10. PRSR 07 14 2004Item #: 10
MEMORANDUM
rto6s Orono ~'arkwa> TO: Park and Recreation Commission
P:Ik River, MN 55330
FROM: Michele McPherso irector of Planning
DATE: July 14, 2004
SUBJECT: Informational/Update Items for July 14, 2004
Meeting
B. Park/Trail Developments
1. Park Dedication
The month end balance fox June was $1,516,947.31.
2. Hillride Revenuer
To date, we have received $1,572.66 in daily and seasonal passes fox Hillside Paxk.
3. YMCA Update
Attached is the May YMCA update.
4. NAI Update
Attached is the summary fox the NRI activities in June.
5. Article - "Oakr Folks"
6. Article -Sherburne County Park Survey Re rultr
Phone: 763.635.1000
pax: 763.63S.io9o
vrww.ci.elk-river. mn. us
BALANCE SHEET
CITY OF ELK RIVER JUNE 3Q 2004 Page: 1
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As of: 6/30/2004 Balances
Fund Type: 11 Special revenue funds
Fund: 225 -PARK DEDICATION
Assets
Acct Class: 1000 Current Assets
1010 Cash 1,515,870.31
1012 Fair Value-Investments -3,282.00
li80 Interest Receivable 4,359.00
Acct Class: 1000 Current Assets 1,516,94731
Total Assets 1,516,947.31
Reserves/Balances
Acct Class: 2400 Fund Equity
2400 Fund Balance 1,160,638.43
2600 Change In Fund Balance 356,308.88
Acct Class: 2400 Fund Equity 1,516,947.31
Total Reserves/Balances 1,516,947.31
Total Liabilities & Balances 1,516,947.31
Hillside Revenues and Expenditures
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4/16/2004 Fit~c~`..':, ~
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$23.00 41:1.9~; f~
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4/26/2004 Dail Pass $126.70
412912004 Dail Pass $92.25
5/3/2004 Dail Pass $187.62
5/10/2004 Dail Pass $252.00
5/17/2004 Dail Pass $76.00
5/21/2004 Dail Pass $27.00
6/8/2004 Dail Pass $149.09
6/15/2004 Dail Pass $124.50
3/21/2004 Dail Pass $134.00
6/28/2004 Dail Pass $203.00
7/6/2004 Dail Pass $152.50
7/6/2004 Seasonal Pass $25.00
Total $1, 572.66
Expense Tracking
Item 6.7.
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Patrick Klaers, City Administrator
DATE: June 21, 2004
SUBJECT: YMCA Update
The most recent meeting of the Noxthstax YMCA Community Board was held on May 20,
2004 at Lions Park Center. Attached for your information is the agenda from this meeting
and the April 8, 2004 Noxthstar YMCA Community Board meeting minutes. Also attached
are the Committee "Charts of Work 2004" and a June 8, 2004 Pioneer Press article on the
YMCA project in Hastings.
It is anticipated that Mayor ILlinzing will pxoaide this Council update as she was at the May
20, 2004 YMCA meeting.
NORTHSTAR YMCA
COMMUNITY BOARD
MINUTES FOR MEETING OF APRIL 8, 2004
MEMBERS ATTENDING: Pat Klaers, Bill Helliwell, Tom McKitmey, Michele Bergh, Joni Lawrence,
Arthur Jackett, Sue Kostanshek, Wendy Simonson, Arne Engstrom, Pat Klaers, Michelle Risting, Mary
Eberley.
Chair Helliwell called meeting to order at 7:05 .AM.
Joni Lawrence presented opening thought.
The agenda and minutes for meeting of March 11.2004 were approved.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
1) Program Conunittee-Tom McKinney offered report in Ken EbePs absence. Program activities and
planning continues to be vigorous -senior activites are planned for this summer, Kids & Cops
Program was discussed as there appears to be strong enthusiasm for this program especially among the
police officers. Tom offered a brief overview of Summer Activities, reported that we may have as
many as four groups of up to 30 kids for NYPUM this summer! Promotional materials are going out
for summer activities and camps.
