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Home My WebLink About06-20-2022 Parks and Trails Packet Page 1 of 8 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 2 of 8 1 Page 3 of 8 Page 4 of 8 2 2022 Park Walkthrough Notes Item #Item Name /TopicParkShort Description Add a trash can to the SOUTH side of Park near the Cover Park has one (1) external trash can near the shelter. 1Cover playground areaConsider addding another near the playground on the south side. Add a trash can to the trail entrance from Phil's Terra 2OPCPAs described. Parking lot leading to Oak Park Crossing Park. 3Replace faded tril mapsTrailsSome trail maps are faded. Replace faded trail maps with new. 4Replace poor quality trail segmentsTrailsSome trail segments need repair or replacement. The shelter is well maintained, but is showing its age. Plan for 5Replace the main Brekke Park ShelterBrekke replacement. Valley The shelter is well maintained, but is showing its age. Plan for 6Replace the Main Valley View shelter Viewreplacement. Some playgrounds are missing woodchips under Valley playgrounds need mulch. Mulching playgrounds is done on a 7 swings.viewrotational basis. Sinage needs to be consistant at all trail entry points convaying 8Add rule sinage related to dogsTrails rules related to dogs. At least sinage re: leashing and dog waste. 9Add more trash cans to trail entry pointsTrailsAdd more trash cans to trail entrances. What is a motor vehicle? Are some allowed, and not others? 10Clarify policy on "No Motor Vehicles" TrailsClarify the policy on not allowing unauthorized motor vehicles on the trails. Add staircase to from Phil's Terra parking lot to Oak 11OPCP Park Crossing Park Play area. The City once had a trash can on the east side of the VV bridge 12Replace missing trash cans near VV bridge (east side)Trailscrossing Perro Creek. The can was removed due to damage (Hit by a plow). This was discussed in detail by past park commissions. The estimated cost to build several years back was $200K. There may 13Add a splash pad to Oak Park Crossing ParkOPCP be additional requirements to build a shelter with restrooms if the park has a water feature. Some benches always have bird droppings on the seat. The request is for PW to clean the bird droppings off of the benches. 14Maintain existing benches /CleanOPCP This is complete on a periodic basis, but could be done more frequently. Add a permanent park shelter to Oak Park Crossing 15OPCPAdd a permanent shelter with restrooms. Park Valley 16Add a permanent bike rack to Valley View ParkNew bike rack ordered. PW will install when it arrives. View Valley Would need to get new estimates, however ~ 10 years ago the 17Replace Fence along VV park border Viewcost was $75K to do both VV and Swager. Valley Expand the shelter area at Valley View. Could be an open concrete 18Add on to the VV shelter area Viewpad joining the pad under the roof. 19Replace the Hockey BoardsBrekkeBoards are old and rotting. Replace the hockey boards. Lines are painted, but there are no nets at Brekke. PW staff is 20Add Temporary pickelball netsBrekkepricing temporary nets. Also included sign stating pickelball nets available for use - contact City Hall. Metal play structur conducts electricity from overhead high Replace Play Equipment at Swager Park with "Rope" 21Swagervoltage power lines. This is currently on PW project list. Park type play structure. commission will see proposals soon. Would need to get new estimates, however ~ 10 years ago the 22Replace the fence at Swager.Swager cost was $75K to do both VV and Swager. Add a child height basketball hoop to the court at A lower backboard and net could encourage younger children to 23 Swageruse the court. Add ornimental grasses around park shelter and mulch Autumn This is standard park maintenance and will be completed in house 24the south side of the building where heat from sun Hills by PW staff. bakes grass. Snow build up and ice dams slide off the roof and cause damage to Autumn the gutters each year. Adding snow stops helps. This is a 25Add snow stops to roof Hills MAINTENANCE item and willl be completed eventually using operational funding. Page 5 of 8 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 6 of 8 3 neiljamesswenson@hotmail.com City of Oak Park Heights Ms. Jennifer Pinski June 15, 2022 Dear Ms. Pinski: I hope you and the commissioners found our meeting at Crossing Park helpful. We appreciated the opportunity to answer your questions. This letter is intended to clarify some concerns and to share some additional information. These points include: 1.The beginners skills park would ƓƚƷ be extensively used by the Stillwater Mountain Bike Team. The typical person to use the park would be someone with less than one year of mountain biking experience. Locating the skills park by the playground allows families to participate in both activities. ŷźƭ źƭ źƓƷĻƓķĻķ Ʒƚ ĬĻ ğ ĭƚƒƒǒƓźƷǤ ƦğƩƉ͵ 2.Locating the skills park by the Valley View mountain bike trail is synergistic with both activities. On a recent trip to Carver, we noticed about ½ of the riders warmed up on the skills park before riding the trails. In addition, mastering a beginners skills park should allow more riders the confidence to ride the 3.4 miles of trails at Valley View. 3.I have never noticed objectionable noises coming from a skills park. Generally, the features make the rider concentrate on biking and developing skills. 4.In todays world, biking and driving etiquette are lacking by some bikers and drivers. There is room for improvement in many riders and drivers. Improving community relations is a job that the coaches take very seriously. Most of our riders do not possess drivers licenses and we are the introduction to the rules of the road. The annual training that the coaches are required to take does stress following laws and utilizing trail etiquette. In addition, the rider to coach ratio is controlled at a maximum of six riders per coach. Generally, the ratio of riders to coaches will be 1:4. This is done to enhance safety and allow for coaching of the riders. 5.For training on the proper way to ride features, we could provide a YouTube link that shows the proper techniques to ride each feature. A sign with a link to either YouTube or the citys site would need to be created. 6.More details of the course layout and features can be shared as requested. A Mountain Bike Skills Park would get more people outside recreating in Oak Park Heights and would enhance Crossing Park. Please let me know if you have any more questions that we can answer. I also would be happy to help lead a tour to some of the other sites that have skills parks. Regards, Neil Swenson Page 7 of 8 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 8 of 8