10. PRSR 10-09-2002 1 .
or Item #: 10
Elk* MEMORANDUM
River
13065 Orono Parkway TO: Park and Recreation Commission
Elk River,MN 55330
FROM: Michele McPherso , Director of Planning
DATE: October 9, 2002
SUBJECT: Informational/Update Items for October 9,
2002 Meeting
B. Park/Trail Developments
1. Park Dedication Fund Balance
The balance as of month end was $830,530.93.
2. River City Snow Riders Newsletter
3. Article: "Pay to Play Areas Inspire Suburbs"
4. Center for Community Committee Agenda and Meeting Minutes
Phone:763.441.7420
Fax:763.441.7425
www.ci.elk-rivermn.us
BALANCE SHEET
SEPTEMBER 30, 2002 Date: 10/01/02
Time: 3:26pm
CITY OF ELK RIVER Page: 1
AP t: 09/30/02 Balance
Funu Type: SR SPECIAL REVENUE
Fund: 225 PARK DEDICATION
Assets
CURRENT ASSETS
1010 Cash 830,530.93
1012 Fair Value-Investments 439.00
1150 Accounts Receivable 0.00
1320 Due From Other Governments 0.00
1380 Interest Receivable 8,401.00
CURRENT ASSETS 839,370.93
Total Assets 839,370.93
Liabilities
CURRENT LIABILITIES
2020 Accounts Payable 0.00
CURRENT LIABILITIES 0.00
Total Liabilities 0.00
Reserves/Balances
FUND EQUITY
2400 Fund Balance 840,287.39
2600 Change In Fund Balance -916.46
FUND EQUITY 839,370.93
Total Reserves/Balances 839,370.93
Total Liabilities & Balances 839,370.93
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Mary Tracey FROM PAGE 1C
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( ` gets up after Pay-to-play OPENING THE Central Park
' -,:. N sliding down The new indoor park 7--1
�,,, one of the DOORS in Woodbury,linked to WASH. t
(continued) COUNTY!
chutes in the a new Washington J
Eagles Nest The Central Park complex County Library,will C'`MI" play area in 1
: classes; the complex is also begins opening its doors open Sept.23
New linked to the adjacent YMCA this week.School District " ,�I
s e, ' ,k'T Brighton. on the east and senior housing 833 Early Childhood Fami- Qi 06#7R "<} '
v to the south. will . i i; I
u Woodbury is While officials stress that ly Education will hold any P
( considering a Woodbury will never have a open house Tuesday,with i:. P.reekak ,
7: j similar classes starting Sept.23. '4f
.i'�, playground, traditional "Main Street" kind The library is slated to ' ie
of downtown,the new center is Li
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parents pay designed to function as a corn- October,with an official s ■munity gathering place—and
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$4.50 for grand opening for the ,� s yH
their children the kids' area could be a big entire complex the first ' = h } Central
CRAIG BORCK,PIONEER PRESS to play. Originally slated to cost week in November. n :`:s -t park Park l E.
about$250,000,the kids'facility s a i; z s lake'Ik
Pay-to-play areas could end up roughly double PAP' j yi rie w 411
that amount if fancier plans when they went to the polls for .q ' - * ' R 4,.
are realized. The new plans the PIONEER PRESS
p primary elections, and the
call for "theming" — echoing building will open its doors lit-
inspire suburbs the St.Croix River Valley motif tie by little in the coming although the park seeks to
in the indoor park,with a look- weeks and months. recreate the feel of a St. Croix
out tower, a climbing wall This week,library adminis- river valley woodland, the
made of artificial rock and arti- tration staff will start moving landscaping company,
New Brighton was ahead of trend ficial trees,and ambient sound in; School District 833 Early McCaren Designs of St. Paul,
effects. Childhood Family Education had to truck in subtropical
The aim is to take it beyond will hold an open house Tues- plants from Florida that mimic
BY JUDY ARGINTEANU the level of a"typical fast-food" day,with classes starting Sept. native species to accommodate
Pioneer Press play structure, said Parks and 23.The library is slated to open the climate—controlled interior,
Recreation director Bob Klatt, the third week in October,with where the temperature never
Even on a perfect fall morning,Beth Jansen was and make it into something an official grand opening for falls below about 65 degrees.