2) Public Relations Committee -Joni Lawrence introduced and welcomed Michelle Risting as new
volunteer coordinator. She is eager to work with our board and the community, will maintain our
databases, and assist with recruitment for volunteers and membership.
Positive feedback from the conm~unity and visitors to our booth at Elk River Business Expo -
volunteers are still needed for work at the Sherburne Co. Fair booth July 15-18. W e are checking the
location and what the building has to offer.
Business Expo went very well. The Y received positive feedback and a $6.00 donation. We had Y-
Partner envelopes on hand and Camp Manitou flyers and interest in being a volunteer.
Banners will be posted on Highway 10 at Kemper Drug and Highway 169 site very soon.
Quarterly newsletter is being planned for disriibution to comnnmity about programs, progress on
expansion & eventually a facility. Wendy Simonson has agreed to write this newsletter.
Get E-mail address to: Arthur 7ackett
Egg Hunt is coming up.
Michele Bergh- Family Event on May 26 is at Lyons Park. The Y will be providing the food.
If interested in having a Spring Social E-mail Joni Lawrence.
3) Finance & Y-Partners Committee - Chair Bil] Helliwell & Tom McKinney updated on Finance and
Y-Partners. Y-Partner letters were given to Ron who is out of town. We have the instructions but not
the letters. Tom will ghost write for Bill and get it sent out and people will receive it around Easter
and a week later the letter will be sent. Elk River History flyer should be sent then a week later send
out the Y-Partner letter. Introductory letter going out soon. Every effort will be made to expand the
database for mailing. Current is only about 200 people. Group discussed other opportunities to
distribute information/letters such as Chamber 7 City newsletters, as an insert with Elk River Staz
News. These are economical and will reach more households. Committee will look into these
opportunities. Nexf mailing will be ready to go soon and will be for purposes of soliciting the initial
$20,000 goal.
4) Executive Committee -Has been meeting and finalized Strategic Plan and Action Steps or Charts of
Work for remainder of 2004. Efforts will be made to find a temporary site that will allow greater
visibility and help to establish a bona fide presence. Plans are being made to approach the city and
county again for commitment and assistance. Next reasonable step to take will be to decide on a site.
Boys & Girls Club summer partnership for camp and other activities was confirmed.
Staff person to provide assistance to the NorthStar community group is Sabina Snvda. She lives in Elk
River and was able [o join the group mid-point in the meeting. Tom McKinney made introductions.
Sabina will assist with minutes, distribution, and communication and administrative assistance the
committees may need.
5) NW YMCA Board Meeting: - Bil] Helliwell, Joni Lawrence and Mayor Stephanie Klinzing attended
the NW Y Board Meeting. Bill gave an update on NorthStar YMCA and talked about the kick off of
the Y-Partner Campaign. The NW YMCA discussed board development and the event for fundraising.
They are planning a San Francisco-type Special Olympics and will put together teams in athletics
events. They are planning twelve events to be held early to late fall (September). Tom described the
cardboard boat race, stationary bike race, executive briefcase race. This is much cheaper to run. We
need to invite families. The kids who benefit can help run.
6) Discussion Items: -Tom stated that the Boys & Girls partnership is complete and ready to support the
summer camp program. Before care and after care bus will pick up. They will pay for a bus to take
their kids out to camp for 3 hours, expose the kids to camp. A lot of kids cannot afford the camp. Bus
will come @ 10; bring the kids back at 2pm. The Y-Partners campaign will scholarship some money.
The group discussed facility location and cost. The original range from the previous work is $13-16
million, which maybe high in today's market. Wihnaz was $6-8M; smaller than what Elk River would
want. Wilmar had significant donors from the community. Tom- Andover building project is $1M
over. Stee] price is high at this time. We will stick with $13-16M for now. We would like to have 10-
12 acres. We discussed the fairgrounds as they maybe moving. City has looked at zoning. Pat -the
City has a few options including first option to purchase property.
