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8. Park Task Force Update.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 F CITY OF -- 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612)'937 -5739 MEMORANDUM TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager FROM: Todd Hoffman, Park & Recreation Director A DATE: January 3, 1996 ]Action by City Administrator D dorsed, -.V— W Imodii ied �W 3it !h Commission Ss! mitted to SUBJ: Update Report, Park Task Force At the request of the city council, the following d< prepared. Mr. Jay Kronick, Task Force Chair, g I of the Park Task Force activities has been ll be present on Monday evening to field questions from council members. I' Activity to Date June 12 & 26 The Chanhassen City Council Task Force Members June 22 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room - 7:00 -8:30 p.m. June 29 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room x:00 -8:30 a.m. July 13 ° Regular M "eetrig 3 h ty� iall, Courtyard Conference Room 7:00 -8.30 a � July 27 Regular Meeting M.,... . City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room - 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. A f -' AW 1MV July 29 Task Force Tours and Meeting Departing City Hall - 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. August 8 Joint meeting of the Task Force and Park & Recreation Commission City Hall, Council Chambers - 5:30 -7:00 p.m. Mr. Don Ashworth January 3, 1996 Page 2 August 10 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room - 7:00 -8:30 a.m. August 14 City Council Review of Task Force Findings Regular City Council Meeting, Council Chambers - 7:30 p.m. (Report and corresponding minutes attached) August 24 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room - 7:00 -8:30 p.m. September 7 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room - 7:00 -8:30 p.m. Adjourn to complete landowner correspondence and initiate formal appraisal work. November 16 Reconvene to review landowner correspondence and initial appraisal work. Adjourn for holidays. January 11, 1996 Reconvene regular meetings. The task force has established a 1996 calendar (see attached). This work plan is based on the assumption that the presidential primary being held in September would be a likely voting day for a city referendum. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 �1 CITY OF CHANHASSEN 690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317 (612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739 TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager FROM: Jay Kronick, Chair, 1995 Park Task Force Jane Quilling, Vice - Chair, 1995 Park Task Force Todd Hoffman, Secretary, 1995 Park Task Force DATE: August 9, 1995 SUBJ: Preliminary Findings and Recommendations of the 1995 Park Task Force a�.. The 1995 Park Task Force presented t Recreation Commission on August 8, 1 of the discussion between the commisa Recreation Commission took the follow "Commissioner Andrews moved iminary findings to the Park & attached report). Upon completion ask force, members of the Park & recommend the 1995 Park ,Task Force forw city council with the following mutually agr 2b. Delete Lyman This All commissione RECOAEUENDATION 01 trail. Add Bluff r Meger seconded to I their recommendations to the d upon amendment: reek Trail (Highway 5 to um to the Mayor and City vor and the motion p It is the recommendation of the 1995 Park' Task Force, as confirmed by the Park & Recreation Commission, to pursue a referendum to accomplish the following: 1. Regarding the acquisition of open lands: MEMORANDUM L Mr. Don Ashworth August 9, 1995 Page 2 To accomplish preservation of the Bluff Creek Corridor, pursue acquisition of the following parcels: ' Parcel 2A Size: Greater than 40 acres. Land Owners: Degler, Degler, Peterson, Chaska Investment i Corporation/Wallingford Properties, Jeurissen and Laurent. ' Parcel 2B (a newly identified property) Size: 8.65 acres Land Owner: Edwards To accomplish the preservation of wooded lands, pursue acquisition of the following parcels: , Parcel 1A Size: 30 -40 acres , Land Owner: Fox Parcel 113 ' Size: 15 -20 acres Land Owner: Chaska Investment Corporation/Wallingford Properties To accomplish the acquisition of land for future community park use, pursue acquisition of either the combination of Parcel 3C and 3D or the combination of Parcels 3E and 3F (newly identified properties). ' 1 f L Mr. Don Ashworth August 9, 1995 Page 3 Parcels 3C and 3D Size: Approximately 80 acres each. Land Owner 3C: Peterson Land Owner 3D: Chaska Investment Corporation/Wallingford Prop. ' Parcels 3E and 3F Size Parcel 3E: 67.3 acres Land Owners: Dean and Lois Degler i Size Parcel 3F: 80 acres Land Owners: Gayle and Lois Degler Parcel 3G (newly identified property) Size: 5 acres Land Owner: Hanson 2. Regarding the construction of multi - purpose trails: It is recommended that the following trail segments be pursued: a. Powers Boulevard north from Santa Vera Drive to the City of Shorewood. b. Bluff Creek from State Highway 5 to Lyman Boulevard. 3. Regarding the development of Bandimere Community Park: u It is recommended that this item, at a cost of approximately $1.2 million be included as a stand alone referendum question. In addition, the following recommendations are being made: 1. The referendum voting day be targeted for Tuesday, October 17, 1995. 2. The city attorney's office be retained to negotiate all purchase options and purchase agreements. It is the unanimous opinion of the Task Force that any and all purchase options be in place prior to the referendum being held. ' PARK TASK FORCE BUDGET If the city council confirms the Task Force findings, it is recommended that a working budget (printing, publishing, professional services, appraisals, postage) not to exceed $25,000 be authorized. Dollars currently allocated in Park Mr. Don Ashworth ' August 9, 1995 Page 4 Acquisition and Development and election budgets are capable of absorbing these costs. This expenditure will not adversely affect work currently programmed under these budgets. ATTACHMENTS 1. Report to the Park & Recreation Commission dated August 2, 1995. 2. Memo from Don Ashworth dated August 8, 1995. 