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MEMORANDUM
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TO: Park and Recreation Commission
FROM: Phil Hals, Street/Park Superintendent
DATE: May 10, 1995
SUBJECT: Agenda Memo for the May 10, 1995,Meeting
6. Administrative Lot Split by Joyce Mickelson
This is a simple administrative lot split in the rural area of the city that will create
one additional lot. Staff recommends that the developer pay the park dedication
fees.
7. Discussion of Park Projects Used for Community Service
• From time to time, the city receives requests from groups wishing to do
community service projects. Most of these are coordinated by staff and turn out
to be positive for everyone, but recently we have had several Boy Scout Eagle
projects come forward that need to be addressed.
An Eagle Scout project is to involve project planning, securing materials,
organizing workers, and constructing a project. The problem from staff's point of
view is the lack of coordination at installation time and the lack of maintenance
after installation. We have bird houses in Woodland Trails park that are located
so that birds will not use them; no one is clearing out old nests. We also have
mallard houses that are tipping over.
Staff requests some input from the Park and Recreation Commission so that we
may develop criteria so that future projects would serve their intended purpose
when installed and also in the future.
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Staff Photos by Rita Reed
Upper left, geese landed in a wetland area that will be affected by the May 23 vote in Plymouth.Voters will choose to preserve open land or
lower taxes.Above,this wetland area provides a refuge for wildlife in Plymouth.Below,flags mark the edges of another wetland area.
'reserve g land has won opt in other suburbs
By Norman Draper similar referendum in 1993,even bucolic idyll.
Staff Writer �`���, '�'�, � � - though,2'/-years before,a roomful
of city taxpayers hooted down a "I've.seen lots and lots of houses go
A Ply oath referendum slated for s r. ' 4 ` state senator who had told them the up,"said Virginia Black,who
thir th will offer voters a choice ,`. ` ' ,, state was doing a go—Jo o b of moved to Plymouth five years ago
tha right to the heart of the ¢ ;: ,� -�P keeping taxes low.The Maplewood and is one of the city's most active
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II experience.Here's the -: 2 - initiative involved a bigger tax' open-space boosters.
quandary for Plymouth voters:Do � '* k `_ increase
—about$33 in extra
you want more trees and wetlands .R -� property taxes annually for a "Tons of houses.It's just amazing.
or lower taxes? + ''� $100,000 home.The measure Shopping centers have gone in....
Taxes and open ace are nerve-end .-- o :•, t '� passed with 55 percent of voters There will be development in the•P P m i ,..91. .`: �..., approving it. future,so it's a prionty that we look
issues that soar to the top of the " r ,
iZ ., at area available now for open
concerns list for many °, y Other suburbs—Chanhassen and space and presery e what we can."
st.burbanites,especially in those >' -+ ;� ., .�, Maple Grove,for instance—are
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ZD C SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS
SUBURBAN EDITOR: FRIDAY,APRIL 7. 1995
I PHONE: 228-5475 Les Suzukamo
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their coun sid C2tLZ ens defend e
House clustering . Kelly wouldn't mind if the coun- rural areas,"county planner Jane'.
sought to preserve ty looked to Marine on St. Croix, Harper said. "The intent of this
where she lives, for direction, plan is to reduce sprawl and pre-
..:county's rural look There, the City Council recently serve openness."
JIM BROEDE STAFF WRITER opers decided
cluster require homes on devel- The half require clussteri however, doesn't
of their land so the remainder can
be left as "Instead, we will try to encour-
ashington County never permanent open space. age clustering," Harper said, "b
I lacked colorful characters, from "Our group isn't saying that providing developers with incen
the time of the rugged Swedish clustering is the one and only way
more They can build 25 percent
settlers to modern-day tycoons. to preserve the rural environ- more than the homes in the allowed
:But now, some claim the fast-
that Kelly said. But it's a,tool number of homes in the zoning
glowing county is in danger of that might work in combination district if they voluntarily clu-
z losing another kind of character with.others'in the nine townships. ter." w :.;_
— its rural character.' where ,the county has zoning and Kelly says the townships open
,However, not if Liz Kelly can Planning authority." have the money to put the open
help it. County planners contend that space into public ownership.
