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PRSR SPECIAL MTG 06-03-1998 • CITY OF ELK RIVER SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING June 3 1998; .6 0{ pm�City Hall Decision: Resources Survey Repot w I, Dana Anderson, Chair, hereby request a special meeting of the Park and Recreation Commission on June 3, 1998, at 6:00 p.m. to be held at the Elk River City Hall, 13065 Orono Parkway. The purpose of the meeting is to hear a report from Decision Resources on the recent survey taken in regard to the upcoming proposed park and recreation referendum. In accordance with State Statute, I hereby request the city clerk to post this notice at least three days prior to the meeting date. I further request the city 1.10 clerk to notify each member of the Park and Recreation Commission of this special meeting, in writing, at least one day before the meeting. 1\_)Aitdi21. ( Dana Anderson, Chair Date I:HEREBY CERTIFY,that this ne tice has been posted aid that I have served the notice upon the members ofthe Park and Rec at on Com mss on by mail. at least one day prior tc the above called:special Park and Recreation. ommission meeting ` 41$ Sandra A..Thackeray, City.Clerk. Date .... ,--L? 'ty of i1k River MEMORANDUM TO: Park and Recreation Commission Mayor & City Council FROM: Pat Klaers, City Administrator DATE: May 27, 1998 SUBJECT: Special Meeting I wish to remind everyone that a special Park and Recreation Commission meeting and a special City Council meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 3, 1998, at 6 p.m. We will meet in the Training Room to review the results of the Decision Resources Community Survey. Representatives of Decision Resources will be in attendance at this meeting. There was two main objectives in the recent Community Survey. One • objective was to help determine why the last issue was not successful so that similar "mistakes" wouldn't be made again and so that the chances for a successful referendum could be improved. The other objective of the survey was to determine whether or not an outdoor pool/play area should be included or excluded from the bond proposal. This essentially is adding $1 million to the $2 million 1997 proposal for outdoor recreation. Representatives of Decision Resources have indicated to me that the Executive Summary will be sent up on Monday and we will in turn deliver this Summary to the Council and Commission. At the meeting on June 3, Decision Resources will also distribute the survey data results. The survey, even though it is short, is somewhat complex as they did a random sample of 100 voters in the previous election and also did a random sample of city residents. Not surprising, the responses in the two surveys are different. I think that the discussion on Wednesday will concentrate on a few different areas of interest. One area will be what should be in a bond proposal and what should not. Another area is whether or not we should even go to the public with a proposal as, if we are unsuccessful this time, going forward with another issue a third time will be a very difficult challenge. Another area to discuss at the meeting is, if the decision is to move forward, what can • we do in order to make this a "community" issue and not a city (staff, Council, or Commission) issue so that there is broad base support for the 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River,MN 55330 • TDD &Phone: (612)441-7420 • Fax: (612)441-7425 • proposal which everyone believes is necessary in order for the referendum to pass. If we do move forward with a bond proposal and it does include a pool, a great deal of care will be required in order to not promise the public a "Cadillac" and then only produce a "Chevy." 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" r` ". �., space sometimes becomes more to create a win-win situation"for '`..