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Home My WebLink About2015-09-16 PRC Packet AGENDA CITY OF MAPLEWOOD PARKSAND RECREATION COMMISSIONMEETING Wednesday,September 16,2015 5:00pm Tuj Lub Groundbreaking Ceremony Keller Regional Park 7:00pmMeeting Council Chambers -Maplewood City Hall 1830 County Road B East 1.Call to Order 2.RollCall 3.Approval of Agenda 4.Approval of Minutes a.August19, 2015 5.Visitor Presentations Wakefield Park Stormwater Improvements (RWMWD) a. 6.Unfinished Business a.MCC and YMCA Partnership Update b.Playcrest Park Playground Project 7.New Business 8.Staff Presentations a.County Road B Trail Project Update b.Joy Park Construction Update 9.Commissioner Comments (9:00p.m.) 10.Adjourn – MINUTES 4a MAPLEWOOD PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION 7:00p.m., Wednesday, August 19,2015 Council Chambers, City Hall 1.CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission was held in the City Hall Council Chambers and called to order by Chair Malletat 7:00p.m. 2.ROLL CALL Commissioners Commissioner Rick Brandon Present Commissioner Craig Brannon Present Commissioner RonCockriel Present ChairpersonTerri Mallet Present Commissioner Matt Prom Absent Commissioner Kim Schmidt Present Commissioner Russel Susag Present Commissioner Nikki Villavicencio Absent Student Representative Julie Honsa Present Staff Parks Manager, Jim Taylor Present 3.APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA Comissioner Cockriel requested to add Lion’s Park as agenda item 8d. CommissionerCockrielmoved toapprove theagendaas amended. Seconded by Commissioner Schmidt Ayes – All The motion passed. 4.APPROVAL OF MINUTES a.July 15, 2015 Commissioner Cockrielrequested to change roll call for Commissioner Matt Prom from present to absent, remove Commissioner Mike Wilde from roll, and change roll call for Student Representative Julie Honsa from absent to present. Commissioner Cockriel moved to approve the July 15, 2015Parks and Recreation Commission minutesas amended. Seconded by Commissioner Brandon Ayes – All The motion passed. Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes 4a 5.VISTOR PRESENTATIONS a.Farm Program at Harvest Park Laura Hedeen – Minnesota Food Association, Education &Community Engagement Coordinator and Ann DeLaVergne – Director, Our Community Food Projects presented informationand answered questions aboutimmigrant farming programs. Commissioner Cockriel moved to support the Farm Program at Harvest Park. Seconded by Commissioner Brandon Ayes - All The motion passed. 6.UNFINISHEDBUSINESS a. 7.NEW BUSINESS a.Friends of Maplewood Parks By-Laws Parks Manager,Jim Taylor,presented the Friends of Maplewood Parks By-Laws anddiscussed future possibilities with the commission. Commissioner Cockriel movedto supportto move forward with thecreation of Friends of Maplewood Parks and Open Space. Seconded by Commissioner Susag Ayes – All The motion passed. 8.STAFF PRESENTATIONS a.Tuj Lub Update Parks Manager, Jim Taylor, updated the commission about funding and future meetings about Tuj Lub. b.Playcrest Park Update Parks Manager, Jim Taylor, updated the commission about the Playcrest Park project. c.Joy Park Update Parks Manager, Jim Taylor, updated the commissionon the Joy Park project. The project is scheduled to be finished by the end of October. d.Lion’sPark Commissioner Cockriel asked Parks Manager, Jim Taylor to update the commission on the installation of oldspring toys as new art pieces in the park. Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes 4a 9.COMMISSIONER COMMENTS 10.ADJOURNMENT Commissioner Brannonmovedto adjourn the meeting. Seconded by CommissionerSchmidt Ayes – All The motion passed. The meeting was adjourned at 8:35PM. Next meeting is September 16, 2015. Wednesday, August 19, 2015 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes 5a Memorandum City of Maplewood Parks and Recreation Commission To: Tina Carstens, RWMWD & Jen Koehler, Barr Engineering From: Wakefield Park Stormwater Improvements Subject: September 10, 2015 Date: 23/62-1169 Project: Jim Taylor & Steve Love, City of Maplewood c: In the past decade, the Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed Distri studying Wakefield Lake and identifying projects and management water quality. Historically, the water quality in Wakefield Lake has not met th Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for shallow lakes. In 2002, Wakefield Lake was listed as impaired for excess nutrients (phosphorus) by the MPCA. Once listed as impaired, a total maximum daily load (TMDL) study must be completed. A TMDL study identifies and quantifies case, phosphorus) and evaluates how much improvement is needed t standards. In the case of Wakefield Lake, the sources of phosphorus were primarily from the watershed (approximately 67% of the load) and internal sources, such as re during the growing season (June through September) (draft, 2015) To achieve the water quality standards, the total load to Wakefield Lake would need to be red Because the Wakefield Lake watershed was developed prior to the today, much of the watershed runoff has limited or no water qualit Wakefield Lake. To meet the requirements of the TMDL, the watershed runoff load by approximately 41%. As part of the TMDL process, the RWMWD evaluated opportunities t watershed along with in-lake management activities that would im Lake. Wakefield Park was one of several locations targeted in t improvement could be achieved. During the summer of 2014, the RWMWD performed a feasibility stu developed conceptual designs for several of the identified water watershed, including the incorporation of infiltration practicesthe feasibility study process, two meetings were held with City of M 5a To: City of Maplewood Parks and Recreation Commission From: Tina Carstens, RWMWD & Jen Koehler, Barr Engineering Subject: Wakefield Park Stormwater Improvements Date: September 10, 2015 Page: 2 discuss the conceptual design of the projects and how the RWMWD efforts. City staff were excited about the opportunity to partner with the RWMWD, and si in the middle of its city-wide parks and recreation system maste stormwater management features in Wakefield Park were incorporat the system master plan (draft, January 2015). In 2015, the RWMWD has continued to pursue the project in Wakefield City Parks and Public Works staff in March 2015 to discuss the p RWMWD CIP budgets and schedules to begin aligning planning and design efforts. The presentation at the September 16, 2015 Parks and Recreation water quality in Wakefield Lake, the history of the proposed Wak, showing examples of how this project could be integrated into Wakefield projects (City and RWMWD). P:\Mpls\23 MN\62\23621169 RWMWD 2015 Feasibility Studies\WorkFiles\003_WakefieldPark\ParksCommissionMeet 6b MEMORANDUM TO: Parks and Recreation Commission FROM: Jim Taylor, Parks Manager DATE: September 16, 2015 SUBJECT: Playcrest Park Improvements Introduction Parks staff has been working with area playground providers to providedesigns for a new playground structure at Playcrest Park. Background In mid August, City staffsent a Request for Proposal (RFP) to six playground vendors in the state. The RFP was fairly simple. We gave them an$80,000 budget and asked them to come up with a design for the age range on 5-12 years old. We received fiveproposals. However, only fourmet the $80,000 budget. The project team of City staff 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 from Gametime represented my MN/WI Playground and Little Tikes Commercialrepresented by Northland Recreation. On September 10, staff will be presenting these two proposals to the residents for them to choose the park they would like to see in their neighborhood. Staff will present the winning proposal to the Parks& RecreationCommission at the meeting. Recommendation Thereisno recommendation at this time. Attachments None