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OSRC Agenda 11-26-18 city a go I d e n V,Mey .0 MEIN SIPACE AND IRECIREATI0114 COMMISSION Meeting Agenda Brookview Bassett Creek Room Monday,November 26,2018 6:30 pm I. Call to Order 11. Roll Call ................................. Roger Bergman Cindy Carow-Schiebe -John Cornelius ............ Max Hyberger Kelly Kuebelbeck ................................. Bob Mattison, Chair Kimberly Sanberg ......... Matthew Sanders Dawn Speltz, Vice-Chair Della Dam 1, Youth Member Ill. Agenda Changes or Additions IV. Approval of Minutes-October 22, 2018 V. Proposed Turkey Management Plan Review and Public Input VI. Proposed Goose Management Plan Review and Public Input VII. Wildlife Management Plans Discussion and Recommendations VIII. Commission and Staff Updates • Commissioner Updates • Limebike Update • January Joint City Council and Commission Meeting on Monday,January 29 from 6-8 pm • No December OSRC Meeting IX. Adjournment ......................._­'.­­­........). This dncument is available in alternate totmatc—upon a n-hour request.Please,.all 763-593-8006(M /63-593-3968)to make a request. haroplbs of alternate form ats may include large print,electronic,Braille.,audiocassette,etc. 612 Meeting Minutes October 2018 GOLDEN VALLEY OPEN SPACE&RECREATION COMMISSION 1. Call to Order Mattison called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. 2. Roll Call Present:Roger Bergman,Cindy Carow-Schiebe,John Cornelius,Max Hyberger, Bob Mattison, Kimberly Sanberg,Matthew Sanders,Dawn Speltz,Della Dam],Hick Birno, Director of Parks and Recreation;Maria Cisneros,City Attorney;Greg Simmons, Recreation and Facilities Supervisor;Gillian Rosenquist,City Council;and Sheila Van Sloun,Administrative Assistant. Absent:Kelly Kuebelbeck ® Agenda Changes or Additions Bergman added F conference update. 4. Approval.of.Minutes MOTION: Moved by Bergman and seconded by Sanberg to approve the September 24,2018 meeting minutes.Motion carried unanimously. 5. Formal Appointment—Della Dam] Commissioners welcomed new youth commission member Daml and all introduced themselves with brief background information.Mattison formally appointed Daml to the commission. 6. Closed Social Media Groups Memo—Maria Cisneros Cisneros reminded the Commission of the open meeting law.She then discussed commissioner participation in closed social media groups.She reminded them to use their best judgement and be thoughtful of their participation in these groups. 7. s / Association Birno said the Armstrong/Cooper Youth Lacrosse Association (ACYLA) has requested to be recognized as a Golden Valley youth athletic association and has requested to advertise in the Park and Recreation seasonal catalogs,along with the other youth athletic associations.The ACYLA does meet all requirements to be considered a recognized youth athletic association. MOTION: Moved by Sanberg and seconded by Carow-Schiebe to advertise the Armstrong/Cooper Youth Lacrosse Association in the Park and Recreation seasonal catalogs.Motion carried unanimously. 8/9. Review Draft Goose and,Turkey Management Plan Proposals Birno gave a brief history of the issues and efforts from previous years.He briefly went through the proposals with the commission.He explained the goal for the proposals is for the city to have a management plan in place so when there are issues,they can implement a strategy working with the Department of Natural Resources(DNR) and independent contractors. Birno said he would like input from the commission.Commission members discussed concerns about the vague range of annual potential numbers of nest agitation and removals of geese, measures of success,what determines good impact based on investment,funding and Staff responded that this is new territory and therefore it is difficult to provide any measureable estimations.Wildlife management specialists at the DNR have reviewed both plans and were satisfied with the estimates and the proposed processes.Budget will impact options available and the outcomes on any given year. Birno noted that both proposed plans will be posted online for a public comment period. Open Space&Recreation Commission Minutes October 22,2018 Page 2 Staff will summarize all emails,electronic input and phone calls to provide to the City Council for review.A formal public input meeting will be hosted at Brookview on November 26th at 6:30 p.m. MOTION: Moved by Sanders and seconded by Hyberger to accept the proposed Goose Management Plan.Motion carried unanimously. MOTION: Moved by Bergman and seconded by Carow-Schiebe to accept the proposed Turkey Management Plan.Motion carried unanimously. 