembled from previous discussions. Each of the sman groups was asked to agree upon a ranking for each characteristic on the chart. Once a group had agreed on the ranking. one member from the group placed a dot on each characteristic in the box that correlates with the groups ranking. The chart summarizes the rankings of each group. Notes: Because several groups identified similar characteristics that were previously identified, there may be some redundancy in the chart. Some groups did not vote on all characteristics and some groups may have voted twice on some characteristics; therefore, not evety chataeteristic will have an equal amount of votes. The shaded characteristics are those that appear to be the most important characteristics as detennined by the group. Shorewood Vmon Session Summary Page 3 J..o:o!; :';::~ 7(~)C 7':;::::: '~::;-:::;::r!'\~ -- ,......'-'.-,' --. - -' . . "J ~ Shorewood Parks and Trails ''What Do We Want Our Community To Be? What is the Role of Porla and Trai1s?" A CommuDity tbat has: 1:: ij ~c. :>.$ .... s ~ ~ - ] iiS z .:::: 4) ~ lL Charac:tcristics of Parks and Recreation in the ComOllDlity Developing Freeman Park: for programmed ath.letic needs t 1 2 3 Emphasizing neighborlIood paxks for use by the immediate neighbOIhood Investing more funds to improve current facilities and services 3 1 1 3 3 2 o 1 ~]}~\rfr.~~F+!Y~~~:Jf~7i:'~.~;;:::E;!,:'; .~:;.;.;,':~,?~l;;,t~"~tE~?\~T~;'.~:,~~::::~~'f:'::.:~:~:~ :~j~,~~-;:~;~e~J.i?E'p~iTJ~FW.~~~Jt~fJt: Provide interpretive/educational recreation facilities 0 1 4 2 Better coordinated athletic programming (between churches. sports 1 1 4 1 organizations, etc.) More emphasis on competitive sports facilities and pro~mmi"g 1 3 1 2 More emphasis on non or self-progtaJJUDed sports facilities 1 3 3 1 Provide additional tennis courts 0 1 2 3 Other: Recreational center 0 3 I 0 Other: Public art and gardens 3 3 3 0 Other. Country flavor 3 2 0 0 Other: Golf course 0 0 3 3 r~A;,:1~:~::~1.~~~i ~;~ ~~~;~;~~:. ~;::',:, '::i~c ~? ::,,' ~:.~ ',~: ~~:'.~;~-:~:~~~E: ~.~ :', ,.~: . ~:~~.. :~~:-:: ~,~ ~ ~ ~~~~r5\;'F 2,'T. ~jl~l1i~:~~~~~ M,.\SHQRWOOCtIVlSlC/'(JO.DOC Shorewood Vision Session Summary Page 4 - --- :;0d 7S:Z ......=-:::-,=r.~.'.:~ __ -__....J,' _! tl___ if -! 1-- ;. \",': --- ' : .' iC" '.:J7Ic.!: ';It : =- . .- '.. -- ,-. , i. ~. April 25, 1997 ;. ~':'.. '. 'j .' ?1;GC. 'i;: '" ~h.... :"}, Mr. run Hurm, City Manager,- . -I.. City of Shorewood - . 57~5 Country Club Road Shorewood,~ 55331 Minnetonka -Pu'otic Schools ~ .......... ........... ...--- Learning Today for Success Tomorrow Dear Mr. Hurm, This is to follow up on the communications on roadway hazards that began last year at about this time between our offices. You may recaIl that our communications came about as a result of the. requests of many residents who were experiencing considerable anxiety over the fact that their children would be walking farther to school bus stops. At that time concerns over roadway hazards which had previously gone unnoticed by residents were added to their other more long-standing safety concerns. Your city became aware of the situation when it received a letter from me which included a meeting invitation to discuss the safety needs of residents. I explained in the letter and at the meeting that the need to alter the location of many school bus stops was a result of past legislation which effectively reduced funding for school transportation by a significant amount. Fewer doilars translated into fewer buses, which in turn resulted in the need for children to walk farther from their homes. I also explained that, even in cases where children did not have to walk farther, the public discussion on "walking distances" had drawn much attention to the safety concerns that already existed in and around neighborhoods. The enclosed listing is being submitted to your attention as a result of our previous discussion on the need to identify and eradicate roadway safety hazards for children and motorists. This listing is one of twelve city, county, and state lists which I've compiled over the course of a year. Like the others, it is the summary input of the many people, including parents, school bus drivers, motorists, etc. who have communicated their safety concerns to my office, and have requested that we share them with you. Thank you in advance for anythiBg that your office might be able to do in the way of improving the conditions on your particular list. Some improvements may be relatively easy and inexpensive, while others may need to be included in your Capitol Improvement Plan. Since each list is of a different length. and contains a different number of "Needs" categories, I will have to leave it to your best judgment on how the improvements might be accomplished. However, at your request, I'd be glad to participate in a discussion of the circumstances of why some needs may be more pressing than others. Sincerely, ~~~#' ~un Schmidt Transportation Supervisor enclosure tl!: i .906..25i}!