happy to pay$4.50 so her two young children could that will attract people from the entire complex the first Building an indoor park
play at a public indoor park in New Brighton. the region as a whole. week in November. hospitable to Minnesota-grown
The 33-year-old mom from Stacy meets friends It's an emerging trend From the time it was a mere plants would have been very
at least once a month at the Eagles Nest play area, around the metro area,accord- gleam in the City Council's eye expensive,said McCaren presi-
v.. .e her 9-month-old daughter and 3-year-old son ing to Lisa Uhler, community to its near-completion now,the dent McRae Anderson, and
, to run through the tunnels,ball pits and two- center manager at the New project has taken nearly eight would have made the park a
lever climbing maze. Brighton facility,who points to years; construction began in chilly spot for a leisurely con-
"There's everything hers,it's contained,there's similar facilities in Maple April of last year. versation on a park bench
no bugs, and you don't have to worry about bad Grove and Prior Lake.And it's The project's original budg- A welcoming zone — both
weather,"she said. popular: In 1995 when it et, set in 1999, was around $6 for the park and the play area
Officials in Woodbury hope for a similar reaction opened, New Brighton served million,then revised to$10 mil- — is clearly what Woodbury
in their neck of the woods, as they consider an 30,282 youths;in 2001,the num- lion. Budget concerns prompt- officials are seeking.When the
ambitious new playground that will be part of the ber had more than doubled to ed a few design changes, play area is done,the city proj-
new Central Park complex, which begins opening 65,747,she said. including substituting a flat ects an average 150 people a day
its doors this week. "It's mostly word of mouth," roof with skylights for the orig- will pay the daily admission fee;
The complex includes the play area — which Uhler said, noting that the final plan of a glassed-in arched that's in addition to people who
won't open until December—a 16,000-square-foot facility needs to do little mar- roof; the park size was also will buy coupon books, large
park and the 28,000-square-foot Washington County keting."It sells itself." reduced. The park also groups, or those who rent for
Library plus administration space,meeting rooms, Klatt said Woodbury will includes a 200-seat amphithe- birthday party packages.
and space for Early Childhood Family Education pay for the proposed upgrade ater at its eastern edge. Parents at the Eagles Nest
from admission and rental fees Woodbury's total costs for seem to bear out Woodbury's
;;) l PAY-TO-PLAY,SC 9 ill ci 'Z for the play area(which is sep- its share of the project came in optimistic expectations. Kris
Y(04 Per 1f ess arate from the park).Proposed around $8 million: Park con- Marthaler, 33, made the half-
daily admission fees for the struction came to about $5.5 hour trip from St.Michael with
play area have been tentatively million, other costs including her 2-year-old to meet Jansen
set at$4.50 for I-year-olds and land acquisition and architec- and other friends.The space is
up, with discount coupon tural fees added another $2 bigger and better than the
books and lower evening rates million and the city spent an playlands at fast-food restau-
also available. additional $1 million to build rants,said Marthaler.
Klatt cautions that the final the ECFE space. 'After 45 minutes, my kids
figures for the new play area For greenery-starved Min- are done" at a fast-food place,
equipment have yet to be nego- nesotans in the winter months, she said,"but my kids don't get
tiated with the vendor,and the the indoor park offers 60 trees, bored here.My daughter loves
City Council will not make its from 10 feet to 32 feet tall,with it"
final decision until its Sept 25 more than 1,400 smaller plants.
meeting. A stream with a 16-foot water- Judy Arginteanu can be reached
Voters got a glimpse of the fall runs through the park, atjarginteanu @pioneerpress.com
new building this past week with a small bridge.Ironically, or 1651)228-5509.
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„PERATION ER S 2002
Post Office Box 778.
` 04 Center for Community Committee
Thursday, September 26, 2002
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Notice: SPECIAL MEETING LOCATION
Elk River Area High School
Room next to Counseling Office
(watch for Operation ER signs)
park in West Lot
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AGENDA
• Call to order, 4:00 p.m.