�'`' , '0" pressing in second-ring suburbs both the owner and local govern- , because residents of first-ring ment,he said © .. communities have an escape A less common approach is for i valve: the well-developed park developers to take the initiative P P P ©Valley Creek R t systems of Minneapolis and St. by clustering houses in ways that Paul. County parks and metro save open space in a larger par- h y .' } park reserves have saved large cel. Robert Engstrom, in his 226- f chunks of land around the seven- acre Fields of St. Croix develop- E v. county area, but those remain ment in Lake Elmo,has used con- -.1-1 t,® LE -- , BaaeyRd�..� largely disconnected from each servation easements to protect 60 u 0 '. O•c: other. Officials of the Minnesota percent of the property while Department of Natural Resources building houses on 45 smaller- i mile <•- are working to create a network than-usual lots on narrower- __ ,_.. WASH- 1.. of trails and natural corridors that than-usual streets. "� ,c ''1'.r INGTON I',': residents come to consider as im- As Woodbury prepares for its cowry 1 portant as a water or sewer referendum,here are examples of The citeles P P indicate the area system. open space lessons learned in where Woodbury Such a "green infrastructure," other Twin Cities communities: will seek to buy up to woo�ay as the DNR's Sharon Pfeifer puts > Eagan 500 acres if voters , it, could help "mend [the metro In September 1996,Eagan vot- approve a ballot .. area's] shredded blanket of habi- ers turned down a $3.8 million measure on preserving tat and wetlands." But she also open space bond issue. Since open spaces. said open space can be defined in then, at least five of 20 parcels Star Tribune graphic other ways,from an inner city tot identified for potential acquisi- lot to a golf course. tion have been lost to developers, Whatever the definition, she said Ken Vraa, parks and recrea- said, city officials and residents Lion director. quadrants. should be aware of ways to lever- "It gets a little frustrating,"he Plymouth voters were ioid age local funds to save greater said,and he urged other commu- about the sites so they could visit — amounts of land. nities to build a strong consensus them before the election. Staff "There are lots of pots of mon- before asking voters' approval. members also talked with site ey that are fairly uncoordinated," He said Eagan open space sup- owners to reach"understandings she said. They range from state porters thought they had broad of value" for each parcel to head grants for scenic and natural ar- support, but "there might have off later price inflation. eas to this year's legislative ap- been a rush to move ahead.. . .A Since the referendum,three of propriation of$4 million for con- little more homework early on the sites have been acquired,and servation easement and other ac- might have been helpful." another committee is drafting quisitions.Such easements allow > Plymouth management plans covering pub- property owners to keep land and That advice appears to have lic access and changes in the have their taxes reduced if they been taken seriously in Plymouth. property. preserve its natural features. Eric Blank,Plymouth's parks and > Eden Prairie Another tactic is for organiza- recreation director, said that be- Voters approved a $1.95 mil- tions such as the Trust for Public fore the city won approval of a$2 lion measure in 1994 that raised Land or the Nature Conservancy million bond issue for open space taxes on an average home by$10 to acquire property from private in 1995, it commissioned an in- a year. This was a conservative owners, then convey it to a gov- ventory of 30 potential parcels.A approach that followed two years ernmental unit. Michael Moore, naturalist evaluated their biologi- of identifying and ranking re- who works in the trust's Minne- cal features, and a citizens group maining unique sites, said Bob sota office, said the nonprofit considered their cost,vulnerabili- Lambert, director of parks, rec- group has negotiating expertise ty and location. After blending reation and natural resources in and often alerts property owners the ratings, the city developed a Eden Prairie. The city had op- to tax advantages and to potential list and chose one major target Lions on three of the even top- avoidance of legal or real estate site in each of the city's ranked parcels, and m st of that land, totaling about 15 acres, since has been acquir d, some- times with help from matching state grants. Lambert said he was gratified ' that a broad base of citizens — .?, .N, Y , ,.