3. Project Maps. 4. Referendum Brochure Publicity Outline, First Draft. c: All landowners listed 1995 Park Task Force Members Park & Recreation Commission I Manager Comment Both the City Engineer and myself left the August 7, 1995 meeting with MnDOT (regarding Hwy. 101) believing that 101 would be reconstructed. The Task Force's recommendation relied upon that information. Hopefully, the next 60 -90 days will confirm MnDOT's beliefs. , I I� I� 1 F� I City Council Meeting - August 14, 1995 Todd Hoffman: Scott's not available. Scott Harr. Leroy Biteler: I'm Leroy Biteler, 910 Penamint Court and I have been a member of the Chanhassen Snowmobile Club for a number of years. In the city, the city proper of Chanhassen, going to and from the trail system. Maneuvering on the streets to get to the designated trail, there's a 10 mph speed limit. Once you get to the trail, the State of Minnesota has jurisdiction unless the city says otherwise, there's a 50 mph on the trail system in the State of Minnesota. We have designated the trail system on the railroad bed as 30 mph. Councilman Senn: Okay. No other questions. Mayor Chmiel: Any other questions? If not, is there a motion? Councilman Senn: Move approval. Councilwoman Dockendorf: Second. Councilman Senn moved, Councilwoman Dockendorf seconded to approve the use of the Southwest Regional Light Rail Transit Route as a snowmobile trail for the 1995/96 snow season. This use to be governed by a 30 mph speed limit and an 11:00 pan. to 7:00 am., seven day a week curfew. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously. REPORT FROM PARKS TASK FORCE, CHAIRPERSON KRONICK AND TASK FORCE MEMBERS. Jay Kronick: I appreciate the opportunity to speak before you to present our findings this evening. We've been meeting since late June and just by way of introduction. We have a package that pretty well summarizes our recommendations, but I think the consensus that we've developed is that given the rate of development in Chanhassen for both commercial and residential land, it would be desirable for the city to acquire land now for future open space and park usage. It's not only desirable but it becomes critical because land simply may not be available in the short term future for intended uses for parkland. At the same time, I think as a group we acknowledged the desire among the residents and the community at large in Chanhassen to make some improvements to existing parkland. There's some improvements that have been on the books for a long time that simply haven't happened and we sense a need to move forward with some of those as well. As outlined in the report you have, we recommend acquisition of some parcels for open land. Jane here has a map and I think you may have it in your packet. Jane Quilling: ...the green are the existing parks and the yellow are the proposed, as we have processed... Jay Kronick: So we've broken our recommendations out into several areas. Some areas should be preserved. Acquired, excuse me, as open land and preserved as such, at least in the foreseeable future as open land and as wooded land. We have also identified some parcels which you have in there for use as a future community park. I think the park department has done a good bit of investigation into this with the Park Commission and foresees the need for more ballfields and higher level of use land and then the other item in there would be the construction of some trails. There are some trail corridors that have existed for a while and we're recommending that the referendum support two trails. At the same time Bandimere Community Park was purchased a number of years ago. The land was and we're recommending as a separate item that, a separate referendum item that funds be set aside for the development of that park. I will note one change to what you have in your packet. We recommended in the packet that a voting date be targeted for October 17th. After the 4 City Council Meeting - August 14, 1995 1 packet was prepared for you, we've learned that the Minnetonka District has a referendum that may impact on ' the timing of our's and I think we, a proposed referendum, and I think: we need to re- examine that and certainly solicit your input on the tuning for the referendum. I'll address briefly the issue of a budget for completing our ' work, if you approve the recommendations made herein and we've drafted an action plan for education and public support among the voters for the referendum and you have an outline of that and we're ready to go to implement that upon confirmation or modification of our recommendation to you this evening. , Mayor Chmiel: Okay, good. Thank you. Are there any questions that you may have of Jay at this time? Mark. Councilman Senn: 2(b). Mayor Chmiel: 8.65 acres. , Councilman Senn: Okay, that's the one running up. Jane Quilling: Part of the Bluff Creek. Councilman Senn: Up the creek, okay. Jay Kronick: Into the Bluff Creek corridor. Jane Quilling. There's a little bit of overlap of these parcels. , Mayor Chmiel: Any other questions? Councilman Berquist: You didn't have any questions Mark? , Councilman Senn: Yeah, I have one. In terms of the, I guess I'm curious. Why did the committee feel comfortable dropping TH 101 when they have absolutely no guarantees or anything in writing that that's going to go through with the State? Jay Kronick: Our understanding was although the guarantees are in writing, that's about as close as it can be without it being in writing. But you folks probably have the same, if not greater insight into that than we do. Councilman Senn: Okay, so you took it out on the basis that you were assured in effect it was going to happen for sure. , Jay Kronick: We—from assurances the City Manager gave us, indirectly. If you're uncomfortable with that, I guess the trail segment that was substituted was the Bluff Creek segment. We felt the first priorities initially ' would be the TH 101 segment and Powers Boulevard and when we learned about the likelihood of funding for the TH 101 being approved for the County... referendum and support the Bluff Creek trail construction instead. Mayor Chmiel: It's almost like Ivory soap. 99.9% pure. Councilman Senn: Boy have I heard that one before... Okay. No, that's all the questions I have. 1 1 1 it City Council Meeting - August 14, 1995 Mayor Chmiel: Okay, Colleen. Councilwoman Dockendorf: Well I'm concerned about the time line. I realize that it's still August but we do need to get purchase options in place. Have we started that, where's Todd? Have we started, oh there you are. Have we started that process at all? Todd Hoffman: We started, well I've had conversations with all these landowners over the years and we have not entered into the explicit process of entertaining those purchase options. Councilwoman Dockendorf: And do we know what a year would do? I'm concerned about the expense