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Home My WebLink AboutFebruary 7, 2008 685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. . ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 . (763) 755-5100 FAX (763) 755-8923 . WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US Regular Park & Recreation Commission Meeting February 7, 2008 6 15 P.M. Skateboard Task Force Meeting 7 00 P.M. 1. Call to Order 2, Resident Forum 3, Approval of Minutes (1/3/08 and 1/17/08) 4. Consider 2008 Tournament Application for Soccer-Lacrosse/Andover High School Boys Lacrosse 5. Consider Application for Scheduled Use of Recreational Facilities/Minnesota Thunder 6, Hold Public Hearing/City Code Amendment 8-4-1/Glass in the Park 7. Update of Irrigation Well at Sunshine Parkl07-38 8. Update of Prairie Knoll Park North Parking Lot Expansion/07-50 9, Review Outstanding Items 10, Chair's Report 11. 12, Adjournment 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. . ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304. (763) 755-5100 FAX (763) 755-8923 . WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN,US TO: Park & Recreation Commission Todd J. Haas, Asst. Public Works Director SU JECT: 4. Consider 2008 Soccer/Lacrosse Tournament Application! Andover High School February 7, 2008 INT ODUCTION This item is in regard to considering an soccer/lacrosse tournament for the upcoming 200 soccer/lacrosse season as requested by the Andover High School. Note: The city taft has been waiting for the application to be forwarded to the city, as we were the und rstanding that we would receive the application prior to the packets being sent out. DIS USSION As ~u may not know, the boy's high school age lacrosse players have separated away fro the Andover Area Lacrosse Association and are currently being run by the And ver Lacrosse Boosters Club, This group of high school boys at this point Is not OffiCfllY a varsity sport since the Anoka Hennipen School District Board has not app oved it. With that said the Booster club (as far as we know) at this point has not bee~ able to receive approval to use the high school fields for the upcoming spong sea on, The request for the tournament/jamboree is requested to be on a Saturday in May 2008 for 2 larger fields at Prairie Knoll Park. We have been trying contact the Boo ter Club about the status of the application. If an application is received, it will be pres nted to the Commission at Thursday's night meeting, The representatives are awaf.e of the upcoming meeting and it is our understanding that someone will be there to represent the club. Not : Just so you know, the girl's high school lacrosse teams are still officially at this poin members of the Andover Area Lacrosse Association. ACTION REQUIRED The Park & Recreation Commission is required to consider approving the attached tour ament application forms from the Andover Baseball Association and the Andover Athl tic Association. cc: ndover Boys Lacrosse Club 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. . ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304. (763) 755-5100 FAX (763) 755-8923 . WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US TO: Park & Recreation Commission FROM: Todd J, Haas, Assistant Public Works Director 5. Consider 2008 Application for Scheduled Use of Recreational FacilitieslMinnesota Thunder February 7,2008 INT ODUCTION This item is in regard to consider a request by the Minnesota Thunder to hold a soccer camp at Sun hine Park. DIS USSION Atta hed for your review is the application that has been submitted by the Minnesota Thunder to u e Sunshine Park June 9-13, 2008. There are a couple things that the Park Commission is goin to need to discuss when considering this application. First, should the guidelines requ rements be waived by the Park Commission and second, should there be a fee associated with he use of our facilities as the applicants are a profit organization and is not associated with any ndover youth soccer program although the area soccer associations will benefit from the cam s. Also there is one other issue that has been raised by the Public Works Park Maintenance Dep rtment and that is in regard to some concern to wear and tear of the soccer fields as they are Iready used every night of the week and on weekends and the fields do need some down time 0 that the fields do get some rest. If the Minnesota Thunder does receive approval to use the occer fields, it is recommended to rotate using the 3 fields at Sunshine Park every day to mini ize the wear and tear to the fields. ACTION REQUIRED The ark and Recreation Commission is requested to consider the Application for Scheduled Use f Recreational Facilities as requested by the Minnesota Thunder. Cc: ina Kramer, Minnesota Thunder, 2124 W. University Avenue, Suite 215, St. Paul, MN 5511 ---- -~- , ----. --,.., ---......e;I> '" 01/25/ 008 15:04 5519171088 PAGE 01 ANDOVIER PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION (PRC) APPLICATION FOR SCHEDULEO USE OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES Group r questing use offaciJities fV'\inl'\'C::~-m.. -rhu..t0-c:v &ccer rCt..n-f'$ Associat,ion PFBsia~l,t WI Y\Cl... Kra.xn-er Phone (Home) Print Name (Work) lDS\-'l I q. - f ;;;!gd~ ~ & - ~ (Mobile) ,""- ,,'l"t- 'lq.