Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 05/14/1992

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Kathi ~¢ter~on mentioned that the Anoka Senior High students are required to donate 10 hours t~f 9olhmunity work before they can graduate and that would be a good source of Comm~ssioqer Swokowski asked Kathi Peterson to provide information from other cities regardi .~g a~Adopt-A-Park program and also suggested each Commissioner think of ideas for nex[ mon.th's Park and Recreation Commission meeting. Case t~3: Recommend Park Dedication for McDonald Addition; ease of ' Robert and Barbara McDonald Mark ~oos ~eviewed the McDonald Addition and the need for a trail corridor in thc area. He stat~., th~,t in the Five Year Comprehensive Plan, the Trott Brook trail is going to be a major ~ast tO west trail corridor and the only trail for snowmobiles. Park dedication is needed ~rom ~vlcDonald Addition for the Trott Brook trail. The City also needs a minimum of 100 ~eet of usable land on either side of the brook. The Park and Recreation Commission recessed at 9:00 p.m. Chairma~n Hetland called the meeting back to order at 9:10 p.m. Mark BOos r~viewed the site location map and showing the major east/west trail corridor alignment. He informed the Commission that the Park Comprehensive Plan states that a minimum of [00 feet of usable land is needed on either side of the brook and that it is up to the Corr~ission to determine what is considered usable land. Commi~ion~ Cook suggested putting the snowmobile trail through the wetland and to use the 100 feet of usable land for the bituminous trail. 7 Chairman Heqand stated that the entire trail does not have to be 100 feet wide, it can be n owe in si, ots. Mr. Mcl~onal~l requested the City put up a sign indicating the park land. He also said that he would like [some assurance that the City would not disturb the ditches. Motion I~y Commissioner Cook and seconded by Commissioner Florentius to direct City Staff to r~$Olv~ park dedication for McDonald Addition. Motion earrie~l. Voting Yes: Chairman Hetland, Commissioners Cook, Gookin, Prall, Johnson,Swokowski and Florentius. Voting No: None. Absent: None. Case #4i: Discuss Proposal for Insuring Equitable, Orderly Park : Planning and Development Mark Bops discussed the possibility of dividing the City into park districts. This would make par~PlaOning much easier and would help in deciding which areas need a developed park. Heialso guggested having a park asset report done for each district. Chairman. Hefland suggested reviewing the park district map along with the Five Year Comprehensiv~ Plan. The cons~nsus~of the Commission was to discuss at the June meeting, the following items regarding~ark idistricting: ~sset inventory by district ~l, tesources assessments Demographics of parcels Dollars in park dedication paid and ratio of those dollars to assets pARdi AND RECREATION COMMISSION / MAY 14, ~992 .. Page 4 of 5