10. Commission Ind Staff ate • Commissioner Updates - Carow-Schiebe mentioned baseball parents are concerned about no fence or gates on the bull pens at Isaacson. - Speltz suggested putting the Brookview monument sign concepts on social media for residents to view. - Rosenquist said the Council approved moving forward with the design of 12 bike lanes for 2019.She also said the city will be moving forward in 2019 with the planning of a dog park near the Golden Valley Human Society. • Public Input for Wildlife Management Plan at November 26 Meeting-Birno said public input for the Wildlife Management Plans is scheduled for the November 26 OSRC meeting. • GVGS Hennepin Youth Sports Grant Application-Birno said the Council approved the resolution to apply for the Hennepin Youth Sports Grant.The grant would be used to make improvements to Schaper,Lions,and Wesley ballfields.The application is due November 5. • OSRC Support Letter for HYSP Grant-Chair Mattison authored a letter of support for the Hennepin Youth Sports Grant application on behalf of the Open Space and Recreation Commission, • MRPA Conference-Birno said he,along with Greg Simmons,John Stutzman,and Brian Erickson attended the MRPA conference in Rochester where they participated in several meetings and workshops related to parks and recreation. 11. I ®MOTION: Moved by Bergman and seconded by Sanberg to adjourn at 8:45 pm.Motion carried unanimously. ATTEST: I of a M atdsoi�i...1�:::l1: .................. iaaiiu Sheila Van Sloun,Administrative Assistant i ullbllic Comment Sumnnmam to date for the iro osed 'ruokey & Goose IMaina ernent Plains • Staff has received 6 phone calls, 4 emails and 3 electronic public input comments from the proposed plans posted on the City website (October 29th—November 7th) and the article regarding the proposed plans/review schedule published in the City Newsletter (Sept./Oct. 2018). • As of November 7th, 2018 staff has received four resident calls and two non-resident calls. All calls have been saved and are summarized below. lei As of November 71h, 2018 staff has received 7 resident emails/electronic input. All emails/input have been saved and are copied below. u ary of esient and on- ei n - --- r� ------Ifs Resident phone call#1 (9-16-18): Caller does not believe the management issue is such that the city needs to get involved. Private property owners should take care of wildlife issues themselves. Does not see issue as city's problem. Resident phone call #2 (10-1-18): Caller had questions regarding how the plan was to be implemented and would it be humane. Staff contacted resident and explained both process and removal strategies for both plans. 0 Resident phone call#3 (10-22-18): Caller representing Midtown Homeowners Association requesting information on the date and time the formal public input was to be accepted. Staff responded with process schedule. Resident phone call #4 (10-22-18). Caller asked if the public was allowed to attend scheduled OSRC meeting. Resident is writing a research paper on urban wildlife management for school. Staff contacted resident and welcomed them to attend meeting. Non-Resident phone call #1 (10-5-18/Glenwood, MN): Caller recommended installing invisible fence around all golf course and park property and to purchase Australian Shepherds to chase the geese. a Non-Resident phone call#2 (10-8-18): Caller recommended installing 3D coyote decoys in and around the park and golf course. Mentioned the City of Fergus Falls implements a 3D decoy strategy. Also mentioned decoys need to be moved around evey couple of days. ra a ooie it C �xnicati n As a resident of Golden Valley and a veterinarian I would ask what humane methods to reduce stress and injury are in the capture and release protocols for dealing with the "wildlife management problem" of geese and turkeys in certain areas of our city? There are coyotes in our neighborhood and I ask you if they are being discouraged where they could serve as natural predators in the areas where geese and turkeys are problematic? Are you aware that the Animal Humane Society is releasing neutered cats into our neighborhood? Do you know who gave them the authority to do this in a suburban, wildlife rich community where these cats have been seen killing song birds and small mammals, upsetting indoor cats, defecating in people's gardens and starving in winter?And if so,why? It is inhumane, a public health hazard and certainly disruptive of any effective wildlife management program in Golden valley. Dated 9-15-18 I read the article in the City Newsletter about GMP &TMP and I'm thrilled to hear some action will hopefully be taken to eliminate the overpopulation of both of these nuisance animals in Golden Valley. I have been a resident for 20 years and the populations of both seems to double every year. The turkeys have been destructive in our yard and neighborhood. Despite attempts to avert them from our property, they manage to destroy flower beds,kill the grass, and act aggressively when near them. I'm afraid of what they could do to the small kids in the neighborhood if an adult wasn't watching. We've sprayed for pests,hung up mylar tape, set up a motion sensor hose, and even purchased a plastic coyote trying to get them off our property to no avail. I'm for trained individuals to hunt them and donate their meat to the food shelf. Why not? Dated 9-24-18 I do not see that you are using dogs at all. Dogs,with their handlers, are commonly used to keep geese from nesting in areas where they're not wanted. It's a simple effective non-lethal way to keep the area free of geese.Airports and others use them globally and it works. I am opposed to killing the geese once they've made a home for themselves. Canada Geese mate for life. Give them a break. Keep them from nesting and