Kelly has organized a group of the proposed plan promises big "So we should prevail on Bevel-
15 citizens seeking to influence the strides in preserving some rurl=` opers and landowners to put part
tenor of the county's proposed new environs during the next.20 years, ,a of_their land into trusts that as
comprehensive plan, which goes to when the county's y sure it will remain open and should
public hearings on April 18 and 20. expected to increase by 68,000, to Pe P
ex veloped,"" she said. should
"We feel that the proposed plan 230,000. enhance the value thof e the residen-
doesn't do enough to preserve the Also, the county would establish :, tial lots because the new home
county s existing rural character," residential zoning guidelines that living next to
owners would be livin
she said "It isn't enough anymore call for allowing from two to 16 ;permanent open space.:'
just to create more parks. We homes per 40 acres.
have to take other measures to "We have res'
make:sure that the countryside seem to be desires sof most of our
doesn't become covered by row residents — to seek to preserve
upon row of homes. Let's provide and accentuate the difference be-
.for more open space breaks where tween the serviced suburban areas
homes go up." and the unserviced rural or semi
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counted for slightly more than 6,000 .t..,‘-' . t` : ��•visits last year, but the park district A /,`s"! �r•' 'Y { `, rt ' �!:'� .��'1
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Several years ago, mountain bikers Yw7- �r� y t.� O' ' �a ( � I
wanted to extend about 4 miles of _, *ti -N 0. r • . ;} --{ ., Alt t•trails for their use at Elm Creek Park . '. "X�'` -- ' �f K 't r d
Reserve in Dayton and Maple ' j s �r,."� `• ! r--x• �4y;'.i, T..11: sir.-' j Vti ,, l•
Grove.Horse trail users thwarted the :a: • •••• . .._ • "'�; :i rf. ,O L- {�w'A ,
effort. �#•As the state plans a new recreation
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area in the Crosby-Ironton area in = - _.- t: . 1.1.:4-,.;,,--;:itt- t,::' : I ;, : ; r; icentral Minnesota, one local bicycle . - = , 1. - 41 7 f t ,;
advocate was asked if anyone had -~ : n=f r ',`'- y y% �� ?.' -
i plans to join in the discussion, be- y `'�x ,f < ti' a- r`' '.a . ,;' mss?• ,
cause the horse people were"kickin a t't ft-."'"` . "g �*r ,, r-,.. � 1S t �.Q•1 up their heels." g . y".�`—'+`« z ,' A , . . .P„ . .'t _ - ,k`
The horse people are better orga- f„P.T^� '-- I, ► .;Jr t'1 �7 Ps ," ' V. 'v.:.:<4 •�0' :.4
nized.They can get their saddle clubs :` �=_: ,a .JC �, ; �
going right away," Bowen said. "For ��` �;�;�;�.�, . :It / � ..;Its � -•_�,at
`f town."of them, it's the only game in .e.�--, 1 ?fie'-` ." . -, - i . ; 1 �#f•
The greatest threats to trails are :•. •-' y ,kµi ', >r Y : •
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horseback riding and mountain bik- f;, r t
ing,according to the Hennepin Parks• ;a V •-+ \- + "`-"' i•report. Mountain biking is author- .. '" .lt .r ,_
ized only during certain times of the Staff Photo by Tom Sweeney i
6 year at Elm Creek and Savage's Mur-
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.1 phy-Hanrehan Reserve, and at the "The answer is education," said bicyclist Gary Sjoquist. (Although he's
Hyland Hills ski area in Blooming- pictured on a bike,he did not ride on this no-bikes trail.)
ton. Horseback trails are provided at
Crow-Hassan in Rogers,Lake Rebec- -
I ca in Rockford, Baker in Maple +'2 miles., Minnesota T
Plain,Elm Creek, Murphy-Hanrehan River . i urf wars •
i and Carver Park in Victoria. Bloomington Eagan Trail usage does not always
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The state Department of Natural Re- I-35W • , match availability. Faced with
sources(DNR)reports growing prob- increasing demand and organ-
lems with horseback riding on non- Hennepin ized lobbying from users, Hen-
designated trails on the Luce Line in Co. wishes Parks must consider the
Burnsville wishes of specific groups
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the northwest metro area. Plans are Scott pecific and
afoot to improve horse trails to keep Co. •Terrace ■ • solutions with the greatest
riders off other trails.