with the special election. Todd Hoffman: It's hard to say. I know other folks are looking at this property as well and there's a lot of different things which ... a lot of things could happen here... Councilwoman Dockendorf: And Jay, are these, are items like parcels all the way up to Bandimere, is that going to be one vote and then Bandimere a separate vote? Jay Kronick: Yeah, we discussed that at length, back and forth and we ultimately decided that it would be better, the trails are a relatively small part of it. If you start breaking it out into too many pieces, we felt it confused the issue for people and felt that it really is one package, if you will. The Bandimere one was left out simply because it's a little bit larger in terms of dollars for improvement of existing land and trail segments are a relatively minor in the scheme of it. The Bandimere parcel's acquired the need ... it's probably subject to more discussion and need for those trail segments to be completed. We felt it had some more urgency. Councilwoman Dockendorf: Do we have, again, with concern over the time line, do we have time and have we done the individual household impact numbers in order to get some good information out, either through the Villager or special mailing. Jay Kronick: We're all set to do that. Was that included in the packet that those folks have? Todd Hoffman: Not that I did, no. They've seen it before. The educational process with the tax impact. Jay Kronick: Yeah. What we've outlined is, as we go forward from here. If we approve our recommendations. We feel that we've got 11 committed members on our task force and we're ready to go. Councilwoman Dockendorf: Ready to roll. Jay Kronick: Yeah. So I think it's the sense of urgency for getting these parcels, not necessarily acquired and purchased but working toward that end now rather than waiting another year because things can change rapidly in a year's time. If he tells us to go forward and make the commitment here, we're ready to go. Jane Quilling: We have designated special tasks for everyone in the task force already... Councilwoman Dockendorf: Okay, good. Well we certainly appreciate your time. City Council Meeting - August 14, 1995 Councilman Berquist: Well being the Council liaison to the task force, I can tell you there's been a lot of discussion, a lot of questioning what's going on. I'm a little, the logistics worry me. Mark brought up the TH 101. What if? Don, what if the TH 101 deal were to fall apart 2 weeks prior to. Will we be able to, or would the intention be to pull the Bluff Creek instead of the TH 101 extension? Is that practical logistically? Don Ashworth: As long as the dollar amount stayed the same. You'd have to watch the form of the question so that the question posed to the voters provided that option in there. It gave you that flexibility. Roger Knutson: The developed question typically would never list parcels. Identify parcels. It would identify the dollar amount. Can X dollars be spent to buy parks, to equip and improve parks? Councilman Berquist: So the wording would be X number of dollars for trail acquisition and it wouldn't specifically say Bluff Creek or what have you? Roger Knutson: No, and we would never recommend you pin yourself down that far. Things could happen that you couldn't acquire the parcel you wanted to acquire... so you need to maintain some flexibility, even though your intention is for certain things. Develop questions just with a certain dollar amount. Councilman Berquist: As a member of the task force, when did the Minnetonka thing come about? Jay Kronick: I got a call from Todd Hoffman the morning after our last meeting, which was last Thursday... Councilman Berquist: So they're shooting to have a school referendum that day? Todd Hoffman: No, they're not. They're looking at a school board election on November 7th and that impacts the City of Chanhassen special referendum. Councilman Berquist: So if not October 17th, then when? We don't know? Jay Kronick: We haven't had an opportunity to discuss that. If you have some recommendations there for us to consider... Councilman Berquist: Well I don't but I'm just cognizant of some of the reasons that we chose the 17th was because, October 17th is because of the impact fall has and the outdoors aspects. It's election time so if we go, obviously I don't think from a timeframe point of view we can work it prior to. If we try to get it much past, then the complaint will be that there's a lot of people that have already left town for the winter and they weren't participatory in the election. The same song. I don't know. I don't have any good input. Jay Kronick: It could conceivably be delayed until later in the winter or next spring, although I personally would feel more comfortable trying to work out the details of a joint ballot. Councilman Berquist: But it's not something we can decide now. Jay Kronick: Right. Councilman Berquist: I'm done. 7 fl 1 k 1 1 I City Council Meeting - August 14, 1995 Mayor Chmiel: What you're saying basically is that the date is not one that's very good and pick out another date. ' Jay Kronick: Well it may in fact still be the best date. Mayor Chmiel: Okay. We do have a split in Chanhassen with the Minnetonka voters and it would definitely cause a conflict for a portion of those people. Okay. Well, I guess as I look and see what you've gone through, you've gone through quite a little bit and I thank you and your committee for giving your time and efforts to pull this together. I know it's not a very easy job. It may look like it right now because everything's on paper but when you first started, it's rather difficult and we appreciate it. Jay Kronick: Thanks. There's a lot of work to be done and we appreciate your support. ' Councilman Senn: Don? Mayor Chmiel: Yeah. Councilman Senn: I don't know if this is for you guys or Todd but have we landed on any numbers? Mayor Chmiel: You mean total dollars? ' Councilman Senn: Yeah. I mean you had landed on 1.2 for the Bandimere deal but there really weren't any. 1 Jay Kronick: I think if the rest of it were considered as a whole, it's probably not worth detailing it at this point but. Councilman Senn: No, and I don't think we want to do that. I'm just saying overall. Jay Kronick: We're looking at, at this point abstract values for this land. No negotiations have been entered into so we can only put a $20,000.00 or $30,000.00 price tag per acre on it and a few thousand dollars per acre ' over the number of acres can really change it but it would, the