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Home My WebLink About2012-04-18 PRC PacketAGENDA CITY OF MAPLEWOOD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:00pm Meeting Council Chambers - Maplewood City Hall 1830 County Road B East * ** Application for the proposed development on Roselawn Avenue has not been made so per the decision made by the Commission it is not on this month's agenda.*** 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Agenda 4. Approval of Minutes a. March 21, 2012 5. Visitor Presentations a. 6. Unfinished Business a. Gethsemane Park b. Dog Park Review c. Fish Creek (Chair Roman) d. Gladstone Savannah Timeline 7. New Business a. 8. Staff Presentations a. Spring Cleanup Update b. Sponsorships at Goodrich Park c. Arbor Day at Lion's Park 9. Commissioner Comments 10. Adjourn — (9:00 p.m.) CITY OF MAPLEWOOD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION Meeting Minutes Wednesday, March 21, 2012 7:OOpm COUNCIL CHAMBERS — MAPLEWOOD CITY HALL 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Roman indicated that there was a quorum and called the meeting to order at 7:02PM. 2. ROLL CALL a. February 15, 2012 Ayes: All Chair Roman requested that Chair Schmidt be correct to Chair Roman under Call To Order. Commissioner Erhardt requested that "Seconded my Commissioner Erhardt' be corrected to "Seconded by Commissioner Erhardt" under the Approval of Minutes. 1 Commissioner Sonnek requested that under Visitor Presentations a sentence be added to why the visitors presented for future reference. Commissioner Schmidt moved to approve the minutes as amended. Seconded by Chair Roman Ayes: All Abstain: Adams, Brannon, Maas The motion passed S. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS a. MCC Fitness Lori Resendiz Lori Resendiz, MCC Fitness Supervisor, programs at the Maplewood Communi Center. She also updated the Commis= various aspects of the goals. The Commission discussed fitness with b. Randy Hildebrandt, 1262 Myrtle Street Resendiz and the Commission about fit getting a, fitness course placed in the p. 6. UNFINISHED 7. NEW =BUSINE esented information, regarding the fitness Center and the North St. Paul Community n on the 2012 fitness goals including the s Supervisor, Lori Resendiz. Dod,MN 55119, questioned Lori and presented information regarding Parks Manager, Jim Taylor, presented information on the Park Acquisition Charge Ordinance Revision. Staff would like a motion of support to continue on with this to bring it to Council for a reading. ission discussed and commented on the Park Acquisition Charge Ordinance Commissioner'Sonnek moved to recommend this ordinance change to the City Council. Seconded by Commissioner Erhardt. Ayes: All The motion passed. 2 b. Process for the Geranium Park Project Parks Manager, Jim Taylor, discussed replacing the playground equipment at Geranium Park. He discussed with the Commission what process they felt was appropriate for it. The Commission discussed and commented on the process. c. 2012 Trail Overlay Projects Parks Manager, Jim Taylor, presented more information regarding the 2012 Trail Overlay Projects and included where the funding is generated from. Commissioner Sonnek Seconded by Commissioner Maas The motion passed. 8. STAFF PRESENTATIONS a. Bartelmy Meyer /Gethsemane Pad Parks Manager, Jim Taylor, gave an Bartelmy Meyer /Gethsemane b. Spring Cleanup Update Parks Manager, Jim Taylor, ul Cleanup. c. Sponsorships at Goodrich Pa Parks Manager, J at Goodrich Park 9. 1 Com the Ayes: All on the progress of the the details of the Spring the progress of the Sponsorship that occurred at the previous meeting Parks Manager, Jim Taylor, stated that from a Staff perspective, they realized that they needed to back up the process. The recommendation moving forward and will continue to be that we will not bring it back to the Commission until the application is made. There has not been a building application, just talk of it. When the application is received, residents within 500 feet of the adjacent property will be notified and a public hearing will be set at the Park Commission. The Parks Commission at that time will have a chance to reconsider their vote if they would like. Commissioner Brannon stated that he would forward the Spring Cleanup information onto his Boy Scout Troop as well. Commissioner Schmidt stated that the Lake Phalen Clean -Up is scheduled for April 14, and they would be serving coffee, treats, and getting organized at 8:OOAM /8:30AM at the pavillion. Anyone is welcome to stop down and participate. 