~:;, AS$ociaton PI i4 l .lnOJQ.()LOA 1-~5-D~ Y Signi3ture (I' qulred) ~ &Date CO. lln"ve~~ . u.-i-k ~IS 55/(4 City State m f\J Zip APPLlC TION DUE DATEl;: FOR W NTER USE OF FP;cIUTIES - FIRST THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER. NOTE: Scheduling decisions will be made at the PRe meeting on the third Thursday in November. FOR S RING AND SUMMER USE - FIRST THURSDAY IN MARCH FOR SOCCER, SOFTBALL AND SA EBALL. NOTE: Scheduling decisions will be made at the PRe meeting on the third Thursd y in March. FOR F LL USE - THIRD THURSDAY IN JULY FOR SOCCER, SOFTBALL, FOOTBALL AND BASee LL. NOTE: cheduling decisj()ns will be made at the PRC meeting on the third Thursday in July. It is the p licy of the City of Andover to try to meet the recreational needs of its citizens. The goal of the Park nd Recreation Commission in scheduling is to allot the limited number of recreational . facilities i a fair and equitable manner, using compromise when necessary to accommodate the maximum number of requelsts possible, Facility requests submitted by the due date with this com lete form will be givEm the highest priority. Subsequent requests will be filled on a first-come, first-serve basis if facilities are available. The sequencing of scheduling will be considered with City youth ass ciations having fjirst priority. Number 0 participants expl~cted in program this year .~5 Number 0 participants expl~cted from Andover this year 35 Number 0 participants in program last year !Z5 J RECEIVED-----j Number of participants from Andover last year I 6-\~ . 2 5 2008 I Age brack ts for participaticm i I 1 CITY OF ANDOVER J 01/25/2008 16:04 6519171088 PAGE 02 Number of game fields/rinks. needed per week this year I Serer ~-e.\J Indicate season start and end dates JlJ..N q~I'~ Time sl t desired (list 2 choices) 1. Q01Yl r g ~a \.A.ilf\-\hLUC;) qtim~ 1'.2r11)1 fri 2. _. List spe ,jfie fields/rinks being requested (refer to attached Iisti~) * Q'l.C\IJ.& \oe eQ~ ~: ~~du~&ft-pirK- .' Th IOla..-k. Number f practice fields/rinks needed per week this year \ Time slo desired (list 2 choices) 1. " / 2. / List spe ific fields/rinks being requested (refer to attached listing) 1. / 2. ( Note: [f ssociation is planning to use fields from previous year, attach that schedule. Note: Fi!ld/hockey rink (pn~ctice or games) use by any association or team is prohibited without ap roval by the Park and Recreation Commission or its designee. Note: An organization and/or association that applies for use of a recreational facility will be re uired to pay a fee as determined by the City Council for park security. ATIONS WILL ~JOT BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE UNLESS ALL INFORMATION IS PROVIDED. THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT APPL. Y TO WEEKEND TOURNAMENTS. Approved: 12000 Revised 1/2 02 fielduse,doc '103.. Q9)-2Qa3. 2 Parks Ball Field Usage: Adult Rec Play $75.00 per team, per season $10.00 additional, per player, non-resident fee Youth Rec Play $0.00 per team, per person $0.00 additiona~ per player, non-resident fee Note: Includes the use of fields for both lighted and non- lighted Field without Lights (Private Use) $15,00 per hour or $75.00 per day Field with Lights' (Private Use) $20,00 per hour or $100.00 per day Rental Eauioment for Tournament Limer $6.00 per tournament Lime $7.00 per bag Drag $3.00 per tournament Hose and Nozzle $3.00 per tournament Batter's Box $3.00 per tournament Weekend Tournaments No Field Maintenance/Adult $275.00 tournament fee for the park plus $200.00 field usage fee per field No Field MaintenancelY outh $275.00 tournament fee for the park plus $ 1 00.00 field usage fee per field, youth organizations not affiliated with Andover Youth With Field Maintenance/Adult $650.00 tournament fee for the park plus $200.00 field nsage fee per field With Field MaintenanceN outh $650.00 tournament fee for the park plus $100.00 field usage fee per field, youth organizations Dot affiliated with Andover Youth Note: 1 day tournaments will be charged 75% of the tournament and field usage fee. Hockey Rinks: Rink with lights (Adults) $18.00 per hour Park Dedication Fees: ~ 06' ~~~t5.oo Single Family Residences $2,794.00 per unit Town Home and Twin Home $2,794.00 per unit Apartment (Multi-Family) $2,794.00 per unit \)l f'\. S, Lot Splits $2,794.00 per unit Commercia1lIndustrial $8,382.00 per acre or ]0% of market value ofland, which ever is less' (per Ord. 10 Sec.9.07.5) Vehicle Rental- Truckster: $50.00 per day and $350.00 refundable damage deposit 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W... ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304. (763) 755-5100 FAX (763) 755-8923 . WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US TO: Park and Recreation Commission FRO Todd J. Haas, Assistant Public works Director SUB 6. Public Hearing/City Code Amendment/Section 8-4-1 Park and Recreation Areas Code/Glass in the City Parks or Park Facility or Recreation Area - Public Works DATE February 7, 2008 This it m is in regard to holding a public hearing to consider an amendment to the City code Sectio 8-4-1 (Park and Recreation Areas). know, the current language in City Code Section 8-4-1 does not address the issue with glass ark, which was discussed with the Park and Recreation Commission at their meeting of Janu 3,2008. The Commission did recommend that the code should be changed to the City Counc 1 at their regular meeting of January 15th. After review of the request by the City Council, it was de ermined to direct the Park and Recreation Commission to hold a public hearing to allow the reside ts to provide written or verbal comments about the proposed code amendments. Note: ttached is a comment from Kevin Starr, Public Works Maintenance Supervisor that may be of inte est to the Commission when discussing this item. k and Recreation Commission are requested to hold a public hearing and consider an ent to the City Code regarding glass in the park to the City Council. Attach ents Propos d Code Amendment; Summary Ordinance CITY OF ANDOVER COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE - AMENDING CITY CODE TITLE 8-4-1 TO CHANGE THE REGULATIONS REGARDING THE USE AND OCCUPANCY OF GLASS IN THE PARKS Cty Code 8-4-1, is hereby amended as follows (underlining indicates new language): 8- -1: PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC USES: P. Glass: No lass containers of an sort will not be allowed in an desi ated ci ark or park facility or recreation area that provides any kind of indoor or outdoor activities. A I other sections of the City Code shall remain as written and adopted by the City C unci! of the City of Andover. A opted by the City Council of the City of Andover on this 19th day of February 2008. Michael R. Gamache, Mayor ictoria Yolk, City Clerk CITY OF ANDOVER COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA ORDINANCE NO. SUMMARY - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ANDOVER CITY CODE SECTION 8-4-1 TO CHANGE THE REGULATIONS REGARDING THE USE AND OCCUPANCY OF GLASS IN THE PARKS STATUTORY AUTHORIZATION AND POLICY S atutory Authorization T . s ordinance is adopted pursuant to the authorization and policies contained in innesota Statute 462. S ction 8-4-1 of Andover City Code contains no language regarding glass in park areas , d needs to be updated so that no glass containers of any sort will be allowed to provide a afer environment for the public. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS e provisions of this Ordinance shall apply to the City of Andover. e Anoka County Sheriff s Department or its designee shall have the authority to e force the provisions of this ordinance. terpretation of the provisions of this ordinance shall be held to be the minimum r uirements and shall be liberally construed in the favor of the governing body. A printed copy of this ordinance is available for inspection by any person during regular h urs of the City Clerk. A opted by the City Council of the City of Andover on this 19th day of February 2008. EST: CITY OF ANDOVER V ctoria V olk, City Clerk Michael R. Gamache, Mayor NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CITY OF ANDOVER COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA T e Park and Recreation Commission of the City of Andover will hold a public hearing at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as can be heard, on Thursday, February 7,2008 at dover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Blvd NW, Andover, to review the following: C ty Code Amendment of Section 8-4-1 Parks and Recreation Areas Code. The proposed c ange is to not allow any glass in any designated city park or park facility or recreation a that provides any kind of indoor or outdoor activities. A I written and verbal comments will be received at that time and location. A copy of the p oposed amendment will be available for review prior to the meeting at City Hall. P ease contact Todd Haas, Assistant Public Works Director with any questions at (763) 7 7-5131. aas, Assistant Public Works Director P blication date: January 25,2008 Glass in the Parks Page 1 of 1 T dd aas From: Kevin Starr Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:56 AM To: Dave Berkowitz; Todd Haas Subjec : Glassin the Parks.doc Glass in the Parks The issu of glass in the parks has come up through the years. From a maintenance and safety standpoi t, we feel there is no place for any glass containers in a park setting. Too many times the glass ends up roken and spread throughout the play area. Bottles have been thrown at play structures, signs, she lters d the concrete pads and walkways. We have more concrete in our parks now more than ever. And we e adding more each year. This seems to be a magnet for any type of glass container brought into the ea. It poses a hazard for anyone using the facility and is very hard to clean up. It gets buried in the woo chips and sand that we use for safety fall zones creating hidden dangers. I do not call any claims being brought towards the City on a problem with being cut from broken glass. W have had numerous calls brought to our attention of such problems and I have carried a kid to her horn from a park with a very deep cut on her foot. Not allowing glass in our Cities Parks and Trail systems eems like common sense. We may ot be able to enforce this code, but I feel it is a step in the right direction to be proactive with a known p oblem within Andover's Parks. Kevin Starr 1 142008 2/4/2008 685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. . ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 . (763) 755-5100 FAX (763) 755-8923 . WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US Park and Recreation Commission . David D. Berkowitz, Director of Public Works/City Engineer 7. Update of Irrigation Well at Sunshine Parkl08-12 February 7,2008 I TRODUCTION test well at Sunshine Park is proposed to move forward to determine if an ir igation well is a viable option to serve the park. ISCUSSION T e test well will determine if there are adverse impacts to surrounding wells in t e area including Andover Elementary's Irrigation Well, City Municipal Wells and P ivate Wells. If the test pumping rates do not impact the surrounding wells, the t st well will be used to irrigate the entire Sunshine Park complex. This will save a proximately $35,000 to $40,000 annually that is currently paid to the City's ater Utility from the Park Operations Budget. These funds can go back into p rk maintenance where there is a great need and future irrigation wells in other ity Parks. T e question was asked If the water supply to irrigate the park could remain on t e City's Municipal Water System by bypassing the treatment process by a d rect connection to the transmission line. The concerns with this would be the c st of the water would be required to be paid to the City's Water Utility since the c nnection would be to the City's Municipal Water System and due to cross c nnect and possible contamination the City does not allow direct water c nnection to transmission lines. B DGET IMPACT Tewell construction will be funded from a combination of the Parks Operation B dget for 2008 and Capital Equipment Reserves. A TION REQUESTED T is item is to update the Park & Recreation Commission on plans for Sunshine P rk irrigation. No action is required. R spectfully submitted, ~()~ D vid D. Berkowitz H: Engineering\Parks\Park & Rec Packet Information\ltems\2008\020708\item 7.doc C I T Y o F NDOVE 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. . ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304. (763) 755-5100 FAX (763) 755-8923 . WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US To Park and Recreation Commission David D. Berkowitz, Director of Public Works/City Engineer 8. Update of Prairie Knoll Park North Parking Lot Expansion/07-50 Da e: February 7, 2008 IN RODUCTION Th north parking lot at Prairie Knoll Park will be expanded this summer to add ad itional parking. DI CUSS ION La t fall the City Council directed staff to evaluate adding additional parking at the n01h side of Prairie Knoll Park. Attached for your information are a Site Plan and a CI ss V parking lot layout that would add approximately 41 additional parking spaces. Th cost to contract this work out is estimated to be between $35,000 to $40,000. It is pia ned to have Public Work staff construct the parking lot expansion for an estimated co t of $17,000. This cost will be for equipment rental and raw materials. The labor co t will be covered by the General Operating Budget. GET IMPACT parking lot expansion is to be funded from the Park Improvement Fund. AC ION REQUIRED Thi is for information only. No action is required. 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To date the roof is on. Some of the doors have been hung and the plumbing permit h s been issued but none of the plumbing work has started. At this point it doesn't appear the restroo s will ready for use in early spring of 2008 although the Andover Baseball Association President indicate to the Park Commission at the January 3rd meeting that they are entertaining the possibility of trying to do some of the work yet this winter including working on the restrooms by heating the building. As far as th playground equipment, the city staff did meet with the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust re resentative back on Wednesday, December 5, 2007. As discussed with the Commission at the Decemb r 6th meeting, the League has indicated that a 10 foot fence along the east side of the play equipm nt and also along the north side where abuts up to the ball field along the 3rd base side of the field would b sufficient enough. City staff is working on a fencing plan for the playground area and on receiving quotes f om fence contractors over the next month. Also we are planning to put up a short fence (probably around feet in height) on the west side of the playground equipment along the top of the pond to keep people ut of the pond and