Strategic plan- Chart of work by committee. Each group needs to put this in a time frame. Where you
are at with each task. Helps build for the future, on going, etc. Helps us [o see what has been
completed. The Chart of Work for 2004 was presented, discussed and adopted by the Community
Board.
A brief update on planned activities was presented. Would like to do something at Lyons Pazk to
expose the community to camp. St Michael went OK. Sherburne County Fair July ] 5-18`". We have
4 boxes of popcorn left. Tom- W e have a fishing trip scheduled for Seniors in June. There was
discussion about the Egg Hunt and the Aug 14`" Camp Manitou Event for Monticello and Elk River.
NEXT MEETING MAY 13 2004 7 AM ** Changed to MAY 20t°
Meeting was adjourned at 8:30AM.
Mary Eberley
Acting Recorder
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NORTHSTAR COMMUNITY BOARD COMMITTEE
CHARTS OF WORK 2004
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
• Decide on programming for 2005 (Program)
• Develop partnership with Boys and Girls Club
• Maintain and grow partnership with City Park and Recs (Program)
• Staff Support through Northwest YMCA
• Develop and maintain partnerships
• Accounting and billing through NW YMCA (Finance)
• One message being shared (PR)
• Reach conclusion on site selections
• Strengthen community board (PR)
FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT/Y PARTNERS
• Start a Kids and Cops Program (Program)
• Accounting and billing through NW YMCA (Exec)
• Raise $20,000 in Y Partners support and collect 93%
• Develop a NorthStar Database
• Establish a foundation for potential future capita]. campaign
• Plan and start Y Partners for 2005
PUBLIC RELATIONS
• Recruit youth from NorthStar Area for Camp - 100
• One message being shared (Exec)
• Achieve Target enrollment in NorthStar Area (Program)
• Strengthen community board (Exec)
• Develop a list of volunteer needs and recruit volunteers (Program)
• Ensure that PR events are well organized and staffed with volunteers
• Establish a mazketing plan and timeline
• Evaluate all Events
Program Committee
• Decide on programming for 2005(Executive)
• Start YIG
• Recruit 20 youth for NYPUM
• Implement Continue Senior Programming
• Start Kids and Cops (Finance)
• Achieve Target enrollment in NorthStar Area (PR)
• Develop a list of Need
• Develop a list of volunteer needs and recruit volunteers (PR)
• Maintain and grow partnership with City Park and Recs (Exec)
Other Committees (as needed)
• Volunteer Recognition Program, Diversity Program, Major Gifts Program, Capital
Campaign Development
NorthStar YMCA Community Board
Meeting Agenda
May 20, 2004 7:OOam
LIONS PARK CENTER
Informational Items
^ Welcome
^ Opening thought
^ Approve Minutes and Agenda
Report Items
^ Committee Updates
• Program Committee
• Public Relations Committee
• Finance/Y Partners
• Executive Committee
^ NW YMCA Community Board Meeting - 4/29/04
New Business/Discussion Items
^ Strategic Plan
^ Board Evaluations
UPCOMING EVENTS MATERIALS INCLUDED
^ Community Board Meetings ^
September 9, 2004
Committee Meetings
^ Communication -time? - NRG
May 27, 2004
^ Program - B:OOam -Senior Center
May 26, 2004
^ Finance/Y Partners
time and date?
^ Executive Committee - 7:00 am -Embers
May 24, 2004
^ Special Events
Sherburne County Fair
Senior Fishing Event @Manitou -date?
Camp Manitou Event - 8/14/04
4B C TU_S DAY. JUNE &. ?004
SUBURBS
_ HASTINGS
YMCA in works as
fund-raising starts
$2 million donation kicks off campaign
BY SHANNON PRATHER
Pioneer Press
The YMCA of Greater
Saint Paul could break ground
on afull-service, $8 million
center in Hastings as early as
2005.