\ c.-inanc:: clIlli ('>ner:.ltiol1' ~(): :. ... - -- . ,- :,~;'"";nt"':i)(:.L =:.:>.~: - ':qr~- 2'::: -~ ." l\'Iinnetonka School District #276 CITY OF SHOREWOOD ROADWAY HAZARDS FOR CHILDREN Needs Locations "Bus Stop Ahead" Signs: Smithtown Road, east of Boulder Bridge Circle Smithtown Road, west of Boulder Bridge Circle Cathcart Drive, both side at Aster Trail curve Shorewood Oaks Drive, north of Highway 7 Galpin Lake Road, north of Galpin Lane Powers Blvd, south of Apple Road Powers Blvd, north of Lilac Lane VIne Hill Road, north of Shady Hills Road Minnetonka Blvd, north of Forest Drive Minnetonka Blvd, north ofFemcroft Drive J ~ , r. 4/25/97 North side South side East side West side West side East side West side East side East side Street Lighting Howards Point Road & Brentridge Drive (North & South ends) Bus Stop Waiting Areas: Smithtown Road, east ofW ood Duck Cr Smithtown Road & Wedgewood Drive County Road 19 & Glen Road VIne Hill road & Shady Hills Road Minnetonka Blvd & Femcroft Drive Trail / Path Between: Woodside Drive to Boulder Bridge Drive Kathleen Court to Brynmawr Place Brentridge Drive (center) to Howards Point Road Glen Road to Harding Lane . Murray Street to Bracketts Road Forest Drive to Suburban Driv~ Femcroft Drive to Minnetonka Blvd Suburban Drive to West Lane South side Northwest corner Southwest corner Southwest corner Northeast corner Roadside Walkways: Smithtown Road (sections) Howards Point Road (sections) Lake Virginia Drive Cathcart Drive Strawberry Lane (sections) Edgwood Road Grant Lorenz Road Eureka Road (sections) \Vildrose Lane Wedgewood Drive Valley Wood Road Murray Hill Road Chaska Road Galpin Lake Road Brackett's Road Apple Road Powers Blvd Christmas Lake Road Radisson Inn Road Vine Ridge Road Excelsior Blvd Covington Road (sections) f. .. , l'- .. Minnetonka School District #276 Page 2 CITY OF SHOREWOOD ROADWAY HAZARDS FOR CHlLDREN Needs Locations Roadside Walkways (continued): Yellowstone Trail Echo Road Minnetonka Drive Academy Avenue Tee Trail Wood Drive Linden Drive Sweetwater Curve Near Mountain Blvd Muirfield Circle Rustic Way Suburban Drive Manor Road Vme Street St. Albans Bay Road Hazard Comments From School Bus Drivers: Radisson Inn Road is too thin for two way traffic. Solution: Make it one wav or widen it. Powers Blvd & Lake Lucy Rd. Vehides come too fast over the hill on Powers. Solution: "Blind Intersection Ahead" si~. Traveling Non Minnetonka Drive, turning (L) Won County Rd 19. Poor visibility for seeing oncoming traffic. Solution: Check and correct reason for ooor visibility. .. 6129296166 DECISION RESOURSES . DECISION RESOURCES, LTD. 3128 Dean Court Minneapolis, Minnesota 554~6 747P02/07 FEB 27 '98 14:34 CITY OF SHOREWOOD RESIDENTIAL STUDY PRELIMINARY VERSION Hello, I'm of Decision Resources, Ltd., a survey research firm located in Minneapolis. Welve been retained by the city of Shorewood to speak with a random sample of residents about issues facing the city. The survey i6 being taken because your city representatives and staff are intere.sted in your opin- ions and suggestions. I want to assure you that all individual responses will be held strictly confidential; only summaries of the entire sample will be reported. (DO NOT PAUSE) 1. How long have you lived in the City of Shorewood? 2 . How would you rate the quality of life in Shorewood -- excellent, good, only fair, or poor? TWO YEARS OR LESS.......l 2.1 TO 5.0 YEARS... .....2 5.1 TO 10.0 YEARS.. .....3 10.1 TO 20.0 YEARS......4 OVER TWENTY YEARS. . . . . . . 5 DON/T KNOW/REFUSED......6 EXCELLENT. ..............1 GOOD. . " . . . . . . . , ~ . . . . .. . .2; ONLY FAIR.... . . . . . . . . . . .3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......s 3. What do you like most about living in Shorewood? . 4. In general, what do you think is the most serious issue facing the community today? 5. EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 How would you rate the general sense of community among Shore- wood residents -- excellent, good, only fair or poor? 6. Thinking about your ties to the local area, do you feel most closely connected to your neigh- borhood, the City of Shorewood, the Lakes Area, the School Dis- trict, or something else? 1 . GOOD. . to . . . . . . ..... . . .. '9 . to. . . ..2 ONLY FAIR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 POOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 NEIGHBORHOOD............1 CITY OF SHOREWOOD.......2 LAKES AREA..............3 SCHOOL DISTRICT... ......4 SOMETHING ELSE..........S DON'T KNOW/REFUSED. .....6 6129296166 DECISION RESoURSES 747 P03/07 FEB 27 '98 14:34-' .... 