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OPEN SPACE & RECREATION COMMISSION
Meeting Agenda
Brookview Community Center
Monday, August 22, 2005
7:00 PM
I. Call to Order
II. Roll Call
Chuck Cahill
Kelly Kuebelbeck
Jerry Sandler, Chair
III. Agenda Changes or Additions
IV. Approval of Minutes — June 27, 2005
James Heine
Tom Kuelbs
Jim Vaughan, Vice Chair
V. Al Lundstrom, Environmental Coordinator
a.Minnaqua Restoration Project
b. Medley Park Stream Bank Stabilization Project
VI. Brookview Park Performance Area — Don Anderson, Diane Nimmen
VII. Deer Population Update
VIII. Old Business
a) Envision
b) Regional Trail Update
IX. Adjournment
Jim Johnson
Roger McConico
Tom Zins
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OPEN SPACE & RECREATION COMMISSION
Meeting Minutes
Brookview Community Center
Monday, June 27, 2005
5:15 PM
1. CALL TO ORDER
Sandler called the meeting to order at 5:15 p.m.
11. ROLL CALL
Present: Chuck Cahill, Jim Johnson, Kelly Kuebelbeck, Roger McConico, Jerry Sandler, Tom Zins, Rick
Jacobson, Director of Parks and Recreation; Greg Johnson, Administrative Assistant; Tom Klatt,
Public Works Maintenance Manager; Don Anderson, Golden Valley Rotary Club; and Diane
Dimmer, Golden Valley Federated Women's Club.
Absent: James Heine, Tom Kuelbs, and Jim Vaughan.
III. AGENDA CHANGES OR ADDITIONS
Jacobson introduced a letter from Three Rivrs Park District, which detailed the winter aerial deer survey
results.
IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES — May 23, 2005
MOTION: Moved by McConico and seconded by Zins to approve the minutes. Motion carried
unanimously.
V. BUS TOUR OF PERFORMANCE AREAS
A. Potential Brookview Sites
Three potential performance area sites were visited by the commission. Jacobson talked briefly
about each site and answered questions. Chuck Cahill suggested a fourth site; discussion followed.
The commission raised concerns about site #2 (located on the north side of the large shelter's
parking lot) regarding sunlight hitting the spectators. The accessibility of the location received
praise as well as the specific area being separate from the rest of the park.
Anderson presented site #3 (located on the corner of Hwy. 55 & Winnetka Ave.). A bowl shape
design was favored, especially since traffic noise would possibly be softened by the berm nearby.
Parking and restrooms were a concern: many spectators would have to park in the Golden Valley
Shopping Center lot and use the walking bridge to cross Hwy. 55. Visitors would also have to
walk to the tennis shelter to use the restrooms. Klatt noted that this is the current snow dump site
and project staging area for the city's public works department, and would have to be relocated if a
performance area was constructed there. Numerous fees associated with the proposed transition
would be a problem, including the rIlocation of a dump site, parking, handicap access, etc.
Commission member Cahill suggested a site he saw fit for the proposed facility. The site
(between the playground and large shelter next to the pond) has favorable sightlines from both the
playground and large shelter. Klatt noted that this is a low area where drainage collects from the
rest of the park. It was mentioned that adding the performance venue in this area may tend to
crowd that part of the park which already has the picnic shelter and the playground.
B. St. Louis Park (Wolfe Park, 3700 Monterey Dr)
Anderson presented the amphitheater in Wolfe Park. He detailed the two-year old area, which
includes an uncovered concrete performance area, electricity, and multi -tiered amphitheater
seating for 350 people. After talking with St. Louis Park staff, Anderson said the sun is a problem
for viewers at certain times, and the area requires a large amount of maintenance.
C. Hopkins (Downtown Park, 16 9th Ave S)
Nimmer presented the performance • area located in a downtown park, which was finished in 2004.
The performance area was paid for by city funds. Nimmer noted that it is a much more modest
facility in comparison to the amphitheater in St. Louis Park. The 40' x 20' structure cost $27,000
to construct, while the entire park area cost $100,000. Seating included circular benches that were
donated by citizens. The entertainment stage is located in a non-residential area near retail and
office buildings. Commission members had positive remarks about the stage's roof and backdrop.
Klatt introduced an idea that an entertainment stage like that in Hopkins could be used as a third
picnic shelter in Brookview Park on non-performance days, which received positive comments
from the commission.
D. New Hope (New Hope Outdoor Theatre in Civic Center Park, 44th & Xylon Avenues N)
Anderson presented the outdoor theater in New Hope which is adjacent to the city offices and
swimming pool. New Hope's perfo -mance area was also paid for by city capital funds. This site
is a theater site, where a local theater group hired by the city performs nine times throughout the
summer. The outdoor theater seats 400 to 500 people and is a short distance away from restrooms
and a concession stand. With three venues sharing the parking lot, spaces fill quickly, so
alternative parking is provided in the Kmart parking lot across the street.
VI. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: Moved by McConico, seconded by Kuebelbeck to adjourn at 7:55 p.m. Motion carried
unanimously.