The Hastings Area Family
YMCA launched its multimi]-
lion~lollar capital campaign
Monday. Hastings-based
Smead Manufacturing jump-
startedthe fund-raising with a
$2 million contribution, mark-
ing the largest single donation
in the St. Paul YMCAs 147-
year-history Hastings YMCA's
14-member Board of Directors
and Y staff also have vowed to
personally donate and raise
$400,000.
Regina Medical. Center,
which is partnering with the
YMCA, tentatively .has
approved along-term agree-
ment to lease land to the
YMCA for $1 a year In return,
the medical center will house
its Healthy for Life wellness
program in the new building.
If organizers meet their
capital campaign goal, the
Hasting YMCA will be 65,000
square feet and include an
aquatic center, gymnasium,
fitness center, walking track,
teen center, children's gym
and playground. It will serve
about 3,000 children and fami-
lies.
Monday, community mem-
bers and YMCA board mem-
bers, who started offering
YMCA programs at local
schools in 1999, said Hastings
and surrounding communities
sorely need a family and com-
munitycenter.
"We've refused to let this'
dream die," said Dr. Lawrence
Erickson, medical director of
Regina Medical Center and
Hastings Area YMCA capital
campaign chairman.
Erickson stressed the need
for the new athletic and com-
munity center.
"Inactive lifestyle, obesity
and lack of physical exercise
has become the No. 2 cause of
preventative death in theUnit-
ed States, second only to ciga-
rette smoking," Erickson said.
Sharon Avent, Smead CEO,
'said she polled her employees
before deciding to donate.
"'Everyone said this is
important to our community
and our family life," Smead
said. I think this is .an
important project for Hast-
ings. We need a family gath-
ering place and we don't have
that now."
Market and feasibility stud-
ies have concluded there is a
community need and econom-
ic support for a Hastings
YMCA, said Thomas Brinsko,
president and CEO of the
YMCA of Greater St. Paul. The
St. Paul Y operates 11 full-
service sites, three overnight
camps, five day-camps in Min-
nesota and Wisconsin and
provides childcare-. for 2,800
daily.
Brinsko said most YMCA
facilities open about 18
months after the start of the
capital campaign.
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Mcpherson, Michele
From: Bockenstedt, Paul J [pbockenstedt@bonestroo.com]
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 9:46 AM
To: Mcpherson, Michele
Cc: Gould, Elizabeth R
Subject: NRI update for June 2004
Hello Michele,
I hope you had a nice 4th of July weekend. I wanted to send you an email with a brief update of work on
the citywide Natural Resources Inventory for the month of June.
If you have any questions or comments regarding the update, please feel free to give me a call.
Thank you,
Paul
Paul Bockenstedt
Plant/Restoration Ecologist
Bonestroo Natural Resources
2335 West Highway 36
St Paul, MN 55113
651.604.4812
www. bonestroo. com
JUNE ELK RIVER NRI UPDATE
Landowner post card responses for property access have slowed down considerably, with only a few
showing up per week now. We continue to attempt to reach folks by phone who returned post cards
asking for a call to get more information about the NRI. As a general approach, we are leaving repeat
messages about once a week (or slightly more frequently) for those folks we can't reach/don't call us
back.
We have been in touch with the gravel mining folks, who have granted partial access and are sending an
electronic map that shows where access will be allowed for the NRI. Also, Paul Bockenstedt attended
the June Gun Club Board meeting and presented on the NRI. The Board made no decision at the
meeting regarding access, but said they would get back to us. We have received no response on their
decision so far. However, the Gun Club Board did express interest in having Paul Bockenstedt attend
their August meeting as a representative of MN DNR Prairie Stewardship Planning Assistance to lead
hikes and discuss the ecology and importance of the savanna at their site. Hannah Dunevitz of the MN
DNR approved this activity, and thus Paul is slated to attend the annual Gun Club gathering on 15
August. The Gun Club Board and members expressed the idea that they understand that the
savanna/prairie on their property is important and are interested in further understanding what steps can
potentially be taken to steward these resources.