also a fence along the south side of the playground area adjacent to the trail to help ke p people from going out on to the trail and parking lot. Also the rest of the playground equipment (swamp ,stallion, tilted sky runner and spring pod) is on order. As may recall these addition improvements to the pi yground area were budgeted in the 2008 CIP. In regards to the status of the 1 O-row bleacher for the mid Ie field, the City staff has approved a quote for the purchase of three 5-row bleachers, which includes the trade in value for the 10-row bleacher to SAAFE (the company that sold the City the 10 row bleache last year). The trade in value of the 10-row bleacher is being used to help purchase two of the three 5- ow bleachers. The Andover Baseball Association is paying for the third 5-row bleacher. As you may or may ot know, the 1 O-row bleacher is little too big for the area as it does not give much room since the concess on stand is adjacent and right behind the bleacher. We are also concern that individuals would be able to limb onto the roof of the building since the bleacher sits to close to the building. The west field would remain having one 10-row bleacher and the east field would remain with one 5-row bleacher, U dat f Park Dedication 1m rovement Fund Quarterl Re ort - Next quarterly report is due in April. U date f Quarterl Sheriff's De artment Re ort on Park Patrol & Vandalism -Next quarterly report is due in A ril. Woodla d Crossin Park - Now that the 2008 CIP for parks has been approved by the City Council, the playgro nd equipment has been ordered. The structure is designed for 2-12 year olds and will be installed someti e this spring. H:IEnginee inglParkslPark & Rec Packet Information\ltems\20081020708litem 9.DOC C m r h nsive Plan Park & 0 n S ac Cha ter - Nothing new to report. The Planning Commission held a p blic hearing this past January 22n for all the various chapters of the plan including the parks chapter. No one from the public spoke on the parks chapter. The City Council will be reviewing the final draft pia on February 6th. After the City Council reviews the final draft, the plan will be sent out to the surroun ing communities and other governmental agencies for their review and comments. These various agencie will have up to 6 months to review. Stroot an Park - Everything is completed. This is where we are at with bleachers. At this point 2 bleache s are still needed for a couple parks. One (1) bleacher is needed at Prairie Knoll Park and we are still in n ed of one (1) bleacher at Hidden Creek North Park soccer field. Currently we have a 3 row and a 4 row at S adowbrook East Park. One of the bleachers will be moved to Strootman Park and the other bleache will be moved to Hidden Creek North Park. Shadowbrook East Park will be getting the 2 new bleache s (one for each ball field). The estimated funding of the bleachers would be as follows: $6800 would b from the remaining unexpended funds that was budgeted for the reconstruction of Strootman Park and the emainder in the amount of $1200 would be funded from the 2008 miscellaneous funds. ON-HO D PROJECTS - None at this time. Skat bard Task Force - Hupp/Kowaleski The Tas Force did meet before the last meeting, which was January 17th. Commissioners Hupp and Kowale ki did update the rest of the Commission as well later that evening during the regular Commission meeting Another meeting is scheduled before the next regular Commission meeting with the Task Force this Thu sda~ at 6:15 pm. City staff did meet with Commissioners Hupp and Kowalewski last week (Janua 29t) to discuss the park and the options that are available if the park was constructed as a concret skate park, The City staff (Kevin Starr, Dave Berkowitz and Todd Haas) did recently tour the City of Oakd Ie's skate park, which was made of concrete manufactured from Spohn Ranch. We also met with their sta to talk about the park itself. Although the skate park was constructed last summer, the City of Oakdale is very happy with the Spohn Ranch product. Just so you know they had originally specified Solo concret products for their skate park during the bidding process but changed their mind a week before the bid ope ing to Spohn Ranch concrete products or approved equal. The City staff also recently had a phone convers tion with the City of Minneapolis Park and Recreation Department Maintenance Supervisor regardin the Solo equipment and the Spohn Ranch equipment, as they own both of each. In their opinion, they too highly recommend Spohn Ranch equipment over the Solo equipment. Attached is the layout of the City of akdale's skate park and also of the City of St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin skate park which is very nearly irrors what the Andover's skate park task force has been looking at doing at Sunshine Park. OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST - None at this time. Note: If you have any items that you would like to add to the list, let me know at the meeting. H:\Enginee ing\Parks\Park & Rec Packet Information\ltemsI2008\020708\item 9.DOC