Oaks Park benefit to all trail users.A task
( force report on trail usage
I While traditional conflicts betxeea 'Savage! 11---,E I Appie 1 I recommends more mountain
• snowmobilers and cross-country ski- •. Dakota 'valley use trails and widening multi-
have been solved through the Co. use trails.
development of separate trails, eco- •
nomics prohibit all groups from hav- l I Lakeville • Trail Miles Use
ing their own trails. But classic Min- designation of (in 1,000s
i nesota passive-aggressiveness Star Tribune Map trails of visits
p ggressiveness may visits)
i play a large role in why we can't just A group of bikers and hikers has Bicycling trails' 163 230.5
get along. recommended eliminating joint trails
t at Terrace Oaks and allocating mon- Unpaved hiking
"If you experience a conflict, try to ey to increase enforcement in the • trails +28.4 174.8
talk to the person to see the other park. Despite the recommendation,
t person's } Cross-country
perspective," advised Gor- the City is likely to vote for 1 73.7 70.0
don Kimball, trail operations coordi- the ban on mountain biking. ski trails ls
nator for the DNR's trail and water- Snowmobile
ways unit. "Unfortunately, in this Gary Sjoquist, a racer and bicycling trails 1 47.7 48.7 •
state, people seem to have a difficult activist who helped design Terrace Horse trails
time doing that." �: Oaks, has attended meetings and 55.1 I 6.4
"' written letters pleading for the bike (Summer)
Kimball said 80 percent of trail eii- trails to remain open. He's offered to • '-'Includes 13 miles of-
forcement is educating users. hire experts to show that foot traffic mountain bike trails
is as likely as bicycle tires to cause
"For nonmotorized use,when you've erosion. He's enlisted bike shops to Star Tribune Graphic
got different people traveling at dif- payfor trail signs. -
ferent speeds, it works better if you
just get people to slow down," he When it appeared that the city-run
said. `Seems pretty simple, but peo- park was being overrun by mountain
ple just don't see it that way." bikers, Sjoquist agreed not to publi-
cize the location of the park in the
The mountain bike industry,for one, newsletter he puts out. Nonresident
isn't helping its cause. Murray sells bikers,meanwhile,have been tracked
bikes known as the Stalkers. You can down by park users like johns at
buy a tire called Psycho. Riding fast massage parlors, their license nurit-
down a trail is known as a rage. bers recorded with the intention of
sending angry letters to keep them
Try explaining the value of gonzo out.
bike antics to the lady in Burnsville
who has her own private paved en- "This is not a situation where we
•trance leading from her back yard to want to attract bikers here,"Sjoquist '
Terrace Oaks — right into the bike said. "They already are here. The
path. answer is education and enforce-
Pam Butler, a Burnsville resident meet.Sure,there arc some bonehead
types.who has used Terrace Oaks Park for bikers e
rs a d hikers separate and ticket
25 years,says concerns about erosion offenders."
enter into her view that mountain • =r'••
biking should be banned there. But Sjoquist, who points out that $17
conflicts of a personal,not ecological, million a year is spent on bikes in
nature cement her beliefs. Minnesota, said cyclists appear to
• lack any political clout. And he said
One day, she said, she was walking he doesn't want history to repeat it-
her two dogs, hiking up a steep hill. self at Terrace Oaks.
Two mountain bikers came careen-
ing down the hill. One knocked her Several years ago, mountain bikers
down, and the other ran over her had a successful year of riding and I
legs, she said. There were no major racing at Ritter Farm Park in Lake- '
injuries, but everyone ended up on ville. After the final race of the sea-
the ground. son, organizers had a $1,000 profit
and donated the money to the park
"I said, 'Do you know this is not a for new signs.
trail for
g ck on their bikes and rode The next spring, the signs appe - -
a eshe said -.. -- '�!'o"mountain rcd;�
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