Work also continues to progress on preliminary mapping/aerial photo interpretation. We are working
toward the goal of having mapping/photo interpretation substantially completed, and landowner contact
7/6/2004
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wrapped up by the middle of this month to allow field work to begin in earnest in mid- to late July.
7/6/2004
COHIMONWFAL
Oaks FOIkS
Minneapolu' ruburbaniter nand up for
a little stand of hardy hardwoods.
WHAT WOI7LD YOU DO to save an
acre of creel? Would you spend an
evening testifying az a public hear- ,
ing, oe perhaps an akemoon solicit- '
ing donations door-ro-door? Would
you spend actual money-say, $20?
$100? How about $185,000? And
how about guaranteeing chat amount ,
with your home?
That's exactly what a small group of
neighbors did in Hopkins, Minnesota.
Down a narrow street seemingly for-
R~~'RAP
rhetoric or chaining themselves
co the trees, however, a group
of neighborhood residents of-
fered anunusual alternative:
Buy the land from the develop-
erand give it to the city for a
park. They offered their homes
as collateral.
"Our initial recommen-
dation was `Don't do this,"'
recalls Steve Mielke, city man-
ager of Hopkins. It seemed a
frightening price to pay for a
mere sliver of land. Unde-
terred, the Oala Folks, as the
group came to De called, nego-
tiated an arrangement in
which the city would buy the
acre and the group would re-
pay is over a dozen years. Aker
the developer's reduction of the
selling price ro $185,000,
some initial imbursemencs,
and the ciry's forgiveness of the
loan's interest, the yearly pay-
ments came co about $11,000.
Four brave families co-signed
the loan, and each of the fami-
gotten by city maintenance
I crews is a wooded neighborhood
of about 20 split-levels and ranch-
ers, and right next ro that neighbor-
hood is a well-loved (and expensive)
little tray of trees.
The Minnehaha Creek neighborhood
~`f , ~ is an isolated enclave surrounded by Min-
' ^eapolis sprawl apartments, highways,
fast food, a regional mall, and more high-
ways. An acre here, an acre there, the woods
~ and wetlands have disappeared over the
i ~ `~~ years. By the early 1990s, the only remaining
buffers from encroaching development were a
marshy wetland co the east and a narrow strip of
gnarled oaks co the west. So when a developer pro-
posedputting up townhouses on that last wooded acre, a line was
drawn in the soil. Rather than descending on city hall with lofty
lies has donated more than
$20,000 through the years.
The Oaks Folks started up a
web sire (wtrnuoaktfolkr.org)
and a newsletter to get the
word out and ask for dona-
tions, and they collected alu-
minum cans to offset printing
costs. The stakes were high.
Had the Oaks Folks failed to
make a payment, the city
could have assessed their prop-
erties for the balance, poten-
tially forcing foreclosure. "II
seemed like a lazge amount of
money for volunteers ro raise,"
Mielke says. But they did it.
This September, the final few
hundred dollars will be paid to
the city, and the acre of corks will
become a Hopkins city park free
and clear. "In the long run, we
were wrong;' Mielke chuckles,
and he seems glad to be wrong.
$185,000 raised over 12
yeazs by a handful of empcy-
nesters to save an acre of trees:
Now that's park dedication.
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SHERBURNE COUNTY
Parks: Three county parks in early development
"With all the growth and
changes that we've had we
thought it was time to look
at that again," P]dgeton
said.
Three county parks
Sherburne County cur-
rently has three parks:
•the Oak Savanna Land
Preserve near Becker
•Bridgeview Park Reserve
near Big Lake
•Grams Regional Paxk
near Zixmnennan
All are in the early stages
of development.
