Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 07/09/1998

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NARRATIVE FOR FIRST DRAFT C.I.P. 1999 - 2004 1999 Central Park Expansion $32,000 This item represents the land payment for the 35 acres east of the existing 45-acre Central Park. The $32,000 estimate is based upon a ten year contract, including interest. The purchase agreement will be structured so that the park can continue to be developed while the park land is being paid for. Spreading the payments out over a ten year time frame allows for continued park development in not only Central Park, but the rest of our park system as well as allowing for potential acquisition of the other community park site west of Trunk Highway #47. Some consideration should be given to not immediately recording the extreme southeast portion of this parcel as park property, in the event the City may want to entertain development of a commercial property, that would support park and recreation uses, such as bicycle/rollerblade rental or perhaps an ice cream parlor, etc. Four Battery Tennis Court with Associated Improvements for Central Park $65,000 This item was scheduled to occur in 1998, but was deferred pending the Fire Station #2 siting. The $63,000 designated for 1998 should provide (with interest) for a $65,000 construction and landscape project in this year. Central Park (East) Engineering and Design $40,000 Approximately $40,000 will be needed to provide for biddable park improvement projects, including the 1999 tennis court and the year 2000 park road and picnic area improvements. With the exception of the tennis courts, it is expected that much of the actual field engineering and inspection will occur into the year 2000, but is allocated from the Landfill Trust Fund interest earnings in 1999. Lake Itasea Park Grading $35,000 This project assumes shared grading expenses concurrent with North Fork, Inc.'s proposed land development plans south of 153rd Avenue. It also assumes that the City would receive park land immediately adjacent to 153rd Avenue that would be suitable for ballfield development (t~he rest of the existing park is either on a hillside, encumbered by storm water drainage from the subdivision to the east or is otherwise sensitive natural areas associated with the wetlands and Lake Itasca itself). Community Built Playground for Central Park $48,000 The proposal for a community built play structure at Central Park has several facets, or benefits. Central Park is our best-known community park and also has a level of development above and beyond the other community parks. It also has more individuals visiting the parks that perhaps all the others combined and, as such, is worthy of a play