7. All in all, do you think things in Shorewood are generally headed in the right direction, or do you feel things are off on the wrong track? RIGHT DlRECTION.........1 WRONG TRACK.............2 BOTH/NEITHER (VOL) ......3 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......4 . IF A RESPONSE IS GIVEN, ASK: a. Why do you feel that way? 9. How would you rate the park and recreational facilities in Shore- Wood excellent, good, only fair or poor? EXCELLENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 GOOD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ONLY FAIR............... 3 POOR. . . . . ... . ., . " . " . . . .' . 4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 IF A RESPONSE IS GIVEN, ASK: 10. Why do you feel that way? Moving on.... The Shorewood Park System is composed of four neighborhood parks - Badger, Cathcart, Manor and Silverwood Parks - and one large community park: Freeman Park. For each of the following parks, which, if any I have members of your household used during the past year? . , YES NO DKR 11. Badger Park? 1 2 3 12. Cathcart Park? 1 2 3 13. Manor Park? 1 2 3 14. Silverwood Park? 1 2 3 15. Freeman Park? 1 2 3 IF II YES I II ASK: For each of following facilities in the Shorewood Parks, please tell me if you or members of your household use them. . . . 'YES NO 16. playground equipment? 17. Picnicking facilities? 1 1 2 2 DKR 3 3 2 . -a 6129296166 DECISION RESOURSES 747 P04/07 FEE 27 '98 14:35 YES NO DKR . 18. Tennis courts? 1 2 3 19. Basketball courts? 1 2 3 20. Volleyball courts? 1 2 3 21. Baseball fields? 1 2 3 22. Soccer and Football fields? 1 2 3 23. Trails? 1 2 3 24. Skating and Hockey rinks? 1 2 3 25. Do you or members of your household regularly use leisure- time recreational facilities or programs in other cities? (IF 'IYES," ASK:) What types of facilities or programs are you using in these other cities? 26. If the City of Shorewood were to preserve open spaces in the comm- unity, would you most prefer them to be preserved as active recrea- tional areas, such as athletic fields and playgrounds, or as passive recreational areas, such as forests and wetlands? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly that way? Moving on.. .. . . 27. How much does a trail system im- pact the quality of life in a community -- a lot, some, a little or not at all? ACTIVE REC/STRONGLY.....1 ACTIVE REC.. ............2 PASSIVE REC.............3 PASSIVE REC/STRONGLY....4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 A LOT.... .. . . . . . <9 . " " .. . . . . . .1. SOME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 A LITTLE. . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . 3 NOT AT ALL..............4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED.. ....5 As you may know, the City of Shorewood is considering thedevel- opment of a trail sytem in the community. One option would be for the City to develop an integrated trail system, in which residents could use the trails for recreation and for traveling throughout the community. . Another option would be for the city to develop a series of non-connected trail links soley for re- creational purposes. 28. Which of the following would you most support the City developing: A) an integrated trail system, or B) non-connected trail links? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly that way? (ROTATE) 3 . STATEMENT A/STRONGLY....l STATEMENT A.... .........2 STATEMENT B.... ... .., ...3 STATEMENT B/STRONGLY. ...4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 6129296166 DECISION RESOURSES 747 P05/07 FEE 27 '98 14:3~- A trail system could also be constructed as either on-road or off-road. An on-road trail system expands the street and divides the trail and the street by a solid white line. An off-road. trail system places a buffer of land between the trail and the . street. In either case, the trails would be between five and eight feet wide. Which of the following would you most support the City developing: A) an off-road trail system, or B) an on-road trail system? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly that way? (ROTATE) If a trail system were developed in the City of Shorewood.... 29. 