you.won't have to kill them. One of many organizations easily found on the web -there are any, any others. httD://www.eoose-masters.com/,. Dated 10-29-18 • It's about time golden valley addresses this we live on a pond not far from brookview The geese are pretty but that's about it people think by feeding them ifs great if they had them coming in their yards they would not be happy who wants to walk in all that plus the end of our street was always full of their droppings, my husband golfs at brook view it's time they are gone. Ducks are fine geese need to go they are everywhere, this should have been addressed any years ago. Dated 10-29-18 I would like to give my view of the draft version of the turkey management program. If they have to be removed, I worry that an independent contractor might not follow the "non-lethal" removal—no matter what the agreement was. I would like to have the city NOT remove the turkeys unless they are causing traffic hazards. In our neighborhood, the turkeys have not been aggressive and I haven't heard neighbors complain about any damage. It is fun to see them grow throughout the summer. They are delightful to watch throughout the year. The adult turkeys really take care of the young ones. I think that is a very good thing for the children in the neighborhood to observe. Recently, I heard a horror story of what happened to the geese in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. After watching the young ones growing all spring and summer, suddenly all of the geese were gone.The city had killed them and ground them up for feed. That is a terrible lesson for children to learn. It's not the way their life needs to end.Where is the wildlife supposed to go? I hope that Golden Valley decides to let these birds live here too! Thank you for your time. I'd like to give my opinion on the draft geese management program. I sent a separate email in regard to the turkey management program. 5o some of that email is repeated here. I know that geese are more prevalent than the turkeys and can cause more of a mess, and may people do not want that mess. Recently, I heard a horror story of what happened to the geese in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis. After watching the young ones growing all spring and summer, suddenly all of the geese were gone. The city had killed them and ground them up for feed. That is a terrible lesson for children to learn. It's not the way their life needs to end. Where is the wildlife supposed to go? I only request that you manage the population in the most humane way possible, and if you hire independent contractors,try to ensure that they use a humane process. Thank you for your time. Dated 10-31-18 What started me on my current course is an announcement for a meeting to set up a plan to manage the geese population in Golden Valley. At the meeting the plan or rather lack of plan consisted of a program to try and control the "pests" on Brookview Golf Course.As I was able to understand,the reasons for eradicating the geese from the golf course were: 1. too many birds, 2. the birds threaten (?) golfers, 3. customers track goose poop into new facility. All of which occurs roughly 3 months out of the 5-6 month season.The eradication, to be done by various means,was to be paid for by the golf course via tax money i.e.; you the taxpayer. To do this, first a formal plan had to be paid for and submitted to the DNR. (That plan also requires a taxpayer contribution.) A much more cost-effective and long term plan would be a plan of positive actions that develop solutions for living in shared compatibility with nature and the wildlife in Golden Valley. We need a plan that provides for wildlife such as a green corridor for our children and our children's children. Not a plan that works to eradicate wildlife. After attending the meeting of the Golden Valley Open Space&Recreation Commission, spending an hour on their website and reviewing the Golden Valley web site, I found no mention of any positive wildlife management in favor of the wildlife or green space preservation. I could find no mention of considerations for a green corridor which,looking at a current map,there are still some reasonable possibilities of action. I did find numerous building projects, replacement of grass fields for artificial turf, and a proposal to take a portion of Schied Park to build a larger fire station (at taxpayers' expense) for to-be-proposed construction of high density housing along the proposed light rail line which takes up a considerable portion of green space already. One of the pleasures of living in the Twin Cities is our close association with nature. Golden Valley has a lot to offer.Theodore Worth did a great job of preserving much for Minneapolis and thereby our city.James Ford Bell of General Mills left a legacy in Golden Valley to the birds, geese,ducks and wildlife of the area.We have those two visionaries to thank for some of the most beautiful areas of Golden Valley and not much to thank our current commission, or for that matter City Council, unless you like cookie-cutter box-like apartment buildings for which we the taxpayers of Golden Valley are paying the infrastructure and public services