first, the referendum aside from Bandimere will be in the $5 million ballpark, plus or minus a million. Councilman Senn: But that's kind of basically in terms of what you'd like to accomplish? Jay Kronick: Yeah. There were some issues raised with some of the parcels. In fact some of the larger ones about whether they would continue in their present use and therefore impact on the referendum might not be all at once. Some of the landowners may wish to hold their land and sell out at a later point or gradually sell out. So there might be some negotiation on some of the land that's actively being farmed. If it continues to be farmed, the city would have the right to purchase it somewhere down the road. That may be an option that ' would impact significantly on those dollar amounts too and that's nothing really we can ascertain until the negotiations are done. Mayor Chmiel: And who knows Jay, maybe someone may like to just donate it and have it as a tax write off. Councilman Senn: Todd, but I assume we'll have some details and some breakdowns on that before we have to. 1 a F u City Council Meeting - August 14, 1995 Todd Hoffman: Certainly will. The task force is scheduled for a second appearance before the City Council in just about 3 weeks. Councilman Senn: Okay. It's going well. Jay Kronick: Thanks. Mayor Chmiel: Okay, good. Thank you. Is there anyone else that may like to address this issue at this time? Good, thanks. We'll move right along to item number 5. (The City Council came back to this item and made a motion on page 21.) PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT TO SUBDIVIDE 5.97 ACRES INTO 5 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS 7530 DOGWOOD ROAD, GETSCH ADDITION, GETSCH CORPORATION. Sharmin Al -Jaff: Just a quick background on this application. Sunset Hills on Lake Minnewashta Addition contains a total of 17 lots. There's also a 20 foot right -of -way running along the westerly edge, the easterly edge of this subdivision, which provides access to the lots there. The applicant, which is a corporation, owns Lots 11 through 17. The zoning ordinance states that if 2 or more contiguous lots are in a single ownership and if all or part of those lots do not meet the area requirements of the zoning ordinance, the contiguous lots shall be considered one undividable lot. There are three existing homes on those 7 parcels. Mr. Ed Getsch who owns one of the homes out there, which is located on Lot 16, recently discovered that because the land is owned by a corporation, he is technically leasing the land the house sits on from the corporation. He wishes to clean the title of the property. Hence this application is before you. The total area of the 7 parcels is 5.9 acres. The applicant is proposing to subdivide it into 5 single family lots. The property is currently zoned Residential Single Family. Access to this site will be provided via a private street extending from Dogwood. The average lot size is 52,135 square feet. The gross density is 0.8 units per acre. All of the proposed lots meet the minimum requirements of the ordinance. As part of this application the applicant would have to upgrade an existing driveway. Currently it has a width of 10 feet to service all the new lots. The zoning ordinance requires that this private driveway be upgraded to a 20 foot, 7 ton design over a 30 foot wide easement. There are trees that line up this driveway, this existing driveway. The Planning Commission was really concerned that by widening this driveway we would take out some of those trees and asked staff to investigate alternatives and options to see if the driveway could remain at the width it's at right now. We went out with the Fire Marshal to look at the area. Dogwood is an unpaved road. It's approximately 14 feet wide. There aren't any fire hydrants out there and staff always tries to preserve trees to the extent possible. However, in this case the Fire Marshal had some serious concerns over trucks and how they would pass one another. At times you might need up to 6 trucks out there, especially ones that are shuttling water. And for that reason staff is recommending that the driveway be widened to a 20 foot. Overall this will improve the existing non - conforming situation and staff is recommending approval with the conditions outlined in the staff report. Mayor Chmiel: Thank you Sharmin. Is the applicant here this evening? John Getsch: I'm John Getsch and I'll represent the corporation. Ed was here and he left to get ... this soon on the agenda. We're, in talking with the Planning Commission and the staff planners, trying to get the situation cleared up. Originally we thought that we had 7 lots out there. Everything that has been done out there was planned on 7 lots. The homes have been built out there. One home was built in about 1980 and another home was built in ... late '85 through 1989... When we found out that it was being treated as one parcel, we were 0 t 1 n r ' City Council Meeting - August 14, 1995 I RETURN TO PARK AND RECREATION TASK FORCE REPORT. Mayor Chmiel: Just a second. There was some discussion that we had here prior to going ahead with that. Back on item 4 for the task force. My understanding was that they were coming back to us within 3 weeks. Back to Council. Their position is that within these next 3 weeks they would like to move ahead and see if ' they can acquiesce these properties. The task force. So we did not motion or get a motion on that particular recommendation. And they would like to get that recommendation for them to proceed regarding the acquisition of open land. Councilwoman Dockendorf: I would move that we ask the Park Task Force to go ahead and start the acquisition process, at least the negotiation process. C� 1 Roger Knutson: We were talking about getting options. Mayor Chmiel: Right. For acquiesce of options. Councilman Semi: Well, I mean maybe what we should really authorize effectively is them to start negotiations, is the intent of bringing an agreement of some sort on an option back to the city. Yeah, because they can't really go ... options. I don't think we want them to make options until we've had a chance to review that number or anything else. Mayor Chmicl: Part of my concern is also if you execute that option, you can also lose that option so if they make it as a dollar, and other considerations, that may be. Roger Knutson: You'd have to bring it back here because you have to approve the option. You can negotiation something and bring it back to you for your approval or