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River TO: Park and Recreation Commission
FROM: Stephen Wensman, Planner
DATE: July 8, 1998
SUBJECT: BMX Update
Update
On July 1, Jeff Asfahl and I met with Margo Foster and John Thompson to
get an update on the BMX planning. The BMX group are still very interested
in developing a BMX site in the City and are excited to have a possible
location in Hillside City Park.
John Thompson is still trying to organize the BMX group and researching the
appropriate not-for-profit status. The group is still determining whether to
• be associated with the NBL (National Bicycle League) or the ABA (American
Bicycle Association). The group is leaning towards affiliation with the NBL
as it may have some trail design assistance and better services.
There was further discussion about whether or not the BMX site would be a
public site or whether it would be used for members only with special days
open to the public for training, demonstrations, and supervision. Questions
regarding liability were discussed and Jeff Asfahl will be researching the
matter further. Other design issues were discussed such as parking, fencing,
concessions, workshop structure, and other BMX related structures and
activities. A BMX site in St. Michael and one in Minneapolis at Buck Hill
may be good examples to look at for design ideas and related issues.
John Thompson and Margo Foster left the meeting with copies of the site
plan and a concept for the BMX site. They will be preparing a concept sketch
plan for the dump site clearing which can then be incorporated into one of the
concept plans for Hillside City Park.
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13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • TDD&Phone: (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612)441-7425
Item# 7.B. 1 .
tyj of MEMORANDUM
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FROM: Stephen Wensman, Planner
DATE: July 8, 1998
SUBJECT: Hillside City Park
Classification
Area wide park
Description
Hillside City Park, the former city dump, is approximately 80 acres of rolling,
wooded Maple and Oak forest with some lowland trees. The main dump area
is located in the south central portion of the park. The dump area is mostly
clear of trees and is mostly flat. A smaller dump area is near the entrance
• road by County Road 12 and consists mainly of asphalt debris. Another area
along County Road 12 seems to have been a small gravel or sand mine. The
site is accessed by the existing 12'-15' gravel drive off of County Road 12. The
gravel entrance drive has an old spur off it that is now obscured by scrub
trees. Also within the site is a smaller road or path that winds through the
southeast quarter of the site. There are two East-West powerline easements
that cross the site, one bisecting at the center and the other at the southern
edge. Both corridors could serve future trails connecting the site to other
amenities in the city.
Attachments
• Park and Recreation Master plan for the site
Site Issues
• Dump site clean-up
• Continued contaminant testing
• Preservation of woods
• Making connections to other amenities through future development
• Developing the park and keeping the options open for a BMX site
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13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River,MN 55330 • TDD &Phone: (612)441-7420 • Fax: (612)441-7425
Concept A
Hillside City Park, as a bike park, utilizes the center dump site area as an
open green area with a picnic shelter and parking. An improved entrance
road is 20' wide without curb and gutter, rather than 24' in order to minimize
the need for tree removal, walls and grading. A bituminous 12' trail adjacent
the entrance drive winds in and out of the woods to the parking lot and to the
Southern power line corridor. The woods surrounding the center dump area
contain an unimproved mountain bike utilizing existing trails, ridges, and
slopes. The Southern most power line corridor is utilized as a trail connector
between County Road 13 and Kliever's Marsh.
Concept B
Hillside City Park, as the bike park, includes mountain bike trails and
provides a location for BMX biking in the City. The center dump site can be
an open green area which in the future can be transformed into the BMX site.
Provisions will need to be made now for quantity and location of the parking
for the BMX and mountain biking. The woods surrounding the central green
area will contain an unimproved mountain bike trail. Parallel to the entrance
road, a 12' bike trail connects County Road 12 to the power line corridor
south of the site.
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CLASSIFICATION: Area-Wide Park
OWNER: City of Elk River
,DESCRIPTION:
Hillside Park is an 80 acre parcel of rolling, wooded land located southeast of downtown
Elk River about a mile. The woodland is predominantly mature deciduous trees ranging
from Maples to Oaks.
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