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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025.05.12 CCP REGULARCITY COUNCIL MEETING City Hall Council Chambers May 12, 2025 AGENDA 1. Call to Order - 7:00 p.m. Attendees please turn off cell phones and pages during the meeting. A copy of the full meeting packet is available in the binder at the entrance to the Council Chambers. 2. Roll Call 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Informal Open Forum This is an opportunity for the public to address the City Council on items that are not on the agenda. It is limited to 15 minutes. It may not be used to make personal attacks, air personal grievances, make political endorsements, or for political campaign purposes. Council Members will not enter into a dialogue with the presenter. Questions from the Council will be for clarification purposes only. It will not be used as a time for problem- solving or reacting to the comments made but for hearing the presenter for informational purposes only. The first call will be for those that have notified the Clerk that they would like to speak during the open forum and then ask if anyone connected to this meeting would like to speak. When called upon, please indicate your name and then proceed. Please be sure to state your name before speaking. a. Meeting Decorum 5. Invocation - Graves 6. Approval of Agenda and Consent Agenda These items are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There isn't a separate discussion for these items unless a Councilmember so requests, then it is moved to the end of the Council Consideration Items. a. Approval of Licenses b. Home Rehabilitation Program Guidelines c. Resolution Appointing Brooklyn Center Staff Representative to the Executive Committee and/or Board of Directors for the Northwest Suburbs Cable Communications Commission 7. Presentations/Proclamations/Recognitions/Donations a. Hennepin County Attorney's Office Update b. Resolution Recognizing May 11 through May 17, 2025 as Police Week and May 15, 2025 as Police Officers Memorial Day c. Proclamation Recognizing May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month d. Resolution Declaring May 18-24, 2025, National Public Works Week in the City Page 1 of 395 of Brooklyn Center e. Fire Department Annual Update 8. Public Hearings a. An Ordinance Adding A New Section to Chapter 33 of the Brooklyn Center City Code of Ordinances Regarding the Establishment of a Local Housing Trust Fund b. Public Hearing and Consideration of Nonrenewal of the Hospitality License for Baymont Inn & Suites, 2050 Freeway Blvd 9. Planning Commission Items 10. Council Consideration Items a. Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan 11. Council Report 12. Adjournment Page 2 of 395 COUNCIL MEETING DECORUM To ensure meetings are conducted in a professional and courteous manner which enables the orderly conduct of business, all persons in attendance or who participate in such meetings shall conduct themselves in a manner that does not interfere with the ability of others to observe and, when allowed, to participate without disruption or fear of intimidation. A. Decorum. Persons who attend meetings must avoid conduct that disrupts, interferes with, or disturbs the orderly conduct of the meeting or the ability of other attendees to observe and participate as appropriate. To that end, persons who attend meetings are subject to the following: (1) Members of the public may only speak during meetings when allowed under Council Rules and only after being recognized by the presiding officer. The presiding officer may establish time limits for the acceptance of public comments or testimony. (2) Public comments or testimony must be addressed to the presiding officer and not to other Council Members, staff, or others in attendance. (3) All elected officials shall be referred to by their proper title and surname. (4) Public comments should avoid personal accusations, profanity, or other improper content for a public meeting. (5) Intimidating behaviors, threats of hostility, or actual violence are disallowed. (6) Audible demonstrations intended to disrupt the meeting should be avoided, including stomping of feet, snapping of fingers, clapping of hands, and other conduct that may be intimidating or threatening to others. (7) Holding, displaying, or placing banners, signs, objects, or other materials in any way that endangers others, prevents the free flow of individuals within the chamber, or obstructs or prevents the viewing of the meeting by others is not allowed. B. The presiding officer shall request any person(s) who disrupt, interfere with or disturb the orderly conduct of a meeting to cease the conduct and, as necessary, shall issue an oral warning to the individual(s) found to be in violation. If the individual(s) persists in disrupting, interfering with, or disturbing the meeting, the presiding officer may have the individual(s) removed or, under appropriate circumstances, temporarily clear the gallery. If for any reason the presiding officer fails to take such action, a majority vote may be substituted for action by the presiding officer to maintain order and decorum over the proceedings. C. The Council Chambers capacity is 76 persons per fire code. Page 3 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: Shannon Pettit, Deputy City Clerk THROUGH: Daren Nyquist, Deputy City Manager BY: Shannon Pettit, Deputy City Clerk SUBJECT: Approval of Licenses Requested Council Action: - Motion to approve the licenses as presented. Background: The following businesses/persons have applied for City licenses as noted. Each business/person has fulfilled the requirements of the City Ordinance governing respective licenses, submitted appropriate applications, and paid proper fees. Applicants for rental dwelling licenses are in compliance with Chapter 12 of the City Code of Ordinances unless comments are noted below the property address on the attached rental report. Mechanical Anderson’s Residential Heating & A/C 1628 County Rd 10, #34, Spring Lake Park 55432 Associated Mechanical 1257 Marschall Rd, Shakopee 55379 B & D Plbg, Htg & A/C 12821 44th Court NE, Ste 100, St. Michael 55376 Blue Ox Heating and Air 5720 International Park, New Hope 55428 Daikin Applied Americas Inc. 13600 Industrial Park Blvd Minneapolis 55441 Forced Air Inc./Wenzel Heating & Air 4145 Old Sibley Hwy, Eagan 55122 Horwitz, LLC 7400 49th Ave N, New Hope 55428 Kraft Contracting LLC 2330 Ventura Drive, Suite 100, Woodbury 55125 Mavo Systems, LLC 4330 Centerville Rd, White Bear Lake 55127 Metro Heating and Cooling 1220 Cope Ave E, Maplewood 55109 Mr. Rooter 5155 East River Rd, 418, Fridley 55421 Northern Heating & A/C Inc. 9431 Alpine Drive NW, Ramsey 55303 Northern Plumbing & Softening 7401 Central Ave NE, Fridley 55432 Stafford Home Service 6225 Cambridge Street, St. Louis Park 55416 Vector Services, LLC Page 4 of 395 9210 Wyoming Ave N, Suite 255, Brooklyn Park 55445 Yale Mechanical 220 W 81st Street, Bloomington 55420 Sign Hanger’s Indigo Signworks, Inc. 4133 Iowa St., Ste 100, Alexandria 56308 Scenic Sign Company PO Box 881, St. Cloud 56302 Budget Issues: Inclusive Community Engagement: Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: 1. Rental Criteria 2. For Council Approval 5.12.25 FOR COUNCIL 4.15 to 4.29 Page 5 of 395 Page 2 of 2 b.Police Service Calls. Police call rates will be based on the average number of valid police calls per unit per year. Police incidences for purposes of determining licensing categories shall include disorderly activities and nuisances as defined in Section 12-911, and events categorized as Part I crimes in the Uniform Crime Reporting System including homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, auto theft and arson. Calls will not be counted for purposes of determining licensing categories where the victim and suspect are “Family or household members” as defined in the Domestic Abuse Act, Minnesota Statutes, Section 518B.01, Subd. 2 (b) and where there is a report of “Domestic Abuse” as defined in the Domestic Abuse Act, Minnesota Statutes, Section 518B.01, Subd. 2 (a). License Category Number of Units Validated Calls for Disorderly Conduct Service & Part I Crimes (Calls Per Unit/Year) No Category Impact 1-2 0-1 3-4 units 0-0.25 5 or more units 0-0.35 Decrease 1 Category 1-2 Greater than 1 but not more than 3 3-4 units Greater than 0.25 but not more than 1 5 or more units Greater than 0.35 but not more than 0.50 Decrease 2 Categories 1-2 Greater than 3 3-4 units Greater than 1 5 or more units Greater than 0.50 Property Code and Nuisance Violations Criteria License Category (Based on Property Code Only) Number of Units Property Code Violations per Inspected Unit Type I – 3 Year 1-2 units 0-2 3+ units 0-0.75 Type II – 2 Year 1-2 units Greater than 2 but not more than 5 3+ units Greater than 0.75 but not more than 1.5 Type III – 1 Year 1-2 units Greater than 5 but not more than 9 3+ units Greater than 1.5 but not more than 3 Type IV – 6 Months 1-2 units Greater than 9 3+ units Greater than 3 Page 6 of 395 Location Address License Subtype Renewal/Initial Owner Property Code Violations License Type Police CFS* Final License Type** Previous License Type*** Consecutive Type IV's 4307 66th Ave N Single Initial CAG MINNESOTA FUND II LLC 7 Type III N/A Type III N/A N/A 5814 Ewing Ave N Single Initial C D Cornish & C K Spencer 6 Type III N/A Type III N/A N/A 1300 67th Ave N Multiple Family 5 Bldgs 90 Units Renewal R & E Anda Family Prop Llc Met Requirements 148 = 1.64 per unit Type III 0 Type III Type III N/A 4811 Lakeview Ave N Multiple Family 1 Bldg 4 Units Renewal Eileen Booker 24 = 6 per unit Type IV 0 Type IV Type II 0 5240 Drew Ave N Multiple Family 1 Bldtg 10 Units Renewal Cantlin Lake Properties 4 Type II 0 Type II Type II N/A 4013 65th Ave N Single Renewal Gao Qiang Liu Met Requirements 1 Type I 0 Type I Type III N/A 5160 Drew Ave N Single Renewal Lancelot Properties Llc 1 Type I 0 Type I Type II N/A 5332 Morgan Ave N Single Renewal JMW Investments LLC Met Requirements 4 Type II 0 Type II Type III N/A 6831 Drew Ave N Single Renewal David A Gardner Met Requirements 0 Type I 0 Type I Type IV N/A 6919 France Ave N Single Renewal Benjamin P A Hermantin Et Al Met Requirements 2 Type I 0 Type I Type III N/A *CFS = Calls for service for renewal licenses only (Initial licenses are not applicable to CFS and will be listed as N/A) **License type being issued ***Initial licenses will not show a Type I = 3 year, Type II = 2 year, Type I = 1 year, Type IV = 6 months All properties are current on City utilities and taxes Rental Licenses for Council Approval 5.12.25 Page 7 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: THROUGH: BY: Jesse Anderson, Community Development Director SUBJECT: Home Rehabilitation Program Guidelines Requested Council Action: Motion to approve the Brooklyn Center Rehabilitation Loan Program Guidelines Background: At the February 24, 2025, City Council Worksession, the City Council discussed options regarding the 2024 Local Affordable Housing Assistance funds. The Council supported using the 2024 funds to develop a program similar to the Hennepin County Rehabilitation program, due to the extensive waitlist. In 2023, the Minnesota Legislature established the LAHA program, which is funded through a Metro Area Sales and Use Tax for Housing. The program aims to address housing challenges by providing building or rehabilitating affordable housing, reducing homeownership disparities, and supporting nonprofit affordable housing owners and developers. Brooklyn Center has been awarded $188,983.33 in LAHA funds and is expected to receive a higher amount in 2025. Staff is providing guidelines using the funds to implement a new home improvement program to address the backlog of homeowners on the waitlist for the existing Home Repair Program. The draft guidelines for the program offer 0% interest deferred loans from $5,000 to $25,000 for 15 years to owner-occupants of 1-4 unit properties in Brooklyn Center, with 100% loan forgiveness if the borrower occupies the property for the entire loan term. Eligible improvements include most permanent interior/exterior projects, but exclude luxury items and work started before loan approval. Borrowers must be US legal residents with income at or below 80% AMI and are responsible for closing costs and a 1% origination fee. Budget Issues: Inclusive Community Engagement: Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: Page 8 of 395 Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: 1. 2-24-2025 Worksession Memo 2. Guidelines Page 9 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 2/24/2025 TO: Council/EDA Work Session FROM: Jesse Anderson, Community Development Director THROUGH: BY: Jesse Anderson, Community Development Director SUBJECT: Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA) Program Options Requested Council Action: Provide direction to City Staff regarding the use of Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA) funds. Background: Overview In 2023, the Minnesota Legislature established the Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA) program, funded through a Metro Area Sales and Use Tax for Housing. This new program aims to address housing challenges by providing emergency rental assistance, building or rehabilitating affordable housing, reducing homeownership disparities, and supporting nonprofit affordable housing owners and developers. For Hennepin County, the sales tax is expected to generate approximately $20 million annually. The first allocations arrived in late-2024. Brooklyn Center has been awarded $188,983.33 in LAHA funds. Staff have reviewed options for the LAHA funds and anticipates a higher amount to be received in 2025, but that amount has yet to be determined. Brooklyn Center is home to an aging housing stock, much of which requires significant maintenance and repairs to ensure safety, functionality, and long-term value. To address these needs, the City currently offers a Home Repair Program administered by Hennepin County using Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. However, the program has close to 400 homeowners on a waitlist, highlighting a substantial unmet demand for repair assistance. To help address this backlog and support housing stability, staff proposes utilizing the $188,983.33 in 2024 Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA) funds to implement a new home improvement program. This initiative would provide additional resources to homeowners on the current waitlist while ensuring the preservation and improvement of Brooklyn Center’s housing stock. Currently, the city contracts with Center for Energy and Environment(CEE) for the low interest home rehab loan program. That program buys down the interest rate on the MHFA fix up fund loan program. Staff can utilize CEE to create another program similar to Hennepin County’s rehab program. The program would be a streamlined version due to there not being federal requirements. The 2025 allocation is anticipated to be higher than 2025, as more information is available, staff will work explore options for future funding. Future funding could potentially be used for a future housing project or transferred into a housing trust fund. Page 10 of 395 Staff have reviewed housing improvement programs from other cities to explore options. Fridley’s Programs 1. Home Improvement Loan Program • Purpose: Assist homeowners with permanent interior and exterior repairs. • Loan Amount: $1,000 to $50,000. • Interest Rate: 2%. • Eligibility: Owner-occupied 1–4 unit homes, including townhomes and condos. 2. Mobile Home Improvement Loan Program • Purpose: Provide funding for repairs to mobile homes. • Loan Amount: $500 to $10,000. • Interest Rate: 2%. • Eligibility: Owner-occupied mobile homes within Fridley. 3. Senior Deferred Loan Program • Purpose: Support homeowners aged 62+ with deferred loans for home repairs. • Loan Amount: $5,000 to $20,000. • Interest Rate: 0%. • Repayment: Forgiven after 30 years if the property remains owner-occupied. 4. Home Betterment Deferred Loan • Purpose: Assist low- to moderate-income homeowners with repairs and improvements. • Loan Amount: $5,000 to $20,000. • Interest Rate: 0%. • Repayment: Forgiven after 30 years if the property remains owner-occupied. 5. Emergency Deferred Loan Program • Purpose: Address urgent repairs to ensure safety and habitability. • Loan Amount: $500 to $10,000. • Interest Rate: 0%. • Repayment: Forgiven after 30 years if the property remains owner-occupied. Page 11 of 395 6. Down Payment/Closing Cost Assistance • Purpose: Assist first-time homebuyers with purchasing a home. • Loan Amount: $5,000–$10,000, depending on income level. • Interest Rate: 0%. • Repayment: Forgiven after 30 years if the property remains owner-occupied. 7. Multi-Family Improvement Loan • Purpose: Fund improvements for small multi-family properties (1–12 units). • Loan Amount: $5,000 to $50,000. • Interest Rate: 2%. • Eligibility: Properties must comply with Fridley’s rental housing licensing ordinance. Coon Rapids Programs 1. Coon Rapids Home Improvement Loan • Interest Rate: 3% for income ≤80% AMI; 5% for income >80% AMI. • Loan Amount: $2,000 to $50,000. • Term: 1 year per $1,000 borrowed, up to 20 years. • Eligibility: 1-4 unit owner-occupied properties; no income limit. • Use of Funds: Permanent property improvements; excludes luxury or recreation projects. • Special Requirements: Loans secured with a mortgage; credit and income verification required. 2. Coon Rapids Deferred Loan • Interest Rate: 0%. • Loan Amount: $1,000 to $15,000. • Term: Deferred until the property is sold, title transferred, or no longer occupied by the borrower. • Eligibility: Owner-occupied properties with income ≤60% AMI. • Use of Funds: Repairs to meet safety, energy efficiency, or building codes. 3. Emergency Repair Deferred Loan • Interest Rate: 0%. • Loan Amount: $1,000 to $10,000. Page 12 of 395 • Term: Deferred until the property is sold, title transferred, or no longer occupied. • Eligibility: For emergencies like structural issues or utility failures; no income limit. • Use of Funds: Address emergencies affecting habitability or safety. 4. Home for Generations II Loan • Interest Rate: 3% for income ≤80% AMI; 5% for income >80% AMI. • Loan Amount: $2,000 to $50,000 (minimum project cost $35,000). • Term: 1 year per $1,000 borrowed, up to 20 years. • Eligibility: Single-family owner-occupied homes at least 20 years old. • Use of Funds: Major renovations or additions that modernize or enhance property value. 5. CenterPoint Energy On-Bill Repayment Program • Interest Rate: Matches CEE's EZPAY Loan Program. • Loan Amount: Up to $10,000. • Term: Up to 5 years. • Eligibility: 1-4 unit owner-occupied properties that are CenterPoint Energy customers. • Use of Funds: Energy efficiency improvements like insulation, HVAC upgrades, and water heaters. 6. Down Payment/Closing Cost Assistance • Interest Rate: 0%. • Loan Amount: Up to $5,000. • Term: Deferred until the property is sold, title transferred, or no longer occupied. • Eligibility: First-time homebuyers with income ≤110% AMI. • Use of Funds: Down payment or closing costs for purchasing a home. Brooklyn Center's Current Programs: Hennepin County CDBG Funded Rehab Program Summary This program is federally funded with CDBG funding. Brooklyn Center’s waitlist is close to 400 households long. Loan Details: • Loans up to $30,000 for home repairs and maintenance • 0% interest, no monthly payments • Loans may be forgiven if the homeowner retains ownership and lives in the home Page 13 of 395 without transferring the title Eligibility: • Household income must meet specific limits: o 1 person: $68,500 o 2 people: $78,250 o 3 people: $88,050, etc. (up to 8 people: $129,100) Eligible Repairs: • Plumbing, electrical, painting, windows, doors, siding, roofing, flooring, and accessibility improvements, among others addressing health, safety, and maintenance. Non-Eligible Repairs: • Landscaping, additions, hot tubs, pools, and demolition. Brooklyn Centers Low Interest Fix up Fund Program • Loan Features: o Interest Rate: 3% fixed o Loan Term: 1 year per $1,000 borrowed, up to a maximum of 20 years o Loan Amount: $2,000 to $50,000 o Loan-to-Value Ratio: Maximum 110% of property value (including half the improvement value) • Eligibility: o Income Limit: $104,000 (adjusted annually by MHFA) o Debt-to-Income Ratio: Must not exceed 48% o Credit Requirements: Minimum score of 620, no recent mortgage delinquencies, and no outstanding judgments (except medical) o Eligible Properties: 1-4 unit owner-occupied properties in Brooklyn Center; excludes trusts, commercial properties, and manufactured homes o Eligible Borrowers: U.S. legal residents (ITINs not accepted) • Eligible Uses: o Repairs and improvements aligned with MHFA guidelines, including energy efficiency upgrades o Sweat equity is allowed for material costs (not labor or equipment rental) • Ineligible Uses: o Recreation/luxury projects (e.g., pools, playgrounds) o Furniture, appliances, and refinancing existing debt Application and Loan Process: • Applications are processed on a first-come, first-served basis Page 14 of 395 • Required documents: application form, income proof, identity proof, and project bids • Loan approval depends on credit history and underwriting review • Borrowers are responsible for a 1% origination fee and closing costs Next Steps If City Council would like staff to move forward with a home rehab forgivable loan program. Staff will work with CEE to develop guidelines and bring back those guidelines for approval. Budget Issues: There are no budgetary considerations. Funding can not be used to replace funding for existing programs. Inclusive Community Engagement: Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: 1. FAQs for LAHA and SAHA_03192024 (2) 2. 2025-local-affordable-housing-aid-preliminary-distribution-factors-summary 3. Coon Rapids Example 4. Fridley Example Page 15 of 395 1 Local and Statewide Affordable Housing Aid Frequently Asked Questions In 2023, the Minnesota Legislature authorized aid payments to counties, cities and Tribal Nations and in 2024 the legislature adopted changes to the aid programs. The goal is to fund affordable housing projects and help organizations provide affordable and supportive housing. Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA) is aid to metropolitan local governments of seven counties and 63 cities. LAHA is funded through a new dedicated sales tax in the seven-county metropolitan area. As sales taxes will vary, the amount of LAHA distributed will also vary. Statewide Affordable Housing Aid (SAHA) is funded by state funds appropriated to the Department of Revenue. All Minnesota counties, Tribal Nations and 37 cities will be eligible to receive this aid. Aid payments are made directly to local governments. In the metro, aid is funded by the sales tax for housing. Statewide, aid is funded by state appropriations. Throughout the document, “housing aid” is used when the response applies to both LAHA and SAHA. The information provided in this document does not constitute legal advice and is sub ject to change. If there are questions regarding how program requirements or criteria apply in specific circumstances, please consult with your own legal counsel. Overview and Requirements Why is there a difference between SAHA and LAHA? The primary differences between LAHA and SAHA are the way they are funded, when funding will be disbursed and to whom. Both aid projects have the same eligible uses and requirements except for market rate housing. This is only available in certain non-metropolitan areas using SAHA. What are the eligible uses of housing aid programs? Qualifying projects for aids payable in 2023 are: June 14, 2024 Page 16 of 395 2 •Emergency rental assistance for households earning less than 80% of area median income (AMI) as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) •Financial support to nonprofit affordable housing providers in their mission to provide safe, dignified, affordable and supportive housing •Development of market rate residential rental properties outside of the metro area if certain conditions are met •Projects designed for the purpose of construction, acquisition, rehabilitation, demolition or removal of existing structures, construction financing, permanent financing, interest rate reduction, refinancing and gap financing of affordable housing For aids payable in 2024, qualifying projects are those listed above plus: •Financing the operations and management of financially distressed residential properties •Funding of supportive services including staffing for supportive housing, which includes financial support to nonprofit services providers and capitalized reserves •Costs of operating emergency shelter facilities, including services For more information, read the complete list of LAHA qualifying projects and SAHA qualifying projects. What is gap financing? Gap financing is the difference between the property costs (including acquisition, demolition, rehabilitation and construction) and •The market value of the property upon sale OR •The amount the target household can afford for housing (based on industry standards and practices) What are the affordability requirements of LAHA and SAHA? Specific income requirements are provided for: •Emergency Rental Assistance o Less than 80% of AMI •Homeownership o At or below 115% of the greater of state or area median income o Priority for those at or below 80% •Rental Housing o At or below 80% of the greater of state or area median income Page 17 of 395 3 o Priority for those at or below 50% State and area median incomes are determined by HUD. While there are no income requirements or income qualification for projects support ing nonprofits, organizations should be providing affordable or supportive h ousing. Some non-metropolitan communities may be eligible to spend aid on market rate developments. There are no income requirements for market rate housing under this category. Are there other requirements if using these funds? Yes. If LAHA or SAHA is used for new construction of a building with more than four units, the building must be constructed, converted or otherwise adapted to include accessibility features, such as sensory-accessible (see subd. 4). Documentation will be required for reporting and compliance. State Agency Roles and Reporting Requirements What roles do the Department of Revenue and Minnesota Housing play in distributing and tracking local housing aid? The Department of Revenue calculates and distributes the amount of aid available to each government. Revenue also accepts applications from eligible Tribal Nations. Minnesota Housing’s statutory role relates to reporting and compliance. First reports are due by December 1, 2025. While not required by the legislation, Minnesota Housing is hiring staff to support housing aid programs with technical assistance and coordination. Does a city, county or Tribe need to apply to receive the funds? For cities and counties there is no application process. Revenue will distribute aid according to statutory requirements. Tribal Nations must apply to receive funds annually. Tribes should work with Revenue to meet this annual requirement. Does a city, county or Tribe need to seek preapproval before spending the funds? No. Approval is not needed before spending funds. However, funds must be used on qualifying projects and expenditures should be documented to avoid repayment or recapture. Will Minnesota Housing be developing a program guide for housing aid? No. Housing aid is not a grant or loan program and is not subject to a program guide. Page 18 of 395 4 Minnesota Housing will support housing aid programs through guidance and staff support. What are the reporting requirements for the funds? Beginning in 2025, housing aid recipients must submit a report to Minnesota Housing every year by December 1. The report must include documentation of: •Certification that the aid recipient will use the aid funds to supplement and not supplant its existing locally-funded housing expenditures •Qualifying projects completed or planned with the funds •Location of unspent funds •Inability to spend on a qualifying project prior to the deadline (if funds deposited into a local housing trust fund) •Accessibility requirements (for project of four or more units) •Relevant resolution and certifications for market rate developments in non-metropolitan communities •Relevant documentation of locally-funded housing expenditures in prior years, including public notice requirements Additional guidance on the report’s format will be provided in the future. Do metropolitan counties need to submit a report for LAHA and one for SAHA? Minnesota Housing is determining if the reports must remain separate. However, if they do, the report format will be the same or substantially similar for LAHA and SAHA. What happens if a city, county or Tribal Nation does not submit a report or does not spend the funds? Reports are due by December 1 every year. The first report is due on December 1, 2025. If the aid recipient fails to submit a report, does not spend funds during the required timeframe, or spends funds on an ineligible project, they must repay the funds. Revenue may also suspend payments to these entities. Detailed information can be found in 477A.35, Subd 6 and 477A.36, Subd. 6. What happens to the aid funds if they are returned or recaptured? If returned, aid funds would be deposited with one or more of Minnesota Housing’s programs. This includes Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP), the Economic Development Page 19 of 395 5 and Housing Challenge Program (Challenge), and the Workforce and Affordable Homeownership Development Program as specified in law. Will Minnesota Housing be monitoring the use of housing aid prior to the reporting deadline for cities and counties? Minnesota Housing will not require reporting prior to December 1, 2025, when the first report is due from cities and counties. However, Minnesota Housing will be checking in with local governments to offer support and track spending progress. Definitions and Clarifications What is a Tier I and a Tier II city? The terms Tier I and Tier II are used to determine cities that will receive aid. A Tier I city is a statutory or home rule charter city that is a city of the first, second or third class. For LAHA, it must be in a metropolitan county. For SAHA, it must not be in a metropolitan county. Read the full definition of cities and classes. A Tier II city is a statutory or home rule charter city that is a city of the fourth class and not located in a metropolitan county (see subd. 4). The bill requires aid be spent on a qualified project. What is the definition of spent? If a project is started but not completed, are the funds considered to be spent? The definition of spent was clarified in 2024 session law. Funds must be committed to a qualifying project by December 31 in the third year following the year the aid was received (for aid received in 2024, this would be December 31, 2027) and expended by December 31 the fourth year after the aid was received. Is SAHA funding from appropriations ongoing? The following table reflects amounts appropriated to SAHA through the fiscal year ending in 2027. The appropriations are set at a base level with one-time increases in the first two years. SAHA Appropriations Fiscal Year Ending 6/30/24 FYE 6/30/2025 FYE 6/30/2026 FYE 2027 and each year after To the 87 counties in Minnesota $ 13,050,000 $ 13,050,000 $ 5,550,000 $ 5,550,000 Page 20 of 395 6 SAHA Appropriations Fiscal Year Ending 6/30/24 FYE 6/30/2025 FYE 6/30/2026 FYE 2027 and each year after To the 37 cities in Greater Minnesota $ 4,500,000 $ 4,500,000 $ 2,000,000 $ 2,000,000 To the 7 eligible Tribal Nations $ 2,700,000 $ 2,700,000 $ 1,200,000 $ 1,200,000 To Minnesota Housing for the Tier II Cities Grants program $ 2,250,000 $ 2,250,000 $ 1,250,000 $ 1,250,000 TOTAL $ 22,500,000 $ 22,500,000 $ 10,000,000 $ 10,000,000 How were the funding allocations determined? Revenue determined allocations based on distribution formulas. For counties and cities, these formulas consider cost -burdened households and total population. For Tribal Nations, funds are distributed to Tribes that apply by the deadline. Will Tier II cities receive a disbursement of SAHA? Tier II cities will not receive a direct disbursement of SAHA. However, the Legislature appropriated $4.5 million for Tier II cities . Funds will be available as grants in the competitive process for a range of rental, homeownership and housing stability activities with a minimum award size of $25,000. Minnesota Housing will be preparing a program guide, a list of eligible Tier II cities and a request for proposals (RFP) in 2024. Qualifying Projects and Expenses What portion of the housing aid funds can be used for staffing costs and administrative costs? Administrative costs and staffing costs are not listed as an eligible project . Therefore, the funds are not able to be used for these costs. If funds are used for Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA), what portion can be used for navigation, services and administration related to ERA provision and programs? Navigation and services related to providing ERA are eligible aid expenses. However, there is no allowance for administrative costs using housing aids. . Page 21 of 395 7 If aid funds are used for demolition or removal of existing structures, does