rejection. Councilman Berquist: Are we also concerned with providing funding... process. Something in the neighborhood of $25,000.00 that comes out of park acquisition funds. Councilwoman Dockendorf: Didn't we already do that as part of the budget though? Mayor Chmiel: No. No. It wasn't considered. Councilman Senn: So far we've done it without budget, is my understanding. Mayor Chmiel: Right. Todd had $25,000.00 more hiding somewhere. Todd Hoffman: There's dollars in the CIP in reserve and contingency and there's dollars in the election budget as well. Mayor Chmiel: Don? Don Ashworth: You didn't specifically allocate dollars associated with these activities but what you did put in the 1995 budget are dollars to carry out the election itself. In fact we're reallocating a portion of those to carry out the tasks that they're looking for. W J 1 City Council Meeting - August 14, 1995 Mayor Chmiel: Okay? Councilman Senn: Out of curiosity, what's the intended way to proceed on that? Todd Hoffman: On the options? Councilman Senn: Yeah. I mean how are you going to mechanically do this? Todd Hoffman: The Task Force has talked about the land trust and then negotiations between staff and the City Attorney's office and they've recommended that the City Attorney's office and members of the staff pursue those options with individual landowners. Councilman Senn: Okay. I want to make sure of that because I wasn't for the land trust option. Okay. Mayor Chmiel: Okay, there's a motion on the floor. Is there a second? Councilman Senn: Sure. Councilwoman Docicendorf moved, Councilman Senn seconded to establish a woddng budget, not to exceed $25,000.00 f►nm funds cun allocated in the pack acquisition and development and election budgets, and to direct staff to pursue options for the following parcels of land: 1. Regarding the acquisition of open lands: To accomplish preservation of the Bluff Creek Corridor, pursue acquisition of the following parcels Parcel 2A Size: Greater than 40 acres. Land Owners: Degler, Degler, Peterson, Chaska Investment Corporation /Wallingford Properties, Jeurissen and Laurent. Parcel 2B (A newly identified property) Size: 8.65 acres Land Owner: Edwards To accomplish the preservation of wooded lands, pursue acquisition of the following parcels: Parcel 1A Size: 30 -40 acres Land Owner: Fox Parcel 1B Size: 15 -20 acres Land Owner: Chaska Investment Corporation /Wallingford Properties. To accomplish the acquisition of land for future community park use, pursue acquisition of either the combination of Parcel 3C and 3D or the combination of Parcels 3E and 3F (newly identified properties). 21 7 1 1 City Council Meeting - August 14, 1995 Parcels 3C and 3D Size: Approximately 80 acres each. Land Owner 3C: Peterson Lane Owner 3D: Chaska Investment Corporation/Wallingford Properties Parcels 3E and 3F Size Parcel 3E: 67.3 Acres Land Owners: Dean and Lois Degler Size Parcel 31 80 acres Land Owners: Gayle and Lois Degler Pagel 3G (newly identified property) Size: 5 acres Land Owner: Hanson 2. Regarding the construction of multi - purpose trails: It is recommended that the following trail segments be pursued: a. Powers Boulevard north from Santa Vera Drive to the City of Shorewood. b. Bluff Creek from State Highway 5 to Lyman Boulevard. 3. Regarding the development of Bandimere Community Park: It is recommended that this item, at a cost of approximately $1.2 million be included as a stand alone referendum question. In addition, the following recommendations are being made: 1. The referendum voting day is targeted for Tuesday, October 17, 1995. 2. The city attorney's office be retained to negotiate all purchase options and purchase agreements. All voted in favor and the motion carried unanimously. REZONING OF 20.25 ACRES FROM A2, AGRICULTURAL ESTATE TO RSF, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY AND PRELIMINARY PLAT TO SUBDIVIDE 20.25 ACRES INTO 18 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND ONE OUTLOT, 7210 GALPIN BOULEVARD, FOREST MEADOW. Sharmin Al -Jiff: The subject site is located west of Galpin Boulevard and approximately 2,500 feet north of Highway 5. The applicant is proposing to subdivide 20.25 acres into 18 lots. Single family lots and one outlot. The property is currently zoned agricultural estate district and the proposal calls for rezoning it into residential single family. The average lot size is 33,299 square feet with a resulting gross density of .8 units per acre. Access to the subdivision will be provided from the north via an extension of Fawn Hill Road. The proposal shows Fawn Hill Road ending in a cul -de -sac to serve all parcels with the exception of Parcel 18, which will gain access off of Galpin Boulevard. Staff is recommending that Fawn Hill Road provide another extension to the south to provide for future access as well as utilities for the property located south of the subject site. All of 22 TENTATIVE 1996 PARK TASK FORCE MEETING SCHEDULE UPDATED JANUARY 3,1996 January 11 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room, 7:00 -8:30 p.m. January 25 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room, 7:00 -8:30 a.m. February 8 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room, 7:00 -8:30 p.m. February 22 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room, 7:00 -8:30 a.m. March 14 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room, 7:00 -8:30 p.m. March 25 or 28 Joint Meeting with the City Council City Council Chambers, Time to be announced April 11 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room, 7:00 -8:30 a.m. April 25 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room, 7:00 -8:30 p.m. May 9 Public Information Meeting Time and place to be announced May 25 Memorial Day Weekend Break June 13 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room, 7:00 -8:30 a.m. June 27 Regular Meeting . City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room, 7:00 -8:30 p.m. July 11 Regular Meeting City Hall, Courtyard Conference Room, 7:00 -8:30 a.m. July 22 Final Recommendation forwarded to the City Council. August 8 Special Meeting (if required) Time and date to be announced. August 22 Special Meeting (if required) I Time and place to be announced September 10 State Primary Election I Proposed City Referendum t 1 P ark referendum What's the plan and what are we buying here? By Tim McGee . The park behind our home is beginning to take shape. I appreci- ate the park board's ability to preserve space in my neighborhood for a park. And now that the board is forming