- none of them bordering the tar- T»'i.. ' `; 1 ' '• - get sites — supported the effort ;;"'-,;,);; Mr , ,�.?� y "" to save land that they considered •s ,c •-� %.e,'" :F , 1: + , : part of the reason they moved to ti.' .' �`:e '.. - T . -f„ ,r =,..•Y.t «rrr" r 4.� °,-� _ � ;t - , Eden Prairie. ,'".. 'a1.r =M►rt 41' '�? C '. Y 1, .. --- - t, ' a �� - ,s ,, �`',t Y ■� .1. ,, � + 4, ,,. ,�A In hindsight,he said he wished k��,�•:',... ..,1 " ,; , , ,,> .-„� .k.tf.• � � 4-rk� r r .,- the referendum had been larger: x x �.,c t ,�;,_ �� to r4.�.s..,'...�.`� TV,,,�x�, R�r�« s x 7k,,'err"�•� �+�'kt `i.4. .•�.,, ,-vMYr x K..;-�•,� � ��` "I underestimated citizens Val- 4- � V, � ,. 4 t; -.TL4 ,„ t`r i� R4�'x r ;k,p, , h >..„ t i, .%. -t ues for preserving these natural•,� ,. _•V' �° -;;; , lt. t,;...t J1� 11 ..l' "ft,1 -r, t. W ..•, , _ .s* '-t` features, he said. ``� "tj' ∎` ''��`� '' ` 1,,.a.., , ' ` 1.11.•0k. * 4 b .r > Ma lewood ....."'"'"&';'''',...'",,:'''a , S t�.�, ■ < ��. �� }v' kit,r�'�,-> 'Fjt�l�r t;! i }+ tr,:.$„�'# .r,.y P 3.5 \ K,'RY o' ., i� Z 'k,U ti • h a't<r 7 r Sr rA r-.� • i} ,,;r , ► , '' ; r ;,, r` 1.�t7 4--- ' '' � ; ,� The first-ring St. Paul suburb �, _ r, passed a $5 million referendum ..40-;" -c''`•.%'-k ,4'3-'„`� ?"k.j s;::' , „, isce�,' �� !"- f> k}�x' 4�`.�7,.-,:41:%,g,.; .r1 t :7`''� in 1995 and has spent about$4.4 -2{ a -� '' '_ � " >:z',q-.7:1 k'..-;.. 's, ,, { .Z f`� r•``,'„, ,..v,%'r, t'4,j,∎. rf,J.�r. r 'w. i P 200 ,L' r r'n .1'4-'3'17-.�, 1`: ... 1 t`F r ;4 million to acquire al.:out , l f '',,-,,;',..1.. 1t-:,, t f< t acres of open space, said City ,i,,,et n. 1 'i,\ r!_ '+f tit va. ( ' 5 ,,,,,,;4'.'V''' !� ..*:,,,;„,31 t7, ; /f' ,, r �+ . �� / f ti ;::��� .�y ,r f;] ,�� ,�, ,i Manager Mike McGuire. Some• l .;"--;1, :i .-.41\ `• $.?,� t?, .�c �y =; 4 �jr., i ,. �, t ,., L !- ,fit .3 .1. t-' , 'J"' LEI. '4: residents want the city to use f'`¢- t' ..,1 t i••- A, 'tr r. -,1 Fri !ix `'c�_1,, ' , %i,: 's; ar ' , Q�y `'` much of the remaining money to jj ` r `� i ;0,,�;4;+� ,`. z ". ' , , :r .I li Xce lots with relatively rare prairie fo' kt, * 47:05",R' .t r -'.� !, .lit:, i y ; y, ,,�.,,r>Iy�'! y i.•....,4i:ry, fo- liage and views of the Minneapo- • Sc- s Y5. t �,R .kv: 7 • 3 it 4,,� '-' y t=„� '': 'a ,� . ,L '4.., e. ,'"'".s lis and St.Paul skylines. Et J� A�'A �. "''„'�- - - ....,,,..-;;;!:r = ' ' Y ,*,,,,,..t.. -, .. 'A,= ;, -:----c,.' McGuire said the City Council - a`t -'tv +` tf / - ro ' Y� Pia, •! k 1 �''..r/'', ?,y .4- .- zr-"'.Y .. �_ a,� • ;; as ��� r! , .� reviewed the parcel when the INF-� . 4,r�' ,. -:.;`y �a-•a 4,:4-t.:-.‘ t, F'K I` s� �,�., `" ) .-w. price was about $9,500 an acre•, :f r t� �• .,,r 4`_ �"� < " � � `�, _- °" and turned it down because of its I.: A, t �4' j ,�0- s' ,s ` * h r a distance from most city residents,• ,4 7 'r,�, 4; �; t A..... .\ ., s the nearness of other open space '' r - , � �^ ; J � � Al' acquisitions and the desire to•40. -I" ':'*W 2- ,!,' ,e�rrr 1, g }+�`t v'... . •, . � :W. /- s read limited funds over more . . _ :' ',.'e... . .. _.,f, A. rr;. '�-a`" ffi g ..s• 1 1."• ..3'�t;ity'flli.�- . P Star Trbune photo by Jerry Holt parcels. Steve Kernik,environmental planner for Woodbury,checks out a wetland site just north of Military Road.The 90- "It's a beautiful site, but the acre site near La Lake is one of five the city hopes to protect from development city wanted to spread the referen- dum money around,"he said. , Since then,the price has risen to about$30,000 an acre.But un- der pressure from residents, the council this month authorized negotiations with the developer. "Sometimes, citizens are out in front of the public officials," said the DNR's Pfeifer.