affordable housing need to be constructed on the site? Yes. The expense must be tied to affordable housing for eligible households. Demolition or clearing of land alone, including for speculative or future development of eligible housing, is not an eligible project. Can funds be used for planning activities (soft costs) for new construction and preservation affordable housing projects? Soft costs are only eligible as part of a qualifying project. General or speculative planning activities unrelated to a qualifying project are not an allowed use of funds. Can funds be used for downpayment assistance for homebuyers? Qualifying projects include homeownership projects for income-eligible households. Downpayment assistance may be provided as permanent financing or gap financing, depending on program requirements established by the aid recipient. Can the housing aid funds immediately be deposited into a Local Housing Trust Fund? Funds can be held in a local housing trust fund while recipients determine if a project qualifies. Funds must be spent on a qualifying project by the deadline in statute . Funds remaining in a local housing trust fund past the deadline will only be considered “spent” on a qualifying project if the aid recipient demonstrates that it could not spend funds by the deadline due to factors outside their control. Can funds be transferred to a county or regional Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) if they are spent on qualifying projects? Yes. Funds can be transferred to a county or regional HRA if they are spent on qualifying projects. The original aid recipient is still responsible for all requirements related to the funds, including reporting. Can funds be used for developing new infrastructure, such as utilities and roads, or upgrading existing infrastructure if the infrastructure serves affordable housing? Potentially. The infrastructure would need to be part of a qualifying project. All requirements related to project type, income affordability and other accessible requirements would also need to be met. Speculative site and infrastructure development would not be eligible. Page 22 of 395 8 Infrastructure development or improvement for sites that include development uses not allowed under this aid program would not be eligible. What are some examples of expenditures ineligible for housing aid? Housing aid should be used for projects that create and preserve affordable housing or stabilize the housing of low-income people. This does not include: •Conducting a housing or zoning study •Costs to create a Housing Improvement Area •Staff and services related to general housing quality and licensure, such as code enforcement •Staff and administrative costs for operation of an HRA or county or city housing department •Commercial, industrial or public space development projects •Projects located outside of Minnesota Housing aid received by Greater Minnesota counties, cities and Tribes in 2023 cannot be used for emergency shelter. However, for aid received in 2024 and after, shelter is an eligible project type. If funds are used to support a nonprofit organization, do they need to be tracked to qualifying projects? Housing aid can be used to provide financial support to a nonprofit affordable housing provider in their mission to provide safe, dignified, affordable and supportive housing. If aid is used in this manner, providing support to the eligible nonprofit is the qualifying project. The aid recipient should document that the funds were used to support the organization’s mission. Can a county or city use other state or federal funding as part of a development fin ancing package that includes housing aid funds? Yes. State and federal funding can be used as a part of the project’s development financing package. If the funds are held in a Local Housing Trust Fund, can they be used as a match in Minnesota Housing’s Local Housing Trust Funds Matching Grants program? No. Housing aid cannot be used as matching funds in the Local Housing Trust Fund Grants program. Only new public revenue, defined as local income committed to the Local Housing Trust Fund on or after June 29, 2021, can be used as matching funds. Can a county use its funds within cities that have also received hous ing aid? Yes. Counties can spend the funds on qualifying projects anywhere in the county, including cities that directly receive aid. Regional collaboration is encouraged to maximize the aid’s impact. Page 23 of 395 9 A county receiving aid should consult with the cities where projects are planned (see subd. 7). Can aid funds be used to reimburse prior expenditures on eligible projects? No. An aid recipient may not use aid money to reimburse itself for prior expenditures. Will the aid funds trigger other state funding requirements, such as prevailing wage? For questions on labor and wage requirements, contact the Department of Labor and Industry. For questions on the use of sales tax proceeds, contact the Department of Revenue. Page 24 of 395 Minnesota Revenue, Property Tax Division Rev. 07/2024 Summary of Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA) Preliminary Distributions Factors Certified for 2025 The annual appropriation for Local Affordable Housing Aid comes from a sales and use tax imposed within metropolitan counties as defined in Minnesota Statutes, section 473.121, subdivision 4. The counties are Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington. These counties and the cities with a population over 10,000 within these counties are eligible to receive aid. Proceeds from the sales and use tax will be deposited in the Housing Assistance Fund and distributed as follows: • 25% to the metropolitan city aid account • 50% to the metropolitan county aid account • 25% to the state rent assistance account Note: The amount distributed to the state rent assistance account is separate from the Local Affordable Housing Aid program and administered by the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. This summary is for the preliminary distributions factors that must be certified by August 1 of the year prior to aid payment. The distribution factors are preliminary because at the time aid is calculated in June 2025, the factors will be updated to use the data available as of May 1, 2025. Aid amounts will be calculated using the account balances as of June 1, 2025, and posted before the first-half payment is made on July 20, 2025. 2024 Law Changes Local Affordable Housing Aid was created by the 2023 Legislature and was amended by the 2024 Legislature. Amendments by the 2024 Legislature included: • Adding a definition of locally funded housing expenditures to include use of unrestricted local government money on a wide variety of housing-related expenditures. • Amending use of proceeds by adding the funding of operations and supportive services to the list of projects on which the aid may be spent, including costs of operating an emergency shelter, transitional housing, supportive housing, or publicly owned housing. • Amending qualifying projects by deeming funds committed to a project within three years of receipt as spent for the purpose of the three-year spending deadline, provided that the funds are expended in the following year. Requiring of reports to Minnesota Housing of current expenditures and cuts to those expenditures • Requiring that aid recipients must commit to using the aid to supplement, not supplant, their existing locally funded housing budgets. Local governments must also report to Minnesota Housing on their locally funded housing expenditures and any cuts to those expenditures. • Beginning with aid paid in 2025, requiring Minnesota Housing to notify the Department of Revenue if an aid recipient fails to meet the requirements of the new Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 477A.35, subdivision 5a. If that happens, the aid recipient must repay the aid they received to the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, which is the same consequence for using funds for a project that does not qualify. The Department of Revenue must stop aid payments upon the aid recipient’s request. Page 25 of 395 Minnesota Revenue, Property Tax Division Rev. 07/2024 Counties The county distribution factor is the number of households in a county that are cost-burdened divided by the total cost-burdened households in the seven metropolitan counties. A “cost-burdened household” is one in which the gross rent is 30 percent or more of household income or in which homeownership costs are 30 percent or more of household income. For 2025 preliminary distribution factors, the data used was used the most recent estimates provided by the American Community Survey of the United States Census Bureau as of May 1, 2024. This was the five-year estimate ending in 2022 from Table DP04, Selected Housing Characteristics, as accessed at https://data.census.gov/table?q=DP04&tid=ACSDP5Y2022.DP04 and then filtering by Geography > County > Minnesota > All Counties in Minnesota. The characteristics used were: • Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Housing Units with a Mortgage, 30.0% to 34.9% • Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Housing Units with a Mortgage, 35.0% or more • Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Housing Units without a Mortgage, 30.0% to 34.9% • Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Housing Units without a mortgage, 35.0% or more • Gross Rent as a Percentage of Housing Income, Occupied Units Paying Rent, 30.0% to 34.9% • Gross Rent as a Percentage of Housing Income, Occupied Units Paying Rent, 35.0% or more% Cities The city distribution factor is the number of households in a city that are cost-burdened divided by the total cost-burdened households in eligible cities. A “cost-burdened household” is one in which the gross rent is 30 percent or more of household income or in which homeownership costs are 30 percent or more of household income. For 2025 preliminary distribution factors, the data used was used the most recent estimates provided by the American Community Survey of the United States Census Bureau as of May 1, 2024. This was the five-year estimate ending in 2022 from Table DP04, Selected Housing Characteristics, as accessed at https://data.census.gov/table?q=DP04&tid=ACSDP5Y2022.DP04 and then filtering by Geography > Place > Minnesota > All Places in Minnesota. The characteristics used were: • Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Housing Units with a Mortgage, 30.0% to 34.9% • Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Housing Units with a Mortgage, 35.0% or more • Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Housing Units without a Mortgage, 30.0% to 34.9% • Selected Monthly Owner Costs as a Percentage of Household Income, Housing Units without a mortgage, 35.0% or more • Gross Rent as a Percentage of Housing Income, Occupied Units Paying Rent, 30.0% to 34.9% • Gross Rent as a Percentage of Housing Income, Occupied Units Paying Rent, 35.0% or more% Page 26 of 395 BROOKLYN CENTER REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM GUIDELINES Deferred Loan Interest Rate: 0% Amortization Type: Deferred Loan Amount: Minimum loan is $5,000. Maximum loan is $25,000. Total Project Cost: It is the borrower’s responsibility to obtain the amount of funds necessary to finance the entire cost of the work. In the event the final cost exceeds the original loan amount, the borrower is responsible to provide proof of having funds to pay for the remaining portion. Loan term: 15 years. If the borrower has not sold or transferred title and still occupies the property 15 years from the date of the loan, the loan is 100% forgiven. If the borrower sells or transfers title of the property, or if the property is no longer occupied by the borrower prior to 15 years, the loan is 100% due and payable. Eligible Properties: 1-4 unit owner-occupied properties located within the City of Brooklyn Center. Individual townhomes, twin-homes and condominiums are eligible. Properties held in a Contract for Deed are eligible. Ineligible Properties: Dwellings that are more than 4 units, cooperatives, manufactured homes, properties held in a Trust and properties used for commercial purposes. Eligible Borrowers: All borrowers must be legal residents of the United States. Ineligible Borrowers: Includes, but are not limited to nonresident owners, non-occupant co-borrowers, properties held in the name of a business or Trust. Ownership / Occupancy: Owner-occupied only. Loan- to-Value Ratio: 110% Income Limit: 80% AMI based on household size and Adjusted Gross Income from the most recent Federal Tax Return. If a tax return is not required to be filed, the income will be based on projected gross income. Debt- to-Income Ratio: N/A Page 27 of 395 Multiple Loans per Property/Borrower: Multiple loans on a property are allowed if the outstanding balance does not exceed the program maximum loan amount. Eligible Improvements: Most permanent exterior or interior improvements. Ineligible Improvements: Work initiated prior to the loan being approved and closed, unless due to emergency. Recreation or luxury projects (pools, lawn sprinkler systems, playground equipment, saunas, whirlpools, etc.), furniture, non-permanent appliances (unless part of a full kitchen remodel), and funds for working capital, debt service, homeowner labor or refinancing existing debts are NOT allowed. Bidding: Only 1 bid is required. All contractors must be properly licensed or registered with the MN Department of Labor. Permits must be obtained when required by City ordinance. Sweat Equity: Work may be performed by property owners on a “sweat equity” basis. Loan funds may be used only for the purchase of materials. Loan funds cannot be used to purchase tools/ equipment or compensate for labor. Rental of equipment to complete the project is eligible. Property Inspection: Required. Eligible improvements will be determined through an analysis of the property. A CEE representative will perform the analysis to prioritize eligible improvements. Post Installation Inspection: Properties are subject to a post installation inspection by a CEE representative when a permit is not required. Where a permit is required, the work must be signed-off by a City inspector prior to release of funds. Work Completion: All work must be completed within 120 days of loan closing. Extensions may be granted by CEE. Underwriting Decision: Must be current on all mortgages and property taxes, no outstanding tax liens or in the process of Bankruptcy or Foreclosure. Borrower Fees: Borrower will be responsible for a 1% origination fee, title report, document preparation fee, mortgage filing and service fees, credit report fees and any applicable closing fee. General Program Conditions Application Processing: Loans will be distributed on a first come first serve basis as borrowers qualify. Applicants must provide a completed application package including the following in order to be considered for funding. ➢Completed and signed application form ➢Proof of income ➢Proof of Identity (drivers license, passport, etc.) ➢Bids or estimates for proposed projects. ➢Other miscellaneous documents that may be required. Page 28 of 395 Program Costs: Loan origination, interest subsidy and remodeling advisor visit fees will be paid out of the Program Budget. Loan program marketing efforts will be billed directly to the City of Brooklyn Center and is a separate expense should the city choose to commission CEE for marketing support. Total Project Cost: It is the borrower’s responsibility to obtain the amount of funds necessary to finance the entire cost of the work. In the event the final cost exceeds the original loan amount, the borrower must obtain the additional funds and show verification of the additional funds to be approved for the loan. Disbursement Process: Funds for the MHFA Interest Subsidy Program are disbursed to the borrower(s) after loan closing. Page 29 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: Shannon Pettit, Deputy City Clerk THROUGH: Daren Nyquist, Deputy City Manager BY: Shannon Pettit, Deputy City Clerk SUBJECT: Resolution Appointing Brooklyn Center Staff Representative to the Executive Committee and/or Board of Directors for the Northwest Suburbs Cable Communications Commission Requested Council Action: - motion to approve a Resolution Appointing Brooklyn Center Staff Representative to the Executive Committee and/or Board of Directors for the Northwest Suburbs Cable Communications Commission Background: Budget Issues: Inclusive Community Engagement: Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: 1. Northwest Cable Communications Commission Reappointment Page 30 of 395 CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER Member _______ introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 2025- RESOLUTION APPOINTING BROOKLYN CENTER STAFF REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND/OR BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR NORTHWEST SUBURBS CABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center entered into a Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the establishment of the Northwest Suburbs Cable Communications Commission on September 24, 1979, and Article VI, Section 1, of the joint powers agreement states that the City Council of a member appoints Commissioners; and WHEREAS, the appointed staff representative will be Joe Cardoza, Brooklyn Center Communications Manager; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, to approve the appointment of a Brooklyn Center Staff Representative to the Executive Committee and/or Board of Directors for Northwest Suburbs Cable Communications Commission. May 12, 2025 Date Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. Page 31 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: Reggie Edwards, City Manager THROUGH: BY: Shannon Pettit, Deputy City Clerk SUBJECT: Hennepin County Attorney's Office Update Requested Council Action: - motion to approve the presentation. Background: Budget Issues: Inclusive Community Engagement: Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: None Page 32 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: Garett Flesland, Chief of Police THROUGH: Reggie Edwards, City Manager BY: Garett Flesland, Chief of Police SUBJECT: Resolution Recognizing May 11 through May 17, 2025 as Police Week and May 15, 2025 as Police Officers Memorial Day Requested Council Action: - Motion to approve a Resolution Recognizing May 11 through May 17, 2025, as Police Week and May 15, 2025, as Police Officers Memorial Day Background: Each year in May, communities across the nation pause to recognize the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers through the observance of National Police Week and Peace Officers Memorial Day. These designations were formally established by Congress and the President of the United States to honor the men and women who serve in law enforcement and to pay tribute to those who have lost their lives or have been seriously injured in the line of duty. The proposed resolution recognizes May 11 through May 17, 2025, as Police Week in Brooklyn Center and designates May 15, 2025, as Peace Officers Memorial Day. This local acknowledgment aligns Brooklyn Center with the national observance and affirms our collective appreciation for the difficult, often dangerous, and always vital work of police officers. This resolution serves as both a public expression of gratitude to those who wear the badge and a solemn remembrance of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty. For our department members, the recognition reinforces their commitment to serving with integrity, compassion, and professionalism. For our community, it serves as an opportunity to reflect on the essential role that public safety plays in building a strong, just, and resilient city. Budget Issues: N/A Inclusive Community Engagement: N/A Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: N/A Page 33 of 395 Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: 1. LE memorial week Resolution 2025 Page 34 of 395 Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING MAY 11 THROUGH MAY 17, 2025 AS POLICE WEEK AND MAY 15, 2025, AS POLICE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY WHEREAS, the Congress and President of the United States has designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day, and the week in which it falls as Police Week; and WHEREAS, the members of the law enforcement agency of Brooklyn Center play an essential role in safeguarding the rights and freedoms of the citizens of Brooklyn Center; and WHEREAS, it is important that all citizens know and understand the problems, duties and responsibilities of their police department, and that members of our police department recognize their duty to serve the people by safeguarding life and property, by protecting them against violence or disorder, and by protecting the innocent against deception and the weak against oppression or intimidation; and WHEREAS, the police department of Brooklyn Center has grown to be a modern and scientific law enforcement agency which unceasingly provides a vital public service. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, that the citizens of Brooklyn Center and all patriotic, civil and educational organizations be called upon to observe the week of May 11 through 17, 2025, as Police Week with appropriate ceremonies in which all of our people may join in commemorating police officers, past and present, who by their faithful and loyal devotion to their responsibilities have rendered a dedicated service to their communities and, in doing so, have established for themselves an enviable and enduring reputation for preserving the rights and security of all citizens. FURTHER, be it resolved that all citizens of Brooklyn Center be called upon to observe Thursday, May 15, 2025 as Peace Officers Memorial Day in honor of those peace officers who, through their courageous deeds, have lost their lives or have become disabled in the performance of duty. Date Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Page 35 of 395 RESOLUTION NO. _______________ The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. Page 36 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: THROUGH: BY: LaToya Turk, Director of Community Prevention, Health & Safety SUBJECT: Proclamation Recognizing May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month Requested Council Action: - Motion to approve a Proclamation Recognizing May 2025 as Mental Health Background: Budget Issues: Inclusive Community Engagement: Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: 1. 2025 Mental Health Proclamation Page 37 of 395 Proclamation Declaring the City of Brooklyn Center, recognizes the Month of May 2025 as “Mental Health Awareness Month” Every day, millions of people face stigma related to mental illness, causing many to face their mental health challenges for years without help. Each May, Mental Health Awareness Month provides the opportunity for communities to come together to illuminate mental health awareness in an effort to stop the stigma. Bringing forth this awareness is crucial to helping people reach out for the assistance they deserve. By officially recognizing May as Mental Health Awareness Month, we believe we can help unite our community members with a shared vision of improved mental health and equality. This is a time to amplify the voices of all people who want to put an end to the stigma and create a community where everyone feels comfortable reaching out for help, taking this step to declare May as Mental Health Awareness Month will show that the City of Brooklyn Center is an ally and supportive leader in awareness efforts. Page 38 of 395 The Month of May, 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month Proclamation Proclamation: Mental Health Awareness Month – May 2025 WHEREAS, mental health is a vital part of overall well-being, yet more than half of U.S. residents will face a mental health challenge in their lifetime, and stigma continues to delay access to care and support; and WHEREAS, in Minnesota, 1 in 20 adults and 1 in 6 youth (ages 6–17) experience serious mental health conditions, which—if untreated—can reduce life expectancy by up to 25 years; and WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center is committed to reducing stigma and improving access through initiatives like the Expanded Response Team, youth wellness programs, and community- centered crisis support; and WHEREAS, prevention, early intervention, and recovery are possible when residents have equitable access to culturally responsive services, compassionate support, and public awareness; NOW, THEREFORE, I, April Graves, Mayor of the City of Brooklyn Center, do hereby proclaim May 2025 as Mental Health Awareness Month in the City of Brooklyn Center. I encourage residents to prioritize their mental wellness, support one another, and recognize the professionals and community partners advancing mental health every day. Date Mayor ATTEST: Page 39 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: Elizabeth Heyman, Director of Public Works THROUGH: BY: Elizabeth Heyman, Director of Public Works SUBJECT: Resolution Declaring May 18-24, 2025, National Public Works Week in the City of Brooklyn Center Requested Council Action: - Motion to approve a resolution declaring May 18 through May 24, 2025, as National Public Works Week in Brooklyn Center. Background: National Public Works Week is a celebration of the tens of thousands of people in North America who provide and maintain the infrastructure and services collectively known as public works. Instituted as a public education campaign by the American Public Works Association (APWA) in 1960, the week-long celebration calls attention to the importance of public works in community life. The week seeks to enhance the prestige of professionals who serve the public good every day with quiet dedication. This year’s theme, “People, Purpose, Presence,” highlights three cornerstone ideals that motivate public works professionals to serve in their communities every day. Meeting the needs of people is what gives public works its sense of purpose. Many times, public works professionals will never meet those whose lives have been impacted because when things are going right, no one knows that public works is there. Yet, with or without fanfare, public works is ever present, working in the background to advance quality of life for all. The Brooklyn Center Public Works Department employs 42 full-time and 19 seasonal employees in the six divisions of the department - engineering, street maintenance, park maintenance, public utilities, central garage, and building and grounds maintenance. All divisions work together as a team to provide high-quality service for people who visit, live, or work in Brooklyn Center. Many of the tasks like plowing streets, mowing parks, putting up signs, pumping water, maintaining large equipment, maintaining all City facilities and grounds, and improvement projects are high profile. Many more tasks are completed almost unnoticed except in their absence. Many people do not realize that significant efforts of the department take place while everyone else is sleeping. It is not unusual for street or park employees to get called out in the middle of the night after a storm to clear fallen trees from the road, to plow or provide ice control during a winter storm, or utility employees to be called out to respond Page 40 of 395 to a sewer backup or water main break. Our Public Works employees take great pride in their work. Budget Issues: N/A Inclusive Community Engagement: N/A Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: N/A Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: 1. 2025 Public Works Week Resolution Page 41 of 395 Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. _______________ RESOLUTION DECLARING MAY 18-24, 2025 NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IN THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER WHEREAS, Public Works services provided in our community are an integral part of our citizens’ everyday lives; and WHEREAS, the support of an understanding and informed citizenry is vital to the efficient operation of public works systems and programs such as engineering, water, wastewater, storm drainage, streets and highways, parks and central vehicle fleet maintenance; and WHEREAS, the health, safety and comfort of this community greatly depend on these facilities and services; and WHEREAS, the quality and effectiveness of these facilities including their planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance are vitally dependent upon the efforts and skill of Public Works personnel. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, that May 18-24, 2025, as “National Public Works Week” in the City of Brooklyn Center, and I call upon all citizens and civic organizations to acquaint themselves with the issues involved in providing our public works and to recognize the contributions which Public Works personnel make every day to our health, safety, comfort and quality of life. Date Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. Page 42 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: THROUGH: Todd Berg, Fire Chief BY: Shannon Pettit, Deputy City Clerk SUBJECT: Fire Department Annual Update Requested Council Action: - Motion to approve the presentation Background: Budget Issues: Inclusive Community Engagement: Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: 1. 2024 Annual Review Page 43 of 395 2024 ANNUAL REVIEW BROOKLYN CENTER FIRE DEPARTMENT__ Todd Berg, Fire Chief Page 44 of 395 Chief’s Message: Citizens of Brooklyn Center, On behalf of the members of the Brooklyn Center Fire Department, I am pleased to present the annual review for the department. It presents a year end summary for 2024. As a department we continue to review, refine and refocus our model. I am very proud of everyone in our department. Their efforts have allowed us to remediate all that was placed before us and provide a level of service our community expects and deserves. I want to thank all department members for their professionalism and commitment at every level of the organization. I would also like to thank the City Council, City Manager, Dr. Reggie Edwards, all other city staff and mutual aid partners that help support the fire department. A big ‘thank you’ goes to our community, with your support we have become a department you can be proud of and depend on. We appreciate you. In 2025, we look forward to continued recruitment of community members to join our department. We are also looking to expand our duty crew model from 12 to 24 hours a day, over the next year or two, to give our community a faster and more standard response to their calls for service while taking some of the burden off our paid on-call firefighters during nighttime hours. We are looking into ways to accomplish this with the least cost to our taxpayers. Sincerely, Todd Berg, Fire Chief Page 45 of 395 BROOKLYN CENTER FIRE DEPARTMENT Mission: Our mission is to protect the lives and property in the community from emergencies involving fire, medical, hazardous materials, and environmental causes. We accomplish our mission through education, fire prevention, fire suppression, emergency medical services, and other non-emergency activities. Vision: By 2027: •Apply and be awarded a federal SAFER grant to help with funding to initiate a 24-hour duty crew. •Continue to work with other emergency responder groups to deliver equitable and professional response to our community for all types of calls for service. •Help support our staff’s emotional and physical wellbeing. •Continue recruiting paid on call firefighters. Current Department Staffing: The Fire Department is staffed by 5 full-time employees and 25 paid-on-call firefighters. We operate a 12-hour duty crew comprised of 2 paid-on-call firefighters out of our West Station from 10 am to 10 pm daily. We are authorized Page 46 of 395 to have 40 paid-on-call firefighters. Finding paid-on-call firefighters is getting harder each year. This is a nationwide problem, not just Brooklyn Center. Fire Chief Operations Assistant Fire Chief (East) Chief 3 Captain 6 POC Firefighters Captain 8 POC Firefighters Operations Assistant Fire Chief (West) Chief 4 Captain 7 POC Firefighters Captain 9 POC Firefighters Prevention Deputy Fire Marshal Inspector 14 Inspector 15 Administrative Coordinator Page 47 of 395 Highlights and Successes: 2024 •2,300 Total call responses o 2207 calls in 2023, o 79% of these calls were handled by our duty crew •1,282 Medical related responses •1,018 Fire related responses o 11 structure fires o Zero related fire deaths o Auto/mutual aid received: 7 o Auto/mutual aid provided: 13 •16,596 hours of service provided by our POC firefighters o 2,353 hours of training by POC firefighters •1,245 students took part in Fire Prevention Week and learned fire safety •Conducted 319 fire inspections, with 526 re-inspections •69 events attended, providing public education to the community •Part of our 75th Anniversary Open House, we raffled off two rides to school for Brooklyn Center Youth. We were privileged to provide rides to Northport elementary and Brooklyn Center Elementary. It was an exciting adventure for the kids and firefighters to show up at school in a firetruck rather than on a school bus. Page 48 of 395 •The Department celebrated our 75th Anniversary last year. We had many special events planned throughout the year, finishing up with the fire station community open house. Page 49 of 395 Anticipated Challenges and Goals: 2025 – 2027 1. Increase staffing levels •Our community is growing, the services required of our firefighters are increasing and it is becoming harder to find willing people to be paid on call firefighters. Firefighter recruitment and retention are one of Page 50 of 395 the most significant issues facing the Minnesota Fire Service. The time demand of being a firefighter and the monthly training requirements and dangerous working conditions are among the many barriers organizations face. •Actively continue to recruit new paid on call members. We currently have 20 POC firefighters and 5 in the recruit phase. We are able to have 40 per City Charter. •We will be applying for another Federal SAFER grant again in 2025 to help offset the cost of staffing a 24-hour duty crew. Most of our paid- on call firefighters have other careers and need help answering calls during those nighttime hours that would be able to be answered by a two-person duty crew so that overnight shift would likely be staffed by full time firefighters. 