PRC 1968 07 15
July 15, 1968
To: Chanhassen Village Council
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From: Park and Recreation Commission, Village of Chanhassen
(Member of the National Recreation and Park Association)
Subject: Progress report for period September 6, 1967 to July 1,
1968, long range goals and budget request for January 1,.
1969 to January 1, 1970.
A major program of the Park and Recreation Commission has been a
study of the long range and immediate park and recreational needs
of the community. An overall plan of park and open spaces has
been developed in cooperation with the Planning Commission and the
Village Planner. We are presently studying all possible ways of
implementing these plans.
The Park and Recreation Commission submits the following progress
report to the Chanhassen Village Council to outline, the ordinances
recommended by the Commission, studies made, recreation and
educational programs initiated, visitors and planners consulted,
and sites visited over the reporting period.
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Ordinance Recommendations.
Ordinance for presenting plats'.
Ordinance for monies acquired from Building Permit Fees.
Ordinance for land dedication or payment for public recreation use.
Ordinance establishing a public Recreation and Park Commission.
Studies.
Complete study on Greenwood Shores Community Park.
Listed all existing recreation facilities in Village, both public
and private.
Studied population density of Village by neighborhoods.
Johnson Resort property on Lotus Lake.
Study on Carver Beach lake-front acquisition.
Possibility of large ,Village park sites.
Need, location, and operation of teen center.
Water use ordinance.
Lot 12.
Cataloged property included in park plans.,
Possibility of a bond issue for acquiring park~~roperty.
Made an inventory of lakes in Village. I
Use and control of nuisance in Rose Lane area.
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Recreation and Educational Programs Initiated.
Skating rink on Schneider Insurance property.
VOlleyball for adults, 10 weeks.
Basketball for boys 4 to 6 grade; 10 weeks.
Joined the South Shore Community Council recreation program for
swimming, ball games, arts and crafts, and winter program.
Arbor Day for Chanhassen Elementary School including planting
maple tree and free seedlings for childr~n.
Organized senior citizens group.
Built volleyball stand~ for playground.
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visitors and Consultants.
Mr. Bernard Schneider on County parks and plans.
Chaska School Board on use of playground sites at Chanhassen
Elementary School.
Mr. Robert Knepper, University of Minnesota land use study. ...."
Mr. Gene Kelly, Director of Park and Recreation Bloomington, on
land dedication ordinances.
Village of Eden Prairie on land dedication ordinances.
Mr. Jim Lewis of South Shore Community Council on summer recreation
progr am .
Mr. Jim Knight, Planner, on integration of proposed park plan into
overall community plan.
Mrs. Ken Erickson, Scott-Ca~ver Economic Council, on senior
citizens program.
Mr. Bob Mason on building fee dedication.
Mr. Barry Peterson, Metropolitan Council, on goals, planning, and
means of acquisition.
Mr. Gayle Wolff, American Legion, on summer baseball program.
State Bureau of Parks and Land Developments on federal and state
_' . funds f.or park aequisitlion and development.
Mr. Milton Crona, Minneapolis Park Planner and Mr. Otto Christinsen,
State Park Development analysist, on methods of acquiring park
property and suggestions on present park plans.
Mr. Larson, Village Attorney, on various legal matters.
Mr. Ben Cunningham, Director of Design of Jonathan Development.
Eden prairie Park Commission, 'Mrs. Blackhawk, Mr. Lieb, Mayor
Osterholt.
Mr. Mervin Eisele, Arboretum Director.
Dr. Leon Snyder, Arboretum. .I
Mr. Dale Smith, intercounty park committee, County Agent. . i'
Sites Visited.
B. Kerber farm
Greenwood Shores Community Park
Rose Lane
Carver Beach
Mr. Parks property adjoining Lake Ann and Lake Lucy
Lake Minnewashta shoreline.
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Long Range Planning and Goals.
The establishment of long term goals for parks and recreation
should take into account present and future needs of the community.
They should integrate the best features of the area into a system
which would provide the utmost in recreational facilities, be they
gOlfing, birdwatching, hiking, snowmobiling, swimming, or angling
without sacrificing the quality of the enviro~ent.
In developing the goals for our community the Park and
Recreation Commission ascertained that Chanhassen has some very
real assets in the form of natural landscape features and scenic
beauty, that are at least part of the reason why most of our
residents have chosen to live here. Those features will play
an important role in promoting new and continued growth in the
years to come. The Park and Recreation Commission in analyzing
the situation and the alternatives has concluded that the future
park and recreation needs of the citizens of the community can
best be served by a broad overall system of parks and open spaces
linking the various parts of the community together as opposed
to the development of several separate large or small parks.
We have done considerable research on the possibilities of both
systems, especially as to the availability of desirable sites.
We feel that the system based on a network of open spaces offers
the best possible opportunity to upgrade the value of the maximum
amount of land while preserving the main features which make the
community a very desirable place to live. In addition, it has
been drawn to our attention that such a plan offers the opportunity
of considerable savings to the Village (I) in terms of the
relative cost of providing services to these areas if they should
be extensively developed, and (2) in reserving the right of way
for future sewage trunk lines along the natural drainage ways.
Above all this system will provide for the maximum development of
recreation facilities of every type, within easy access of all our
citizens.
Having developed the overall plan and having integrated the
plan into the general plan developed by the Planner and the Planning
Commission, the Park and Recreation Cpmmission would like the
approval of the Council for the adoption of the plan and the
recommendation to begin to implement it by the acquisition of
land parcels as they become available. Such acquisition or
control rights may take several forms, dedication, grants, or'
outright purchase with Federal, State, County and local funds.
Substantial aid is available from Federal and State authorities
for the purchase and development of such land providing we are
able to provide matching funds. It is our contention that the
Village should entertain a bond issue in the very near future to
provide a working reservoir of funds which can be used in this
manner to acquire key pieces of lakeshore and as much of the
proposed park system as possible.
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Budget
1968 Following are the Park and Recreation Commission's expenditures
for the reporting period.
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1-1 TO 6-30
ACTUAL
7-1 TO 12-31
ESTIMATE
202.53
250.00
200.00
Insurance
Legal
Skating Rink expense
Labor - Basketball - 67.50,
Volleyball - 67.50
Secretary
postage
Supplies
School i
South Shore Community Council
Miscellaneous
swimming Program
Planner
Park
290.00
335.50
135.00
6.75
10.00
54.00
1. 50
20.00
100.00
900.00
50.00
300.00
2,000.00
4,000.00
8.022.53
7.70
840.45
Sub Total
Total
8,862.98
Receipts:
Registration
Income from Building Permits
61.10
1,100.60 - of this $750.00 is invested
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1969 Following are the proposed budget requirements for the period
January 1, 1969, to December 31, 1969, for the Park and
Recreation Commission.
Legal and consultant fees
$ 1,000.00
3,000.00
3,000.00 .,
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3,000.00
10,000.00
Recreation funds to develop, maintain,
and operate recreation programs
Operating costs for senior citizens
and teen programs
Park property development and
acquisition fund
NOTE:
The Park and Recreation Commission expects that any,"
unused funds be placed in an interest-bearing account.
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