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Home My WebLink About20250324 PRM RM Packet AGENDA Parks & Recreation Commission Regular Meeting Monday, March 24, 2025 7:00 PM Council Chambers, City Hall 1. CALL MEETING TO ORDER 2. ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO AGENDA 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Minutes of the February 24, 2025, Regular Meeting 4. AUDIENCE INPUT 5. DISCUSSION (Response to Audience Input): 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS a. Central Park Improvements b. Indoor Ice 7. NEW BUSINESS a. 2025 Special Events b. Director's Report 8. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 of 12 Page 2 of 12 Page 3 of 12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Parks & Recreation Commission Regular Meeting: March 24, 2025 AGENDA ITEM: Central Park Improvements AGENDA SECTION: UNFINISHED BUSINESS PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks & Recreation Director AGENDA NO. 6.a. ATTACHMENTS: Exterior view, interior view, Interior renderings APPROVED BY: DLS RECOMMENDED ACTION: There is no recommended action for this item. BACKGROUND Staff is continuing to work on developing plans for the expansion of Central Park into the space that was the former Public Works site. One of the main focus areas that we are planning for right now is the reuse of a large garage. The main area of the garage is approximately 5,500 square feet. This is about 500 square feet larger than the Banquet Hall at the RCC. The plans call for the garage to be remodeled into a multi-purpose facility that could house various special events such as sport team parties, graduation parties, family reunions, an indoor farmers market, October Fest and much more. The non-activity portion of the building (north side) will be used for restrooms, storage and staging space for special events. Included in the packet are a few renderings of the proposed improvements. In the near future, staff plans to hold a community meeting to get input regarding this project. RECOMMENDATION There is no recommended action for this item. Page 4 of 12 Page 5 of 12 Page 6 of 12 Page 7 of 12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Parks & Recreation Commission Regular Meeting: March 24, 2025 AGENDA ITEM: Indoor Ice AGENDA SECTION: UNFINISHED BUSINESS PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks & Recreation Director AGENDA NO. 6.b. ATTACHMENTS: APPROVED BY: DLS RECOMMENDED ACTION: No action is being requested regarding this item. BACKGROUND For several months, staff have been discussing the need for additional indoor ice in Rosemount with RAHA, City of Eagan and the Farmington Hockey Association. This work started before there were ever plans for the Pond to shut down. RAHA has consistently rented 900 hours of ice from The Pond, which is equivalent to what staff expects they would use at one sheet of ice. The city recently hired JLG Architects to help guide us through some early planning exercises to develop a layout for a two-sheet ice complex, site plan and a cost estimate. The work they are doing will help us with discussions regarding the next steps in the process of considering building additional indoor ice. We have already started the plan development, and we should have more information to present at the April Parks and Recreation meeting. The owner and operator of The Pond has a new indoor ice business that he is exploring in the old Sears building in Burnsville. Staff will share more information about the project at the Commission meeting. RECOMMENDATION No action is being requested regarding this item. Page 8 of 12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Parks & Recreation Commission Regular Meeting: March 24, 2025 AGENDA ITEM: 2025 Special Events AGENDA SECTION: NEW BUSINESS PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks & Recreation Director AGENDA NO. 7.a. ATTACHMENTS: APPROVED BY: DLS RECOMMENDED ACTION: No action is being requested regarding this item. BACKGROUND The Parks and Recreation Department is part of many special events taking place in our community in 2025. Listed below is what we currently have schedule for this year. Spring Egg Hunt – Saturday April 12 at 10 am – DCTC Arbor Day Tree Giveaway – Saturday, May 3 at 10:00 a.m. - Former Public Works Site Community Tennis Night - Friday, May 9 starting at 5pm - Erickson Park Tennis Courts City Clean Up Day – May 17 at 8am – 12 noon – DCTC Campus City Wide Garage Sales - May 8 - 10 Memorial Day Event – Monday, May 26 at 11am – Central Park Patriots in the Park - June 10 5 - 9 pm Central Park Art Blast - June 22 - 29 at various locations Leprechaun Days - July 19 – 26 BBQ Cook Off – Saturday, July 19 – All day at Central Park Food Truck Fest - Saturday, September 20 from 4pm – 9pm at Central Park October Fest – Saturday, October 11 time TBD at Central Park Halloween Trail - October 25 Details TBD – Central Park RAAC Tree Lighting November 29 at 7:00pm at the Steeple Center Page 9 of 12 No action is being requested on this item. RECOMMENDATION No action is being requested regarding this item. Page 10 of 12 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Parks & Recreation Commission Regular Meeting: March 24, 2025 AGENDA ITEM: Director's Report AGENDA SECTION: NEW BUSINESS PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks & Recreation Director AGENDA NO. 7.b. ATTACHMENTS: APPROVED BY: DLS RECOMMENDED ACTION: No action is being requested BACKGROUND Park Improvement Fund Balance as of February 28, 2025: $5,292,544 Inflows to the Park Improvement Fund last month were as follows: Dedication fees – $0 Grants/Other - $0 Interest - $NA Donations - $0 Expenditures – $21,549 Playground replacement – In the fall of 2025, the city plans to replace the playground at Dallara Park. We will soon be sending out a Request for Proposal (RFP) and then will be having a neighborhood meeting to review the proposals that we receive. We plan to remove and replace the playground this fall. National Guard Remodel – Work continues to move forward on the Armory and RCC remodel projects. They are behind on the RCC office work and have not started yet on the translucent arena wall panels. Once they get going with the cosmetic work in the parks and recreation office things should move quickly. We are hoping for an early summer “move back” date. Dunmore Greenway – We are hoping to get this project out for bid in April after we get a Joint Powers Agreement in place with Dakota County for a cost sharing on the project and get a Right of Way permit from MN DOT. The city will design and deliver the project and Dakota County will pay for the cost of the trail construction. Bonaire Path Trail - We recently held a public open house for the Bonaire Path Trail Project. Several residents that live near the project area attended the meeting and had questions relating to the installation of the trail. The residents were all in favor of the trail and felt it was a necessity to keep people safe while traveling along Bonaire Path. Staff is working to finalize the funding for this project with hopes of having this trail project out to bid this spring. Page 11 of 12 Flint Hills Complex Building - Recently we had a pipe burst at the Flint Hills athletic complex park shelter building that caused damage to the ceiling in the women's restroom. Staff worked with the project architect to get a short specification page written up for the work that needs to be done to repair the damage. Staff have met with some contractors and expect to have someone under contract soon to complete the repairs. UMore Park Building - We have broken ground on the UMore Ballfiield building. We are hoping to have the building fairly complete from an exterior standpoint by May of 2025. More to come on this project as it develops. There is no action being requested on this item. RECOMMENDATION No action is being requested on this item. Page 12 of 12