30. How likely would you or members of your household be to use the trails -- very likely, somewhat likely, not too likely or not at all likely? OFF-ROAD/STRONGLY.......l OFF-ROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:2 ON - ROAD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ON-ROAD/STRONGLY........4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......5 VERY LIKELy.......... ...1 SOMEWHAT LIKELY.........2 NOT TOO LlKELY..........3 NOT AT ALL LIKELY.......4 DONJT KNOW/REFUSED. .....5 31. IF "VERY LIKELY" OR "SOMEWHAT LIKELY, 11 ASK: Would you use the trail sys- tem primarily for recreation- al activities or for travel- ing throughout the city? RECREATIONAL........... .1 TRAVELING...............2 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED...... 3 IF "RECREATIONAL, 11 ASK: Which of the following recreational activities would you participate in on the trail system.... . YES NO DKR 32. Rollerblading? 1 2 3 33. Bicycling? 1 2 3 34. Walking and Hiking? 1 2 3 35. Jogging? 1 2 3 36. Cross-Country skiing? 1 2 3 37. How close to your residence would a trail need to be for you to use it? Let's say feet? (MOVE UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON ANSWER) How about feet? (REPEAT PROCESS) 4 WOULD NOT USE........ ...1 100 FEET................ 2 250 FEET................ 3 500 FEET................ 4 1000 FEET............... 5 15 0 0 FEET............... 6 2000 FEET............... 7 DON'T KNOW........ . . . . . .8 REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . - . . . . 6129296166 DECISION RESOURSES 38. Would you support or oppose a trail link in your area if the trail ran along your side of the street? (WAIT FOR RESPONSE) Do you feel strongly that way? 747 P06/07 FEB 27 '98 14:36 STRONGLY SUPPORT.. ......1 SUPPORT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 OPPOSE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 STRONGLY OPPOSE..... ....4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSE~......5 Some issues have arisen in the discussion of a Shorewood city trail system. For each of the following statements, please t.p.ll me if you strongly agree with it, somewhat agree, somewhat dis- agree or strongly disagree. If you have no opinion, just say so. . . . STA SMA SMD STD DKR 39. Trails are a safety hazard since children using them are closer to traffic in the streets. 1 2 3 4 5 40. Trails are an invasion of privacy allowing people to pass more closely to adjacent private residences. 1 2 3 4 5 4l. Construction of trails requires the use of property owned by the resident adjacent to the path. 1 2 3 4 5 42. Now, just a few more questions for demographic purposes.... What is your age, please? Stop me when I read the interval which contains it. 18 - 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 25-34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 35 - 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 45 - 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 55 - 64.. .. . . . " " . . " , . . , .. .. .. .. .. 5 65 AND OVER......... ....6 REFUSED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Could you tell me how many people in each of the following age groups live in your household.... 43. First, persons over 65? 44. Other adults, including yourself? 45. School-aged children? 46. Pre-schoolers? 5 NONE................ .. . .1 ONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 TWO OR MORE........ .....3 NONE. . " " . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . " .. 1 ONE. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 TWO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 THREE OR MORE...........4 NONE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ONE. . .. . . . . . . .. . .. .. .. ". . . " .. . ,,2 TWO.. . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 THREE OR MORE. . . . . . . . . . . 4 NONE. . .,. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 ONE" " '" "" " " " , . .. If . " f .. . " .. .. .. 2 TWO OR MORE. . . . . . . . ... . 3 6129296166 DECISION RESOURSES 747 P07/07 FEB 27 '98 14:36 47. What is your occupation and, if applicable, the occupation of your spouse or partner? M: 48. Do you rent or own your present residence? IF "OWN, n ASK: 49. Which of the following cate- gories would contain the approximate value of your residential property -- under $75,000, $75,000-$150,000, $150,000-$250,000, or over $250,OOO? Thank you for your time. Good night. 50. Gender (BY OBSERVATION) 5.1. Area of the City 6 P: OWN......,............. .1 RENT.. ............ .. . . ..2 DON'T KNOW/REPUSED......3 UNDER 75,000............1 $75,000-$150,000. . . . . . . .2 $150,000-$250,000...... .3 OVER $250,000..... .... ..4 DON'T KNOW/REFUSED......S MALE. . . . . .. .. ... . . , . . . . . . . . 1 FEMALE. . . .. . . . , . , . . .. .. . . . .2 . . . 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