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Home My WebLink About04-04-1978 Park Commission Minutes ` -f. CITY OF OROIvO � 'j PARK COP�IISSION Regular meeting of the Orono Park Comr.iission �eld April 1�, 1978 : The Orono Park Commission met on the above date kTT�I1DANCE with the following members present : Chairman Tomlinson, Berglund, Kelley, Egers, Watson, Peterson. Abser�t: Lathrop. Also Present: Jim Olson, City Engineer and John Gerhardson, Public Works Coordinator. The minutes of the March 7, 1978 meeting were P�IINUTES APPROVED approved. A letter from Orono City Administrator, Dick LETTER FROM DICK BENSON Benson, dated 3/22/78, has assured the Park Park Projects Will Be On Commission that various projects which have Schedule been promoted by the commission are, in fact, scheduled to begin or continue in the upcoming construction season. Chairman Tomlinson, as directed by the commission, ACCEP^lANCE OF TREE PLANTINGS has contacted Mr. Larry Gleason, whose property by Mr. Larr� Gleason, whose is surrounded by Hackberry Park, regarding the property is surrounded by location of transplanted trees in that park. Mr. Hackberry Park Gleason was appreciative of our concern and was willing to accept tree planting in the park wherever it could best serve the recreational and ssthetic needs of the park. A drawing of the park, with tree planting priorities noted, has been sent to the city Public Works Coordinator as a guide for Hackberry Park plantings. Initial grading of Bederwood Park will begin BEDERWOOD PARK GRADING when ground conditions allow. Mr. Otto Christensen, trail planner for the NEW BRIDGE AT LUCE LINE Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, TRAIL AT 0 RONO ORCHARD RD. presented his department' s plans for a replace- Mr. Otto Christensen, from ment bridge at the crossing of the Luce Line DNR, recommended with com- Trail and Orono Orchard Road. The proposed mission members to council. structure would be a clear span arched bridge, 10 FT. pathway of steel construction with wood rails and trim. Primar9 reasons for considering a new bridge were: 1 . Inability of current bridge to accce�modate road and drainage im- provements without dismantling. 2. Increasing cost of new bridge in future years if installation is delayed. 3. Difficult9 experienced by trail users who must cross at road grade elevation. A motion by Tomlinson, seconded by Kelleg, to _ recommend to the city council that DNR plans for a new bridge be favorably considered was unanimously passed. -1 - ! t � REsLL�R .��ETIIZG OF T:��. P�Rii COI��Il•2ISSION HELD �PRIL (�, 1978 Mr. �lex T�Ieyer and Iir. Tim Marr, of the Hennepin BICYCLE TRAIL AT B��R PAP.K County Park Reserve District staff, presented the ALORTG STARKEY RD. II�T OROIJO district ' s plans for a bicycle trail around a Reco:�unendations to council: portion of Tforris T. Baker Park. One item of 1 . Approval after study concern to the City is the plan to connect one 2. Release from pub�ic spur of the trail by permittin bicycle and libility on road pedestrian travel along 1250 ' �approximately) of Starkey Road, a road within and maintained by Orono. A second concern is the proposed filling along Highway 12 of a portion of the swampy low ground near the outlet of Lake Katrina (aka Rice Lake) to acc � � odate another portion of the bike trail. In view of the advantages of ex- tending bicycle trails connected to existing and proposed trails in Orono, the following recommenda- tion is made to the council: Motion by Berglund, seconded by Erger: "It is recommended to the Orono City Council that every effort be made to support the Hennepin County Park Reserve District in its endeavor to construct bike trails in Morris Baker Park, including the connecting spurs on non-park property, provided: 1 . Approval based on thorough study is received from the city engineer, and 2. Some type of release from public liability for that portion of the trail along the public road be secured from the park reserve district. " Motion unanimously passed. Mr. Bruce Dayton, and his attorney, Irlr. Louis DAYTON PROPERTY DONATED FOR Oberhauser, appeared before the commission to PITBLIC BEACH & PARK AT LONG discuss Tflr. Dayton' s proposed donation of a LAI� LAKESHORE certain parcel of Long Lake lakeshore and approx- 1 . Strictly public imately 10 acres to Orono for a public beach and 2. Disposition of two park. Two considerations are foremost in the homes on property donor ' s stipulations regarding the property, namely: 3. Future donation of 1 . Its use as a public facility shall not property - Peterson be limited to persons for any reason re- lated to place of residence, race, or creed. 