a commission to ask us for more money to support such endeavors, my first reaction is to support them in their efforts. There is a small voice from within, however, that says, "Hold on. What are they asking for ?" I've been to one meeting of the Parks and Recreation board. Our neighborhood was invited to discuss the future of parkland behind our homes. The meeting began at 7 p.m. and it became apparent that our neighborhood park was not first on the list. I, along with a large contingency of homeowners from the neighborhood, waited until after 9 p.m. until that for which we were invited became the topic of discus- sion. After a spirited debate between neighbors and board members, the discussion was tabled. We were told that the decision on what sort of park would take shape wouldn't need to happen right away anyway because the money wasn't available for another three to five years. I had seen many issues come before the board that evening and had not seen the board act on a single occasion. While many seemed to be issues of available funds, even those that did It seems to me! not require money were tabled until the board could receive "more information." I left the meeting feeling cheated. White part of my displea- sure was with being invited to a meeting in which there was no way to make a decision on that which we were discussing, part of it also was a displeasure with the process. I watched a board examine issue after issue and not come to any decision whatsoever. With each issue, the board either needed more time, more information or more money. I truly believe the discussions on each issue would have been shorter if the board had the ability or the inclina- tion to - say, "OK, let's go with it" or "No, we won't support that." Todd Hoffman, director of parks and recreation, has said that the commission must act quickly to keep ahead of the game. My question is whether the board is prepared to act quickly. Acting quickly is much more than deciding what dollar amount to put forth to the residents of Chanhassen. What is needed here is a detailed plan. What land is targeted for sale? What are the plans for the land once it is purchased? What's the timeta- ble for development of those lands? These are questions which should be answered, must be answered, before the question of how much it costs is asked. While I, personally, would support a detailed plan for building parklands in our communi- ty, I will not write a blank check. It seems to me that giving the park board enough money to act is not enough to provoke action. The board I saw in action was a board unable and seemingly unwilling to take action. We need to see what actions they plan and how and when they intend to implement those actions. My advice to the commission formed to study the referendum: get your information in place now, before you ask for my money. The. only thing worse than asking for money is not having a clear plan fdr it once you get it. . ` (Tim McGee is a Chanhassen resident and regular columnist for the Villager.) u Tim McGee V 1994 ;en, MN 55317 )ostal customers) M M M M M r r M M M M M M M M M Chanhassen A kL 3eferendum urged for park land Dean Trippler Though still in the concept stage, anhassen's Park and Recreation partment is looking at a 1995 ref - ndum to purchase park land. According to Todd Hoffman, park 1 recreation director, the Chanhas- i Parks Commission last week en- sed the idea. No date has been set, Hoffman anticipated the referen- n would take place in late summer fall of 1995, should the Chanhas- City Council give the idea its ssing. Also, he added, no definite dollar ure has been arrived at yet. That, he said, would be up to a citizen task force chosen after the City Council has acted. Hoffman said that the bulk of the referendum dollars would go to pur- chasing land for parks. With the heavy demand for land in Chanhassen, the city, he said, is at the brink of losing its opportunities to buy land and safe- guard it for the public's use. One major area, he said, would be along Bluff Creek. Areas near Lake Minnewashta, as well as construction at Bandimere Community Park and Lake Ann Park, along with trails may also be a part of the referendum, he �v v u ■ said. But, again, that would be a part of that task force's work. The last major park referendum was in the spring of 1988 when $300,000 was approved by city resi- dents for improvements at Lake Ann Park. Voters also approved $300,000 for park land acquisition in southern Chanhassen in that five -part referen- dum. An $800,000 trails question, however, was panned by a vote of 852 for to 854 against. (The same ques- tion came before voters during the general election in the fall of 1988. Again it died by a narrow margin — 2,586 for to 2,594 against.) Also on t,t:m - -fR r suR r R.* B 02 I (­:11Y OF (-MAIN —� (ll' 1 = 'OPK & PEC;i2tz__A'f11:)N 1 -11.1 BOX 147 —f CI --IF1NHASS, N 11N 55317 L If this label does not list your name, see page 4 J that referendum was the question of building the central fire station for $1.4 million, which passed, and a $2.6 million community center, which failed. Prior to that, in 1969, Chanhas- sen voters approved a $250,000 bond issue to purchase and develop Lake Ann Park. ' "Seeing the rapid consumption of land, it gets more and more critical each year," Hoffman said ofavailable park land. "The big hurdle is to con- vince residents of today to plan for the future." In doing that, Hoffman said land- owners of potential park property would be contacted to become a part of the process and have a say in how their land would be used by the pub- lic. "The time is right," Hoffman added. With land prices continually rising, he said it would be a mistake not to act on acquiring land soon. The proposal, he said, will first go back to the Park and Recreation Com- mission for review and approval and then go on to the City Council, prob- ably in late September. V .J � ✓ App ly for park, tra :. Chanhassen is entering an important time in its development as a community. Open land is fast disappearing and more resi- dential, more commercial and more industrial properties are dotting the landscape. It's at this time that city planners are consider-.. ing allowing residents to vote on whether or not they would like the city to buy up land for use as. parks and trail, and develop land already in city hands for ball fields and other public uses. A task force is being formed to investigate what should be on that referendum and how much the city should ask voters for ..