County Administrator
Brian Bensen said county
commissioners have had a
desire to set aside land for
parks.
The way we're growing,
there's been a lot of devel-
opment," Bensen said.
"They're aware that if we
don't set it aside now it will
be difficult and very costly
later:"
However, Bensen added,
"There's not a very strong
appetite to develop them as
parks yet."
As for trails, Bensen said
most of the county's efforts
have been concentrated on
a proposed 20-mile recre-
ational trail between Elk
River and Princeton.
Efforts are under way to
acquire an abandoned rail-
road bed for the trail. About
75 percent of it is in public
ownership at this time,
Edgeton said.
"We're interested in work-
ing with willing landown-
ers," he said.
The trail would be for non-
motorized activities such as
biking, hiking, inline skat-
ing, skiing and walking.
Edgeton said alternate
routes have been planned
in case the county is unable
to use the entire railroad
tred.
But, he added, "We're cer-
tainly trying to keep as
much of the trail on the
:(railroad) bed itself."
Some survey results
In addition to the three
county parks, there is the
state-owned Sand Dunes
State Forest and the feder-
ally-owned Sherburne
National Wildlife Refuge in
Sherburne County.
In the poll, residents were
asked, "Considering the
county parks and other
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land Preserve near Becker. (Photo by Joni Astrup)
About Sherburne County's parks
Bridgeview Park Reserve
•Acquired in 1996.
•The 29-acre park is located along the Mississippi f2iver,
southwest of Big Lake. From Highway 25, go west on
County Road ll and then immediately south on County
Road 50. Go one-half mile and the park entrance is on the
south side of the road.
•A rnowed trail system allows For recreational activities.
Grams Regional Park
•Acquired in 2002.
•The 114-acre park will be developed over time into a
regional park for regional use. Currently, the park is in
early development stages: It is located east of Zimmerman
near Fremont Lake.
Oak Savanna Land Preserve
•Acquired in 1997 as a gift from the Cox family.
•The 140-acre park is located near Becker approximate-
ly one-fourth mile east of Highway 25.
•Mowed trails during the summer allow for walking,
hiking, biking, horseback riding and wildlife watching.
Winter uses include groomed cross-country skiing, snow-
shoeing and dog sledding. On the east side of the Oak
Savanna Land Preserve is the Becker City Park. Trails
from both parks link to one another.
(Source.' Sherburne County)
facilities that exist, do you
feel the existing county
parks are adequate for your
household needs? Seventy-
nine percent said `yes.'
But the survey also found
that:
•71 percent would support
a property tax increase to
pay for acquisition of park-
land along the Mississippi.
•63 percent would support
a property tax increase to
pay for acquisition of park-
land for a regional swim-
ming facility with a fishing
pier, beach and picnic shel-
ter area.
•81 percent feel establish-
ing biking and hiking trails
should be an important
part of designing neighbor-
hood developments.
Taxes for parks
Parks and recreation perceptions in Sherburne County
2003 Sherburne County study
1. County parks and trails are a very important aspect of my choice
of residence and my quality of life.
2. Where available, more land along the Mississippi River should be
acquired and used for parkland, trails and wildlife habitat.
3. The county should preserve corridors adjacent to waterways and
wetlands as greenway space, not to be developed.
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4. The county should be more active in protecting sensitive plant
communities and unique ecosystems.
5. The county should lake a more active role in acquiring land for
motorized trails for ATVs and snowmobiles.
6. Establishing biking and hiking trails should be an important part
of designing neighborhood developments.
The survey also asked:
"How much would you be
willing to see your property
taxes increase to fund
acquisition; development
and maintenance of county
trails and parks in
Sherburne County?" The
results were:
Notlxing .........22%
$5 ...............7%
$10 .............13%
$15 .............10%
$20 .............17°l0
$25 .............18%
Don't know .......12%
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