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ITEM 5.1.
MEMORANDUM
TO:
MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM:
STEPHEN ROHLF, BLDG. &
ZONING ADMINISTRATOR
NOVEMBER 16, 1994 5f:.
SUBJECT: PARK AND RECREATION
COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS
ON COMMUNITY ATHLETICS
DATE:
In early 1993, the City Council directed staff to aid the Park and Recreation
Commission in an update of the Master Park Plan. Staff divided this effort
into various components: trails, neighborhood parks, regional parks and
community athletics.
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The Master Park Plan cannot be finalized until the Comprehensive Plan
update, defining the urban service area and revising the estimate of
population at full development, is completed. However, need necessitates
certain components be used prior to the entire revised park plan being
adopted. Community athletics, which includes everything from sand
volleyball in neighborhood parks to adult softball fields with lights, is one
such component.
The following are the reasons why community athletics needs to be discussed
at this time:
1.
Immediate and future athletic facility needs cannot be met
without immediate acquisition of additional land. Acquisition of
property for community athletic facilities has been identified as a
priority by the Park and Recreation Commission. The Council has
given staff direction to look for land for this purpose. The difficulty
staff is having finding suitable land for community athletic purposes
reinforces acquisition of property as a priority. Finding suitable land
is only going to get more difficult as time goes on.
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To estimate how many acres of land will ultimately be needed for
community athletic facilities, staff developed worksheets for each type
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of athletic activity based on a complicated formula. The Park and
Recreation Commission then completed these worksheets.
Attachment No.1 is an example of one of these worksheets. On that
worksheet, the current population was divided by the current number
of that type of athletic facility to get a local ratio of facilities per capita.
This local ratio was then applied to Elk River's estimated population at
full development (approximately 40,000 under the current
comprehensive plan) to get the number of fields or facilities that will
be needed to ultimately serve Elk River. Existing facilities and
projected future school facilities were subtracted from this ultimate
number to identify how many additional fields or facilities will need to
be accommodated by the City of Elk River.
The summary of all this mathematics is the Park and Recreation
Commission's recommendation on the number of athletic facilities and
acres needed to accommodate them (Attachment No.2). This
recommendation will need to be adjusted when the comprehensive
plan is revised, but unless the urban service area is reduced and
consequently, Elk River's population at full development is lowered,
the number of acres needed for community athletics will be greater
than the current Park and Recreation Commission recommendation.
Consequently, acquisition of land becomes even more urgent.
2.
Because community athletics are typically defined by the
entire School District's boundaries, cooperation and
coordination among the various governmental jurisdictions
within the School District is needed immediately. The Park and
Recreation Commission is recommending that the City of Elk River
cooperate in the creation of a single entity responsible for the
administration of community athletic facilities and aid other
communities in planning for these facilities. Logically, one entity
responsible for the administration of these facilities and activities
(development, maintenance and scheduling) would be most efficient.
To spread the one entity philosophy and encourage other governmental
jurisdictions within the School District to plan for community athletic
facilities and do their fair share, the Park and Recreation Commission
wishes to host joint meetings with other communities. Prior to
embarking on this course, the Park and Recreation Commission needs
to know if the City Council agrees with their recommendations on
community athletics.
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Attachment No.3 to this memo is a list of the five community athletic-related
recommendations from the Park and Recreation Commission to the City
Council. The Park and Recreation Commission request that the Council
endorses their five recommendations by simple motion. Representatives of
the Park and Recreation Commission will be at Monday night's meeting to
further address the issues with the City Council.
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COMMUNITY ATHLETICS
(1)
(2)
ATHLETIC RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL FACILITIES ACRES
ACTMTY CITY OWNED FACILITIES TO PER CAPITA REQUIRED
SERVE A FULL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING
POPULATION OF 40,000 PARKING
GOLF FUTURE FACILITY NEEDS MET
BY PRIVATE SECTOR .0 ACS.
BASKETBALL
(OUTDOOR) -ADD OUTDOOR COURTS TO .0 ACS.
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS
(INDOOR) -CONSIDER INDOOR COURTS IN .0 ACS.