2. Fire truck replacement planning •In 2024 our primary duty crew response engine was involved in an accident resulting in the truck to be totaled. We used our insurance settlement dollars to purchase a used fire engine to be used until our new trucks are delivered. •We put our Command/Air Support truck into service in March of 2025. This replaced two trucks, one that was 39 years old and another that was 25. This new truck will be used by both the police and fire departments. The truck was ordered in November 2022. •We also have two trucks that are or will be over 20 years old within the next two years that will be replaced. They will take 27 months to be built. We have a contract with Fire Safety USA for three fire pumper trucks and should see them around the end of 2026. The reasons that these trucks need replacement besides age include new safety features and keeping up with industry standards and regulations. 3. Firefighter Safety •Emotional and physical health and wellbeing of our firefighters is important. In 2024 we started yearly emotional checks and have done Page 51 of 395 annual medical checks for many years. Fire station, turnout gear improvements and truck retrofits for continued employee safety. •In 2024, we offered skin cancer screenings to all our firefighters. This initial free screening was offered through Dr. Mohiba Tareen and her team who are studying the increased risk of skin cancer for firefighters due to their job environments. •Continued use of Brooklyn for emotional support to both our firefighters and the public. 4. Community Engagement •We have continued to represent the fire department at more public functions within the community. •The city received one time; Public Safety Assistance dollars from the State to use for recruitment, training, prevention and mental health. Our plan for the use of those dollars includes many new things for our department and community. Some examples are annual mental health checks for our firefighters, starting a junior firefighter program to encourage young community members to become interested in firefighting, training supplies as well as fire prevention supplies. Page 52 of 395 State of MN Average National Average EMS: 66.2% EMS: 65.1% Good Intent: 10.8% Good intent: 11.5% False Alarms: 8.0% False Alarms: 7.8% Service Calls: 6.5% Service Calls: 7.6% Fires: 4.4% Fires: 3.9% All Others: 4.1% All Others: 3.9% Fire department types (2025) POC/Volunteer Combination Career Minnesota 85.6% 11.7% 2.8% National average 69.8% 20.6% 9.6% EMS/Rescue, 1,282, 56% False Alarms, 304, 13% Good Intent, 246, 11% Service Calls, 226, 10% Hazardous Condition, 144, 6% Fire, 91, 4%All Others, 7, 0% Incident Types 2,300 Total Calls Page 53 of 395 The busiest hour of the day in 2024 was Six PM. 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 DUTY ALL Calls by Hour of Day Page 54 of 395 Our busiest day of the week in 2024 was Wednesdays. 56% of our calls in 2024 were medical related. 0 50 100 150 200 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday EMS/Rescue False Alarms Fire Good Intent Hazardous Condition Other Incidents Service Calls Call Types by Day of Week 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday DUTY ALL Calls by Day of Week Page 55 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: Amy Loegering, Economic Development Coordinator, Ian Alexander, Economic Development Manager THROUGH: Jesse Anderson, Community Development Director BY: Jesse Anderson, Community Development Director SUBJECT: An Ordinance Adding A New Section to Chapter 33 of the Brooklyn Center City Code of Ordinances Regarding the Establishment of a Local Housing Trust Fund Requested Council Action: - Motion to open Public Hearing - Motion to Close Public Hearing - Motion to approve the second reading of an ordinance adding a section to Chapter 33 of the Brooklyn Center City Code of Ordinances regarding the establishment of a local housing and trust fund and approving a resolution approving as summary publication. Background: At the April 14, 2025 City Council Meeting, City Council approved the first reading of the ordinance. A public hearing notice was posted in the Sun Post. Background: In 2021, the Minnesota State Legislature approved a funding match for communities that created a Local Housing Trust Fund. This state initiative was also funded in subsequent years. To take advantage of this resource, and position Brooklyn Center to accept other sources of funding for housing, staff recommends the creation of a Housing Trust Fund for Brooklyn Center, in accordance with State Statute. A Local Housing Trust Fund is a policy tool for local government, enabled by State Statute, for the purpose of designating a dedicated fund for housing, which can be affordable or market rate. There are many ways to fund a Local Housing Trust Fund, and each source of funds will have its own set of requirements for spending, eligibility, and affordability levels. Because funding from a variety of sources may be included in a Local Housing Trust Fund, it allows the City to stack funding sources for housing related purposes that do not rely solely upon TIF or bonding. This reduces the burden on local homeowners while making funds available to rehab and improve currently available housing stock and increase and diversify housing options in the community with new construction. The funding sources for a Local Housing Trust Fund may include: • Private donations • Pooled Housing TIF • CDBG or HOME funds • HRA levy (local funds) Page 56 of 395 • Local Affordable Housing Aid (LAHA) • Inclusionary housing requirement proceeds (currently not applicable in Brooklyn Center) • Program income funds from a revolving loan fund or re-payments It should be noted that each source of funding to a Local Housing Trust Fund will carry its own set of requirements for eligibility, spending and affordability levels. Therefore, each funding source will need to be segregated into separate sub-accounts for tracking and to ensure compliance with the original funding source requirements. A Local Housing Trust Fund is eligible for a contribution from the State of Minnesota, which must be matched 1 to 1 for the first $150,000 and up to 2 to 1 up to $300,000, subject to availability. The matching funds are required to be “new” public revenue. Local Housing Trust Fund proceeds must be used for housing and other eligible expenses for households at or below 115% of State median income. Local Housing Trust Fund proceeds can be used for the following purposes: • Development, including land acquisition • Rehab, or financing of housing development • Down payment assistance • Rental Assistance • Homebuyer counseling • Administrative expenses (up to 10% of fund total) If approved, future programs, program guidelines, or uses of the funds will be brought forward for council consideration prior to implementation. Housing Commission Feedback: The Housing Commission discussed the Housing Trust fund on 9/17, 10/15, 11/19. The ordinance ultimately passed on 11/19. There was some confusion around the Housing Trust Funds' purpose and how the funds would be used. However, it was explained that the fund is a tool to collect money for potential programs and dollars we might receive in the future. The commission supports the development of the Housing Trust Fund and if possible, they would like to review the programs being established on a regular basis. Many comments made were regarding programming the funds and involved some criticisms of who benefits from those dollars. Commissioners wanted to be sure they were being used for everyone in the City and for folks who are already invested in Brooklyn Center. Wider income levels for all housing types should be supported when possible. Budget Issues: Inclusive Community Engagement: Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: Strategic Priorities and Values: Page 57 of 395 -1 ATTACHMENTS: 1. DOCSOPEN-#1020461-v1-Summary_Publication_Ord_RES_-_LHTF 2. Second Reading Local_Housing_Trust_Fund_Ordinance Page 58 of 395 BR291-16-1020461.v1 Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER HENNEPIN COUNTY RESOLUTION NO. 2025-___ RESOLUTION APPROVING SUMMARY PUBLICATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 33 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING A LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUND WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center acted at its May 12, 2025 meeting to adopt Ordinance No. 2025-___ “An Ordinance Amending Chapter 33 of the City Code of Ordinances Establishing a Local Housing Trust Fund; and WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, section 412.191, subdivision 4 allows publication of adopted ordinances by title and summary in the case of lengthy ordinances or those containing maps or charts; and WHEREAS, the City Council determines publishing the entire text of the Ordinance is not in the best interests of the City as the Ordinance is readily available to the public on the City’s website and by contacting City Hall; and WHEREAS, the City Council determines the following summary clearly informs the public of the intent of Ordinance and where to obtain a copy of the full text. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center hereby approves publication of the following summary language as publication of the Ordinance: CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER SUMMARY PUBLICATION Ordinance Nos. 2025-___ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 33 OF THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES ESTABLISHING A LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUND The Brooklyn Center City Council adopted the above-referenced ordinance amending Chapter 33 of the City Code by adding new Sections 33-200 through 33-205 to establish a Local Housing Trust Fund. The ordinance outlines the purpose and authority of establishing a Local Housing Trust Fund, details potential funding sources, usage of funds, and the administration of the Local Housing Trust Fund. The ordinance is in effect 30 days from this publication. The full text of the ordinance is available on the City’s website and can be obtained by contacting City Hall. Page 59 of 395 Date Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. Page 60 of 395 BR291-16-985382.v3 CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER ORDINANCE NO. _____ AN ORDINANCE ADDING A SECTION TO CHAPTER 33 OF THE BROOKLYN CENTER CITY CODE ORDINANCES REGARDING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUND THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Article 1. The Brooklyn Center City Code, Chapter 33, is amended to add Section 33-200, Local Housing Trust Fund to read in its entirety as follows: Section 33-200. LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUND Section 33-201. ESTABLISHMENT. Pursuant to the authority granted to the city under Minnesota Statutes, Section 462C.16, a Local Housing Trust Fund is established to support the development, rehabilitation, or financing of housing, support housing projects, provide down payment assistance, rental assistance, and home buyer counseling services, and for any other purposes authorized by law. Section 33-202 FUNDING SOURCES. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 462C.16, subd. 4, and as determined by the city council, the Local Housing Trust Fund may be funded from multiple sources, which may include, but are not limited to the following: 1. Budgeted allocation of funds from the city’s Economic Development Authority (EDA) or housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) levy as approved by the Economic Development Authority and the City Council. 2. Private cash donations from individuals, organizations, and businesses designated for the Local Housing Trust Fund. 3. Grants and loans from a federal, state, or local government or other private sources. 4. Bond proceeds. 5. Payments in lieu of participation in current or future affordable housing programs. 6. Matching funds from a federal or state Local Housing Trust Fund; or a state program designated to fund a Local Housing Trust Fund. 7. Principal and interest from Local Housing Trust Fund loan repayments and all other income from Local Housing Trust Fund activities, including but not limited to investment earnings. 8. The sale of real and personal property as approved and as designated by the city council. 9. Local government appropriations, development fees and other funds as designated from time to time by the city council. Page 61 of 395 10. Tax Increment Finance (TIF) pooled funds. 11. Other sources of funding approved by the city council. Section 33-204. USE OF FUNDS. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 462C.16, subd. 3, funds in the Local Housing Trust Fund may only be used for the following: 1. Making grants, loans, and loan guarantees for the development, rehabilitation, or financing of housing. 2. Matching other funds from federal, state, or private resources for housing projects. 3. Providing down payment assistance, rental assistance, and home buyer counseling services to persons of very low, low, and moderate-income. 4. Payment of administrative expenses of the Local Housing Trust Fund in the maximum amount of ten percent of the balance of the Local Housing Trust Fund. 5. Financing the acquisition, demolition, and disposition of property for housing projects. 6. Financing construction of public improvements and utilities to aid proposed residential developments. 7. Financing the rehabilitation, remodeling, or new construction of housing. 8. Interim financing of public costs for housing projects in anticipation of a permanent financing source (i.e., construction financing, bond sale, etc.) 9. Other uses as permitted by law and approved by the City Council. Section 33-205 ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL HOUSING TRUST FUND. 1. The Economic Development Authority in and for the City of Brooklyn Center (the “EDA”) shall administer the Local Housing Trust Fund on behalf of the city. 2. Terms and Conditions of Repayment. The EDA shall determine the terms and conditions of repayment of loans and grants from the Local Housing Trust Fund, including but not limited to, the appropriate security and interest, if any, repayment should be required. Interest on loans and grants shall be established by the EDA from time to time or at the time of approval of a specific project or program. 3. Annual Report. The EDA shall report annually to the city on the use of the Local Housing Trust Fund, including the number of loans and grants made, the number and types of residential units assisted, and the number of households provided rental assistance and down payment assistance. Article II. Severability. Should any section or part of this ordinance be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such decision will not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole or any part other than the part declared invalid. Article III. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective after adoption and upon thirty days following its legal publication. Page 62 of 395 ________May 12, 2025_____________ _____________________________ Date Mayor ATTEST:____________________________ City Clerk (Strikeout indicates matter to be deleted, double underline indicates new matter.) Page 63 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: Shannon Pettit, Deputy City Clerk THROUGH: Daren Nyquist, Deputy City Manager BY: Shannon Pettit, Deputy City Clerk SUBJECT: Public Hearing and Consideration of Nonrenewal of the Hospitality License for Baymont Inn & Suites, 2050 Freeway Blvd Requested Council Action: Background: On March 9th, 2025, Shehzad Malik (Owner) of Baymont Inn & Suites (“Licensee”) applied for a renewal of their Hospitality Accommodation License. As of May 8, 2025, the application is incomplete, and there are multiple violations as listed below. Staff requests a public hearing and consideration of two potential (alternate) licensing actions under Brooklyn Center City Code, Section 23-2403. Of note, Staff has learned that the Licensee has potentially entered into a purchase agreement to sell or has recently sold the building. LICENSE VIOLATIONS AND FACTUAL FINDINGS 1. Failure to Renew the Hospitality Accommodation License. Baymont has failed to submit a complete application to renew its hospitality license. That failure includes failure to pay the application fee and failure to provide current proof of insurance. Sections 23-2400 through 23-2415 of the City Code require those operating hospitality accommodations (hotel or motel) within the City to obtain a hospitality accommodation license from the City. Baymont held a license from May 1, 2024 - April 30, 2025. The license has expired as of April 30th, 2025. 2. Unpaid Lodging Tax Penalties. Baymont has failed to pay Lodging Tax Penalties due to the City for delinquent Lodging Taxes. The City notified the Licensee by letter, dated April 14th, 2025, that the required 10% penalty and 8% interest on the previously overdue balance of the Lodging Tax were due to the City. The licensee has not paid. Pursuant to Section 23-2413(A)(2), failure to pay any financial claim due to the City under the City Code constitutes sufficient grounds to revoke, suspend, or not renew a hospitality accommodation license. 3. Unpaid Utility Charges. Baymont has failed to pay $9,554.42 in utility charges owed to the City. Pursuant to Section 23-2413(A)(2), failure to pay any financial claim due to the City under the City Code constitutes sufficient grounds to revoke, suspend, or not renew a hospitality accommodation license. Page 64 of 395 4. Outstanding Zoning Code Violations. Baymont has failed to correct three zoning code violations that could be observed from outside of the building, including: (1) Improper Trash Enclosure; (2) Updated Commercial Addressing, and (3) Non- Owner Vehicle Storage, all of which are not permitted or required pursuant to the zoning code. An inspection conducted on January 31, 2025, identified code violations, and a correction notice was issued at that time. Follow-up inspections showed little progress and resulted in citations on March 4, 2025, and March 14, 2025. On May 1, 2025, the City issued an Administrative Citation consisting of a $200 administrative fine to the business because they had not engaged in corrective action. Under Section 23-2413(A)(6), failure to correct any of the violations noted in the correction order within the established time frame constitutes sufficient grounds to revoke, suspend, or not renew a hospitality accommodation license. 5. Safety Violations. During inspections conducted by the Brooklyn Center Fire Department, the Hotel was found to be in violation of various safety requirements: • Expired Annual Fire Alarm Inspection. Fire alarms must be inspected once per year for the system to be deemed compliant. Baymont has not submitted to their annual inspection. • Temporary Pipe Fixture. On March 26, 2025, at 11:00 AM, a pipe on the 4th floor of the building above the dry sprinkler system burst and began leaking into the electrical room. Simultaneously, Xcel Energy cut the power to the building. The lodgers in the building had to be immediately evacuated due to the increased hazard. The Fire Department alerted the Licensee that the pipe needed to be replaced. Upon re-inspection, the Fire Department learned that Baymont had only made a temporary repair to the pipe. The Fire Department conducted another inspection on May 6th. The pipe had not been replaced. Pursuant to Section 23-2413(A)(5), failure to correct any of the violations noted in the correction order within the established timeframe constitutes sufficient grounds to revoke, suspend, or not renew a hospitality accommodation license. PLAN FOR CURRENT LODGERS ON THE PREMISES OF BAYMONT City and County staff and external stakeholders have met to discuss how they will partner to assist those living at or visiting the Baymont Hotel, and how the agencies will partner to address the transition should the Council decide to take permanent licensing action. REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION Option #1: License Revocation or Non-Renewal: City Staff recommends that the Baymont Inn and Suites Hospitality Accommodation License be revoked or not renewed for the following reasons: Page 65 of 395 • Failure to Renew the Hospitality Accommodation License per City Code, Sections 23-2400 • Unpaid Lodging Tax Penalties • Unpaid Utility Charges • Outstanding Code Violations • Safety Violations: Expired Annual Fire Alarm Inspection and no permanent pipe fix as required by Fire Department Should Council decide to revoke the Hospitality Accommodation License, the City must issue a written decision identifying the specific grounds for the decision. The ordinance specifies that “upon issuance of the written decision, no lodging unit within the hospitality accommodation may be offered or used for any period of time by guests until a new hospitality accommodation license is issued in accordance with 23-2414.” However, Staff recommends that Council consider giving those who are currently occupying the Baymont Hotel and Suites at least 30 days to vacate the premises. Further, Section 12-1501 of the Brooklyn Center City Code says that generally, if the hospitality license is revoked and the building goes vacant for 30 or more days, the owner is required to register the property as "vacant." If they fail to register for a VBR, then the fee is specially assessed to the county. VBR registrations are due on an annual basis (January 1- December 31) of each year the property is vacant. Citation:Section 12-1504 of the Brooklyn Center City Code requires the owner or responsible party to register a vacant building with the City no later than 30 days after the building becomes vacant. The purpose of this ordinance is to protect the public health, safety and welfare by requiring owners or other responsible parties to register and manage vacant buildings, which if ignored or neglected, may become health or safety hazards and a major source of blight. The application and registration fee must be received by the City within 30 calendar days of the date of this notice. Failure to make application and to comply with the requirements of the City Code may result in criminal prosecution, civil proceedings or the imposition of civil penalties. In addition, fees, charges and costs incurred by the City with respect to the property may be levied against the property as a special assessment. Finally, should the Licensee or new potential owner seek to reinstate the Hospitality Accommodation License, the ordinance outlines the specific process the applicant must undertake to be reinstated. (see 23-2414(B)). Option #2: License Suspension with Conditions: Alternatively, City Staff recommend that Council re-issue a temporary hospitality license (60-90 days) subject to the below-outlined conditions. Reasons: City Staff understand the complexity of the hotel landscape in Brooklyn Center Page 66 of 395 juxtaposed with the national housing crisis. In addition, City Staff also recognize the Council’s desire for Brooklyn Center to be a business-friendly and welcoming community for a variety of business types. However, City Staff have also spent countless hours and resources investigating and addressing emergent issues at the Baymont Inn and Suites, and the Licensee has not completed all that is required pursuant to the Hospitality Accommodation License Ordinance. Conditions • Comply with City Code Section 23-2414 paragraphs A-E; • Licensee must comply with all requirements related to the License Type; • Licensee must secure and show proof of all applicable county and state licenses, permits, compliance reports, etc.; • Licensee must undergo a full City Code Inspection (zoning code, fire code, building code, etc.) prior to license reinstatement; • Licensee must pay all outstanding fees, penalties, and fines Lodging Tax Penalties: $518.08 (Estimate based on daily accrual of interest) Outstanding City Utilities: $9,554.42 • Licensee must pay restitution to the City for the emergent relocation of lodgers from Baymont Inn and Suites on March 26- March 28, 2025: Approximately $1,814.44; • Licensee must submit to periodic inspections of the premises to ensure continued compliance with city laws and regulations due to ongoing fire safety issues, and the need to immediately relocate individuals from the Baymont due to safety issues and subsequent lack of response to emergency; • Licensee must fix and secure ingress and egress doors for occupant safety; and • Licensee must maintain onsite management presence for all shifts. Budget Issues: Inclusive Community Engagement: Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: Page 67 of 395 None Page 68 of 395 Council Regular Meeting DATE: 5/12/2025 TO: City Council FROM: Kory Andersen Wagner, Public Works Planner THROUGH: Elizabeth Heyman, Director of Public Works BY: Kory Andersen Wagner, Public Works Planner SUBJECT: Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Requested Council Action: It is recommended that the City Council approve the resolution adopting the Park, Recreation, and Trails Capital Investment Plan dated May 12, 2025, as the official guiding document for long-range planning, budgeting, and implementation of park and trail system improvements in the City of Brooklyn Center. Background: The City of Brooklyn Center maintains 24 parks and over 20 miles of trails that serve a highly diverse population with a median age of 32.4. In response to changing community needs, aging infrastructure, and a strong desire for equitable access to high- quality public spaces, the City developed the Park, Recreation, and Trails Capital Investment Plan to guide systemwide investments over a 10–20 year horizon. The planning process, led by staff in partnership with SRF Consulting Group, began in early 2024 and included the following core components: • Systemwide Park Assessment: On-site evaluations of existing parks and facilities, including quality of service, amenity gaps, and maintenance challenges. • Lighting Study: Conducted by SRF Consulting to identify energy-efficient LED retrofits, safety upgrades, and new lighting needs in priority areas such as trails and parking lots. • Gap and Barrier Analysis: Mapped physical barriers (highways, railroads, water bodies) and identified underserved neighborhoods despite 97% of residents living within a 10-minute walk of a park. • Demographic and Comparative Data Review: Benchmarked Brooklyn Center’s system against peer cities and National Recreation and Park Association standards. • Robust Public Engagement: Included multiple stakeholder meetings, online surveys, direct mailings, pop-up events, and participation at Juneteenth, Hmong Explore Our Park, and the World Refugee Festival—reaching over 1,000 participants. The Plan proposes goals and investment priorities focused on: • Accessibility: Ensuring ADA-compliant infrastructure, inclusive playground Page 69 of 395 features, and improved park awareness; • Safety and Visibility: Improved trail lighting, athletic field lighting, and parking lot lighting • Connectivity: Sidewalk and trail linkages to parks, schools, and natural areas; • Sustainability: Integrating native vegetation and stormwater management in flood-prone parklands; • Programming and Facilities: Expanded year-round programming, updated play features, and new amenities like splash pads and off-leash dog parks. Each park was prioritized with conceptual design elements and cost estimates categorized as high, medium, or low, and incorporated into a phased 10-year capital improvement schedule, with long-term strategies extending through a 20-year vision. Any large improvements identified in the plan require further community engagement before ultimate investment and installation. The Park & Recreation Commission unanimously supported the plan on April 15, 2025, recommending two additions: emphasizing accessibility in the vision statement and incorporating wetland protection as a systemwide value. Both recommendations have been incorporated into the final draft. Budget Issues: The Capital Investment Plan is a non-binding planning framework and does not allocate funds directly. It will, however, guide future capital improvement planning, external grant applications (e.g., Metropolitan Council Regional Solicitation, Department of Natural Resources funding), and internal budgeting decisions over the next 10 to 20 years. Cost estimates for individual park improvements are included in the plan and will be used to inform updates to the City’s Capital Improvement Plan and annual budgeting process. Inclusive Community Engagement: Antiracist/Equity Policy Effect: Strategic Priorities and Values: ATTACHMENTS: 1. BC Park Capital Investment Plan Resolution 2. 17162_Capital Investment Plan Doc_DRAFT 250428 3. 17162_Capital Investment Plan Doc_Appendix_DRAFT 250428 Page 70 of 395 Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION NO. _______________ RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PARK, RECREATION, AND TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN TO GUIDE FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN THE BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center maintains a system of 24 parks, natural resource areas, and more than 20 miles of trails to serve its diverse and growing population; and WHEREAS, the Park, Recreation, and Trails Capital Investment Plan (“Capital Investment Plan”) was developed through extensive analysis, engagement, and coordination with city staff, residents, stakeholders, and consultants; and WHEREAS, the Capital Investment Plan outlines a comprehensive plan that includes the following major components: •Background & Process: Describes the purpose, planning context, and steps taken to develop the plan; •Assessment & Analysis: Includes demographic data, facility inventories, park classifications, existing conditions, and a lighting study to identify systemwide safety and visibility improvements; •Public Engagement: Summarizes outreach strategies, community events, and key feedback themes from more than 1,000 participants; •Recommendations & Capital Investment Priorities: Identifies park-specific improvements, systemwide upgrades, and prioritizes projects across a 10-20 year horizon; •Implementation & Funding: Provides strategies for phasing, cost estimates, partnerships, and annual review mechanisms; •Appendices: Includes maps, community survey results, facility data, and other supporting documentation; WHEREAS, the plan aligns with the City’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan and related planning documents, and reflects the community’s priorities for accessibility, connectivity, safety, ecological stewardship, and recreational opportunities; and WHEREAS, the plan was reviewed and supported by the Park & Recreation Commission on April 15, 2025, including recommended additions to emphasize accessibility and protection of wetlands; and NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Brooklyn Center as follows: 1. The Park, Recreation, and Trails Capital Investment Plan dated May 12, 2025, is hereby adopted as the guiding document for future investments in the city’s park system. Page 71 of 395 2. City staff shall utilize the plan in prioritizing, budgeting, and implementing park and trail improvements, and shall review and update the plan as needed in coordination with the Park & Recreation Commission. 