• Approval of Minutes of meeting on August 29, 2002
• Senior space discussion continued
• Student space needs - Rana Nestrud, Elk River Arts Magnet
and ERAHS students
• Family/Art Center - Resolution proposal
• Next Meeting Date
• Adjourn, 5:30 p.m.
s ', Involving the Elk River community in a "great conversation'to identify and implement a shared vision.
Center for Community Committee
Minutes of Meeting on Thursday, August 29, 2002, 4:00 p.m.
Elk River Senior Center Dining Area, Elk River
Present: Don Heinz man, Cari Rock, Suzanne Kostanshek, Bob Olson, Tricia Sanford, Barbara
Kreuser, Gene Rick, Louise Kuester, Charlie Blesener, Isobel Stander, Elaine Anderson,
Darlene Solberg, Rachel Leonard, Pat Feit, Jane Lindenfelser, Lois Swanson, Cliff Lundberg,
Sharon Tracy, Jim Mulroy, and Tony Darkenwald.
The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Don Heinzman, Chair. The minutes of the May
16, 2002 meeting were approved as printed.
Don Heinzman introduced new people attending and thanked our host Suzanne Kostanshek,
Director of the Elk River Senior Center.
Don brought the group up to date on the origins and activities of this committee and explained
that the three priority space needs identified in our community by the Operation ER process
were the arts, seniors and youth.
Family/Art Center: Tricia Sanford, of the Elk River Area Arts Alliance presented a new
PowerPoint presentation on the ERAAA and the Family & Arts Center. She asked for feedback
on the presentation. It was noted that this is a place for intergenerational activities, which is
desirable. It was also noted that the Family & Arts Center partnership was a result of
discussions in Operation ER Center for Community committee meetings. Furthermore, lack of
community gathering space was identified as the #1 issue in our community during Operation
ER's "Great Conversation" town meeting last year.
Questions about Handke School followed. Charlie Blesener explained that currently about 1/3 of
the building is being used by ECFE, Community Education and Headstart. Community
Education funds two-thirds of the operations of the building out of Fund 4. If Handke was totally
used for a community center, it would be substantially removed from the general fund. The
school district would continue to be involved in the maintenance of the building.
It was suggested that the presentation be seen by the ECFE board for their input. The school
board will also be invited to view the presentation. Plans are to take it to numerous community
organizations and focus groups to garner support for the concept and invite discussion.
Facilities for seniors: Suzanne Kostanshek introduced members to the Senior Center and
invited them to tour the new facility following the meeting. She noted that there are many
activities offered by the Senior Center currently, but there are some needs that could be met in
another facility. Currently the Senior Center has two kilns and offers classes in pottery. Their
dance team, The Foxy Trotters, currently practice on concrete floors and would prefer a sprung
floor. The Senior Center has a long history of collaborating with Community Education in
programming. There are some male seniors who would prefer an alternate site for general
socializing. The pool table at the center is used frequently. It was noted that with the new "baby
boomer" generation, there will probably be new needs for facilities and programming. The Lions
Park Center is being used for some programs, but it is difficult to schedule on a regular basis.
Monticello Community Center was cited as an example of identified space that is exclusively for
seniors in a multipurpose building. It was noted that many seniors like to interact with other
ages but there is also need for exclusive space.
Rachel Leonard noted that Sherburne County, one of the fastest growing counties in the country,
has 30% or more aged 20 or under. There are three generational families living in our area. Our
libraries, public space and educational facilities are more important than ever.
It was suggested that a list be compiled of specific facilities needs for seniors to use in planning
future space at facilities such as the Family & Art Center, Guardian Angels and the YMCA.
Suzanne noted that mentoring programs are already successfully operating at the Senior
Center.
The next meeting will be held Thursday, September 26, 2002 at a location to be determined.
Agenda items include a formal endorsement resolution of the Family & Arts Center and space
for youth needs. Don noted that we need to specifically invite youth to be involved again.
The meeting adjourned at approximately 5:30 p.m. with several members enjoying a tour of the
Senior Center facility immediately following.