A FUTURE CMC CENTER
VOLLEYBALL
(OUTDOOR) -ADD OUTDOOR COURTS TO .0 ACS.
NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS .
(INDOOR) - UTILIZE BASKETBALL COURTS .0 ACS.
IF ADDED TOACMC CENTER
CROSS COUNTRY
SKIING AND ADD TRAILS TO CITY PARKS .0 ACS.
RUNNING
SWIl\1MING 1/20,000
(INDOOR) 0 (COUNTING .0 ACS.
(OUTDOOR) 1 OUTDOOR POOL ORONO 3.0 ACS.
BEACH)
TENNIS 11 COURTS (LIGHTED) 1/1,500 1.5 ACS.
SKATING &
HOCKEY
(INDOOR) 1 INDOOR RINK (pROPOSED) 1/31,000 .0 ACS.
(OUTDOOR) 6 OUTDOOR RINKS (LIGHTED) 1/5,000 6.0 ACS.
FOOTBALL 3 FIELDS (LIGHTED) 1/6,150 9.0 ACS.
SOCCER 9 FIELDS 1/2,000 22.5 ACS.
SOFTBALll .
BASEBALL (YOUTH 13 FIELDS 1/1,200 32.5 ACS.
MULTI-PURPOSE
FIELDS)
SOFTBALL
(ADULT) 8 FIELDS 1/3,100 24.0 ACS.
BASEBALL (13
YEARS OLD AND 4 FIELDS (FULL SIZE) 1/4,400 16.0 ACS.
UP-TRAVEL)
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(1) ASSUMES SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTICIPATES IN FUTURE
ATHLETIC FACILITIES AT ONE-HALF THEIR PAST RATE.
(2) INCLUDES CURRENT AND PROPOSED CITY AND SCHOOL
ATHLETIC FACILITIES.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1. REVIEW THE CITY'S PROJECTED NEED FOR COIY.Th1UNITY
ATHLETIC FACILITIES PERIODICALLY (AT LEAST EVERY FIVE
YEARS) BASED ON CHANGES IN THE DEIvlA..ND TREND (LOCAL
RATIO) FOR EACH SPECIFIC TYPE OF FACILITY, THE
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW SCHOOL FACILITIES, PARTICIPATION
IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES BY THE VARIOUS
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS, AND NEW PROJECTED
POPULATION ESTIMATES (CHANGES IN THE CITY'S
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN).
2. :MAKE ACQUISITION OF LAND FOR COMJv.1UNITY ATHLETIC
FACILITIES TO AC C0MJv.10 DATE ELK RIVER'S FULL
DEVELOPMENT POPULATION A PRIORITY. ALSO, ANTICIPATE
USAGE SO THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF FACILITIES IS NOT
LAGGING TOO FAR BEHIND THE CURRENT DE:MAND.
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3. TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE EFFICIENCY OF CO-DEVELOPMENT
OF FACILITIES WHENEVER POSSIBLE, LE., \VHEN A NEW
SCHOOL IS BUILT.
4. COOPERATE IN THE CREATION OF A SINGLE ENTITY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY
ATHLETIC FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SCHOOL
DISTRICT (DEVELOPMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND SCHEDULING
OF FACILITIES). THIS ENTITY WOULD LOGICALLY BE THE 728
AREA RECREATION OFFICE. EACH PARTICIPATING
JURISDICTION SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTATION ON THIS
GOVERNING BODY AND CONTRIBUTE (BASED ON
, POPULATION) ITS S;HARE OF THE COST FOR COMJv.1U:N"ITY
ATHLETICS WITH: FACILITIES, CASH, 'EQUIPMENT, STAFF
TIME, OR A COMBINATION OF THESE. STAFF SUPPORTS THE
IDEA OF RESIDENTS FROM A NON-PARTICIPATING
JURISDICTION PAYING A HIGHER USAGE FEE.
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5. . HOST A JOINT MEETING WITH APPROPRIATE BOARDS FROM
, THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, .AND THE
VARIOUS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE
, OF OOMJv.1UNITY ATHLETICS.