3. The City affirms its commitment to inclusive, equitable, and sustainable park system investments that reflect community values and promote health, safety, and quality of life for all residents. Date Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted. Page 72 of 395 DRAFT | April 28, 2025 PARK, RECREATION, & TRAILS Capital Investment Plan Page 73 of 395 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This planning team would like to thank community members who provided input during the planning process. Feedback and comments received all impacted the capital investment planning outcomes and recommendations. A special thanks to city staff, commissioners, and stakeholder groups for identifying opportunities for improving park recreational amenities, trails, and facilities. These conversations provided a better understanding of Brooklyn Center’s goals, vision, and capital investments for its future. Mayor and City Council >April Graves, Mayor >Dan Jerzak, Council Member >Teneshia Kragness, Council Member >Kris Lawrence-Anderson, Council Member >Laurie Ann Moore, Council Member Park & Recreation Commission >Noah Jeffrey, Chair >Travis Bonovsky, Vice Chair >Julie Bourque >Gail Ebert >Jill Dalton >Jack MacMillan >Joe Younglove >Cordell Wiseman, Staff Liason >Laurie Ann Moore, Council Liason Page 74 of 395 Park & Recreation Staff >Cordell Wiseman, Park and Recreation Director >Carissa Goebel, Park and Recreation Deputy Director >Patrick Reese, Recreation Manager >Devonte Brewer, Recreation Coordinator >Charlie Grey, Recreation Coordinator >Rachel Salzer, Recreation Coordinator >Charles Walker, Outreach Supervisor >April Butzer, Aquatics Coordinator >Rori Conners, Aquatics Supervisor >Steve Makowske, Golf Course Superintendent >Rachel Kenyon, Community Center Supervisor Public Works Staff >Elizabeth Heyman, Public Works Director >Kory Andersen Wagner, Public Works Planner / Study Project Manager Consultants >SRF Consulting Group Page 75 of 395 | iii DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN CONTENTS 1. BACKGROUND & PROCESS 1 2. ASSESSMENT & ANALYSIS 9 3. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT 37 4. RECOMMENDATIONS & CIP 49 5. IMPLEMENTATION & FUNDING 61 6. APPENDIX 71 Page 76 of 395 | i V DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 77 of 395 | 1 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 1. BACKGROUND & PROCESS INTRODUCTION The park and trail system in the City of Brooklyn Center offers abundant forms of recreation for its residents. The city has 522 acres of parkland across 24 parks and natural resource areas including the Eugene H. Hagel Arboretum, and 20+ miles of trails connecting to neighboring communities. The purpose of this document is to guide master planning requirements and capital investment recommendations that will assist in future investments by establishing priorities, objectives, and goals. Some of the outcomes of this plan are based on initial outreach from planning efforts with the City of Brooklyn Center and the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, which was adopted in 2019. HOW TO USE THE PLAN The City of Brooklyn Center developed the Park Capital investment Plan (CiP) to better understand residents’ current and future recreational needs. This investment plan prioritizes improvements that can be implemented over the next 10-20 years. Recommendations and guidelines for park and trail planning within this document should be reviewed, revised, and implemented according to the City Council and Park and Recreation Commission approval. it is suggested that the plan be reviewed by staff annually and recommended updates be added. Continued planning and analysis before implementation of plan may be required due to unforeseen changes in funding opportunities, varying economic conditions and community needs. This plan focuses on outdoor parks and trail systems in the City of Brooklyn Center and does not assess or provide design recommendations for indoor facilities. Page 78 of 395 | 2 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN PROJECT SUMMARY Based on an initial public survey, input from city staff, and recommendations provided as part of the city’s comprehensive plan, key issues and opportunities have been identified to guide park improvements that will better meet the needs of our community’s user groups. Additional public outreach was solicited with under-represented user groups by attending pop up events and the City’s Juneteenth Celebration, Twin Cities World Refugee Festival, and Hmong Festival. Reaching over 1000 individuals across multiple mediums, the City of Brookyln Center staff presented residents the opportunity to provide input about what they would like to see improved within the City’s park and trail system. PROJECT TIMELINE CityCouncilApproval ReviewExistingMaterials Evaluate Community, Resources & Amenities InteractiveWebsiteCreation Initial Online SurveyFeedback Online Park ConceptSurvey Feedback City Staff Review ofCIP Document Park ConceptDevelopment ParkAssessmentSite Visits Operations & MaintenanceStakeholderMeeting Final CIP Draft Adjacent CommunityStakeholderMeeting Two-DayDesignCharette Attended Brooklyn Center Calendar Events FEB R U A R Y M A R C H A P R I L M A Y DEC E M B E R ParkConceptSurvey Park & Rec. Com.Review 20 2 4 20 2 5 Project Kick-off Inventory & Data CollectionPublic Engagement Park Concepts Draft CIP Study Final CIP Study Existing condition assessments have been completed for all the parks in the system. Each Park was evaluated on the quality level of service they currently provide to park visitors. Gaps have also been identified to improve trail and sidewalk connections to parks, schools, and other popular destinations in the city and have been prioritized to correspond with future roadway improvement projects. SRF worked with the City of Brooklyn Center to conduct a lighting study of the park and trail system to identify opportunities for improvement. Site improvement recommendations have also been developed for each park property based on the outcome of a two-day design charette workshop with city staff and consultant team participants. Further refinements to concept plans have been made based on additional city staff and on-line public comment, number of participants and feedback. Preliminary cost estimates have been developed for each park based on proposed improvements and prioritized as high, medium, and low priority and incorporated into the city’s 10-year CiP plan. Project Start InitialPublicSurvey Page 79 of 395 | 3 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 5 5 7 7 9 9 13 13 11 11 15 15 4 4 12 12 17 17 20 20 19 19 CA A B 22 22 23 6 6 B C 8 10 10 21 21 18 18 1 1 2 2 3 3 14 14 16 16 23 8 Hu m b o l d t A v e N Lo g a n A v e N 53rd Ave N 58th Ave N 59th Ave N 57th Ave N 55th Ave N 65th Ave N65th Ave N 63rd Ave N Ju n e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N 69th Ave N69th Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shi n g l e C r e e k Palmer Lake Upper Twin Lake Middle Twin Lake Ryan Lake Crystal Airport Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Twin Lake Regional Trail X e r x e s A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r 9494 9494 694694 152 252 100 Park Boundary COMMUNITY PARKS NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS NATURAL RESOURCE AREAS SPECIAL USE PARKS REGIONAL PARKS Existing Regional Trail Existing Local Trails Existing Sidewalks Schools in Brooklyn Center Brooklyn CenterCity Hall Water Body Kylawn Park Northport Park Centennial Park Evergreen Park East Palmer Lake West Palmer Lake Park Willow Lane Park Shingle Creek Trail Lakeside Park Riverdale Park Palmer Lake Park Centerbrook Golfcourse North Mississippi Regional Park Note: Park maintained by Three Rivers Park District Orchard Lane Park Bob Cahlander Park Eugene H. Hagel Arboretum Garden City Park Firehouse Park Marlin Park Wangstad Park Grandview Park Lions Park Bellvue Park Happy Hollow Park Twin Lake Park Freeway Park LEGEND FIGURE 1 | CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS CONTEXT MAP Page 80 of 395 | 4 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN THE VISION Based on initiatives identified in the 2040 comprehensive plan, the following vision statement has been developed to guide the future development of parks, trails, and open space in the city. SUMMARY OF PUBLIC FEEDBACK Based on initial public survey responses from residents, the following summarized comments were the main themes recorded for why they currently do not use parks and trail systems in the city. See Appendix A for all recorded comments. >Lack of accessible amenities >Park amenities are not well maintained >i do not feel safe using the park and trail systems >i am not aware of what amenities are available at park properties >i use park amenities in other cities >Parks do not provide amenities i want to use SUMMARY OF DESIRED PARK IMPROVEMENTS The following main themes were identified for how the park system could be improved to better serve the needs of user groups. See Appendix A for all recorded comments. >Add and expand playground facilities >improve access and connection to water and natural resource amenities >improve trash management >Expand and improve connectivity of city trail and sidewalk system >Provide more interactive water play features >Add more native planting and pollinators >Add lighting to improve park and trail safety >Add an off-leash dog park “Through commitment to healthy environments, Brooklyn Center envisions a thriving, diverse community with a full range of accessible parks, recreation, and trail systems that will enhance the quality of life for all residents” Page 81 of 395 | 5 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN PRIMARY GOALS & OBJECTIVES The following goals and objectives were developed based on public survey feedback, outcomes from the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, and input from City staff for improving Brooklyn Center’s park and trail systems through a Capital investment Plan throughout a 10-year focus and 20-year long-range plan. Key objectives are specific to targets of an identified goal. They are measurable milestones to help track progress toward park and trail improvements. Goals are broad statements that describe general values that can be sustained over a period of time. Goal 1 Ensure park amenity usage and accessibility needs respond to the preferences of Brooklyn Center’s residents and creates opportunities for visitors to engage with the city’s public open spaces and trails. >Objective: Provide infrastructure in all parks and trails that meet ADA standards. >Objective: Provide pedestrian connections between neighborhoods and public spaces. Goal 2 Consolidate and enhance athletic fields and facilities while expanding and improving safety and security within the parks and trails system. >Objective: incorporate comfortable gathering spaces that support the needs of all demographics. >Objective: implement safety lighting for athletic fields, trails, and park buildings. Goal 3 Add trails that close the gap in connectivity to parks within the city and to the greater Shingle Creek Regional Trail system. >Objective: improve wayfinding for public spaces, the Shingle Creek trail system and corridor. >Objective: identify primary connections within a 1/4 and 1/2 mile radius of parks and implement sidewalk and trail corridors from nearby neighborhoods, trails, and park spaces. Goal 4 Integrate native planting and stormwater management strategies into expanding floodplains to mitigate flooding and foster ecological habitats within the city’s system. >Objective: Offer appropriate flood mitigation strategies that support native vegetation and natural areas to support more sustainable park environments. Goal 5 Connecting Brooklyn Center residents to parks within their respective neighborhood by adding amenities and year-round activities to encourage more park use. >Objective: Expand outdoor recreational programming and activities with additional soccer field facilities. >Objective: Expand playground facilities to meet the needs of all ages and user groups. >Objective: Add an interactive water play feature within the park system. Page 82 of 395 | 6 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Page 83 of 395 | 7 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN RELATED PLANNING EFFORTS The following previously completed work has influenced the development of this plan: BROOKLYNCENTER City of Brooklyn Center Pedestrian & Bicycle Plan Adopted by Brooklyn Center City Council on: March 24, 2014 2025-2034 Capital Improvement Program Page | 1 CCiittyy ooff BBrrooookkllyynn CCeenntteerr 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PROFILE The 2025-2034 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is a ten-year planning document outlining scheduled capital projects to meet the City's infrastructure goals. It includes a long-term financing plan to allocate funds based on project priorities, allowing annual evaluation and adjustment of project timing, scope, and cost as new information arises. The plan's estimates are based on current knowledge and expected conditions, with adjustments made routinely to reflect changing priorities, infrastructure conditions, and inflation rates. A capital improvement is defined as a major non-recurring expenditure related to the City’s streets, parks, public utilities, and municipal structures. The 2025-2034 CIP distinguishes between major maintenance projects contained in the City’s operating budgets and capital improvement projects financed through the City’s capital funds and proprietary funds. The CIP builds on City Council goals and policies from the Comprehensive Plan, focusing on development, redevelopment, and maintenance. It aims to identify projects that align with these goals, maximize funding opportunities, and coordinate with other improvements. CIP Project Types The CIP proposes capital expenditures totaling approximately $233.0 million over the next 10 years for improvements to the City’s streets, parks, public utilities and municipal buildings. A brief description of the four functional areas is provided below. Public Utilities The City operates four utility systems, all of which have projects included in the CIP - water, sanitary sewer, storm drainage and street lighting. A vast majority of the public utility improvements are constructed in conjunction with street reconstruction projects. The remaining portion of public utilities projects include improvements to water supply wells, water towers, lift stations, force mains and storm water treatment system. Street Improvements Street improvements include reconstruction or resurfacing of neighborhood (local), collector and arterial streets. Proposed improvements include the installation or reconstruction of curb and gutter along public roadways. As noted earlier, street improvements are often accompanied by replacement of public utilities. Park Improvements Park improvements include the construction of trails, shelters, playground equipment, athletic field lighting and other facilities that enhance general park appearance and increase park usage by providing recreational facilities that meet community needs. Facility Capital Improvement Program Facility improvements are based on the 2024 Facility Condition Assessments, addresses short- and long-term issues identified within 27 city-owned facilities. Projects are prioritized based on the current condition of facilities, age, and the criticality of assets to overall operations. This fund ensures the maintenance and enhancement of essential services, promoting healthy and reliable city operations. Prepared for City of Brooklyn Center Prepared byBolton & Menk Opportunity Site Master Plan Brooklyn Center, Minnesota October 28, 2024 BROOKLYN CENTER Comprehensive Plan Update 2040 City of Brooklyn Center Comprehensive Community Center Master Plan ― Phase 1 & 2 Recommendations February 10, 2022 BROOKLYNCENTER PLANNING FOR PUBLIC ART October 2020Prepared by Forecast Public Art 1 1 >Capital improvement Program (2025) A ten-year planning document outlining scheduled capital projects to meet the City’s infrastructure and financial goals. >Opportunity Site Master Plan (2024) A plan for a new downtown Brooklyn Center that focuses on growth of existing character, equitable impacts, and redevelopment on its own terms. >Comprehensive Plan Update (2019) An update that is about redefining and re-imagining the community as a whole. While redevelopment is an important impact, this plan looks at connectivity to existing neighborhoods. >Comprehensive Plan 2030 (2010) To serve as a guide for Brooklyn Center’s future growth, development, and redevelopment. >Comprehensive Community Center Master Plan Study (2021) A study to assess the priorities for the community center and better understand its challenges. >Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan (2014) A plan to understand infrastructure and programming needs to improve walking and biking conditions in Brooklyn center. >Beautifying Brooklyn Center: Planning for Public Art (2021) A master plan for beautification, public art, and culture that aligns with the City goal to lift up beauty and pride throughout the community. Page 84 of 395 | 8 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 85 of 395 | 9 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN INTRODUCTION Assessing the community’s needs is an important initial step in determining park and trail systems and how they share user groups. Brooklyn Center has many high-quality parks and unique specialty parks in its system. The effort of data collection, engagement, and analysis with the community allows the development of priorities based on user group needs. 2. ASSESSMENT & ANALYSIS Page 86 of 395 33,782 MEDIAN AGE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME 32.4 $70,692 68.6% POPULATION EMPLOYMENT RATE11,294 NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS | 10 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN DEMOGRAPHICS Brooklyn Center, a majority-minority city in the Twin Cities with 33,782 residents. The population is 34.4% White, 27.9% Black, 19.0% Asian, 8.2% multiracial, and 9.0% other racial or ethnic backgrounds, reflecting its multicultural character. The City establishes itself “At the Center” of this hub for various ethnicities and cultures to live, work, and play together as one community. in terms of age distribution, the population in Brooklyn Center is fairly young, with significant proportions of the population in the younger age groups. About 9.0% of residents are under 5 years old, and 9.1% are in the 5-9 age group. The 10-14 age range accounts for 6.9%, and those in the 15-19 age group make up 7.0% of the population. Additionally, the city sees a large percentage of young adults, with 6.8% in the 20-24 age bracket and 12.3% in the 25-34 age group. The 35-44 age range also represents a substantial portion of the population, comprising 13.1% of residents. As for older age groups, those between the ages of 45-54 account for 11.6%, while those aged 55-64 represent 8.7% of the population. The senior demographic, 65 years and older, comprises 10.8% of the total population. This broad age distribution shows that Brooklyn Center is a community with a mix of young families, everyday hard workers, and a growing senior population. The median age in Brooklyn Center is 32.8 years, which is indicative of a relatively youthful population compared to other parts of the state. The gender distribution is almost even, with 49.4% of the population identifying as female and 50.6% as male, reflecting a balanced community in terms of gender representation. The City’s park and trail systems are where every demographic of the community comes together to engage in recreational activities which all contributes towards creating a diverse and vibrant place to live. The city continues to attract people from various backgrounds, drawn to its accessibility, amenities, and proximity to the larger urban centers. Page 87 of 395 | 11 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN PARK & TRAIL SYSTEM A majority of parks are neighborhood parks that serve nearby residents. The largest park is a community park called Centennial Park located centrally within the city. There is also one golf course that is being considered as a special use park located adjacent to Lions Park. There is one Regional Park located within Brooklyn Center that is maintained by Three Rivers Park District. Many of the parks were built around the same time and several parks in the system share amenities with schools. There are city trails and sidewalks throughout the system but key trail corridors in connecting residents to parks are Mississippi River Trail, Shingle Creek Regional Trail, and Twin Lakes Regional Trail. Park assessment information can be found in Appendix B. 97%OF BROOKLYN CENTER RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN A 10-MINUTE WALK OF A PARK Page 88 of 395 | 12 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 5 5 7 7 9 9 13 13 11 11 15 15 4 4 12 12 17 17 20 20 19 19 CA A B 22 22 23 6 6 B C 8 10 10 21 21 18 18 1 1 2 2 3 3 14 14 16 16 23 8 Hu m b o l d t A v e N Lo g a n A v e N 53rd Ave N 58th Ave N 59th Ave N 57th Ave N 55th Ave N 65th Ave N65th Ave N 63rd Ave N Ju n e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N 69th Ave N69th Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shi n g l e C r e e k Palmer Lake Upper Twin Lake Middle Twin Lake Ryan Lake Crystal Airport Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Twin Lake Regional Trail X e r x e s A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r 9494 9494 694694 152 252 100 Park Boundary COMMUNITY PARKS NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS NATURAL RESOURCE AREAS SPECIAL USE PARKS REGIONAL PARKS Existing Regional Trail Existing Local Trails Existing Sidewalks Schools in Brooklyn Center Brooklyn CenterCity Hall Water Body Kylawn Park Northport Park Centennial Park Evergreen Park East Palmer Lake West Palmer Lake Park Willow Lane Park Shingle Creek Trail Lakeside Park Riverdale Park Palmer Lake Park Centerbrook Golfcourse North Mississippi Regional Park Note: Park maintained by Three Rivers Park District Orchard Lane Park Bob Cahlander Park Eugene H. Hagel Arboretum Garden City Park Firehouse Park Marlin Park Wangstad Park Grandview Park Lions Park Bellvue Park Happy Hollow Park Twin Lake Park Freeway Park LEGEND FIGURE 2 | CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS CONTEXT MAP Page 89 of 395 | 13 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Community Park Community parks serve community recreation and social needs along with providing general open space use areas. Community parks are typically larger in size and provide a variety of programmed facilities and can include special-use facilities such as activity centers, amphitheaters, pools, skate parks, etc. Community parks should include enough parking to meet the needs of its users based on the number of amenities that are available. Brooklyn Center has five community parks; West Palmer Lake Park, Evergreen Park, Centennial, Northport, and Lions Park. All of these parks currently provide a good balance of recreational activities and public open space to meet the needs of larger groups gatherings and city wide special events. Neighborhood Park Neighborhood parks provide recreational amenities but are typically smaller in size and strategic in their design to serve a smaller residential service area. These parks typically don’t offer multiple amenities to serve a variety of needs. These parks should be located within a 10-minute walk of local neighborhoods. They allow people to gather and socialize closer to home while providing activities and open space that surpasses the capabilities of yard space. Brooklyn Center has 13 neighborhood parks; Riverdale, Willow Lane, East Palmer Lake Park, Freeway, Orchard Lane, Garden City, Firehouse, Marlin, Wangstad, Grandview, Bellvue, Happy Hollow, and Twin Lake Park. Park designs should offer a variety of amenities and avoid “cookie cutter” approaches. This allows for localized needs of the neighborhood to be met and fit in with the surrounding character of the community. These parks should be designed with the understanding that the neighborhood will change over time, therefore, be re-assessed prior to any new amenities are introduced at any given park. PARK SYSTEM CLASSIFICATIONS Brooklyn Center has several park classifications which provide amenities that offer a wide variety of recreational opportunities for residents. Page 90 of 395 | 14 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Special Use Park Specialty parks are parks that serve a particular purpose. They provide access to a specific amenity, such as golf, archery, and other amenities that require dedicated courts, fields and open space conditions throughout the majority of the property to function effectively. The City of Brooklyn Center has one specialty park, Centerbrook Golf Course, which offers a nine-hole, Par-3 layout for golfers. Regional Park Regional parks in the Twin Cities metropolitan area usually contain a diverse mix of nature- based resources, are typically 200-500 acres in size, and accommodate a variety of outdoor recreation activities. These parks are often owned and managed by larger parks districts or counties but often offer recreational amenities that municipal park systems do not provide and provide a benefit to surrounding communities. North Mississippi Regional Park is located adjacent to the east boundary of Brooklyn Center and is jointly managed by the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board and Three Rivers Park District. it offers a wide variety of recreational amenities and programming, including watercraft and shoreline access to the Mississippi River. Natural Resource Park Natural resource park is a space or trail corridor managed by the City that contains, natural vegetation and water amenities including woodlands, wetlands, prairies, and pollinator areas which all promote community awareness of being good stewards of public land resources. These parks provide passive recreation such as walking, biking, seating overlooks, and interpretive elements. Trail corridors like the Shingle Creek Regional Trail are a good example of this. The city has five natural resource-based parks: Palmer Lake Park, Shingle Creek Regional Trail, Eugene H. Hagel Arboretum, Lakeside Park, and Bob Cahlander Park. Page 91 of 395 Amenities West Palmer Lake Park East Palmer Lake Park Evergreen Park Riverdale Park Willow Lane Park Palmer Lake Freeway Park Shingle Creek Trail Orchard Lane Park Bob Cahlander Park Garden City Park Firehouse Park Marlin Park Centennial Park Centennial Park West Wangstad Park Arboretum & Kylawn Park Grandview Park Northport Park Centerbrook Golf Course Lions Park Bellvue Park Lakeside Park Happy Hollow Park Twin Lake Park EXISTING AMENITY TOTAL REMOVED AMENITY TOTAL Pond / Stormwater Treatment Area(s) 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 4 1 16 Shingle Creek Regional Trail Connection 1 11 1 1 5 Twin Lakes Regional Trail Connection 1 12 Crystal Lake Regional Trail Connection 11 Picnic/Park Shelter 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 16 Shelter Building 11 1 1 1 5 Restrooms 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 22 Playground Equipment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 18 Exercise Equipment Area 11 Football Field(s)1 12 Soccer Field(s) 1 1 11 4 Tennis Court(s)2 2 22 8 Basketball Court(s)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 17 Ice Rink(s)1 1 1 1 1 1 1 -1 1 10 -1 Ball Field(s)-3 -1 3 -1 -1 -1 2 -2 -1 1 -2 -1 -1 1 22 -14 Amphitheater Band Shell 11 Lake Access 11 Archery Area 11 Sledding Hill 11 2 Removed Existing Amenity Improved Amenity Existing Amenity to Remain N/A | 16 DRAFT 04.28.25 | 15 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN TABLE 1 | EXISTING PARK AMENITIES EXISTING PARK AMENITIES & FACILITIES The following table lists current park facilities and amenities in the system and any to be removed as directed by public feedback and plan development. Page 92 of 395 | 17 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN PARK GAP ANALYSIS National park planning standards define high-quality parks as those within a 10-minute walk (1/2 mile). ParkServe data shows that 97% of Brooklyn Center residents meet this standard, but gaps exist in the northwest, central-east, and southeast areas. Barriers like highways (i-94, i-694, Highway 100), railroads, and water bodies (Shingle Creek) impact safe park access. While the park system effectively integrates Shingle Creek, improving connectivity, safety, and access remains a priority. Future efforts should focus on park expansion and key trail connections to enhance accessibility. Refer to Appendix B for further park system gap maps and information. Page 93 of 395 FIGURE 3 | PARK SYSTEM GAPS & BARRIERS Gaps in Service for Brooklyn Center Parks 0 0.5 1 2 miles Water Body Park BoundaryGaps in Park Service Areas Existing Regional Trail Existing Local Trails Existing Sidewalks Barrier LEGEND C North Mississippi Regional Park Note: Park maintained by Three Rivers Park District Humboldt Industrial Hu m b o l d t A v e N Lo g a n A v e N 53rd Ave N 58th Ave N 59th Ave N 57th Ave N 55th Ave N 65th Ave N65th Ave N 63rd Ave N Ju n e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N 69th Ave N69th Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shi n g l e C r e e k Palmer Lake Upper Twin Lake Middle Twin Lake Ryan Lake Crystal Airport Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Twin Lake Regional Trail Sh i n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l X e r x e s A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r 9494 9494 694694 152 252 100 C | 18 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Page 94 of 395 COMPARABLE CITY NAME POPULATION (2022 EST.) SQUARE MILES (CITY) RESIDENTS PER SQUARE MILE NUMBER OF PARKS 1 PARK PER HOW MANY RESIDENTS MILES OF PAVED TRAILS (APPROX.) NUMBER OF BALLFIELDS 1 BALLFIELD PER HOW MANY RESIDENCE NUMBER OF MUTI-USE FIELDS 1 MULTI-USE FIELD PER HOW MANY RESIDENCE ACRES OF PARK LAND MANAGED Brooklyn Center, MN 33,782 8 4,223 24 1,408 20 29 1,165 4 8,446 522 Fridley, MN 27,500 11 2,500 38 724 15 14+1,964 4 6,875 316 New Brighton, MN 22,787 7 3,255 17 1,340 12 8 2,848 7 3,255 214 Shoreview, MN 26,764 12.74 2,103 11 2,433 55 27 991 6 4,460 1,400 Columbia Heights, MN 19,496 3.4 5,734 16 1,219 5 12 1,624 11 1,772 130 Robbinsdale, MN 13,968 2.99 4,672 16 873 N/A 11 1,270 4 3,492 110 Crystal, MN 21,906 5.78 3,790 26 842 6 8 2,738 5 4,381 263 Golden Valley, MN 20,371 10.54 1,932 30 679 50 18+1,132 5 4,074 1,035 highest number reported or calculated KEY lowest number reported or calculated CITY POPULATION (2022 EST.) SQUARE MILES (CITY) RESIDENTS PER SQUARE MILE NUMBER OF PARKS 1 PARK PER HOW MANY RESIDENTS MILES OF PAVED TRAILS (APPROX.) NUMBER OF BALLFIELDS 1 BALLFIELD PER HOW MANY RESIDENCE NUMBER OF MUTI-USE FIELDS 1 MULTI-USE FIELD PER HOW MANY RESIDENCE ACRES OF PARK LAND MANAGED , MN 33,782 8 4,223 24 1,408 20 29 1,165 4 8,446 522 N 27,500 11 2,500 38 724 15 14+1,964 4 6,875 316 MN 22,787 7 3,255 17 1,340 12 8 2,848 7 3,255 214 MN 26,764 12.74 2,103 11 2,433 55 27 991 6 4,460 1,400 s, MN 19,496 3.4 5,734 16 1,219 5 12 1,624 11 1,772 130 MN 13,968 2.99 4,672 16 873 N/A 11 1,270 4 3,492 110 N 21,906 5.78 3,790 26 842 6 8 2,738 5 4,381 263 MN 20,371 10.54 1,932 30 679 50 18+1,132 5 4,074 1,035 highest number reported or calculated KEY lowest number reported or calculated | 20 DRAFT 04.28.25 | 19 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN CITY PARK FACILITY COMPARISON Table 2 compares Brooklyn Center’s park amenities to similar and adjacent communities, excluding regional parks, school properties, and private recreation. Brooklyn Center has the highest number of ballfields but the fewest multi-use fields per resident. As community needs shift toward more multi-use fields, up to 10 ballfields could be removed while still aligning with comparable cities. Areas are recommended to be replaced with multi-use and dedicated soccer fields to better serve residents. TABLE 2 | CITY COMPARISON OF PARK AMENITIES Page 95 of 395 | 21 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN NATIONAL COMPARISON The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) publishes park amenity standards based on municipalities at a national level. This is one method used as a comparison to determine community needs. Table 3 demonstrates a high-level comparison based on NRPA standards and recommendations. TABLE 3 | COMPARISON TO NRPA STANDARDS DESCRIPTIONS (2024 NRPA REPORT PARK METRICS) 20,000 to 49,999 residents BROOKLYN CENTER 33,782 residents ASSESSMENT Number of Residents per Park 2,062 residents per park 1,468 residents per park Exceeds Average (23 Parks in system) Acres of parkland per 1,000 residents 11.2 acres per 1,000 residents 15.5 acres per 1,000 residents Exceeds Average (522 acres) Playgrounds/Play structure 3,105 residents per Playground/play structure 1,877 residents per Playground/play structure Exceeds Average (18 Playgrounds) Basketball Courts 7,501 residents per Basketball Court 1,987 residents per Basketball Court Exceeds Average (17 Basketball courts) Ball Fields 3,007 residents per Ball Field 1,536 residents per Ball Field Exceeds Average (22 Ball Fields) Multi-Use Turf Fields 3,333 residents per Multi-Use Turf Fields 4,826 residents per Multi-Use Turf Fields Below Average (4 Multi-Use Turf Fields) Ice Rinks 19,770 residents per Ice Rink 3,378 residents per Ice Rink Exceeds Average (10 Ice Rinks) Tennis Courts 5,461 residents per Tennis Court 4,223 residents per Tennis Court Exceeds Average (8 Tennis Courts) Nine-hole golf courses 38,333 residents per Golf Course 33,782 residents per Golf Course Exceeds Average (1 Golf Course) Page 96 of 395 | 22 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Page 97 of 395 | 23 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN NEARBY RECREATION Since Brooklyn Center is located within the metro area, there are regional recreation opportunities that are available to residents. Figure 