2. A home now situated at the corner of Old Long Lake Road and East Long Lake Road which is being given to the Spring. Hill Conference Center, be permitted a nariance to Orono zoning ordinances (2-acre min. ) so that a logical property division can be made, giving the city the maximtun land possible for park purposes. The house property would retain approximately 80,000 square feet in area. The second house on this property, situated -2- � � � I�GULA� i�tcLTIi'1G OF T�iE PARK COi•�i�ISSIOIv HELD APRIL l�., 197�i : near tne lake, would have to be razed. CONTIIv�[TATION: DAYTON PARK T�ne Par� Commission, pending the actual transfer of this property, has not proposed definite plans for it; however, the po�ential as a lake access, swi:rnning beach, bird sanctuary, picnic grounds and general park has been discussed. Specific . planning for the use of the property could be undertaken immediately upon it ' s transfer. I�Iotion by Kelley, seconded by Berglund, to recommend to the city that this property be accepted, transfer to be affected as soon as possible, and that Mr. Dayton' s stipulations be considered as acceptable to the Park Commission and the City. Passed unanimously. The property adjacent to the Dayton property will eventually be deeded b9 it 's owner, Mr. Clark Peterson, to the City of Long Lake, with similar purposes intended by the donor. Joint planning and operation of the two properties is a natural and practical possibility. ifir. Dayton expressed the desire that this park be desi�nated as something other than "Dayton Park . Chairman Tomlinson expressed interest in setting SUB-COMMITTIES TO STUDY: up some two or three person sub-corimittees to 1 . Beaches & Waterfront specifically study and monitor major concerns of Properties the commission, namely: 2. Trails 1 . Beaches and waterfront properties 3. Recreational Programs 2. Trails - . L�.. Etc. 3. Recreational programs 1�. Any others which are appropriate. Further discussion of this idea will take place at our next meeting. The meeting was ad journed. ADJDURNT�iENT Respectfully Submitted, Lee E. Tomlinson Chairman AT1^kCH: Letter from Louis Oberhauser E�tCLOSIIRE: LETTER FROM NR. OB�RHAUSER, MR. DAYTONiS AT`i'0 RNEY -3- � GRATHWOL, PLOETZ, OBERHAUSER � THOMPSON ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW 1421 E.WAYZATA BOULEVARD-SUITE 210 O�NEILL J. GGiATHWOL �eob-ia�a WAYZATA, MINNESOTA 55391 RAVMOND C. PLOETZ JRMES N,GRATNWOL (�j12� 475-2qOl LOUIS B.pBERHAUSER GARYA.THOMPSON ROBERT K. RANDALL J04NNE TMATCMER SWANSON March 30, 1978 Orono Park Commission P.O. Box 66 Crystal Bay, Minnesota 55323 Re: Bruce Dayton Our File 6038-1 Gentlemen: Mr. Dayton in the past has e�ressed his wishes to convey to the City of Orono for park purposes a certain parcel of land on the Southeast side of Long Lake. You have an actual description of the land that Mr. Dayton would like to dedicate. It is my understanding that tfie parties who own tfie land immediately to the West of the land owned by Mr. Dayton also desires to dedicate his land to the City of Long Lake far park purposes. The egact status of this dedica- tion is not known to the undersigned, but I am providing you this information for background purposes. Mr. Dayton proposes an outright gift of the property to the City. This out- right gift to the City will contain the necessary provisions to insure that the land will be used for park purposes and that the area will be open to the general public without restrictions as to area of residency race or creed. I would like you to make an affirmative decision that the land is (1) desireable for park purposes, (2) that the City will accept the land for park purposes, and (3) that the acceptance would be for the general use of the public at large, sub- ject to those restrictions that the City feels are necessary for the preservation of public health and safety, and are to be uniformily applied to the public at large. The exact wording of the deed and the reservation clause can be worked out between our office and the City Attorney, once we have obtained Park Commission concurrence in the desireability of obtaining this land for park purposes. Mr. Dayton would like to give as much land as possible to the City for park J k" •'' � Orono Park Commission March 20, 1978 Page 2 purposes and in subdividing the house from the land to be given for park purposes would like to establish the division line on the slope which forms a natural dividing line between the house and the land suitable for park purposes. This would result in a less than two acre parcel being retained by the home, but since the house is surrounded by park land this variance from the current zoning law probably does not establish any precedent which would be detrimental to the long range plans of the City. Sincerely, �,-�;",�" .,,��,� ` .�'`��; ! � � y� ,.,,-�-�-o._...�,,.,,� _ LOII�S B. OBERHAUSER LBO:vl cc: Mr. Bruce Dayton