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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes 10-26-15 PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION October 26, 2015 Regular Meeting DRAFT Members Present: Maureen Bartz, Mike Eliason,Barb Farrell, Lincoln Tilson,Jim Young Members Absent: None Staff Present: Dan Schultz,Director of Parks and Recreatron and Sonja Honl,Recordmg Secretary Student Volunteers: None Others Present: Rosemount City Council Member Sean Nelson 1. CALL TO ORDER: Eliason called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. 2. ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA: None. 3. APPROVAL OF THE SEPTEMBER 28, 2015 MEETING MINUTES: MOTION by Lincoln to approve the minutes of the September 28,2015 meeting. SECOND by Young. Ayes: 5 Nays: 0 Motion passed. 4. AUDIENCE INPUT: None 5. DISCUSSION (Response to Audience Input): None 6. OLD BUSINESS: None a. Recreation Facilities Discussion—This was an update regarding the recreat�on facilities discussion at last month's meeting. The first facility being discussed was a second sheet of indoor ice. The cost estimates we received were included in this month's packet. This month's packet also included a site assessment by Leo A.Daly regarding the possibility of adding a second sheet of ice to the e�sting Rosemount Community Center Ice Arena(RCC). The site assessment findtngs included several issues with the RCC site. One of the major concerns was the lack of sufficient parking. The assessment findings noted that the facility would be deficient by appro�nately 395 parking spots.The Ciry Council has asked staff to meet with the user groups/stakeholders to fmd out what they really need. Staff will be meeting with the Rosemount Area Hockey Association (RAHA) in November to get more detailed information on what amenities they think a second sheet of indoor ice should include. The second facility that was discussed was an artificial turf field/future dome.The City Council gave staff direction to have a feasibility study done to get a cost estimate for this faciliry. When the feasibiliry study is complete,it will give us a better idea of the project's cost. Dakota Rev is very interested m this faciliry and has expressed willingness to help with funding. They had talked about possibly bringing $1,000,000 to the project, and they provided a proposed schedule of usage they would like to have in return for the funds. Staff would need to review the schedule further before agreeing to anything. This item will be discussed further as more information becomes available. Indoor Court Space was the third facility being discussed. Dan Corley is interested in building a 60,000 sq. ft. field house that would include courts,a swiinming pool, etc. The City's role and financial options for partnering on this project are still being discussed. Schultz mentioned that looking into the possibility of including a second sheet of ice at this faciliry has been suggested. An outline of a draft letter of agreement has been created by City staff as a guideline for Mr. Corley of the City's expectations. Issues regarding scheduling the facility would need to be worked out. It was also mentioned that there was a rumor that a"long course"pool is being built somewhere and that Jim Wise from Wise Swim might be interested in this. There were questions about how it would work if residents paid dues and what their schedule for use of the facility would be. This is something that will we need to be discussed and clarified. Schultz will bring back monthly updates on all of these facilities as things further information is available. b. Claret Park- Pickle Ball—Schultz reviewed a list provided last month by Terry Taylor of the top 10 reasons why the Claret Park tennis courts should be converted to pickle ball courts. Schultz supports building pickle ball courts in Rosemount,but did not support replacing the tenms courts at Claret Park with pickle ball courts. These are the only tennis courts located on this side of town,and replacing them would leave the residents in this area without tennis courts. Parking at Claret Park would also be an - 1 - PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION October 26, 2015 Regular Meeting issue, especially if pickle ball tournaments were held there. Having pickle ball players use the Cub Foods parking lot is not an acceptable solution to the parking issues. An option to consider would be building pickle ball courts at the Flint Hills Athletic Complex. Pickle ball players are currendy driving to Apple Valley and other cities to play, so driving to this site shouldn't be an issue. There will also be more parking at this site. Schultz explained that we have a lot of requests from a lot of groups for facihties right now,and we will need to look at the CIP budget in November. We will revisit this item when we prioritize the needs versus available funds when we discuss the budget. We could ask for a feasibility study to be done on adding pickle ball courts at the athletic complex site. The Coinmtssion asked if a permeable parking lot would be an option at the Flint Hills Athletic Complex,how much it would cost and if it would eliminate the need fox some ponding. c. Park Name—Prestwick Place/Falmoor Glen Developments—Orginally, this entire development was named Prestwick Place,and based on this the park in the development was named Prestwick Park. Because the development has now been split into two sections,Prestwick Place and Falmoor Glen, several residents of the Falmoox Glen secrion have quesrioned why the park is named Pxestwick Park when it is closer to the Falmoor Glen area. Staff is recommending that the park be re-named Ailesbury Park, after the street on which the park is located. Several other parks in Rosemount have been named for the street they're located on. MOTION by Bartz to change the name of the park known as Prestwick Park to Ailesbury Park,after Ailesbury Avenue. SECOND by Tilson.Ayes: 5 Nays: 0 Motion passed. 7. NEW BUSINESS: a. Review of Parks and Recreation Fees—These fees are reviewed annually by the Parks and Recreat�on Commission. Schultz will bring thls item back in November. b. Director's Report-The park impxovement fund balance as of September 30 was $559,849.18. Parks dedication fees were$12,507.16. There was interest of$26.80. Thexe wexe no grants or donations. Expenditures were$10,977.60 for Prestwick Park(nosvAile,rbury Park)improvements and picruc tables for Erickson Park. Steeple Center Project—The project is near completion. We still need a parking lot,and hope to have all the punch-list items done by mid-Novembex.The Rosemount Area Arts Council has scheduled their Christxnas at Steeple Center to take place on December 5,2015,and a ribbon cutttng will take place at the official opening in January. 8. ADJOURNMENT -MOTION by Farrell to adjourn the meeting. SECOND by Tilson. Ayes: 5 Nays: 0 Motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Sonja Honl,Parks and Recreat�on Secretary - 2 -