such as police and fire. (not the Contractors) Parks, good schools and Green Corridors would add to the value of taxpayers' homes and quality of living, not cheap, crowded apartment complexes. The only entities that stand to profit from these constructions are the contractors. I am very disappointed in the quality of your leadership. Dated 11-03-18 In the spring of 2017 three very aggressive toms and some hens wanted to take control of our neighborhood. The problem was mostly caused by a neighbor feeding and trying to create a wildlife area in his back yard. The turkeys lost all fear of humans and we became part of their pecking order. My neighbor was wing attacked by a tom that was waiting for him when he came out of his house, luckily it was not his very young daughter. If you search old newspapers you will find articles where turkeys blinded and disfigured young children.This spring Rochester police had to kill a wild turkey after it attacked a child on bike. I would like to emphasize the importance of educating residences on how dangerous turkeys can be especially around young children, and to immediately report any aggressive behavior. I would like to thank your Commission and Mr. Birno for all your help. Dated 11-07-18 a� urn« G { Y as y . a. . . Physical eveDepartment 73-593-8 3 173-53-3 to Executive Summary GoldenIICouncil/Manager Meeting November 13, 2018 Agenda Item LimeBike Update 2018 Prepared By Marc Nevinski, Physical Development Director Summary In April the Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding with LimeBike allowing the company to deploy a fleet of dockless bikes in Golden Valley. The MOU permits the use of the Public Way by LimeBike and sets performance standards for operations. Edina is using a similar MOU, however, Minneapolis has taken a different approach to bike (and scooter) sharing by adopting an ordinance and licensing vendors to operate within the City. LimeBike is also operating on the U of M campus and in St. Paul. The MOU with LimeBike is set to expire at the end of the year and it is appropriate at this time to review the city's experience with bike sharing. Use and Routes Limebikes were formally deployed in Golden Valley on July 20". Scooters were also deployed at the end of September for several weeks but were pulled in mid-October and redeployed in the core cities. Ridership data over the past three months is below: Bike Use Monthof Ridesf Riders #of Bikes Miles Ridden August 409 2 September 251 142 47 307 October 109 71 32 117 Ike Rider Frequency: August thrbugh October Trigs Taken Number of Riders < 3 222 3-5 49 5-15 2 1 - 30 > Ju Scooter Use Months #of Rides #of Riders #of Scooters Miles Ridden September 130 100 0 304 October 600 339 61 954 Scooter Rider Frequency: September-Octol ilip-s Takein Number of Riders < 3 255 3-5 56 5-15 46 15-30 3 30 > 'I Overall bike use appears to be declining, although scooters appear to have more frequent use. Bike deployment in Golden Valley ranged from roughly 30 to 50 bikes, and 60 scooters were deployed for several weeks. Future deployments by LimeBike may include higher proportions of scooters and e-bikes compared to pedal bikes. Routes of is and Scooters—August to October, 2018------------ 0%.100 71'0 N �Vjf'l """o 6A J"'v Syr' ------------ The above map shows routes in red used by Limebike customers. The darker the route, the more trips it carried. Information Collected hv LimeBike LimeBike's website includes information regarding its privacy policy and user information. LimeBike's policy does state that it partners with third-parties for advertising purposes and that the third-parties may collect information about users. LimeBike representatives have noted the data the company collects is needed to access their vehicles, becomes anonymous, and is used to determine bike and scooter placement. Winter Operations For safety and business reasons, Limebike will not deploy a fleet of bikes over the winter months. Scooters will also be pulled from the core cities as well, although they could be redeployed if conditions are appropriate. Challenges Experiences in other cities highlighted a number of problems and challenges presented by dockless bikes, including large and disorderly accumulations of bikes, placement in inappropriate areas, and vandalism of bikes. Fortunately Golden Valley has not experienced significant problems or complaint about the bikes, and staff has been satisfied with LimeBike's response time to concerns. Staff has not had to directly remove any bikes. Early in the deployment staff received concerns about the location of bikes on sidewalks or on private property. Staff has also been in contact with a number of employers who are supportive of the bikes and scooters but have found them to present some challenges to clients or their facilities. Recommendation When the City entered into the MOU with LimeBike, it was expected that 2018 would serve as a trial period of dockless bike sharing in Golden Valley. Due to the later than expected deployment as well as the experience gained in 2018, staff recommends extending the MOU through the end of 2019. If Council agrees, staff will prepare the appropriate documents for consideration at a regular meeting.