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The City of Golden Valley requested a concept design for creation of a wetland bank site on a
city -owned property on Minnaqua Drive.
Based on this request, we created a concept design that includes the following:
• .75 acres of new wetland credit
• .65 acres of public value credit
• Replaces areas of turf and exotic species (reed canary grass) with native grasses,
wildflowers, shrubs and trees, that will require minimum maintenance
• Provides viewing areas of Bassett Creek and the new wetland off the adjacent trail
The benefits that the City will realize from the implementation of the proposed wetland bank
include the following:
is The City will create 1.4 acres of wetlands that can be used to mitigate for impacts to
wetlands that may be unavoidable. as the City completes roadway or other infrastructure
projects.
• The City will provide additional floodplain storage within the Bassett Creek floodplain,
which helps to manage high flows along the creek during larger storm events.
• The City will provide additional diverse, native habitat adjacent to the creek, which will
provide food, nesting, and resting areas for resident wildlife and for migratory species
that use the creek corridor.
• The City will restore wetland within a fully -developed urban area, where many wetlands
were lost as the City developed. This opportunity is rare, given the value of urban land.
IS The plant communities planned for the site will require lower ongoing maintenance
inputs than the turf grass that currently dominates the site. The incorporation of the
existing ditch into the new wetland will also allow for elimination of reed canary grass,
an aggressive exotic species that currently dominates the ditch area, and replanting with
native species.
Bonestroo
Bonestroo, Rosene, Andedik and Associates, Inc. is an Affirmative Action/Equal
Opportunity Employer and Employee Owned
Principals: Otto G. Bonestroo, P.E. - Marvin L. Sorvala, P.E. - Glenn R. Cook, P.E. - Robert G.
schunicht P.E. • Jerry A. Bourdon, P.E. •Mark A. Hanson, P.E
Senior Consultants: Robert W. Rosene, P.E. - Joseph C. Anderlik, P.E. - Richard E. Turner,Rosene P.E. • Susan M. Eberiin, C.P.A.
Anderfik &
Associates
Engineers & Architects
Associate Principals: Keith A. Gordon, P.E. • Robert R. Pfefferfe, P.E. - Richard W. Foster,
P.E. - David O. Loskota, P.E.. - Michael T. Rautmann, P.E. - Ted K. Field, P.E. - Kenneth P.
Anderson, P.E. - Mark R. Rotfs, P.E. - David A. Bonestroo, M.B.A. - Sidney P. Williamson, P.E.,
L.S. - Agnes M. Ring, M.B.A. - Allan Rick Schmidt, P.E. - Thomas W. Peterson, P.E. - James R. .
Maland, P.E. • Miles B. Jensen, P.E. - L. Phillip Gravel III, P.E. - Daniel J. Edgerton, P.E. -
Ismael Martine, P.E. - Thomas A. Syfko, P.E. - Sheldon J. Johnson • Dale A. Grove, P.E.
Thomas A. Roushar, P.E. - Robert J. Devery, P.E.
Offices: St. Paul, St. Cloud, Rochester and Willmar, MN - Milwaukee, WI - Chicago, IL
Date:
June 22, 2005
Website: www.bonesboo.com
To:
Al Lundstrom,
Environmental Coordinator, City of Golden Valley
From:
Sherri Buss, RLA, Bonestroo & Associates
Subject:
Proposed Minnaqua
Drive Wetland Bank Site
The City of Golden Valley requested a concept design for creation of a wetland bank site on a
city -owned property on Minnaqua Drive.
Based on this request, we created a concept design that includes the following:
• .75 acres of new wetland credit
• .65 acres of public value credit
• Replaces areas of turf and exotic species (reed canary grass) with native grasses,
wildflowers, shrubs and trees, that will require minimum maintenance
• Provides viewing areas of Bassett Creek and the new wetland off the adjacent trail
The benefits that the City will realize from the implementation of the proposed wetland bank
include the following:
is The City will create 1.4 acres of wetlands that can be used to mitigate for impacts to
wetlands that may be unavoidable. as the City completes roadway or other infrastructure
projects.
• The City will provide additional floodplain storage within the Bassett Creek floodplain,
which helps to manage high flows along the creek during larger storm events.
• The City will provide additional diverse, native habitat adjacent to the creek, which will
provide food, nesting, and resting areas for resident wildlife and for migratory species
that use the creek corridor.
• The City will restore wetland within a fully -developed urban area, where many wetlands
were lost as the City developed. This opportunity is rare, given the value of urban land.
IS The plant communities planned for the site will require lower ongoing maintenance
inputs than the turf grass that currently dominates the site. The incorporation of the
existing ditch into the new wetland will also allow for elimination of reed canary grass,
an aggressive exotic species that currently dominates the ditch area, and replanting with
native species.
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TO THE MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY:
RESOLUTION FROM THE SOUTH RICE LADE ASSOCIATION
We, the South Rice Lake Association, with a rnajdrity:vote of the membership households
present at the May 18, 2005 annual meeting, voted to request that the City of Golden
Valley undertake a study of the Meer population in Golden Valley neighborhoods with a
focus of herd management
Shirley McLaughlin, President
South Rice Lake Association
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