3 Commissioner Sonnek commented that as a member of the White Bear Lake library they have free computer classes. They have developed geocaching classes for the first time and she will be teaching them. They will be having two sessions, one will be held at the Roseville library and the other at the Maplewood library. They will have GPS's at the class to learn the basics of geocaching. Those who wish can sign up for free by going to the library's website or by calling the library. Chair Roman mentioned that comments have been made by other commissions regarding the Roselawn Park that this has been approved by the Parks Commission and Chair Roman felt uncomfortable with it. He was inquiring if anything can be done; to change that. Jim Taylor, Parks Manager, stated that essentially a recommendation of approval from the Parks Commission was made. Staff is committed, and the Commission has requested that it comes back to the Parks Commission. The other commissions that were speaking technically were not speaking out of turn. With that being said, it is very clear that it is coming back to the Parks Commission for reconsideration. Chair Roman inquired about a discussion about their evaluation of the Four Seasons Dog Exercise Area. 10. ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Brannc Seconded by Commis! The meeting was adjo Next meeting is April Ayes: All 4 AGENDA REPORT TO: Parks and Recreation Commission FROM: Jim Taylor, Parks Manager SUBJECT: Gethsemane Park Improvements DATE: April 12, 2012 I10 :IQ 111L911IQ01 Parks and Recreation staff have been working with the Public Works Department on the Bartelmy Meyer neighborhood redevelopment project. During this process, plans called for a large raingarden in the Southeast corner of the Park. In return for this, the project will help fund some needed improvements in the Park. X71; -10111*11IQ 0 Last fall, Parks and Recreation staff met with Public Works staff to discuss this neighborhood redevelopment project. Generally, when these projects occur they use neighborhood parks to help with the stormwater by creating raingardens. As in past practice, the park usually gets an added amenity in return for these raingardens. Parks staff indicated the need to improve playground equipment for the residents in the area. Currently, all that exists is a slide and a climbing structure. All other equipment needed to be removed for safety and overall condition reasons. In early March, City staff sent a Request For Proposal to five playground vendors in the state. The RFP was fairly simple we gave them an $85,000 budget and asked them to come up with a dream park with a Northwood's feel for an age range of 5 -12 year olds. We received four proposals back. The project team including, Parks staff, Public Works staff, and members of Kimley Horn met and narrowed the proposals down to two. This was based on Play Value and meeting the specifications of the RFP. At that meeting, it was decided that the two proposals to be presented to the residents would be Little Tikes Commercial represented by Flanagan Sales, and Burke represented by St. Croix Recreation. On April 3, staff presented the two proposals at an open house with the neighborhood residents. On April 4, staff brought the proposals to Gethsemane School to show them to a group of students. From this meeting the Little Tikes proposal was overwhelmingly selected. All of the companies that turned in proposals were very competitive. Many offered special discounts to be as competitive as possible. The Flanagan /Little Tikes proposal was presented with a $22,746.16 discount giving us a lot of extra play value. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the Parks and Recreation Commission show support for the Flanagan Sales /Little Tikes proposal that was selected by residents of the neighborhood and student representatives from Gethsemane School. Attachments Park Improvement Map City of Maplewood, Minnesota Department of Public Works Engineering Division 0� 30 60 GRAPHIC SCALE ICmI r W" IN FEET and Assoaft Inc. NORTH BARTELMY -MEYER AREA STREET IMPROVEMENTS CITY PROJECT NO. 11 -14 GETHSEMANE PARK IMPROVEMENTS PAGE 7OF7