3 demonstrates how close a 5 or 10 minute walk is for residents that live near the city limits of Brooklyn Center. Adjacent cities and private entities may offer recreation; sometimes with a fee. Mississippi Regional Park is located along the eastern edge of Brooklyn Center but is not managed by the city but by Three Rivers Park District. it does offer multiple recreational and unique features at a regional scale with miles of paved trail. There are plans for future improvements to this park along with the Carl W. Kroening Nature Center. MAC Wildlife Area is a premier wildlife viewing area in the City of Crystal and has an ongoing relationship with the Three Rivers Park District for improvements and programming in park. Victory Prairie Off-Leash Recreation Area is located in Minneapolis but near the southern edge of Brooklyn Center. it is important to note that there is currently a gap near this area in Brooklyn Center (refer to Figure 4). This is a 2.62 acre park that allows dogs with scenic views and trails. Topgolf is located on the northeast corner of Brooklyn Center and offers a driving range and entertainment for the community. There is a fee to use this facility. Brooklyn Park Sports Dome is located within a 10 minute walk from the north edge of Brooklyn Center and offers indoor field space, walking track, and batting cages for a fee. Bowlero in Brooklyn Park offers indoor bowling, laser tag, and a ropes course for a fee. Page 98 of 395 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Brooklyn Center Adjacent Amenities Map A A B B C C 5 5 6 6 7 7 1 1 8 8 2 2 9 9 3 3 4 4 53rd Ave N Bass Lake Rd 57th Ave N 69th Ave N 63rd Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shingle Creek Palmer Lake HumboldtIndustrial CrystalLake ColumbiaHeights Brooklyn Park Fridley RobbinsdaleCrystal New Hope Du p o n t A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r Mi s s i s s i p p i R i v e r 94 94 694 152 252 100 Park Boundary 5 min walk (0.25 miles) PUBLIC AMENITIES PRIVATE AMENITIES OPEN TO PUBLICNATURAL RESOURCE PARKS SPECIAL USE PARKS REGIONAL PARKSExisting Regional Trails Existing Local Trails Existing Sidewalks Barrier 10 min walk (0.5 miles) Victory Prairie Off-Leash Recreation Area Carl W. Kroening Nature Center Brooklyn Park Sports Dome Shingle Creek Park Crystal MAC Wildlife Area Palmer Lake Environmental Nature Area Bowlero Brooklyn Park Brookdale Park & Dog Park TOPGOLF Centerbrook Golfcourse North Mississippi Regional Park Mississippi River TrailNote: Trail & Regional Park maintained by Three Rivers Park District Railway Eugene H. Hagel Arboretum LEGEND 1 0 m in walk 5 m in walk Brooklyn Center Adjacent Amenities Map A A B B C C 5 5 6 6 7 7 1 1 8 8 2 2 9 9 3 3 4 4 53rd Ave N Bass Lake Rd 57th Ave N 69th Ave N 63rd Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shingle Creek Palmer Lake HumboldtIndustrial CrystalLake ColumbiaHeights Brooklyn Park Fridley RobbinsdaleCrystal New Hope Du p o n t A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r Mi s s i s s i p p i R i v e r 94 94 694 152 252 100 Park Boundary 5 min walk (0.25 miles) PUBLIC AMENITIES PRIVATE AMENITIES OPEN TO PUBLICNATURAL RESOURCE PARKS SPECIAL USE PARKS REGIONAL PARKSExisting Regional Trails Existing Local Trails Existing Sidewalks Barrier 10 min walk (0.5 miles) Victory Prairie Off-Leash Recreation Area Carl W. Kroening Nature Center Brooklyn Park Sports Dome Shingle Creek Park Crystal MAC Wildlife Area Palmer Lake Environmental Nature Area Bowlero Brooklyn Park Brookdale Park & Dog Park TOPGOLF Centerbrook Golfcourse North Mississippi Regional Park Mississippi River TrailNote: Trail & Regional Park maintained by Three Rivers Park District Railway Eugene H. Hagel Arboretum LEGEND 1 0 m in walk 5 m in walk FIGURE 4 | RELEVANT NEARBY RECREATION | 24 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Page 99 of 395 | 25 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN RELEVANT FACILITIES Brooklyn Center has a variety of local and regional amenities and facilities to meet the needs of user groups. Eugene H. Hagel Arboretum >Located north of Kylawn Park (61st Ave N & Major Ave N Brooklyn Center, MN 55430). >Offers paved pathways and natural wetland areas which provide habitat for wildlife and native species. >is considered a Natural Resource Park as part of this plan. Palmer Lake Env. Nature Area >A nature area with woodchip trail, play area, and habitat for wildlife and native species. Community Center >Located adjacent to City Hall (6301 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430). >Features an indoor 50 meter swimming pool, water slide, zero depth wading pool, diving boards, Sauna, exercise area, and accommodates events and rentable space for up to 172 people. >Across the community center is Centennial Park which acts as a community hub for the system. City Hall Civic Center >The City Hall is located near Centennial Park and the Community Center (6301 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430). Heritage Center >The Heritage Center is a conference and event center. it has been the premier conference and event center in Minnesota for 30 years. Page 100 of 395 | 26 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN SHINGLE CREEK >Shingle Creek Regional Trail is affiliated with the Three Rivers Park District but a large portion of the corridor connects many of the community parks located centrally in the city. >The trail begins at its connection with Rush Creek Regional Trail in Brooklyn Park and heads south through Brooklyn Center, where it connects to Shingle Creek Parkway and trails to Minneapolis. >The trail is 8.4 miles of paved surface. CARL W. KROENING NATURE CENTER >This facility is not maintained by Brooklyn Center park staff but is located south of the Mississippi Regional Park and offers both indoor and outdoor family friendly activities. >Offers public programs for all ages including campfire nights, family fundays, hikes, outdoor programs, nature art, and bird watching. >Early childhood program specific amenities include nature playtime, storybook strolling, and tots nature guides. Page 101 of 395 | 27 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN ACCESSIBILITY AT PARKS Several parks in Brooklyn Center were developed prior to current ADA standards and requirements for parks and recreation. Before any improvements, the city should ensure that the park site is updated to meet current ADA requirements. This may require revisiting current ADA standards prior to final design and construction to meet or exceed guidelines established by the Americans with Disabilities Act. The City of Brooklyn Center is committed to providing activities, access, and resources for all visitors to the park system, including persons with disabilities and will do so throughout planning, development, and operation and maintenance activities of the park, recreation and trail system. Action items for improving accessibility for the park system in Brooklyn Center: >Provide an accessible route from an ADA parking stall to each park amenity >Parking lots should have the required minimum number of accessible stalls based on the overall lot size >Connections from streets or nearby trails to parks require a pedestrian curb ramp with truncated domes, pavement markings, and safe pedestrian crossings >A percentage of park amenities should also be accessible such as drinking fountains, grills, tables, benches, etc. >Offer inclusive play features for all ages and abilities >Utilize the City’s ADA transition plan Page 102 of 395 | 28 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN ATHLETIC ASSESSMENT Multi-Use Turf Fields Based on City maintenance staff interviews and public feedback from the initial public survey, it is suggested that the soccer program in Brooklyn Center is growing and ballfields have encountered a significant decline in activity. Many facilities including community parks do not offer enough unprogrammed open space for full size fields or practice fields. Additionally, there are ongoing maintenance issues with seasonal flooding and turf establishment when overlaid with ballfields. The need for multi-use turf fields and unprogrammed open space has become a priority during this process. Baseball & Softball Current softball and baseball programming and facilities are decreasing in demand. Additionally, there are ongoing maintenance issues with seasonal flooding and turf establishment when the fields are being used for multiple recreational activities. This process has determined that Brooklyn Center should reduce the number of ballfields and provide dedicated spaces out flood impact zones for recreational activities. Tennis & Pickleball While tennis and pickleball is not a main theme for improvement, the residents of Brooklyn Center are utilizing these facilities and would like to see continued maintenance and resurfacing; especially at Northport and West Palmer Park. Strategic locations such as Evergreen park are being recommended for new facilities to ensure Brooklyn Center residents have access to tennis and pickleball. Page 103 of 395 | 29 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Basketball, Courts, & Fitness According to survey results, use, and interviews, the community asked for the existing basketball courts to be improved especially at Grandview Park. it was desired to add a few more basketball courts in the neighborhood parks. The general desire is to offer more outdoor fitness opportunities such as exercise equipment or challenge course features. Brooklyn Center park users felt that there is enough volleyball being offered in the system including open-turf space for pop-up volleyball games. Hockey Rinks The hockey rinks and ice rinks in the system are being used seasonally. Some maintenance is needed on boards and fencing. Feedback suggests that general use ice rinks have shown reduced usage. Swimming & Aquatics The Community Center in Brooklyn Center offers most of the aquatic amenities for the community but there is desire to have a splash pad in Brooklyn Center according to survey responses and interviews. Golf Brooklyn Center has one golf course (9- hole) and several comments were made on adding a driving range. There is currently no disc golf being offered in the park system. Disc golf could be integrated into any park along a trail network with enough space to accommodates a course. Disc golf is recommended as a system-wide alternate item. Page 104 of 395 FIGURE 5 | RECREATIONAL AMENITIES IN THE SYSTEM | 30 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN NEIGHOBORHOOD & COMMUNITY PARKS LEGEND Park Boundary Existing Regional Trail Existing Local Trails Existing Sidewalks Barriers Water Body 5 7 9 15 4 12 17 2019 22 23 2 Hu m b o l d t A v e N Lo g a n A v e N 53rd Ave N 58th Ave N 59th Ave N 57th Ave N 55th Ave N 65th Ave N65th Ave N 63rd Ave N Ju n e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N 69th Ave N69th Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shi n g l e C r e e k Palmer Lake Middle Twin Lake Ryan Lake Crystal Airport Twin Lake Regional Trail Xe r x e s A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r 9494 9494 694694 152 252 100 5 7 9 13 11 15 4 12 17 20 19 22 2 23 East Palmer Lake Park Willow Lane Park Riverdale Park Orchard Lane Park Garden City Park Firehouse Park Marlin Park Wangstad Park Grandview Park Lions Park Bellvue Park Happy Hollow Park Twin Lake Park Freeway Park EXISTING RECREATION AMENITIES REMOVED RECREATION AMENITIES PROPOSED RECREATION AMENITIES Ballfields Ballfields Basketball Tennis Turf Volleyball Golf Amenities Basketball/Bankshot Hockey Rink Skating Rink Football SoccerPlayground Playground Exercise Area Soccer Kylawn Park Northport Park Centennial Park Evergreen Park West Palmer Lake Park 18 1 3 14 16 Pickleball Nature Playground Skating Rink Archery Exercise Area 18 1 3 14 16 13 11 Page 105 of 395 | 31 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN LIGHTING ASSESSMENT Public comment and feedback identified feeling safe and secure was a high priority for using park and trail systems. After reviewing existing lighting at all parks, it was determined that focusing on improving lighting within parking lots, along walkways and within shelters will achieve the highest benefit for all park user groups. The following lighting recommendations have been identified to improve the quality and efficiencies of lighting within parks and along trail systems. More information on improvements and recommendations can be found in Appendix C. Conversion to LED Lighting Many existing lights within parks are sourced with metal halide or high-pressure sodium lamps. Conversion of these lamps to LED lighting provides the opportunity to improve the quality and energy efficiency of park lighting. This “low-cost, high-impact” improvement offers more spill glare control to minimize light pollution and preserve the night sky environment of Brooklyn Center’s park system. Athletic Field Lighting Upgrading to automated event/sport field lighting in parks such as, Evergreen and Northport Park should be studied to improve operating efficiencies for park staff and improve the quality of park programming. Existing athletic field light fixtures should also be retrofitted with LED fixtures to improve the quality of lighting and reduce energy consumption. Lighting coverage for fields should maintain a coverage of 30 foot-candles (FC) for recreational field use. Page 106 of 395 | 32 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN “More lighting. Especially Walking/biking trails ex. 57th St from Knox Ave to N Lyndale Ave (alongside Mississippi river)” Parking Lot Lighting All existing and proposed parking lots in parks such as Willow Lane, should be lit to a minimum .5 FC to discourage after- hour activities. Adjacent sidewalks and connections to buildings should also be lit to a minimum .5 FC to make visitors feel safe during the early spring and late fall months. Park Shelter and Building Lighting Using photo cell sensors in shelters and buildings will improve sight lines from the surrounding perimeter of park boundaries. A minimum of 1.0 FC should be maintained at building and park shelter entries to improve night time visibility in all parks. Trail Lighting Consideration should be given to lighting more prominent trail systems like the Shingle Creek Regional Trail where higher use and combined pedestrian and bike users are more frequent along this corridor. Providing 12-14’ height pedestrian scale lighting at 120-150’ intervals along the trail and at roadway and trail intersection crossings will all improve night time safety and security of the trail for user groups. Page 107 of 395 | 33 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN NATIONAL RECREATION TRENDS Nationally, there has been growth in the number of people who participate in outdoor recreation. According to the Outdoor industry Association’s 2024 Outdoor Participation Trends Report, the number of recreation participants grew 4.1% and includes 57.3% of the U.S. population ages six and older. The participant base is becoming more diverse across ethnicity/race, education, and age. For the first time ever, over half of the women in the U.S. are participating in outdoor recreation activities. Members of the LGBTQ+ community continue to be the most active adults. Additionally, significantly higher percentage of seniors are participating in outdoor recreation. According to the Recreation Management Trends in Parks & Recreation 2024 report, nationally, cities have shown an increase in park revenue since 2023. The funding sources providing this revenue are coming from rentals and private events. They also receive funding from taxes, grants, and admission fees. Respondents from the national survey said they have partnered with outside organizations, with the highest being local schools, and non profits. Nearly three-quarters of the results show that the median budget for construction spending on parks in 2024 was $2 million, double the median cost in 2023 at $1 million. Common planned additions for parks based on these national reports include: According to the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) trends in parks for 2024 highlight increasing use of artificial intelligence (Ai) in parks, with a focus on privacy, safety, and security. Park agencies are prioritizing health and well-being. Recreational trends show declining walking trips since the pandemic, especially in Midwest urban areas, as walking shifts from transportation to recreation. Pickleball remains popular, cricket demand is surging, and dog parks are the fastest-growing park type. >Splash play areas >Dog parks >Fitness trails our outdoor exercise areas >Hiking, walking, and bike trails >Playgrounds >Park Shelters >Synthetic turf fields >Community Gardens >Environmental Education >Active senior groups >Fitness groups >Mind-body balance (Yoga) >Teen programs >Educational programs >Adult Sports >Holiday events >Arts and crafts Amenities Programs Page 108 of 395 | 34 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN MINNESOTA RECREATION TRENDS Outdoor Recreation Trails continue to be a major recreation trend nationwide, with most outdoor activities being running, jogging, and biking. Communities like Brooklyn Center have been focusing on healthy living, wellness, and access to recreational amenities. Minnesota and regional trends are showing a decline in participation of sports such as baseball and football. Field sports that are increasing in demand are soccer, lacrosse, and rugby. Additional trends in Minnesota include challenge courses, outdoor fitness equipment and courses both for older and younger age groups. Continually there is a nationwide interest in pickleball. Gaga ball, bocce ball, and other lawn games are rising in popularity in all generations. Splash pads or a water play feature has become popular in replace of outdoor pools. One of the main benefits to splash pads is they do not require lifeguards. Park and trail users have shown an interest in dog friendly facilities and providing dog waste stations throughout park systems. CURRENT TRENDS IN MINNESOTA >Splash Pads >Challenge Courses >Fitness Equipment >Dog Friendly Spaces >Lawn Games >Bankshot >Pickleball >Paved Trails and Loops >Mobile Bike and Scooters >Community Gardens >Nature Play >Public Art >Use of Drones in Parks >Skate Parks >Disc Golf >Fat Tire/Winter Biking >Synthetic Turf Fields >Pollinator Areas Page 109 of 395 | 35 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN BROOKLYN CENTER RECREATION TRENDS As part of this plan, Brooklyn Center is responding to trends with what was heard from residents and staff that maintain the park facilities with the goal to develop and promote outdoor programs for people of all backgrounds. Maintaining and enhancing Brooklyn Center’s outdoor recreation system ensures quality and access to safe recreational opportunities. Resident surveys have indicated value in parks and trails for recreational opportunities. Public feedback received during the planning process included comments about creating safe connections within the system to park, trails and to natural resources amenities such as Shingle Creek. Residents have shown general satisfaction with the existing recreational services offered but demonstrate concern over aging facilities. “Would love to see some type of water feature put in for kids” “Would love to have an indoor playground like many of the surrounding cities” “Would like more shade and seating for guardians/caregivers, more ADA accessible features (concrete or padded mats instead of pebbles or wood chips, accessible swings, wheelchair ramps), and more infant/toddler features (bucket swings, tunnels, sensory panels)” “I love East Palmer Lake Park. I wish there were some signs that described some of the flora and fauna that exist in the park. Embrace the variety that we have there” Page 110 of 395 | 36 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page 111 of 395 | 37 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 3. PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY Engaging a wide variety of stakeholders during the planning process ensures all user group needs are met as well as attracting non users to visit park facilities. The following initiatives were identified to ensure all stakeholders were involved in the planning process: >Engage all interested residents, park users, and stakeholders >Make engage-ment easy, interactive, and convenient >include underrepresented communities >An open-minded process with a focus on listening to ideas and concerns Page 112 of 395 | 38 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT OVERVIEW Parks contribute to the sense of community pride and provide opportunities for investment in the creation of unique public spaces for the community. Engagement for the Brooklyn Center Park and Trail System Capital investment Plan is to serve as a framework for how to engage community members, community organizations, and external partners. The plan serves to not only inform the community and partners of planning activities but to also enhance the community’s understanding of the parks and recreation system and programming. Efforts to provide direct engagement with under-represented voices and those with disabilities were an important part to the process. Groups such as Hmong communities, are often missed with traditional planning engagement techniques. Techniques used to make participants feel comfortable in providing feedback were by offering multiple methods for response. WEBSITE The website on the Parks & Trails page of the city’s website guided users to updated news, online surveys, concept development, and meeting schedules. SOCIAL MEDIA Social media platforms such as Facebook were used to promote the planning process and to get the word out about engagement events. YARD SIGNS Signs with QR codes were placed across the park system and within targeted neighborhoods to direct residents to surveys for public comment. DIRECT MAILINGS To gather more focused community feedback, post cards were used to reach targeted individuals and neighborhoods to direct them to methods for providing input. This approach received an overwhelming success rate in getting a greater number of responses. INTERVIEWS individuals were interviewed as part of this process and city staff were available for conversations about the plan. EVENTS Many events took place with members of the consultant team or Brooklyn Center staff in attendance to educate and update the public on their park system development, process, preliminary recommendations, and preview concept plans. Some of these events were used to direct people to the website. See Appendix A for further information on engagement feedback. Page 113 of 395 | 39 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN “We would enjoy a fenced in dog park area where we can meet other residents and our dogs can let off some energy? “Would love to have a splash pad in Brooklyn Center since we have to go to Maple Grove to get a splash pad that many kids can play on. Becker is great but does not serve that many kids” “More lighting especially on walking and biking trails” Page 114 of 395 | 40 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN IN-PERSON ENGAGEMENT EVENTS (This is not a comprehensive list of events that were attended) Northport Neighborhood (May 2024) A collaborative meeting with the Northport neighborhood community to discuss park goals, priorities, and desires for current and future generations. Several equitable considerations were discussed such as safety, inclusion, and sustainable designs. The opportunity for a dog park at Northport Park was explored. Juneteenth (June 2024) An Annual community event held at Centennial Park draws large crowds each year. Park system vision boards were put together along with a general comments board to gather feedback from all park users. Sticker dots were placed next to preferred park amenities that should be improved or added to the system. The majority of feedback desired adding a splash pad followed by lighting and trail improvement desires. Hmong Explore Our Park (July 2024) Welcoming the Hmong community, friends, and family to Centennial Park to explore opportunities for recreation, walking, biking, and healthy lifestyles. This encourages the community to get active with their local parks. The engagement for this event included gathering feedback for priorities and preferred items that should go into the park system. Page 115 of 395 | 41 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Youth Summit (July 2025) The objective was to connect with youth ages 6 to 20 regarding the Brookyn Center park system along with what they use them for and what they would like to see more of in the future. A map of Brooklyn Center was provided with building block materials, drawing tools, and snacks. The building blocks and drawing tools allowed children to build and describe their ideal park space. The group generally preferred park spaces that offered climbing features, slides, splash pads, swings, spinners, and zip lines. Health Fair (August 2024) Brooklyn Center Staff attended the Health Fair to gather input on the park system. Farmers Market (October 2024) Brooklyn Center Staff attended a Farmers Market to direct people to the online engagement platform to leave feedback for each park concept design. The Big Chill (January 2025) Brooklyn Center Staff attended the Big Chill event to hand out flyers and promote the online engagement for concept design feedback. Interview with City of Shoreview and City of Crystal Park Directors Comparable recreation needs and challenges were discussed during this interview. The purpose was to gather information from a similar park system like Shoreview to prioritize needs, trends and learn from what has been successful in a similar park system. Page 116 of 395 | 42 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS CHALLENGES: >It takes three public works staff members working full time, one week to maintain public open space system with mowing and trimming. >Garbage and debris in parks is difficult to keep up with. >Low staffing; currently there are seven full time and six seasonal team members. A significant decline from the number of maintenance staff employed since the 1990s. >Ballfields require a lot of maintenance due to flooding and field volume. >Centennial pond is a water feature that requires substantial resources, time, and coordination to maintain its current condition. >Picnic tables and benches need uniformity across system to decrease long- term maintenance requirements. >Portable restroom enclosures need to be made of a durable, flame retardant material to reduce successful vandalism. MAINTENANCE & OPERATIONS RESPONSIBILITIES: >Includes 522 acres of parks and natural areas, 47 miles of sidewalks, 21 miles of multi-use trails, and various public buildings and grounds. >Overseeing all park stormwater and sewer infrastructure, maintaining gas and electric services to shelters and lighting, trash collection, and the rental and servicing of portable restroom facilities. >Upkeep and maintenance of park facilities include playground equipment, shelters, irrigation systems, bleachers and site furnishings. >The Public Works Department oversees the upkeep of city streets, sidewalks, and trails. This includes activities such as patching, sealcoating, crack sealing, sweeping, minor sidewalk repairs, and managing the operation and maintenance of trail lighting systems. >Forestry staff maintains, trims, and reforests trees in parks, boulevards, and other public areas. They administer programs targeting diseased trees and manage the city’s noxious weed eradication program. BROOKLYN CENTER MAINTENANCE STAFF INTERVIEW The planning team met with Brooklyn Center’s maintenance staff and discussed specific questions relating to staffing concerns, park maintenance challenges, vandalism, seasonal challenges, priorities within the park system, invasive species concern, and stormwater impacts. Key themes from this discussion are highlighted below. Page 117 of 395 | 43 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN ONLINE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT The online engagement portion of this plan included two surveys. An initial community survey and concept specific design feedback for each park. The survey summary can be found in Appendix A. System Wide Themes There were 286 total responses in the initial survey and 448 total responses from the concepts survey. Emerging themes that stand out from the online engagement are safety and security, the high use of paved trails, all age groups and abilities utilize the park system, add a splash pad, improve waste management, improve existing facilities, and increase water access opportunities. Take Our Survey! What do you want to see in your Park? Be At The CenterAt The Center of the Park Planning Process Page 118 of 395 | 44 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 4. From your perspective, who uses the Brooklyn Center Parks System? Answered: 281 Skipped: 5 Special Needs Groups Senior Citizens (65+) Adults (21 - 65) Teens (13-19) Youth / Pre-teen (6-12 ) Children (1-5) 0 50 100 250200150 Children (1-5)212 74.13% Youth / Pre-teen (6-12 )212 74.13% Teens (13-19)173 60.49% Adults (21 - 65)188 65.73% Senior Citizens (65+)128 44.76% Special Needs Groups 70 24.48% This survey is anonymous. Answers Count Percentage Page 119 of 395 | 45 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 5. Which Park and trail system amenities have you or your family used in the past year? ADA Accessible Areas Archery Range Other Football Field Ice Skating / Hockey Rinks Baseball/Softball Fields Soccer Fields Amphitheater Tennis/Pickleball Courts Basketball Courts Community Event Spaces Hiking Trails Playgrounds Paved Walking/ Bike Trails 0 50 100 150 200 Page 120 of 395 | 46 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 6. If you do NOT regularly use parks and trails, what barriers do you face that prevent yo… affordability Difficult for me to get to the park Program times are inconvenient I do not feel welcome I do not know how to reserve a program/park facility I am not interested in programs Lack of accessible amenities Parks do not provide amenities I want to use Other I use amenities in other cities Park amenities not maintained. I am not aware of what is available I do not feel safe 0 10050 I do not feel safe 66 23.08% Answers Count Percentage Page 121 of 395 | 47 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 7. What improvements to outdoor recreation facilities would you or your family like to se… Improved access to parks in my area Outdoor skating rink Soccer Fields Green space Dog Parks additional lighting Better to maintain what we already have more native planting and pollinators Interactive water play features (splash pads, misters, etc.) Expanded trail network better trash management Expanded access to water (lakes, shingle creek, Mississippi) Add more playground facilities or improve existing facilities 0 15010050 Add more playground facilities or improve existing facilities 106 37.06% Answers Count Percentage Page 122 of 395 | 48 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Page 123 of 395 | 49 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 4. RECOMMENDATIONS & CIP INTRODUCTION While parks have undergone upgrades, there are limited resources and funding. This plan prioritizes updates to align with community needs and goals. Historically, Brooklyn Center focused on recreation such as baseball. While this is still an important role for the park system, the city demographics, land use, and community desires indicate that patterns are changing and the park system must accommodate the people using them. There is limited opportunity for expansion or new development but growth can be met by redeveloping, renovating, and improving existing park amenities. The trails in Brooklyn Center connect residents to parks, schools, and key destinations. Recommendations to proposed trail routes, maintenance needs, and classifications are included. Trails in the Brooklyn Center system include regional trails, paved trails, bike routes, sidewalks, soft trails, and allow for winter snow shoeing opportunities. The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) has specific requirements for both park facilities and trails. Best practices include following trail safety, quality, convenience, connectivity, and wellness opportunities when determining appropriate recommendations for new trails or improvements. All park and trail concepts represent a distillation of public feedback and conversations with Brooklyn Center staff and provide an attempt to visualize them. Before any large improvement is made in Brooklyn Center, staff will do targeted outreach to gather feedback. City Mission: Brooklyn Center actively provides a safe, welcoming, and inclusive community. City Values: Safety, community centered, accountability, transparency, and sustainability. Page 124 of 395 | 50 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Page 125 of 395 | 51 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN “Through commitment to healthy environments, Brooklyn Center envisions a thriving, diverse community with a full range of parks, recreation, and trail systems that will enhance the quality of life for all residents” THE VISION: SYSTEM WIDE PRIORITIES (10-YEAR FOCUS) Crime & Safety Several comments regarding safety were