11-05-2020 Park Commission Packet

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PARK COMMISSION Wednesday, September 10, 2020 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 4 of 27 3. PARKS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN (CIP) REVIEW – ADAM EDWARDS Edwards began a presentation and reported that Agenda Item No. 4 (now considered as Agenda Item No. 3) is the draft proposed Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) for 2021 and beyond, and noted this planning is how they forecast and program money for capital projects, usually things that are $10,000 or more and capital in nature. He noted that reconstruction in a park, adding a playground, or creating a trail where one doesn’t exist are a few examples. He stated there are some other things in the plan that may be under $10,000 but they still want to keep track of in the plan. Edwards explained that regarding the CIP, they look at a 10-year horizon but are looking specifically in the next five years, and are even more focused on the next year. He said there are separate CIP programs for the parks and golf course (together as one), and a separate CIP that covers equipment. He noted when the Commission sees “CMP” that stands for the Community Management Plan, and it is a 10-year cycle in which the City must report to the Metropolitan Council what they think the City will look like in the next 10 years, noting part of it is development but there is also a large parks piece, as well. Edwards noted as the Commission is looking at the numbers in the plan, they are all planning-level estimates and there is not a detailed design or cost estimate, he puts the numbers together based on recent projects or things other people have done and gives an idea of what that cost might be. He stated some numbers are wild guesses and placeholders for things of which they are not sure what the scope is yet, but still want to have something in the “out years” as a placeholder so they remember to continue thinking about that item. Edwards reported he’s broken down the plan and grouped it by Parks, Golf Courses, Lake Access Points, Trails, and Equipment, noting there is also a separate funding item for Lurton Park. He noted some changes from the last time the Commission looked at the plan, Line No. 1 $10,000 for potential dock/swimming platform/TBD at Sandy Beach. Berg asked if it’s too late to talk about Lydiard Beach and possibly getting a dock there. Edwards replied it’s not too late at all, if the Commission tells him that is a priority, he will add it in. He noted that he moved Line No. 2 Summit Beach and that it originally had some money forecasted for this year to improve the parking lot, put in a playground and other things like that, but he slid that back in the timeline as it is still pending what the City Council will decide regarding Long Lake Rowing Crew’s proposal for something to there. Under the Golf Course Miscellaneous improvements, $10,000 each year was added; he said regarding the Trail Connection along County Road 19 and Barr between Livingston and the Dakota Trail, the number dropped there as they are in a 3-way partnership with Hennepin County and Three Rivers Park District. He said Three Rivers Park District is leading the design, Hennepin County owns the right-of-way, and Orono is the City where it’s located, so they are all partnering based on a verbal agreement from five years ago that they divide it equally between the three entities. He said it had been projected to be as high as $160,000 each in the past year, but with the more refined design they are thinking it may be around $120,000 each, as a conservative number. He noted he says it every year, and the plan is to do the project next year, which is likely as Three Rivers is under a funding constraint as they received a grant for their portion of the funding which expires next year. Edwards noted the number in red is the Wayzata Boulevard Phase 3 Trail Connection. For those who’ve been around the last few years, the County has been rebuilding the road and changing it from a State Highway structure to a County Road structure and they started in the middle a few years ago (Phase 1), then did the East end (Phase 2) and Willow Drive towards Lurton Park (will be Phase 3). As they’ve been completing the road projects, the City has been incorporating a trail along the North side of County Road 112 and one of the thoughts was to extend the trail to Old Crystal Bay Road where it would meet with the Independence Regional Trail and perhaps even to the far side of the school property. Edwards stated there were some thoughts within the community of extending it even further out and going all the way to the County Road