` _. That's where you can help. If you are interest- • task force Editorial ed in the future of Chanhassen and want to take on the responsibility of setting that course, con- sider applying for a spot on the task force. Call Chanhassen City Hall at 937 -1900 for an applica- tion. To discuss the task force further, contact Todd Hoffman, park and recreation director, at 937- 1900, extension 121. Chanhassen may only get one shot at preserv- ing some of the open space left. "Now is the time to act. Dean Trippler L II u �I 1 fl 1 n LI Residents sought for park; trail task force On May S. the Chanhassen City Council approved formation ofa task force to deal with parkland acquisi- tion and development, trail construc -, tion and open space preservation. The job of this task force is to investigate the merit of a special referendum to finance these proposed initiatives. Potential projects include: - ■ Development of Bandimere Com- munity Park, ■ Preservation of woodlands, . ■ Preservation of the Bluff Creek . waterway, ■ Acquisition of a large tract of land for the city's final community park, ■ Acquisition of the B1uffCreek Golf Course, ■ And construction of trail segments to include Highway 101 north, Pow- ers Boulevard north, Galpin Boule- vard north, Highway 41 and a portion of the Bluff Creek trail. The task force will be comprised of 11 members, including six resi- dents, the mayor - or a city council member, one Chamber of Commerce member, one Chanhassen Planning Commission member, and two Chan- hassen Park and Recreation Commis- sion members. Two resident members each will be chosen from three areas of town. Roughly, the three areas are west of a line from Audubon Road north to Yosemite, east of that line to south Highway 5, and south of Highway 5. A voting day in the fall of 1995 is targeted. Task force members will meet twice monthly until that time. Additional speaking engagements will . also be scheduled. Ifyou would like to apply for one of the resident positions, call the city's general administrative desk at 937- 1900 for an application. For more in- formation regarding the task force, call Todd Hoffman, Chanhassen Park and Recreation Department director, at 937 -1900, extension 121. Task force set for park referendum work ' - -;s^ By Dean Trippler Most all of the players are now in Dave Vansant had been chosen but did not take the appointment because he council, and Jay Kronickofthe Chan- hassen Chamber of Commerce. Kro For instance, he said, most people at an earlier town meeting regarding the Hoffman added that four recent referendums for parks passed in oth- place, and the long road to a referen- in is about to start. was picked for a spot on the county park board, according to Todd Hoff- nick is the group's chairman; Quill- ing is vice chair. referendum proposal, were unaware that none of theirt: money goes to- er suburban areas. Successful rrefer- endums took place in Eden Prairie, The Chanhassen City Council ap. pointed five residents to sit on its park man, Chanhassen Park and recreation director. The sixth resident position Hoffman said the group will be conducting regular meetings includ- ward park acquisition and develop- ment. The bulk ofthe money allocat- Plymouth, Maplewood and Maple Grove. and trail referendum task force last week. The task force will do the leg will be filled by the city council soon, he said. ing public tours and open house events to gather information and input from ed to park and recreation goes toward staffing and programming. "Ofthose, we have the most pub- lic process." he said. work and make a recommednation to the council regarding a park referen- Already appointed to the 11 -mem- ber task force were Jim Manders and the public on the need for more park land, trails and money to develop ex- Chanhassen does siphon offdedi- cation fees from developments for All task force meetings are open to the A decision dum tentatively set for October. . Jim Andrews from the Chanhassen isting parks. park land and equipment purchases, public. on the size and scope ofthe referendum is expect - Appointed were Anne Graup- mann, Jane Quilling, Craig Blechta, Parks Commission, Nancy Mancino from the Chanhassen Planning Com- `They feel that education and the lack of knowledge are the biggest a but Hoffman said that is a drop in the bucket compared with the city's ed in late September, with the voting day tentatively set for Oct. 17. Ken Potts and Alison Blackowiak. mission, Steve Berquist from the city things to overcome; Hoffman said. needs. i .it o ter opportunities, alate they are unhap- has encouraged them , :re, "would be an er- lsion," said Nancy rict's public relations three receive high pool board members, ►uld be a bad time for he district plans to ask to approve a referen- '1.5 million to cover Bluff Creek Elemen- d the new high school . e harder,for us to get CHANGE to page 8. Arboretum in Chanhassen is tooK- ing forward to room to grow. The Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources has recom- mended $36 million in environmen- tal appropriations through a two= cent per pack cigarette tax and some state lottery proceeds. One of the 86 environmental items the money would go for is expansion of the Arboretum and the development of ArDurclulu, ulc .puovtvvv r�.u..a .v....., Arboretum would go to purchase ap- proximately 30 acres of land at the southwest corner or Highway 5 and Highway 41 and near the corner of .West 82nd Street and Highway 41. The land, he said, is held by Chaska Gateway Partners. Half of the appropriation, Olin said, would be for purchase of land, while the other half would be used to said of the prospects of gaining the funding. The funding proposal, which is part of the $566 million omnibus environmental finance bill ap- proved by the House April 27, now moves on to a conference commit- tee for reconciliation with a Senate proposal. City council approves By Dean Trippler • Thewish list has been made. Now the public will be asked to buy it. On Monday night, the Chanhas- sen City Council called for the for- mation of a citizen task force to ham -. mer out details of a proposed park, open space and trail referendum to be. put before voters in the fall. .Park and Recreation. Director Todd Hoffman gave the council a run - down of from $4 to $6 million worth of projects that could be funded with voter approval. Priority projects in- cluded the development of Bandimere Community Park into athletic fields, the purchase of two parcels totalling 127 acres for open space, the preser- vation of a linear strip of land