PRSR INFORMATION 04-16-1997 - TUESDAY.MARCH 18. 1997 SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS C SB
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Apple Valley to decide whether
rec plan is worth fiscal workout
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In Apple Valley, City Council will
the city is thinking weigh the pros BURNSVILLE
of asking residents and cons of a
for more than $8 parks and rec
I million to construct bond Issue at 8 0, APPLE
or improve a lawn- p.m.Thursday at • . VALLEY
dry list of parks City Hall, 1420
and recreation pro- Cedar Ave.Call
jects from parks, 953-2500 for 3t
ball fields and information. '
swimming pool to a C.
teen center.
Residents will get a look at the plan
Thursday when the City Council decides i s,- -
-- whether to go for a bond issue this year PIONEER PRESS
• at all,and then exactly how much money
to ask for and what it should buy. The lounge areas and a bathhouse. •
earliest polling date would be May 20, "That gives us• a big bang for the
when a school election is already sched- • bucks," said Randy Johnson, parks and
uled• recreation director.
Proceeds from the bond sale would The school district will pay for the
• build a pool and aquatic play area, teen school and several tennis courts adjacent
center, and several types of ball fields to the teen center.
near the new.Eastview High School, •Community Center addition, $1.3
scheduled to open in the fall. The money million: A gymnasium and garage is pro-
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•. also would be used to expand the commu- posed to be added to the existing commu-
•.' nity center,replace or repair facilities in nity center, at•144th Street and Hayes
many city parks.and playgrounds,. and Road.
develop two new parks. ' . • •Improve existing facilities, $1.2 `
The tentative list of improvements million: The city would buy a variety of —
adds up to $7.9 million, with another playground equipment for 24 children's A
?`; $400,000 anticipated for legal and bond play areas ($750,000), resurface five
i sales costs — a total going into Thurs- _ parking lots ($119,000) and eight trails
day's meeting of $8.3 million. But that . ($65,000),replace the fencing at five ten-
number may change. nis courts ($32,500), build new picnic
Recreation facilities may not be the shelters at Eastview and New Valley
only thing before the voters. The council parks ($110,000) and fix the one at Red-
will also decide on a proposal by Mayor wood Park ($55,000). There would also
Gary Humphrey for a separate $700,000 be miscellaneous irrigation, lights and
bond issue to expand Lebanon Cemetery landscaping work done at various sites.
- at Pilot Knob Road and County Road 42. ■Create two parks, $150,000: The
-. It is the city's only burial grounds and is largely undeveloped Cedar Isles Park
filling up, the mayor said. near 145th Street and Galaxie Avenue
Here are the components of the'pro- would be improved with pathways to
posed parks and recreation bond issue: nearby neighborhoods, playground equip-
:, •Expand facilities near Eastview ment, a sand volleyball court, a half-
High School, $5.25 million: The city court basketball court and picnic facili-
and school district would split the cost of ties. The undeveloped southern portion of
-' the baseball,softball,soccer and football Greenleaf Park at 135th Street and Ford-
fields at the new school, at 140th Street , ham Avenue would get playground equip-
and Johnny Cake Ridge Road. Students ment and pathways.
would use the fields during school days The parks and recreation bond issue is
and adult and junior leagues would use the result of about two years of planning
} them evenings and during the summer. , by a parks'and recreation advisory corn-
• The city's share is estimated at about mittee and by a citizens' group called
$1.4 million. ;:People for Parks, Johnson said.
The city would also pay for a $250,000 "Or the neighbors call and say play-
teen center in the middle of the athletic ' ground equipment is needed," he added. —
complex and a $3.6 million so-called;: "That's where we got most of these A
"family swim center" including a things. And we have invited grows in to•
pool, diving boards, slide, water toys, tell us what they need and want.
,,1 INFORMATION
CARGILL
• ANIMAL NUTRITION
CENTER
10383 165th Avenue NW
PO Box 301 April 9, 1997
Elk River, MN 55330-0301
Dana Anderson
Elk River Parks & Recreation Committee
PO Box 490
Elk River MN 55330
I ask that this letter be shared with the entire Elk River Parks &
Recreation Committee as well as other appropriate City
Officials/Committees.
On November 27, 1996, I confirmed by phone call and letter to
Police Chief Zerwas, that Cargill would no longer permit anyone
(including employees) to hunt on Cargill property. In that same
letter I asked that the "Hunting map", which is typically published in
the Elk River Star News be revised to include Cargill property as
"no hunting". On December 25, the Elk River Star News carried a
printed notice regarding our property being officially declared a no
• hunting zone.
With all that in place, we do have a concern about over population
of deer in years to come. I expressed this concern to Chief Zerwas
and he informed me that the committee was, or would be, working
on over-population control for other wooded, no hunting properties
in the City of Elk River. We, at the Cargill Animal Nutrition Center,
would like to be included in your over-population control
plan/program which, I would believe, will also be DNR approved.
Our property signs read: "No hunting or trespassing. Cargill
prohibits the possession of weapons on company property.
Violators will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Cargill
Animal Nutrition Center."
As your plans progress, we would like to be kept advised and also
have an opportunity for input into those plans before decisions are
finalized. I can be reached at:'241-3366:_,
Thank you.
• , cerely,
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Rita M. Sch
Operations Manager