along Bluff Creek, and the purchase of Bluff Creek Golf Course. For trail sbgments, the priorities include 7.6 miles of trails, primarily connections on Highway 101, Pow- ers Boulevard, Galpin Boulevard and Highway 41, along with a fifth seg- ment along Bluff Creek. Parcels of land available for pur- chase are south of Highway 5, Hoff - man said, and land is getting scarcer to find. "If you think we're tight. now, think about when we have 35,000 peo- ple," he said. . Council members had questioned previously the city's capability of bonding for the projects should a ref- erendum pass. City that Don Ashworth explained that for the city to maintain bank qualifications, and achieve favorable interest rates on bonds sold, the city is capped at issu- ing $10 million in bonds during one year. In March, the city sold $5.4 mil- lion in general obligation and tax in- crement bonds. and is committed to $6.1 million in projects. With anoth- er bond sale expected later this year for 4.6 million, Ashworth said the city will have about $5 million of bond- ing capacity available early next year, but that would mean no other public projects could be considered in 1997. He added that in some instances, such as when public improvements are needed as the result of develop- ment, taxable issues could be sold which would allow the city to go over the $10 million cap. "If the north frontage road comes up and. they need the road, we'd ne- gotiate taxable bonds with the prop- erty owners," he said. . Ashworth, who echoed back to the tax issues continually being raised by residents, cautioned that residents .. have to realize that if this issue goes to .a vote and is passed by the public, property taxes will rise. The Chanhassen Park and Recre ation Commission recommended the formation of an 11- member task force comprised of the mayor or a council member, twq members from the com- mission, a planning commission mem- ber, a Chanhassen Chamber of Com- merce member and six residents. The council concurred with the recommendation and the task force members will be named soon. Regu- lar information meetings will be t)istrict IS Known aruunu uic wuuuy for its outstanding schools and has been long known for its progressive- ness and continuing efforts to im- prove. The professional opportunities and challenges (in Minnetonka) seem like a good match for my experience and interests," Jett said. Jett and his family plan on mov- JETT to page 9 scheduled, and a proposed referen- dum date, provided the council ap- proves the task force's plan, may go to voters in late September. i Mm don =M ABOVE ARE proposed pieces of land the referendum may purchase. Key: I = Fox Property (40 acres); 1 B, 3D = Chaska Investment Company/WalUng- ford Property (87.42 acres); 2A= Various Landowners (strip along BluffCreek); 3A = Teich Property (97 acres); 3B = Halla Property (50 acres); 3C = Peterson Property (80 acres); 4A = Bluff Creek Golf Course (228 acres); 4B = Asstimp- tion Seminary Site. Sites 1 A,1 1151), 2A and 4A are considered priorities. e.Mm 11111111 = 111111111 PL :SOX 147 —f= C ^; ;1 igSS N MN 55317 RS t_ If this label does not list your name, see page 4 " 1Negovations to begin for park. land purchase By Dean Trippler vard and along Bluff Creek and de- -. The Chanhassen Park Task Force veloping Bandimere Community got the green light Monday to begin Park. purchase agreement negotiations for The park land acquisition and the potential city park land. trail segments would be presented to f M The City, Council_ heard a report the public during a bond referendum U ; 'by the task force and seemed to have this fall as one question. , Bandimere no problems, with the ;recommenda- ; Community Park's development, es- trons.. timated to cost about $1.2 million, F The task force is looking at acquir- would appear as a second referendum e : mg about 200 acres of land for pres- question on the ballot, according to ervation and development into park s _the task force recommendation. t ; facilities as well as constructing two "• . "Given the rate of development in trail segments along Powers Boule- .:, Chanhassen, it's desirable and criti �:. 7t Contractor. seeks claim for school' * construction By Dean Trippler The contractor for Bluff Creek Elementary School, Chanhassen's newest school, and a city recreation center on the sp—P site, has filed a claim against S 1 District 112 and the city of Chan.. "ssen.. . BorSon's claim involves alleged cal for the city to acquire land," said to Hennepin County hands. And, ac- ber. Chai task force rmanJayKronick. Kronick said the plan, should the cording to City Manager Don Ash - worth, the, Minnesota Department of Kronick said the task form is com, prised of "II'wmmitted members tha referendum pass, would be to buy up various parcels of land already iden- Transportation feels a construction contract could be let in 1996, which are ready to go." He said a.plan ha: already been laid out regarding re" tified and preserve some in their nat- ural state, while keeping some in re- would affect the construction of a trail on that portion of the roadway. sponsibilities in getting the public in• formation campaign rolling. serve for future community parkuses. 'On the trail recommendation, the The council was concerned about the timeline, saying that the Oct. 17 Council members wondered if the city could replace the Bluff Creek trail task force had previously slated the northern leg of Highway 101 as the tentative date fora referendum is ap- proaching quickly. Plus the task force . with the original recommendation for the Highway 101 trail should the site for a new trail. But an agreement appears to be in the making to turn andcouncil wereunsure of that target date, considering school board elec- Highway 101 deal fall through. over responsibility of the state road lions would be held in early Novem- -harks continued from front City Attorney Roger Knutson said the referendum question would be worded so that voters would autho- rize a dollar amount not connected to specific parcels of land or trails. Asked about the overall dollar fig- ure being sought, Kronick said that without negotiating purchase agree- ments, the figure is vague. Heestimat- ed that the land acquisition and trail figure could mn to $5 million, "plus or minus $1 million. "There's a lot of work to be done and we appreciate the support," he said. Park and Recreation Director Todd Hoffman said the task force is set to come back to the City Council in a few weeks. 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