made from residents. it is becoming an increasingly common issue in finding a balance between privacy and safety; priorities are as follows: >improve and increase lighting throughout the system >Upgrade the waste management program and integrate inventory tracking Accessibility Reduction in the amount of physical, social and mental barriers promotes equity throughout the city; priorities are as follows: >Accessible paved routes to amenities >ADA parking stalls >Curb ramps with truncated domes, pavement markings, and safe crossings >Offer inclusive play features and surfacing for all ages and abilities Natural Resources & Wetlands Native vegetation is highly desired by residents and should be incorporated into park areas and along trails to improve habitat and flood resilience; priorities are as follows: >implement stormwater infrastructure within parks for flood mitigation >implement native plantings >invasive species removal plan Connectivity & Inclusivity interstates, highways, railroads, and major arterial roads that dissect the city, impacting people with mobility restrictions; priorities are as follows: >Add crossings and pedestrian bridges >implement inclusive play features for all ages and abilities >increase wayfinding signage for all >increase number of multi-use and soccer fields to meet community demands Page 126 of 395 | 52 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN DOG PARK if a dog park is integrated into the Brooklyn Center park system, it is recommended that further analysis be completed to find a suitable location. Service areas and existing nearby dog park facilities should be considered (see Figure 4). See Appendix A for more information regarding the dog park engagement and analysis process that was part of this plan. Upgrade Existing Amenities & Facilities On going efforts should continue with respect to upgrading damaged or old equipment, site furnishings, and facilities; priorities are as follows: >implement a park standard waste receptacle product that is accessible to all >implement a low maintenance portable restroom enclosure structure >Upgrade existing site furnishings that are damaged or out dated >implement safe pedestrian crossings on busy roads >Upgrade playground surfacing and court surfacing >Upgrade park and athletic field lighting >Establish Eugene H. Hagel Arboretum as an accredited Arboretum >Develop Centennial Park to become a NW metro regional park hub Page 127 of 395 Proposed Amenity N/A | 54 DRAFT 04.28.25 | 53 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN TABLE 4 | PROPOSED PARK AMENITIES PROPOSED PARK AMENITIES & FACILITIES The following table lists proposed park facilities and amenities identified through community feedback. Amenities West Palmer Lake Park East Palmer Lake Park Evergreen Park Riverdale Park Willow Lane Park Palmer Lake Freeway Park Shingle Creek Trail Orchard Lane Park Bob Cahlander Park Garden City Park Firehouse Park Marlin Park Centennial Park Centennial Park West Wangstad Park Arboretum & Kylawn Park Grandview Park Northport Park Centerbrook Golf Course Lions Park Bellvue Park Lakeside Park Happy Hollow Park Twin Lake Park EXISTING AMENITY TOTAL PROPOSED AMENITIY TOTAL Native Planting Area(s) 2 1 4 3 2 3 2 1 2 5 3 2 2 4 1 1 2 40 Pond / Stormwater Treatment Area(s) 3 2 1 1 16 7 Picnic/Park Shelter 1 1 1 1 16 4 Warming House 11 Playground Equipment 1 18 1 Exercise Equipment Area 1 1 12 Turf Volleyball 22 3 1 1 9 Synthetic Turf Court(s) & Field(s) 13 4 Soccer Field(s) 6 2 2 1 5 11 Pickleball Court(s)3 69 Basketball Court(s)1 1 1 17 3 Bankshot 1 1 Lake Access 1 1 1 Sledding Hill 1 2 1 Recreation Rental 11 Boardwalk 1 1 1 1 4 Splash Water Feature 1 12 Meditation Area 22 Nature Playground Equipment 11 Driving Range 11 Page 128 of 395 | 55 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN PRIORITY PARKS Based on public feedback, interviews, existing conditions, and system analysis for Brooklyn Center, the following parks are recommended as the top three priority parks with emphasis on community parks. A system-wide list of park prioritization can be seen in Table 5 under implementation and funding. Pursuit of various funding opportunities will allow greater flexibility in priorities and phasing between parks over the next 10-20 years. >Centennial Park - Primary recommendations include re-purposing athletic field areas, pond edge improvements, expanding natural resource areas and wetlands, archery range improvements, and adding a splash pad. There is future consideration in converting this park into a regional park. >West Palmer Lake - Primary recommendations include leveraging grant funding for several improvements and converting the existing ballfields into a soccer hub and accommodating flood mitigation and wetland improvements. >Lions Park - Primary recommendations include relocating amenities towards the north end of the park to make room for the potential future golf expansion. However, further engagement will need to be completed prior to final design and development of the park. Note that all proposed improvements for each park is not expected to be implemented at once. However, key features as described on each park concept under themes and recommendations is to be prioritized for each park. Refer to Appendix D for concept recommendations and priorities for each park. Page 129 of 395 | 56 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN TRAIL SYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS The purpose of a trail system is to connect people to recreation, transportation corridors, businesses, attractions, and other trails outside of the city. Proposed trails, sidewalks, and crossings and be seen in Figure 6 along with its correlation with the planned 10-year Capital improvement Projects for reconstruction. Trail System Priorities >Establish and improve wayfinding and signage that provides direction to priority destinations for people biking and walking. >Coordinate with street improvements to close gaps (see Figure 6). >Coordinate with county, neighboring communities, and the State of Minnesota for relative trail improvement projects and key crossings. >improve pedestrian crossings within barrier areas and busy roads. >Make improvements within the trail system to ADA compliance. Page 130 of 395 | 57 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 1 B 6 19 2 Rehab trail corridor as Shingle Creek Greenway Restore Wetland Natural reserve area adjacent to creek corridor OpportunitySiteRedevelopmentArea 8 14 COMMUNITY PARKS Centennial Park Corridor-wide Recommendations - Add wayfinding signage - Add pedestrian scale lighting - Improve crosswalk connections West Palmer Lake Park Palmer Lake Natural ResourceArea SPECIAL USE PARKS PARK AMENITIES ACCESSIBLE FROM SHINGLE CREEK TRAIL Centerbrook Golfcourse Shingle Creek Brooklyn Center Boundary Parks Brooklyn Center City Hall Shingle Creek Trail NATURAL RESOURCE AREAS Shingle Creek Trail Palmer Lake Park Lions Park NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS 1 14 B 6 8 19 2 East Palmer Lake Park LEGEND 9494 Twin Lake Regional Trail 57th Ave N Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Xe r x e s A v e N 69th Ave N 100 694694 Lo g a n A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d 58th Ave N 73rdAve N Shingle Creek Corridor A high-value recreational resource which connects users to a variety of natural areas and park destinations. Further enhancement and visibility of this corridor as a greenway with wayfinding and interpretive signage, lighting, and site furnishings will contribute towards making this corridor a prominent regional feature of the city’s park system. Redevelopment opportunities near or within this corridor also provides the opportunity to connect more people to Shingle Creek. Page 131 of 395 | 58 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 03/04/2025Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Sidewalk & Trail Gaps within 2025-2034 CIP Project Area 0 0.5 1 2 miles 58th Ave N 59th Ave N 55th Ave N Humboldt Industrial 9494 9494 694694 152 252 100 Water Body Hu m b o l d t A v e N Lo g a n A v e N 53rd Ave N 57th Ave N 65th Ave N65th Ave N 63rd Ave N Ju n e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Lakebreeze Ave N 69th Ave N69th Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shi n g l e C r e e k Palmer Lake Upper Twin Lake Middle Twin Lake Ryan Lake Crystal Airport Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Twin Lake Regional Trail Tw i n L a k e R e g i o n a l T r a i l Sh i n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l X e r x e s A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r Barrier Difficult Crossing Area Park Boundary Existing Regional Trail Existing Local Trails Existing Sidewalks LEGEND Proposed Local Trail Gaps Proposed Sidewalk Gaps 2025 - 2034 CIP Project Areas -Mill and Overlay Projects 67th and James Area - 2025 Humboldt & 65th Area - 2026 Garden City North - 2028 Garden City Central - 2030 Garden City South - 2030 Shingle Creek Pkwy & Xerxes Ave - 2031 Xerxes Ave (Northway to 694) - 2031 Southwest Area - 2032 Happy Hollow Area - 2032 Northport Area - 2033 Lions Park South - 2034 Centerbrook Area - 2034 -Full Depth Pavement Replacement Projec John Martin Drive - 2026 Orchard Lane North Area - 2027 53rd & Xerxes Area - 2027 Meadowlark Gardens - 2027 Orchard Lane South Area - 2028 Humboldt Ave (69th to 73rd) - 2028 St Alphonsus - 2028 68th & Lee - 2029 Earle Brown Drive - 2029 73rd Ave (Humboldt to TH252) - 2031 73rd Ave (Penn to Humboldt) - 2031 69th & Shingle Creek Pkwy - 2034 -Reconstruction projects Humboldt Ave (53rd to 57th) - 2026 69th Ave (CSAH 130-Unity to Brooklyn Blvd) - 2029 TH 252/66th Interchange - 2029 Southeast Alleys - 2033 03/04/2025Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Sidewalk & Trail Gaps within 2025-2034 CIP Project Area 0 0.5 1 2 miles 58th Ave N 59th Ave N 55th Ave N Humboldt Industrial 9494 9494 694694 152 252 100 Water Body Hu m b o l d t A v e N Lo g a n A v e N 53rd Ave N 57th Ave N 65th Ave N65th Ave N 63rd Ave N Ju n e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Lakebreeze Ave N 69th Ave N69th Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shi n g l e C r e e k Palmer Lake Upper Twin Lake Middle Twin Lake Ryan Lake Crystal Airport Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Twin Lake Regional Trail Tw i n L a k e R e g i o n a l T r a i l Sh i n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l X e r x e s A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r Barrier Difficult Crossing Area Park Boundary Existing Regional Trail Existing Local Trails Existing Sidewalks LEGEND Proposed Local Trail Gaps Proposed Sidewalk Gaps 2025 - 2034 CIP Project Areas -Mill and Overlay Projects 67th and James Area - 2025 Humboldt & 65th Area - 2026 Garden City North - 2028 Garden City Central - 2030 Garden City South - 2030 Shingle Creek Pkwy & Xerxes Ave - 2031 Xerxes Ave (Northway to 694) - 2031 Southwest Area - 2032 Happy Hollow Area - 2032 Northport Area - 2033 Lions Park South - 2034 Centerbrook Area - 2034 -Full Depth Pavement Replacement Projects John Martin Drive - 2026 Orchard Lane North Area - 2027 53rd & Xerxes Area - 2027 Meadowlark Gardens - 2027 Orchard Lane South Area - 2028 Humboldt Ave (69th to 73rd) - 2028 St Alphonsus - 2028 68th & Lee - 2029 Earle Brown Drive - 2029 73rd Ave (Humboldt to TH252) - 2031 73rd Ave (Penn to Humboldt) - 2031 69th & Shingle Creek Pkwy - 2034 -Reconstruction projects Humboldt Ave (53rd to 57th) - 2026 69th Ave (CSAH 130-Unity to Brooklyn Blvd) - 2029 TH 252/66th Interchange - 2029 Southeast Alleys - 2033 FIGURE 6 | PARK & TRAIL SYSTEM GAPS & BARRIERS Page 132 of 395 | 59 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN CENTENNIAL PARK Centennial Park serves as the City’s primary public gathering place, and its distinctive amenities position it uniquely as a regional resource for the northwest Twin Cities metro area. Maintaining its appearance and facilities enhances the City’s park and recreation identity. Proposed site improvements include adding a naturalized pond edge with boulders and native plantings, installing a splash pad and patio area, re-purposing two existing ballfields into a multi-purpose lawn and picnic space, and restoring flood-prone outfield areas to wetland habitats. The Centennial Park Site Plan can be found in Appendix D. Page 133 of 395 Multi-Purpose Open Lawn Space Existing Parking Lot Existing Parking Lot Existing Trellis Plaza & Trellis Existing Amphitheater New Splash Pad ExistingPond ExistingCommunityCenter Expanded Wetland Area AreaRecommendations - Pond Area Improvements - Add Splash Pad - Improve connections to shelter LEGEND Brooklyn Center City Hall Existing Playground Existing Exercise Station Proposed Ballfield removal Existing Soccer Field Shi n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l | 60 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Page 134 of 395 | 61 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 5. IMPLEMENTATION & FUNDING INTRODUCTION Cost projections for the park system are identified in Table 5 and further information on the breakdown of costs can be found in Appendix D. The costs are based on a combination of site-specific requirements and projects of similar size and complexity with current 2025 numbers. it is assumed that work is to be done by private contractors that are insured and licensed. The estimated cost does not include any work that may be performed by the city given future donations, resources, equipment, or volunteer variables. The totals include a 20% contingency (10% for design, and 10% for construction). Costs also do not include acquisitions, easements, etc. due to new trail developments or park expansions. The figures based on a master concept level which can only be used at a budgetary level for phasing, planning, and comparing. Actual costs will vary due to unforeseen site and economic conditions. Prioritization in this plan have been developed based on public feedback, existing site conditions, challenges, city goals and objectives, visioning, and best practices. However, priorities can change over time due to community needs, demographics, funding, and economics. OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE it is recommended that the city should incorporate trail maintenance funding and equipment needs into annual budgeting. Additional maintenance staff is needed now and in the future to accommodate existing, improved, and new park and trail amenities and facilities. A maintenance plan with inventory should be updated to include inspection criteria and a rating system for each amenity and piece of equipment. Due to the maintenance demands at dog parks, it is recommended that if a new dog park is implemented into the park system, consideration of a fee would support additional maintenance costs and improvements. Page 135 of 395 | 62 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN MAINTENANCE PRIORITIES: >Lighting should be prioritized to improve visitor safety and lighting efficiency. >New standard waste receptacles should be provided at all park properties. >Relocate or remove recreation areas prone to seasonal flooding. >Utilize durable materials to reduce vandalism within the park system. >increase seasonal staffing and volunteer opportunities. >Develop inventory tracking data base for maintenance operations. MAINTAINING NATURAL RESOURCE AREAS & WETLANDS: >Continued Emerald Ash Borer removal and treatment options. >Consider plan for Buckthorn and other invasive species removal. Page 136 of 395 KEY INITIATIVES: AMENITY FOCUSED IMPROVEMENTS - PIP SURFACING - REMAINING PLAY EQUIPMENT - COURT RENOVATIONS - TRAILS AND CONNECTIONS - TURF FIELDS AND IRRIGATION - SPLASH PAD - WASTE RECEPTACLES AND ACCESS KEY INITIATIVES: ADA FOCUSED IMPROVEMENTS - PARKING LOTS - TRAILS AND CONNECTIONS - PED RAMPS AND CROSSINGS - RESTROOMS AND ENCLOSURES - PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING KEY INITIATIVES: ALL NEW AMENITIES AND FACILITIES - FIELD HOUSE - BOARDWALKS - SYNTHETIC FIELDS - WATER PLAY FEATURE - CHALLENGE COURSE - WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS PARK PRIORITY PARK NAME NEW PARK CLASSIFICATION SIZE (ACRES) EXISTING CONDITION SCORE (%) PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT UPGRADE (YEAR) PUBLIC PARK CONCEPT RATING /10 SHORT-TERM (0-5 YEARS) (HIGH PRIORITY)SHORT-TERM COST MID-TERM (5-10 YEARS) (MEDIUM PRIORITY)MID-TERM COST LONG-TERM (10-20 + YEARS) (LOW PRIORITY)LONG-TERM COST ALTERNATE ITEMS HIGH CENTENNIAL PARK COMMUNITY 63.5 73% 2017 (EAST) 2019 (WEST)7.6/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS ADD CONCRETE PLAZA ADD SPLASH PAD POND WALL IMPROVEMENTS UPGRADE ARCHERY UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $764K - $802K ADD PARKING LOT FLOOD MITIGATION SEEDING AND RESTORATION ADD PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $440K - $462K ADD BOARDWALK VEGETATION PLANTING WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS $1.8M - $1.89M HIGH WEST PALMER LAKE PARK COMMUNITY 15.5 78% 2020 7.3/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS CONVERT BALLFIELDS TO TURF SOCCER FIELDS UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES RESURFACE TENNIS COURT $624K - $655K FLOOD MITIGATION SEEDING AND RESTORATION ADD PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $513K - $539K ADD BANKSHOT VEGETATION PLANTING WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS $120K - $126K HIGH LIONS PARK COMMUNITY 11 48% 2019 7.6/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA RELOCATE PLAYGROUND RELOCATE BASKETBALL COURT RELOCATE PICNIC SHELTER RELOCATE AND UPGRADE SITE FURNISHINGS UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $582K - $611K ADD PARKING LOT ADD STORMWATER TREATMENT AREA GOLF COURSE RANGE SEEDING AND RESTORATION VEGETATION PLANTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $1.8M - $1.89M WAYFINDING AND SIGNAGE $7K - $8K HIGH EVERGREEN PARK COMMUNITY 18.6 63% 2021 7.8/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA ADD PICKLEBALL COURTS TURF VOLLEYBALL AREA UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $258K - $271K IMPROVE PARKING VEGETATION PLANTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE RESURFACE TENNIS COURT $329K - $345K SYNTHETIC TURF MULTI-USE FIELD ADD PLAYGROUND WAYFINDING SIGNS $1.53M - $1.6M FIELD HOUSE HIGH NORTHPORT PARK COMMUNITY 18.3 71% 2021 6.5/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS EXPAND OPEN SPACE FOR SOCCER FIELD ADD TURF VOLLEYBALL AREA IMPROVE IRRIGATION UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES RESURFACE TENNIS COURT $247K - $259K EXPAND PARKING LOT SEEDING AND RESTORATION VEGETATION PLANTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $216K - $226K ADD PICKLEBALL COURTS WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS $242K - $254K HIGH KYLAWN PARK COMMUNITY 22.6 78% 2020 7.7/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS ADD NATURE BASED PLAYGROUND IMPROVE PICNIC SHELTER UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $337K - $353K SEEDING AND RESTORATION VEGETATION PLANTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $30K - $32K FLOOD MITIGATION WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS $60K - $63K HIGH GRANDVIEW PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 10 56% 2020 8.0/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS UPGRADE BASKETBALL COURT IMPROVE MULTI-USE FIELD AND IRRIGATION UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $170K - $179K IMPROVE PARK LIGHTING ADD BLEACHER SEATING AREA ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE RESURFACE TENNIS COURT $37K - $39K ADD WARMING HOUSE VEGETATION PLANTING WAYFINDING SIGNS $123K - $129K HIGH RIVERDALE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 3.6 57% 2020 5.7/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS CONVERT BALLFIELD TO OPEN SPACE UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $196K - $206K PULL OFF PARKING ADD PEDESTRIAN CROSSING SEEDING AND RESTORATION VEGETATION PLANTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $136K - $143K WAYFINDING SIGNS $3K - $4K HIGH FIREHOUSE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 6.6 61% 2019 7.7/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE EXISTING FURNISHINGS ADD FULL COURT BASKETBALL UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $162K - $170K EXPAND PARKING LOT ADD PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $81K - $85K WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS VEGETATION PLANTING $16K - $17K BALLFIELD IRRIGATION | 64 DRAFT 04.28.25 | 63 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN TABLE 5 | PRIORITY AND PHASING MATRIX Page 137 of 395 PARK PRIORITY PARK NAME NEW PARK CLASSIFICATION SIZE (ACRES) EXISTING CONDITION SCORE (%) PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT UPGRADE (YEAR) PUBLIC PARK CONCEPT RATING /10 SHORT-TERM (0-5 YEARS) (HIGH PRIORITY)SHORT-TERM COST MID-TERM (5-10 YEARS) (MEDIUM PRIORITY)MID-TERM COST LONG-TERM (10-20 + YEARS) (LOW PRIORITY)LONG-TERM COST ALTERNATE ITEMS HIGH MARLIN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 2 62% 2020 6.5/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS IMPROVE PLAYGROUND ADD HALF COURT BASKETBALL UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $284K - $298K VEGETATION PLANTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $23K - $25K ADD PICNIC SHELTER WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS $102K - $107K TRAIL CONNECTION TO 63RD AVE N MEDIUM TWIN LAKE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 2.8 67% 2021 5.4/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS EXPAND PLAYGROUND RELOCATE BUTTERFLY GARDEN ADD OPEN SPACE FOR TURF VOLLEYBALL UPGRADE TRASH RECEPTACLES $244K - $256K EXPAND PICNIC AREA ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $5K - $6K ADD FISHING PIER WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS SEEDING AND RESTORATION $56K - 59K MEDIUM WILLOW LANE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 7.4 68% 2021 5.9/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA EXPAND PLAYGROUND CONVERT BALLFIELD TO SOCCER FIELDS UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $273K - $286K ADD PARKING LOT BLEACHER SEATING AREA SEEDING AND RESTORATION VEGETATION PLANTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $314K - $329K SYNTHETIC TURF VOLLEYBALL COURTS WAYFINDING SIGNS $215K - 225K MEDIUM BELLVUE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 6.6 68% 2020 5.4/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA RELOCATE ICE RINK AREA EXPAND PLAYGROUND CONVERT BALLFIELD TO SOCCER FIELD UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $345K - $362K ADD PULL OFF PARKING CONCRETE PLAZA AND SEATING ADD HALF COURT BASKETBALL ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $80K - $84K ADD WATER PLAY FEATURE ADD PICNIC SHELTER WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS SEEDING AND RESTORATION VEGETATION PLANTING $325K - 341K MEDIUM FREEWAY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 3.3 70% 2019 6.8/10 UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $10K - $11K ADD PLAYGROUND ADD CONCRETE PLAZA ADD PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $202K - $212K WAYFINDING AND SIGNAGE SEEDING AND RESTORATION VEGETATION PLANTING $15K - 16K PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE MEDIUM ORCHARD LANE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 6.5 70% 2019 6.2/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS CONVERT BALLFIELD TO TURF SOCCER FIELD IMPROVE BASKETBALL COURT UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $378K - $396K ADD PULL OF PARKING CONVERT PARKING LOT TO OPEN SPACE EXPAND PLAYGROUND ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $248K - $260K SEEDING AND RESTORATION WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS VEGETATION PLANTING $49K - 51K MEDIUM WANGSTAD PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 1.7 76% 2021 5.8/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS EXPAND PLAYGROUND UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $235K - $246K ADD PARKING LOT SEEDING AND RESTORATION VEGETATION PLANTING ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $100K - $104K ADD PICNIC SHELTER ADD CONCRETE PLAZA ADD EXERCISE OR CHALLENGE COURSE AREA WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS $230K - 241K LOW HAPPY HOLLOW PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 5.4 84% 2021 7.5/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $176K - $184K EXPAND PARKING LOT ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $69K - $72K ADD EXERCISE OR CHALLENGE COURSE AREA WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS SEEDING AND RESTORATION VEGETATION PLANTING $162K - 170K LOW GARDEN CITY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD 1.1 75% N/A 5.5/10 0 0 VEGETATION PLANTING $11K - $12K LOW PALMER LAKE PARK NATURAL RESOURCE 5.8 63% N/A 7.5/10 EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA UPGRADE OLD SITE FURNISHINGS ADD BOARDWALK AND DOCK UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $181K - $190K IMPROVE PARKING LOT ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE AND ACCESS SEEDING AND RESTORATION $27K - $28K ADD PICNIC SHELTER ADD CANOE AND KAYAK RENTAL WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS $107K - $112K LOW SHINGLE CREEK TRAIL NATURAL RESOURCE 21.6 63% N/A 7.5/10 UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $6K - $7K PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING $172K - $180K ADD SITE FURNISHINGS WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS ADD PUBLIC ART ALONG TRAIL $79K - $82K LOW BOB CAHLANDER PARK NATURAL RESOURCE 5.3 67% N/A 8.2/10 0 0 WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS $10K - $11K LOW EAST PALMER LAKE PARK NATURAL RESOURCE 16.4 72% 2021 7.3/10 CONVERT BALLFIELD TO OPEN SPACE UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $27K - $28K EXPAND TRAILS AND ADA FLOOD MITIGATION INVASIVE SPECIES REMOVAL ADD RESTROOM ENCLOSURE $375K - $393K ADD BOARDWALK VEGETATION PLANTING WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS $251K - $263K | 66 DRAFT 04.28.25 | 65 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN Page 138 of 395 PARK PRIORITY PARK NAME NEW PARK CLASSIFICATION SIZE (ACRES) EXISTING CONDITION SCORE (%) PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT UPGRADE (YEAR) PUBLIC PARK CONCEPT RATING /10 SHORT-TERM (0-5 YEARS) (HIGH PRIORITY)SHORT-TERM COST MID-TERM (5-10 YEARS) (MEDIUM PRIORITY)MID-TERM COST LONG-TERM (10-20 + YEARS) (LOW PRIORITY)LONG-TERM COST ALTERNATE ITEMS LOW EUGENE H. HAGEL ARBORETUM NATURAL RESOURCE 7.1 78% N/A 7.7/10 UPGRADE WASTE RECEPTACLES $3K - $4K ADD SITE FURNISHINGS $7K - $8K ADD OVERLOOK AREA SEEDING AND RESTORATION VEGETATION PLANTING WAYFINDING AND INTERPRETIVE SIGNS STORMWATER AND WALL IMPROVEMENTS $119K - $124K LOW LAKESIDE PARK NATURAL RESOURCE 0.7 N/A N/A 6.2/10 0 0 SEEDING AND RESTORATION $11K - $12K LOW CENTERBROOK GOLF COURSE SPECIAL USE 29.7 N/A N/A 7.6/10 0 ADD PUTTING COURSE ADD FORWARD TEE $250K - $262K 0 EXPAND CLUBHOUSE LOW NORTH MISSISSIPPI REGIONAL PARK REGIONAL PARK 16.5 N/A N/A N/A 0 0 0 SUB TOTAL $5.5M - $5.74M $5.45M - $5.72M $5.64M - $5.92M 20% CONT.$1.1M - $1.14M $1.09M - $1.14M $1.12M - $1.18M TOTAL COST $6.6M - $6.88M $6.54M - $6.86M $6.76M - $7.1M TOTAL PARK SYSTEM COST $19.9M - $20.84M 3. Alternate items are not included in costs 1. Costs for phased items above do not include 20% contingency 2. Any items labeled "Potential" in the concepts are not included in costs | 68 DRAFT 04.28.25 | 67 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN MATRIX ORGANIZATION in Table 5, the priority parks are determined by classification where community parks are prioritized higher than neighborhood parks and so on. The priority for neighborhood parks, natural resource parks, and special use parks consider age of playground equipment and facilities along with gap areas in the system, and existing park conditions. Recommendation items for each park are derived from the public engagement process including public feedback, and the development of the concepts for each park. Additionally, recommendations are grouped in phases together to increase efficiency with construction costs. These recommendations and initiatives are then phased appropriately with consideration of future capital investment plans (upcoming projects near parks with ADA improvements, trails, or other paving improvements). FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES investments within the park and trail system are needed to implement the recommendations and maintenance strategies. Brooklyn Center should annually review the CiP to identify areas that park and trail projects can be integrated in reconstruction projects. Table 6 provides a list of potential grant opportunities available to park agencies. The Minnesota Recreation and Park Association is a resource to find current grant funding options as offerings may change each year. Page 139 of 395 | 69 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN FUNDING SOURCE DESCRIPTION / ELIGIBILITY PROBABILITY / AVAILABILITY Department of Natural Resources (DNR) The DNR offers funding opportunities for park and trail projects in Minnesota. Grant programs include outdoor recreation, natural and scenic areas, regional trails, local trails, and federal recreation trails. Application rules vary, more details can be found on the DNR website Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program (ORLP) Funded through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, ORLP offers grants to help create and improve state and local parks, and other outdoor recreation areas, especially in under-served communities. $40 million of funding available, applications due in July. Hennepin County Youth Activities Grants (HCYAG) The program provides funding for youth activities to local government units within Hennepin County. The program has three initiatives: water safety funding, sports funding, and arts funding. Accepts applications annually from February through end of March. Pollinator Pathways Grant (formerly Lawns to Legumes) Supports community projects intended to improve pollinator habitat in key corridors, raise awareness about residential pollinator protection, and showcase best practices. Applicants can apply for a min of $50,000 and there is no max. $1.1 million in grant funding available, more information can be found on the Board of Water and Soil Resources grants webpage, June deadline Habitat Enhancement Landscape Program (HELP) Focused on restoring diverse native habitat across the State of Minnesota on conservation lands and natural areas. Opportunity for projects in community spaces, schools, and natural areas. Applicants can apply for a min. of $50,000 and max of $500,000. $3.5 million in grant funding available, more information can be found on the Board of Water and Soil Resources grants webpage, June deadline. Enterprise Funds Minnesota allows cities to prescribe and provide for the collection of fees for the use of any City park or other unit of the City park system or facilities, accommodations, or services that are provided to the public Becoming a more popular funding source, especially for single use facilities such as ballfields. Partnerships Relates to partnerships formed with adjacent cities, counties, or school districts to develop, maintain, and operate parks and recreational facilities on a shared-use strategy. Forming a partnership to assist in the cost for providing a specific type of service or facility has benefits when given the opportunity. Park Dedication Fees Park dedication fees provide funding for parks as long as community development continues to occur. The City will need to verify that the fees are consistent with state statues. Park dedication fees alone do not fund the system plan. Donations Donations provide cash gifts, volunteers, and professional services that are donated to the park system for planning, acquisition, or development. Typically limited opportunities with cash gifts but volunteers offset program costs effectively. Transportation Alternatives Program (MnDOT) Funding opportunity for local and regional agencies for pedestrian and bicycle facilities and programs. Competitive, annual application in the fall, award amount varies Statewide Health Improvement Partnership (MDH) Funding available for programs that focus on improving health and decreasing obesity in Minnesota (not available for infrastructure, but can fund plans for qualified trail head amenities). Competitive, ongoing application process, could cover up to 90% of project costs related to trails projects. Local Trail Connections Program (MN DNR) Program for local trail connections, priority may be given to those that connect regionally or to state trails. Competitive, annual spring application, 75% of total cost, up to $150,000 max. Highway Safety Improvement Program (MnDOT) Intended to improve highway safety. Portion of funding can be allocated to finance bike and pedestrian safety and driver safety programs on highways. Competitive, up to 90% project costs, annual fall application. People for Bikes Community Grant Funding opportunity for pedestrians and bicycle facilities and corridor improvements. Spring and fall application, up to $10,000 but funding amount must be 49% or less of the total project cost. TABLE 6 | FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TR A I L F U N D I N G O P P O R T U N I T I E S PA R K & R E C R E A T I O N F U N D I N G O P P O R T U N I T I E S Page 140 of 395 | 70 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN FUNDING INFORMATION Park Dedication Fees There are currently no park dedication fees in Brooklyn Center. Park dedication fee and park land dedication are regulated by Minnesota Statue 462.358 subd. 2b. it explains that municipal subdivision regulations may require that a reasonable portion of any proposed subdivision be dedicated to the public or preserved for conservation purposes or for public use as parks, playgrounds, trails, wetlands, or open space, and that the municipality can alternatively accept an equivalent amount in cash. Brooklyn Center is nearly all developed, therefore, park dedication fees would potentially come from infill or redevelopment projects. it is recommended that the city completes further analysis to determine if park dedication fees are a viable funding option in the future. Sales Tax Referendum increasing Brooklyn Center sales tax to pay for park and trail improvements across the city is an option. if approved, taxes will increase by a specified percent for all Brooklyn Center Residents. Capital Projects Levy By Minnesota Law, a capital projects levy can only be used for specific projects, such as upgrades to facilities, technology, security, and potential acquisition for projects related to parks and trails. if approved, the proceeds of the levy are placed in an account and can only be used for said purposes in the referendum. Residents of Brooklyn Center would see a slight increase in property taxes but levies are taxed at a different rate and impacts are lower. Page 141 of 395 APPENDIX A: ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY APPENDIX B: PARK ASSESSMENTS APPENDIX C: LIGHTING ASSESSMENT APPENDIX D: PARK CONCEPTS & COSTS | 71 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN 6. APPENDIX Page 142 of 395 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX APPENDIX A: ENGAGEMENT SUMMARY Page 143 of 395 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 144 of 395 THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 145 of 395 INITIAL PUBLIC SURVEY An initial online survey was conducted as a method of collecting data to provide information and feedback from Brooklyn Center park users. The online survey provided a questionnaire that gathered data on who is visiting Brooklyn Center parks, what preferences and concerns do park users have, and what improvements they would like to see integrated into their trail system. The following information is representative of raw online data that has been compiled for reference in the Capital Investment Plan document. During the initial public survey effort, 32 participants provided an email requesting further information and notices for this plan but have been excluded from this raw data for privacy. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 146 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 2 Question 1 Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 286 Skipped: 0 Yes No Yes 244 85.31% No 42 14.69% 2. How old are you? Answers Count Percentage https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 1/31 Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey u live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 286 Skipped: 0 Yes No 244 85.31% 42 14.69% old are you? ers Count Percentage 3.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 1/31 30 Dog Park survey results Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyMonkey 93.94%31 6.06%2 Q1 Are you a resident of Brooklyn Center? Answered: 33 Skipped: 0 TOTAL 33 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100% Yes No ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES Yes No DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 147 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 4 Question 3 What is the race/ethnicity that best describes you? Answered: 284 Skipped: 2 African American/Black Asian Caucasian/White Hispanic/Latino Native American Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Decline to answer Other an/Black 47 16.43% 19 6.64% te 153 53.5% o 25 8.74% n 3 1.05% n or other Pacific Islander 0 0% wer 34 11.89% 3 1.05% d requires at least 20 answers to show. 1 Count Percentage Count Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey .com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 3/31 Answered: 284 Skipped: 2 African American/Black Asian Caucasian/White Hispanic/Latino Native American Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander Decline to answer Other 47 16.43% 19 6.64% 153 53.5% 25 8.74% 3 1.05% 0 0% 34 11.89% 3 1.05% show. 1 Count Percentage Count rooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey 58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 3/31 Answered: 284 Skipped: 2 Pacific Islander Decline to answer Other African American/Black 47 16.43% Asian 19 6.64% Caucasian/White 153 53.5% Hispanic/Latino 25 8.74% Native American 3 1.05% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0 0% Decline to answer 34 11.89% Other 3 1.05% Other The word cloud requires at least 20 answers to show. Somail 1 Answers Count Percentage Word Count https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 3/31 Answered: 284 Skipped: 2 African American/Black 47 16.43% Asian 19 6.64% Caucasian/White 153 53.5% Hispanic/Latino 25 8.74% Native American 3 1.05% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0 0% Decline to answer 34 11.89% Other 3 1.05% Other The word cloud requires at least 20 answers to show. Somail 1 Answers Count Percentage Word Count https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 3/31 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 5 Question 4 From your Perspective, who uses the Brooklyn Center Parks System? Answered: 2 Skipped: 284 Biracial 1 4. From your perspective, who uses the Brooklyn Center Parks System? Answered: 281 Skipped: 5 Special Needs Groups Senior Citizens (65+) Teens (13-19) Adults (21 - 65) Youth / Pre-teen (6-12 ) Children (1-5) 0 50 100 150 200 250 Children (1-5)212 74.13% Youth / Pre-teen (6-12 )212 74.13% Adults (21 - 65)188 65.73% Teens (13-19)173 60.49% Senior Citizens (65+)128 44.76% Special Needs Groups 70 24.48% 5. Which Park and trail system amenities have you or your family used in the past year? Answers Count Percentage 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey Answered: 2 Skipped: 284 Biracial 1 4. From your perspective, who uses the Brooklyn Center Parks System? Answered: 281 Skipped: 5 Special Needs Groups Senior Citizens (65+) Teens (13-19) Adults (21 - 65) Youth / Pre-teen (6-12 ) Children (1-5) 0 50 100 150 200 250 Children (1-5)212 74.13% Youth / Pre-teen (6-12 )212 74.13% Adults (21 - 65)188 65.73% Teens (13-19)173 60.49% Senior Citizens (65+)128 44.76% Special Needs Groups 70 24.48% 5. Which Park and trail system amenities have you or your family used in the past year? Answers Count Percentage 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey Answered: 2 Skipped: 284 1 rooklyn Center Parks System? Answered: 281 Skipped: 5 100 150 200 250 212 74.13% 212 74.13% 188 65.73% 173 60.49% 128 44.76% 70 24.48% have you or your family used in the past year? Count Percentage Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey 4c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 4/31 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 148 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 6 Question 5 Which park and trail system amenities have you or your family used in the past year? ADA Accessible Areas Archery Range Other Football Field Ice Skating / Hockey Rinks Baseball/Softball Fields Soccer Fields Amphitheater Tennis/Pickleball Courts Basketball Courts Community Event Spaces Hiking Trails Playgrounds Paved Walking/ Bike Trails 0 50 100 150 200 Paved Walking/ Bike Trails 191 66.78% Playgrounds 162 56.64% Hiking Trails 135 47.2% Community Event Spaces 75 26.22% Answers Count Percentage 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 5/31 ADA Accessible Areas Archery Range Other 0 50 100 150 200 Paved Walking/ Bike Trails 191 66.78% Playgrounds 162 56.64% Hiking Trails 135 47.2% Community Event Spaces 75 26.22% Answers Count Percentage https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 5/31 Answered: 276 Skipped: 10 Basketball Courts 67 23.43% Tennis/Pickleball Courts 58 20.28% Amphitheater 53 18.53% Soccer Fields 49 17.13% Baseball/Softball Fields 48 16.78% Ice Skating / Hockey Rinks 34 11.89% Football Field 32 11.19% Other 26 9.09% Archery Range 16 5.59% ADA Accessible Areas 9 3.15% Other The word cloud requires at least 20 answers to show. Centerbrook golf course 5 Swimming pool and Gym at Brooklyne Ctr Community Ctr 1 Sidewalks 1 Pool 1 Ponds and rivers 1 Open spaces for flying kites 1 Open lawn spaces when walking my dog 1 Idk 1 I 1 Response Count 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 6/31 Other Amenities indicated - Centerbrook golf coure(8 responses) -Swimming pool and gym at brooklyn center (2 response) -Sidewalks (1 response) -Open lawn when walking dog (1 response) -Open spaces for flying kites (1 response) -partial words /incomplete responses (3 responses) Question 6 If you do not regularly use parks and trails, what barriers do you feel prevent you from using them? affordability Difficult for me to get to the park Program times are inconvenient I do not feel welcome I do not know how to reserve a program/park facility I am not interested in programs Lack of accessible amenities Parks do not provide amenities I want to use Other I use amenities in other cities Park amenities not maintained. I am not aware of what is available I do not feel safe 0 10050 I do not feel safe 66 23.08% Answers Count Percentage 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey affordability Difficult for me to get to the park Program times are inconvenient I do not feel welcome I do not know how to reserve a program/park facility I am not interested in programs Lack of accessible amenities Parks do not provide amenities I want to use Other I use amenities in other cities Park amenities not maintained. I am not aware of what is available I do not feel safe 0 10050 I do not feel safe 66 23.08% I am not aware of what is available 39 13.64% Park amenities not maintained.39 13.64% I use amenities in other cities 34 11.89% Other 30 10.49% Parks do not provide amenities I want to use 25 8.74% Answers Count Percentage 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 8/31 Answered: 176 Skipped: 110 Lack of accessible amenities 12 4.2% I am not interested in programs 12 4.2% I do not know how to reserve a program/park facility 10 3.5% I do not feel welcome 9 3.15% Program times are inconvenient 8 2.8% Difficult for me to get to the park 7 2.45% affordability 5 1.75% Other The word cloud requires at least 20 answers to show. Response Count 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey Answered: 276 Skipped: 10 Basketball Courts 67 23.43% Tennis/Pickleball Courts 58 20.28% Amphitheater 53 18.53% Soccer Fields 49 17.13% Baseball/Softball Fields 48 16.78% Ice Skating / Hockey Rinks 34 11.89% Football Field 32 11.19% Other 26 9.09% Archery Range 16 5.59% ADA Accessible Areas 9 3.15% Other The word cloud requires at least 20 answers to show. 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 149 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 8 Question 6 - Other barriers indicated (unedited responses recieved) - Would like driving range (2 responses) - Too many off leash dogs!!!! (1 response) - Thugs at the park bulling others (1 response) - There are no walking trails near my home, esp within walking distance (1 response) - The potential of crime is much higher. The “youth” and we all know who we are talking about have norespect, carry guns and are rude. (1 response) - The over population of homeless there. (1 response) - Summer is generally fine but cannot really walk in winter. This is normal and fine therefore, I use Swimming pool and Gym at Brooklyne Ctr Community Ctr use. Need shaded area with trees in summer. Ithelps if there are some benches in the shaded area. (1 response) - Smelling marijuana is not appealing and makes me leave/feel uncomfortable (1 response) - Park is small not enough space when there too many peoples at the park. (1 response) - Not clean (4 responses) - I’m worried someone is going to jump or rob me (1 response) - I use bike trails (1 response) - I have difficulty walking (1 response) - Despite the presence of some bins there is always trash in the parks. Playgrounds also do not accommodate children with mobility issues. We often go to Becker Park for this reason. (1 response) Biking paths (1 response) - Accessible bathroom closeby (1 response) - Would like to see pickleball courts (1 response) - Too old (1 response) Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Question 7 What improvements to outdoor recreation facilities would you or your family like to see in the future?7. What improvements to outdoor recreation facilities would you or your family like to se… Improved access to parks in my area Outdoor skating rink Soccer Fields Green space Dog Parks additional lighting Better to maintain what we already have more native planting and pollinators Interactive water play features (splash pads, misters, etc.) Expanded trail network better trash management Expanded access to water (lakes, shingle creek, Mississippi) Add more playground facilities or improve existing facilities 0 15010050 Add more playground facilities or improve existing facilities 106 37.06% Expanded access to water (lakes, shingle creek, Mississippi)102 35.66% Answers Count Percentage 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey 7. What improvements to outdoor recreation facilities would you or your family like to se… Improved access to parks in my area Outdoor skating rink Soccer Fields Green space Dog Parks additional lighting Better to maintain what we already have more native planting and pollinators Interactive water play features (splash pads, misters, etc.) Expanded trail network better trash management Expanded access to water (lakes, shingle creek, Mississippi) Add more playground facilities or improve existing facilities 0 15010050 Add more playground facilities or improve existing facilities 106 37.06% Expanded access to water (lakes, shingle creek, Mississippi)102 35.66% better trash management 98 34.27% Expanded trail network 97 33.92% Answers Count Percentage 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 11/31 Answered: 272 Skipped: 14 Interactive water play features (splash pads, misters, etc.)97 33.92% more native planting and pollinators 89 31.12% Better to maintain what we already have 87 30.42% additional lighting 71 24.83% Dog Parks 70 24.48% Green space 62 21.68% Soccer Fields 36 12.59% Outdoor skating rink 26 9.09% Improved access to parks in my area 24 8.39% 8. Which Park is nearest to where you live in Brooklyn Center? 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey Answered: 272 Skipped: 14 Interactive water play features (splash pads, misters, etc.)97 33.92% more native planting and pollinators 89 31.12% Better to maintain what we already have 87 30.42% additional lighting 71 24.83% Dog Parks 70 24.48% Green space 62 21.68% Soccer Fields 36 12.59% Outdoor skating rink 26 9.09% Improved access to parks in my area 24 8.39% 8. Which Park is nearest to where you live in Brooklyn Center? 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 150 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 10 Question 8 Which park is nearest to where you live in Brooklyn Center? Garden City Park Willow Lane Park Grandview Park Wangstad Park Marlin Park Freeway East Palmer Riverdale Orchard Lane Park Centennial Park Kylawn Northport Park Twin Lake Lions Do not know its name West Palmer Lake Evergreen Bellvue Firehouse Shingle Creek Trail 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 13/31 Arboretum Palmer Lake Centerbrook Golfcourse North Mississippi Regional Park Cahlander Park Happy Hollow Park Lakeside 0 10 20 30 Shingle Creek Trail 26 9.09% Firehouse Park 24 8.39% Bellvue Park 19 6.64% Evergreen Park 18 6.29% West Palmer Lake Park 16 5.59% Do not know its name 16 5.59% Lions Park 15 5.24% Twin Lake Park 15 5.24% Northport Park 14 4.9% Kylawn Park 13 4.55% Centennial Park 12 4.2% Orchard Lane Park 11 3.85% Answers Count Percentage 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 14/31 Arboretum Palmer Lake Centerbrook Golfcourse 0 10 20 30 Shingle Creek Trail 26 9.09% Firehouse Park 24 8.39% Bellvue Park 19 6.64% Evergreen Park 18 6.29% West Palmer Lake Park 16 5.59% Do not know its name 16 5.59% Lions Park 15 5.24% Twin Lake Park 15 5.24% Northport Park 14 4.9% Kylawn Park 13 4.55% Centennial Park 12 4.2% Orchard Lane Park 11 3.85% Answers Count Percentage https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 14/31 Answered: 278 Skipped: 8 Riverdale Park 10 3.5% East Palmer Park 10 3.5% Freeway Park 8 2.8% Marlin Park 8 2.8% Wangstad Park 6 2.1% Grandview Park 6 2.1% Willow Lane Park 5 1.75% Garden City Park 4 1.4% Lakeside Park 4 1.4% Happy Hollow Park 4 1.4% Cahlander Park 4 1.4% North Mississippi Regional Park 3 1.05% Centerbrook Golfcourse 3 1.05% Palmer Lake Park 3 1.05% Arboretum 1 0.35% 9. Please share any additional comments that could assist the City of Brooklyn Center … 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 15/31 Answered: 278 Skipped: 8 Riverdale Park 10 3.5% East Palmer Park 10 3.5% Freeway Park 8 2.8% Marlin Park 8 2.8% Wangstad Park 6 2.1% Grandview Park 6 2.1% Willow Lane Park 5 1.75% Garden City Park 4 1.4% Lakeside Park 4 1.4% Happy Hollow Park 4 1.4% Cahlander Park 4 1.4% North Mississippi Regional Park 3 1.05% Centerbrook Golfcourse 3 1.05% Palmer Lake Park 3 1.05% Arboretum 1 0.35% 9. Please share any additional comments that could assist the City of Brooklyn Center … 5/20/24, 9:47 AM Brooklyn Center Park Capital Investment Plan Survey https://survey123.arcgis.com/surveys/cedc4713897e4bd0b61d44c58aa76644/analyze?position=0.field_16 15/31 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Question 9 Please share any additional comments that could assist the City of Brooklyn Center in improving its parks and trail system? Word Cloud is a summary of all responses and synthesizes the most frequent words used. See following pages for full responses to survey question 9. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 151 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 12 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - Lakeside park is rarely used except by people who snowmobile on it in winter or every-so-often off leash dogs which can be sometimes worriesome(I’ve been charged by a few dogs there in the past). It would be a great space to be an urban forest, have native pollinator plants, and have some fruit trees such as apples, peach, plums, cherries, and paw paws (I’ve had wonderful luck with these in my yard).There is so much wonderful wildlife here and it would be great to give them more space as well as bea fun small area to have kids run through. - Zip line. - Would love to see some type of water feature put in for kids. Also need to do better at enforcing cleaner parks. I’ve found drug paraphernalia on parks before while kids are playing. also after people haveparties at the parks they usually leave them trashed with garbage everywhere. - Would love to see native plantings instead of mowed lawns - Would love to see an exercise course/loop, pickle ball courts. - Would love to see additional trash cans throughout Palmer lake so ppl have a place to throw their trash but especially to throw their dog droppings! I don’t like having to carry it for miles! Also would be more encouragement for others to pick theirs up. Thanks. We have beautiful parks! More flowers at Arboretum would be nice. - Would love to have an indoor playground like many of the surrounding cities as well as an outdoor splash pad. No need for an outdoor pool, more a splash pad. -Would love to have a splash pad in Brooklyn center. We have to go to maple grove to get a splash pad to get to one that many kids can play at. Becker is great, but it doesn’t serve that many kids. A waterfeature similar to maple grove’s splash pad would bring a lot of people to brooklyn center, which wouldbenefit surrounding businesses as a result of more traffic in the area. It would be great. - Would love to have a fully unpaved trail-loop. I like to go running but have to drive out of the city to runas paved trails hurt my joints. Currently we have very short unpaved trails and no fully unpaved trails. - Would love to have a driving range at Centerbrook golf course! 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 13 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - Would like more shade and seating for guardians/caregivers, more ADA accessible features (concreteor padded mats instead of pebbles or wood chips, accessible swings, wheelchair ramps), and more infant/toddler features (bucket swings, tunnels, sensory panels) - Would like a driving range so could have golf and range - With parks generally, please consider prioritizing very environmentally-friendly amenities that are affordable, basic and useful to residents and visitors. Thank you. :) - What can we do about the garbage/ litter all over the city? It’s disgusting - We need access to the Mississippi river. Ever since the gas lot sold on willow lane to a nearby home owner, the home owner blocked off the neighborhoods historical access point to the river with a fence. It was very disheartening to see the new owners buy the lot and take away access from everyone in the neighborhood blocking the tradition of fishing in the river. It was residents that made the steep pathdown to the river over the decades and without neighbors doing so it would have still been a steep cliff. It is very sad that the city didn’t buy the lot to prevent this blocking of historical access to the river. There is one small lot left on willow lane that is owned by the city and should be transformed into a parkas a quick canoe drop point. - We need a dog park in our area. Our neighborhood has a lot of dogs and many people walk their dogs to wangstad park but there is no designated dog area that we can let the dogs play in. - We love coming to the playground at the park to play with our toddler. We’ve noticed that some of theequipment could use some maintenance. We’d LOVE a splashpad, even if we have to pay $1 or so touse. We also would enjoy a fenced in dog park area where we can meet other residents and our dogscan let our some energy! - water park or splash pad!! - Trash problem and rowdy people. -This park is not maintained nearly as well as the other parks. There are weeds and trash all over the place. The park by earl brown elementary is pristine so I know the city focuses on some of the parks inthe area. I’m not sure why this one is left out. It gets used all the time and it would be nice if it looked nice too. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 152 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 14 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - They way the parks are vandalized and the groups of people that cause trouble in them, it makes no sense to spend taxpayer’s money on things that will get destroyed. - They rebuilded a new playground and we all think the old one was way better. They left a empty space that could’ve add more for kids to play. The new playground is too small and the park always so pack. - There are too many missing stop signs in the neighborhood Brooklyn Center elementary school is in.There needs to be more side walks. - The trail at Northport park was recently repaired and it is much nicer than before, but it needs lights and paint lines. It also does not make sense that the access on the south end near the skating rink requires you to go through the basketball courts to continue towards the tennis courts / playground. Why isn’t there is bypass that connects the trail from France to the main tail and bypasses the basketball courts? We also need more parks in the south end of BC. - The pond edging by City Hall needs attention. - The police should patrol the parks more often, and we’d like more green space for our neighborhood kids to play sports. - The new playground equipment placed in the parks is mostly unusable. Kids don’t like it. Stick to the basics. We need to update the outdoor basketball courts - resurface, new backboards and nets. - The large groups that meet in Central Park are often loud, leave behind a big clean-up and make it very uncomfortable to walk on the path - walking through their crowd is a disruption. Also, the number ofhomeless finding shelter in the parks and wooded areas is a concern. - The dog leash law needs to be enforced. The archery targets are often in disrepair and it would be nice to have more than one option available, especially because it’s right next to the freeway. There needs to be a dirt berm behind the targets instead of a concrete wall. Please talk to an archery enthusiast about how to design and maintain a range. Coon Rapids does a nice job with their ranges, however it’sa lot further for us to drive. - The city needs a water park -Thank you for maintaining the Palmer Lake paved trails during the winter! I think you should host volunteer buckthorn removal days because there’s so much growing there, it’s pushing out the trees and bushes that are supposed to be there. 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 15 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - Survey critique - It’d be great if under race/ethnicity you allowed for multiple selections for folks with multiple identities. Park plan feedback - a splash pad or larger playground, like the new one Crystal offHwy 81, that has many accessibility features would be amazing! - Soccer nets kids like them - Skateboard/bike parks would be nice, there is an absolute dearth of swimming/water features for kidsto use. - Shingle creek park barely had any slides - Shaded seating is needed! Also, parking lots seem to be used more for non-recreation uses (some drug use, but I know that’s what everyone is doing) than by those who actually intend to use the facilities. 1- Shade for kids & adults near playgrounds - We will drive or walk further just to go to the parks with shade. There aren’t many available. The equipment gets hot, and I have to apply sunscreen more oftenor cut our time shorter then the kids would prefer due to sun exposure. Also, not a huge issue but justanother thing this would help is that the lack of shade can make it tough to see the kids if it’s too brightand equipment glares. I want to be at the playgrounds a long happy time! We’re so grateful for them. - SAFETY Love walking the trails, but have encountered men exposing themselves on more than one occasion. - Riverdale Park has a number of dead and dying ash trees near the playground. Though it may be unpopular to remove them when there still may be some growth in them, they will all need to be removed in the near future and replaced. - Replace unused softball fields with soccer! Police parks - Recent “campers” in the Palmer Lake Trail area have significantly impacted where I will/will not walk.Also, not enough trash cans on paths. Maybe if they were more readily accessible people would bea.) inclined to pick up after their dogs and b.) throw their trash in receptacles, not on the ground. - Please take out the ash trees at Riverdale Park. The woodpeckers have gone to town on them because they are infested with Emerald Ash borer. They are dangerous as large branches fall whenever there is a storm and they are next to the playground. I wish we had pickleball courts and a sand volleyballcourt. They’d be used all the time. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 153 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 16 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - Please put the bench back in the Eugene Hagel arboretum by the Kylawn park. It was removed whenthey paved the path. - Please make them enjoyable for kids. - Please consider putting to use softball fields that seem to have not or haven’t been used for probablydecades? and/or spaces left behind from former playground equipment. What was the thinking there to leave the space empty? Maybe a rent a bike without hassles? I don’t think Brooklyn Center needs asplash pad like Maple Grove, but maybe something like up to a one mile waking circle? or something that gives one a goal?? I do like Maple Grove’s skating rink design to walk in the off season if nothingelse. This city had lots of land/space to make that work. Meanwhile, I will continue to read your city newsletter. Thank you for your time. - Plant more trees to maintain shaded open areas - Places where adults can excersize while pets and kids play. I find i can watch my dog at the dog parkor watch my kids at the playground, but it’s hard to walk at the same time. Dog park with walking trialsand playground with paved walking path around it. Becker park in Crystal or the New Moore Lake park in Fridley is good examples of walking path around playground. Rice dog park in Shoreview good example as well. - Pickleball Courts - People use parks and don’t clean them up. Garbage all over. Should have someone supervising the parks. Kids are bulling people. Don’t feel safe. - Parks need those play equipment that also are workout equipment - Palmer Lake is overrun by invasive Buckthorn, there is little native vegetation left. Start removing theBuckthorn, at least the female, seed bearing trees - Our Parks and trail sysem is great. It is well maintained (especially in the winter). - Offer Pickleball in the park for free like some other suburbs are doing. Build a large outdoor pool with lanes for adults to swim. - Northport really needs volleyball courts and a soccer pitch with goals. People are always playing there, but they have to bring their own equipment. 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 17 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - Parks were recently renovated (Twin Lake Park specifically) and are now far less appealing. They donot have enough structures or activities for kids to do while at the park. Also, it would be nice to connect more paved walking trails between Brooklyn Center and neighboring cities. - Northport Park is not included in the above list of nearby parks. We would love to frequent our parksmore but some more presence of city/police is likely needed. The Northport Park was redone recentlyand there are already multiple bullet holes in the equipment, which makes me not feel safe taking ourtoddler. Along with the general violence, there is trash everywhere most of the time. There are many great programs through the city for parents and families, but the timing is usually during the weekday. This does not allow for working families to attend. - None. - No one goes to the parks anymore because BC parks are so trashy and full of seedy people. Going over sea to fight for Ukraine would have been more preferable. It’s always the usual suspects who aregiven a free pass every time. Stop feeling sorry for these people and start enforcing the law. Laws don’t give two figs about feelings! - No need for ice rinks anymore. There is very very little use of them as it is. With climate change the city is just wasting water. They are a waste of city’s money and time. - No litter - No dog parks, and we do have a dog. I feel the city does do a good job of maintaining parks, unfortunately too many users are not respectful of them. Our family motto “Leave a place better than you found it.” - Need to monitor and stop people that throw parties in the park from leaving a huge mess from paper products to bones. I walk my dog thought the park daily and weekends we have to watch for bones - Need shaded area with trees in summer. It helps if there are some benches in the shaded area. Though, need to balance between the regular walkers vs. homeless to sit and sleep on the bench. - My family would love more playgrounds and activities for ages 1-4 - Most that have been re-done seem to cater to young children and not older children. Maybe a combination for both. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 154 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 18 - More trees, trails and green space would be appreciated. A dog park would be welcome. More trash receptacles and better trash clean-up organized efforts to help keep our city clean. - more trashes - More spaces to support the native ecosystems. Clean waterways. Remove buckthorn. - More slides,more benches - More outdoor water fountains. - More lighting. Especially Walking/biking trails ex. 57th St from Knox Ave to N Lyndale Ave (alongsideMississippi river). Dog Park(s) 1 or 2 would be amazing I have. Drive out to Brooklyn Park or Crystal/New Hope. - more flowers. - More equipment for kids of all ages to be able to roam around and have a bigger field. - Make more trails - Maintenance and improvement to what we already have is important - Maintaining the walkways we have now. Replace dead ash trees and plant new trees. Garbage pickedup make sure playground equipment is safe and no drug paraphernalia left there. Make sure all existing lighting working. - Love seeing parks grow and improve. Not just hot items. I have seen a hockey rink, go to bocce ball courts, to pickle ball. Multi purpose is 1000% better. - Love Palmer Lake Park and connected trails!! Would like to see increase of police monitoring of homeless tents along the wooded trails. Is it possible to have a designated trash container for dog waste and poop bags next to it? That way regular trash can won’t smell like poop? Just a thought, not sure if it’s a doable plan. - Litter in the park when we go is a huge turnoff for us especially in the playground area. It would be great if it were maintained better. Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 19 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - Limit the number of people that rent a park and enforce the laws. If large parties have no permit, remove them. Those that do have a permit and litter enforce those rules regarding the use of the parks. I get tired of seeing the trash left after some that “party” in the parks. - Let’s get real - the black youth are causing chaos. The criminal justice system in this state favors themover tax-paying citizens. it’s eroding and degrading life for many. Look at the direction we are headed.We know who and where the problems are - FIX THEM. Obeying the law is NOT racist. It’s part of living in a society. - kids are not supervised at parks they are mean to other kids. They steal bikes ,balls, phones,clothes. If a parent is not with them, they should not be allowed at the parks. - Keeping it clean - join brooklyn center - Its good - It would be nice to have an addition of basketball courts to the community center. My daughter has recently started playing and it would be nice to have somewhere close to home to practice, especially in the winter months. - Improving crime would be extremely helpful in making residents feel safe to use our beautiful parks and trails. - I’m concerned about all the old growth loss, possibly due to EAB. Trees are falling all the time. I’m also concerned about the amount of invasive plant species (e.g. buckthorn). - I’ve been renting park building facilities from Brooklyn Park, Plymouth, Roseville, Coon Rapids. It would be nice if Brooklyn Center can build a larger park building facilities to hold private parties or picnics so we don’t have to invest into other cities. These buildings have bathrooms, kitchen, space to host baby showers, graduations, etc. These cities have all year round rental and to use and is always booked. I believe by having these building will be another positive for Brooklyn Center bring money to the city. - I’m a resident on marlin drive two children, and it appears there are other families living on the same block. It would be beneficial to add a swing set or expand the park more as it is one of the smaller onesin the city. - I would really love to see soccer nets to play soccer as there are already basketball hoops and a baseball/softball pitch. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 155 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 20 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - I would love Palmer Lake to be cleaned out so we can see more of the water. Dredging it would be beneficial. Better bathrooms around Palmer that are available year round. Look at Coon Rapids Dam onthe Hennepin County side. Keep the archery area, but add two or three more lanes. Love that area. Maybe stop added more wood chips to Palmer walking trails. I think it’s making a problem for the lake. Thanks! - I would like to see the removal of the encampments that are sprinkled around the Palmer Lake trail systems, officers patrolling the trails on bikes or foot, more trash cans for litter pick up and dog waste stations. - I would like to see Shingle Creek as more of a feature than an obstacle. I love the events at the community center and centennial park, but the parking lots are a strange layout. - I would like to see a greater police/park patrol. I frequently bike and walk at least 3 times weekly and see patrols maybe once in a year. - I would like to see a driving range for Centerbrook Golf Course. - I would like to see a driving range at Centerbrook - I would like there to be a park - I would like BC to take steps to be more environmentally conscious when maintaining/updating the park system. For example,educing light pollution by changing light fixtures to turn downward https://citieswithnature.org/curb-light-pollution-in-your-city/ Moving away from high maintenance turf ground cover,reducing pesticide/chemical applications etc... - I want to start by saying I love Bellvue. It is a great asset to the community and neighborhood. But there are also a number of issues that prevent it from being an excellent park. Trash is a big problem in Bellvue Park. Particularly around holidays like Independence Day. Large parties are hosted at the parkand the people who use the park do not clean it up. I live near the park and have to personally clean itup every year. Broken glass in particular is a major issue. During these parties, multiple vehicles driveinto the park, disturbing the grass and creating unsafe conditions for children. Fireworks are also a bigproblem and get very close to houses that border the park. The trash created by fireworks litters the park for the rest of the year. The parking area at the north end of Bellvue Park is used for drug dealingand prostitution, particular Thursday-Saturday after 10pm. There is a lot of invasive buckthorn and it would be nice to see a focus on removing invasives. 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 21 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - I want to see the tennis courts improved and maintained at Northport Park. We have been tax paying residents for 40 years and love our park and the walking trail and especially the tennis courts! - I walk around Palmer Lake mostly. I would like to see the lake dredged out. Make a lake with water in it. Move stuff in lake to outside edge to keep trails from flooding. Adding wood chips to trails seem to just fill in the lake. Make better outhouses that are clean and supplied with toilet paper, locking doors. Also would be good to have urinals in outhouses. Make outhouses open year round. - I think we need more walking trails, better lighting. And I think we absolutely need to prioritize plantingtrees and native plants. - I think we need better garbage collection and for sure a dog park. - I think the people who rent out the pavilion s need to be held responsible for keeping the area clean. It’s ridiculous at lions park how dirty it gets after people hold events there. - I think our city could benefit from an outdoor skatepark. The Metro Transit lot off of Brooklyn Blvd goesmostly unused aside from meet ups and a few cars who park and ride. There are also unused baseball/soccer fields (Orchard Lane Park as example) in the city that could be transformed into a public skatepark. From skatepark.org : “ A first-of-its-kind study of skateboarding culture reveals that skateboarding improves mental health, fosters community, and encourages diversity and resilience” BC is withouta skatepark but bordering cities Crystal, Brooklyn Park, and Maple Grove all have parks. The city of Maple Grove has partnered with 3rd Lair Skatepark & Skate Shop to host a summer contest each year to bring the community together and showcase the talent and benefits of skateboarding. Thanks for reading / considering! :) - I support the proposed repairs and upgrade to the Community Center. I also would like a play area, seperate from the school playground on the backside of Evergreen School. The one there is not available during school hours. Those of us grandparents, parents, and others, would like access for our preschoolers, anytime, like other parks. - I love going to the park and am there almost every day. I especially like all the generational activity. Our park is very busy and I love that - I love East Palmer Lake Park. I wish there were some signs that described some of the flora and fauna that exist in the park. Embrace the variety that we have there. Also, if ANYTHING can be done to make the path accessible even when there is flooding, i.e. a raised walkway or bridge over the spot near the pond that typically floods. Also more benches closer to playgrounds would be good. Especially not facing into the sun. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 156 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 22 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - I live near Brooklyn Boulevard and 69th. I have been asking for a tennis rally board for individuals whopractice alone hitting the wall. The only possibilities I’ve found are at schools who don’t allow generalpublic use. I’ve contacted Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park and Oswego school system to please provide a rally board. Any future possibilities in your budget to reinforce a tennis court to attach the “wall?”Here’s a site to see some ideas for one: https://www.ntsportsgroup.com/tennis-backboard - I like to hangout with friends - I like hanging out at da park - I have loved all the updates to the hiking trails, walking/biking paths, and playground/athletic spaces at West Palmer Lake Park! I live closest to Freeway Park, however I find myself using West Palmer Lake more due to access to more circuitous trails and paths, as well as a more welcoming and inviting environment. I used to love going to Freeway Park when the court and field were still present. I understand the cemetery needs that land now, but I wonder if there is something other than the small playground that could be added to Freeway Park to liven it up again? I have noticed fewer people using the space now that the options have dwindled, and I am guilty of this as well. Additionally, with less space comes more dangerous trash, for some reason? I used to walk my dog at Freeway Park, but since the court and field have been removed there have been more broken glass and other unsafe littered items in the area. It doesn’t feel like as safe or welcoming of a space to spend time anymore. - I have heard that several parks are trashed after used by groups. This really reflects badly on our city.More walking paths in safe areas would attract good people - not the kind that would leave their trasharound. - I have been to the park at the lake a few times. The drinking fountain was broken, there was trash andbroken glass in the parking lot, the gazebo concrete floor, tables, and areas around the trash can hadfood and liquid all over and looked like they had not been cleaned in weeks, the grill and hot coal binwere in terrible condition and there were wasp nests in the ceiling. -I have a 1 yo daughter and there are MANY kids in our neighborhood right next to freeway park. Freeway park is a disaster! Constantly there is broken glass, trash, & debri that I know kids won’t play there because it isn’t safe. The playground itself is old, rundown and dangerous. An upgrade to the playground and area would help the appeal to keep it clean. A city worker presence cleaning the grounds would be appreciated as well. Thank you for the survey! - I golf in men’s league at Centerbrook golf course on Thursday and a golf driving range would be beneficial to the golfers!! - I golf in men’s league and would like to see driving range 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 23 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - I enjoy going to parks - I enjoy being in the parks - I don’t nun - I am a runner and would love to utilize the trails mores but it is difficult to be a female runner for safety.Anything to keep female runner safe. I don’t see a lot of female runners around BC - Hot. We need shade. Trees. We need an affordable program to cut down the ones that are suffering.Lot’s of dead wood just hanging. No one can afford a tree removal company. - Hoop - Have outdoor bathrooms available all 365 days of the year and not taking them away during winter time easier access for people who use trails and use it every single day especially when you are a schoolbus driver that drives in this area all the time. - Have baby swings available at each playground. Better monkey bars for kids just building that skill. Involve Brooklyn Center Elementary kids in picking up litter around the park area. - Golf course needs driving range - Get rid of the Buckthorn and plant native trees, shrubs and flowers. Don’t use toxic chemicals spraying the rain gardens! It pollutes the groundwater and kills pollinators. - Freeway Park tends to be a mess - parking lot, grass - users throw trash and broken glass is often in the parking lot - need more clean-up - not just once a week if that... - Food truckss - Find a way to build a multi purpose sports dome. - Fill in the sides of the new blacktop walking path on 53rd Av N from Bryant to Lyndale Av N if this is Brooklyn Center’s responsibility. Otherwise pass this on to Minneapolis. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 157 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 24 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - Evergreen park is always very well maintained. Trash is cleaned up. Ball fields look great. Hockey rinklooks awesome on cold years. I feel safe walking here. How ever I would like to take my dog around firehouse park but often I don’t feel it’s the safest. BC pw and parks does a great job plowing and keeping the parks clean in my area. keep it up! - Currently, in Kylawn, the paved walking path does not go all the way around the park; it is necessary to walk on the street for about a block. I would like to see this remedied by completing the paved walking path all the way around the park. - Cleaner and safer environment please I was walking this evening and heard a shooting very close by - Clean up trash and fix up existing green space with better access to water while still maintaining wildlife habitat. - Clean them up. Have city workers actually enforce rules. Water- splash pads, pools - Centerbrook golf course needs a driving range - Centennial Park/ pond has not been maintained over 15 + years - we are told due to lack of Funds. Itsa hazard as people could fall in it. Landscape around the City Hall/CommCtr has been blighted over 20 years --Citizens see the blight - that city staff do not see and because we live here .. and take pride...so after hours -work is done and this blight is addressed. Staff creates Park events and brings in Pricey balloons and leaves hundreds of small pieces of the balloons to be picked up by our Small children and Animals--which is a choking hazard and certainly not good for the environment and for visitors to our parks . IF staff cared balloons would no longer be allowed at these city run events ..as they do NOT pick up afterwards! Parks and Trails are often part of a bigger system such as Three Rivers Parks-- It is citizens that work with 3 Rivers to help maintain this system as it is not part of city of BC. For decades Did you know Citizens help to keep BC CLEAN - - Can you please add a dog park when I’m walking my dog’s they seem very bored at times and sometimes their very lonely even with each other so I think a dog park would help a lot of people out - Can Brooklyn Center have an open pool with slides for kids and families? There is so much unused space where Brookdale used to be. Could that be turned into a community opened pool/water park? We constantly are traveling to other areas for waterpark opportunities instead of close by for this reason. - By uxb - Broken glass. Garbage everywhere 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 25 Question 9 Responses (unedited responses recieved) - Better trash management and safety. - Better bathrooms - Better basketball court in Kylawn park with lines maybe water stuff and better hoops - BC Golf Course is a treasure and may be overlooked. It would be great if it added a Driving range - BC already has an above average park system. It does appear that younger kids do not use many of the sports and courts and fields compared to when I was that age although I do think splash parks, playground areas and picnic structures and areas would be well used. - Amazing - All efforts at improvement are pointless until crime is under control and people feel safe once again inBrooklyn Center. - Adding more safety - Add Pickleball courts. - Add an outdoor skateboarding park with lights. - Add a driving range, multiple calls per day at the course looking for a driving range. - Add a driving range to Centerbrook - Absolutely too many off leash dogs. It’s not regulated so you see people driving into let their dog playoff leash because nothing happens. Please do not bring in Dog parks, the problem will get so much worse. I’m already nervous to walk the dog at the park and it’s 2 blocks away. We’ve gotten rushed andattacked by other dogs multiple times. Owners don’t do anything. - A splash pad would go a long way for children’s activities. And indoor basketball court would be greatand give options to residents that isn’t LA Fitness - A driving range added to centerbrook golf course DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 158 of 395 04/08/2024 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 26 Question 9 Responses - 1. Complete the circut for the Kylawn Park walking path (east side currently requires walking on the street). 2. Invest in the MAC Wildlife area, I know it is techincally in Crystal but it joins Kylawn and is a special area. Having wooden walkways around the entire path would make it more accessible and easier for those aging or have dificulty walking. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 159 of 395 THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 160 of 395 DOG PARK SURVEY & ENGAGEMENT An engagement process was completed to explore adding a dog park in the Brooklyn Center park system. Northport park was explored as an option based on previous engagement studies the city has completed and the available space that would accommodate a dog park. It was determined during this process that a dog park is not desired by residents who live near Northport park. The following information is representative of raw online data that has been compiled for reference in the Capital Investment Plan document. As part of this planning process and engagement outcome, it is recommended that other options for a dog park be explored and that the park be located more centrally within Brooklyn Center. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 161 of 395 29 6. No obstruction to other agencies accessing their assets, like MnDOT accessing noise walls. 7. Accessible by multiple modes of transportation. 8. Some tree cover on-site. 9. If located in a floodplain, no history of consistent flooding and a feasible DNR permitting process. 10. To manage overall costs, limit the need for new assets beyond the dog park, such as sidewalks, new water connections, off-street parking, and lighting. City staff evaluated every Brooklyn Center using the criteria below to narrow the list. Northport met the most criteria. 1. Existing off-street parking is available. 2. Space greater than ¼ acre. 3. Access to drinking water connection, either existing or adjacent. 4. A barrier between the park and residential areas, such as a road or pond. 5. Distance more than 1 mile from Minneapolis or Brooklyn Park dog parks, ideally more than 2 miles. a. If under a mile, a significant barrier, like a railroad or industrial area, should separate the location from existing dog parks. Park selection criteria for dog parkPROP O S E D PA R K I N G PA R K I N G LO T PARKING EXISTING SHADE EXISTING PLAYGROUND EXISTING TENNIS COURTS PROPOSED Proposed Dog Park 2.7 acres Dog Park at Northport Dog Park survey results Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyMonkey 93.94%31 6.06%2 Q1 Are you a resident of Brooklyn Center? Ans wered: 33 Skipped: 0 TOTAL 33 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100% Yes No ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES Yes No DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 162 of 395 31 Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyMonkey 2 / 8 84.85%28 15.15%5 Q2 Northport Park is my primary Brooklyn Center park. Answered: 33 Skipped: 0 TOTAL 33 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100% Yes No ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES Yes No Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyMonkey 42.42%14 57.58%19 Q3 If there was a dog park at Northport Park would you use it? Answered: 33 Skipped: 0 TOTAL 33 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100% Yes No ANSWER CHOICES RESPONSES Yes No DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 163 of 395 33 Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyMonkey 4 / 8 Q4 Rank the dog park amenities below from most important to least important. Answered: 33 Skipped: 0 30.30% 10 36.36% 12 24.24% 8 9.09% 3 33 2.88 30.30% 10 36.36% 12 12.12% 4 21.21% 7 33 2.76 12.12% 4 15.15% 5 45.45% 15 27.27% 9 33 2.12 27.27% 9 12.12% 4 18.18% 6 42.42% 14 33 2.24 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Water fountain for humans a... Shade Benches Separate space for small an... 1 2 3 4 TOTAL SCORE Water fountain for humans and dogs Shade Benches Separate s pace for small and large dogs 34 Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyMonkey Q5 What concerns, if any, do you have about a dog park being located in Northport Park? Answered: 29 Skipped: 4 #RESPONSES DATE 1 #1 Lack of parking # 2 Too close to an Elementary school #3 Humans not taking care to clean up #4 Irresponsible dog owners #5 Dogs barking #6 Traffic # 3 the stink 5/2/2024 6:01 PM 2 a dog park would ruin the field for kids playing sports.5/2/2024 1:46 PM 3 People bringing agressive dogs.5/1/2024 4:25 PM 4 Concern: there is a playground in the park us ed by small children, there's a school playground, there's a walk ing path...can you guarantee the safety of all those people when an excited dog wants to get out to confront one of those people? I don't see myself bringing my grandchildren to the park or myself using the path with a dog park there. 4/30/2024 4:34 PM 5 …that it is not at the NW corner of 57th Avenue North and Logan Avenue North!4/30/2024 3:35 PM 6 I don’t think dog parks are a good idea. Regardless of city ordinanc es there are a regular number of residents who use the park and do not obey the leash laws . Why would they obey the rules of a dog park? 4/30/2024 10:48 AM 7 None 4/29/2024 4:03 PM 8 Safety 4/24/2024 6:42 AM 9 People c leaning up poo.4/23/2024 9:38 AM 10 I really hate the idea of a dog park here. This is the last quiet neighborhood in Brooklyn Center. Adding this dog park will increase traffic and people visiting that are not part of the neighborhood loitering in our neighborhood. I also hate how unregulated dog park s are and dogs are off leash. My friend was severely bitten at one. This neighborhood is traumatized we had dogs murder a person right down the street you have no idea the type of training owners have done. Please please do not do this to us. 4/22/2024 5:10 PM 11 Adding traffic to a quiet neighborhood 4/21/2024 10:04 AM 12 My concern would be which of the amenities there now, would be taken away to make space for the dog park? 4/18/2024 1:08 PM 13 Dogs off leash when not in the dog park. Owners not picking up their dog's droppings.4/18/2024 11:27 AM 14 That the users are respectful and responsible 4/18/2024 11:00 AM DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 164 of 395 35 5 / 8 Adding this dog park will increas e traffic and people visiting that are not part of theneighborhood loitering in our neighborhood. I als o hate how unregulated dog parks are and dogs are off leash. My friend was sev erely bitten at one. This neighborhood is traumatized we had dogs murder a person right down the street y ou have no idea the type of training owners have done. Please pleas e do not do this to us. 11 Adding traffic to a quiet neighborhood 4/21/2024 10:04 AM 12 My concern would be which of the amenities there now, would be taken away to make space for the dog park? 4/18/2024 1:08 PM 13 Dogs off leash when not in the dog park. Owners not pic king up their dog's droppings.4/18/2024 11:27 AM 14 That the users are res pectful and responsible 4/18/2024 11:00 AM 15 The smell if the was te isn't cleaned up by the owners. Also parking, the lots are pretty s mall, if its a busy day, will they be parking in the res idential areas? Will there be park police/animal control to make sure people don't dump dogs? What if there is a frequent offender, how do they get banned? Can they get banned? 4/17/2024 1:27 PM 16 none that I can think of 4/17/2024 10:10 AM 17 None..it's a great idea..4/16/2024 10:36 PM 18 Shrinks the size of the park for other activities.4/16/2024 9:02 PM 19 Losing any part of the park, every part of the park is used. The noise from barking dogs. The increased traffic from people outside the neighborhood. Owners not cleaning up after their pets. 4/16/2024 8:50 PM 20 People already don’t pick up after their dogs in the park as is. If there were a dog park I’d be worried about the potential for the dog park to be uns anitary and potentially unsafe for dogs (parasites etc ) 4/16/2024 7:52 PM 21 There's already way too much traffic, cars and people with limited parking. I witnessed cars 4/16/2024 7:18 PM Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyMonkey crashing at the entrance to parking lot on France Ave. And this park is always tras hed, I often call the city to pick up after those that use it and don't pic k up after themselves. People do NOT pick up after thems elves and one neighbor told me he's seen broken glass and needles. The city can't even handle the bus depot and why have this by residents. Lately my yard has been used like a park. Gathering in my driveway and k ids walking and running through my gardens. THERE IS NO RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. Often our yard is used like there is a sidewalk right through the property, not the edge. 22 It's too much. There are people now that walk their dogs s ome have leashes some don't some clean up the dog feces some don't 4/16/2024 5:55 PM 23 Increas ed noise 4/16/2024 5:27 PM 24 Dog owners behavior. Not watching dogs, not knowing dog behavior. Fights and injuries at the dog park. Crazy owners at the dog park getting physic al ov er dog alterc ations. 4/16/2024 5:24 PM 25 Consis tent maintenance and would want it in a place that isn't currently used recreationally. Many people play s ports in the large greenspace that resides within the paved 'loop' at the park, so I wouldn't want to use all of that spac e for a dog park. But a possible placement could be the area just north of the northport park pav illion, or in the greenspace just west of the Northport basketball court. 4/16/2024 5:10 PM 26 Sufficient parking.4/16/2024 4:41 PM 27 Where it would be located on the park? There is a small patch of woods that is rare in an urban setting, there are owls , cooper's hawks, flickers, sandhill cranes and other s pecies of wildlife that have some sanctuary in this space. I am concerned that this would be affected or destroyed by a dog park. There is a lot more space near Kylawn or Centennial park that would be better suited to a dog park in my opinion. I do have a dog and use many of the park s in Brookly n Center. 4/16/2024 2:46 PM 28 #1 if it would involve the remov al of mature trees, then I'd say NO Go! Over the past 24 years I've often used the park and have witnessed the decline and removal of many mature trees [induced by both natural and human impacts]. It takes hundreds of new trees to try to rival the biological and social benefits of a single mature tree. I'd suggest that the pres ence of mature trees at the park represent its most v aluable amenity. 4/16/2024 2:19 PM 29 People not cleaning up after their dogs and caus ing the area to smell bad.4/16/2024 12:07 PM Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyMonkey cras hing at the entrance to parking lot on France Ave. And this park is always trashed, I often call the city to pick up after those that use it and don't pic k up after themselv es. People do NOT pick up after thems elves and one neighbor told me he's seen broken glass and needles. The city can't even handle the bus depot and why have this by residents. Lately my yard has been used like a park. Gathering in my driveway and kids walking and running through my gardens. THERE IS NO RESPECT FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTY. Often our yard is used like there is a sidewalk right through the property, not the edge. 22 It's too much. There are people now that walk their dogs some have leashes some don't s ome clean up the dog fec es some don't 4/16/2024 5:55 PM 23 Increased noise 4/16/2024 5:27 PM 24 Dog owners behavior. Not watching dogs, not k nowing dog behav ior. Fights and injuries at the dog park. Crazy owners at the dog park getting physical over dog altercations. 4/16/2024 5:24 PM 25 Consis tent maintenance and would want it in a place that isn't currently used recreationally. Many people play sports in the large greens pace that res ides within the paved 'loop' at the park, so I wouldn't want to use all of that space for a dog park. But a possible placement c ould be the area just north of the northport park pav illion, or in the greenspace just west of the Northport basketball court. 4/16/2024 5:10 PM 26 Sufficient parking.4/16/2024 4:41 PM 27 Where it would be located on the park? There is a small patch of woods that is rare in an urban s etting, there are owls, cooper's hawks, flic kers, s andhill c ranes and other species of wildlife that have some sanctuary in this space. I am concerned that this would be affected or destroyed by a dog park. There is a lot more spac e near Ky lawn or Centennial park that would be better suited to a dog park in my opinion. I do have a dog and us e many of the parks in Brooklyn Center. 4/16/2024 2:46 PM 28 #1 if it would involv e the removal of mature trees, then I'd say NO Go! Over the past 24 years I've often used the park and have witnessed the decline and removal of many mature trees [induced by both natural and human impacts]. It takes hundreds of new trees to try to rival the biological and social benefits of a single mature tree. I'd sugges t that the presence of mature trees at the park represent its most valuable amenity. 4/16/2024 2:19 PM 29 People not cleaning up after their dogs and causing the area to smell bad.4/16/2024 12:07 PM 38 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 165 of 395 37 Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyMonkey 7 / 8 Q6 Any other comments or concerns you'd like to share regarding dog parks in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 26 Skipped: 7 #RESPONSES DATE 1 This is ine of tbe worse idea BC has ever come upmwith. Put it at the Community Center or over on Hwy 100 vacant area. A dog park in a residential area is simply a hairbrained idea that will caus e more problems than what it's worth. I s ay absolutely NO! 5/2/2024 6:01 PM 2 not enough park ing, increased trash and even more uncleaned dog waste.5/2/2024 1:46 PM 3 Would be nice to have it monitored every hour or so to ens ure compliance for safety of dogs and humans. 5/1/2024 4:25 PM 4 Not sure where y ou are intending on building it, but if it's in the field, that area is well utulized with socc er, volleyball, football. Isn't that who the park is for...the people? I enjoy seeing it being used by the c ommunity. 4/30/2024 4:34 PM 5 Please c onsider naming the dog park after the current Public Works Director.4/30/2024 3:35 PM 6 There are better uses for park s.4/30/2024 10:48 AM 7 A wash or rinse s tation for dogs leaving the park would be nice if it was a muddy day 4/29/2024 4:03 PM 8 Get. Neighbors buy in before building 4/24/2024 6:42 AM 9 This s urvey has no place to express a desire NOT to have a dog park . Makes it seem like a 'done deal' and community input is just for s how. 4/23/2024 9:38 AM 10 Do not build it. This will be negative for all the people that directly live on this block.4/22/2024 5:10 PM 11 A new dog park in BC would be wonderful! Northport is the park in our neighborhood where we c urrently walk our dog. We so so many other dogs out walking, I believe a dog park would be well used. 4/22/2024 8:33 AM 12 Loose dogs in neighborhood, dog fights, more traffic in neighborhood. Would rather not have a dog park. 4/21/2024 10:04 AM 13 Is it a free dog park and no permit is needed?4/17/2024 5:17 PM 14 Looking forward to hearing what planners are thinking about for this potential new dog park.4/17/2024 10:10 AM 15 Nada 4/16/2024 10:36 PM 16 Maintenance and losing park space for a large dog park depending on where t he dog park would be. 4/16/2024 9:02 PM 17 Please reconsider this location. The residents in the neighborhood do not want this here.4/16/2024 8:50 PM 18 I’d rather see the c ity invest in a dog poop bag station at the entrances to park to make it easier for people to clean up as they walk and play with their dogs. 4/16/2024 7:52 PM 19 Get dog park on other side of 100 near the Storage place. More room and better parking. Oh and back to limited parking on France, often there's parking at our fire hydrant, bloc king our driveway and too close to the corners. It's not about the dogs, it's about the owners. They don't know how to train, like our neighbors leaving the house and letting them bark all day. And parents don't teach their kids about raising their children right. 4/16/2024 7:18 PM 20 Please keep this park, kid and people friendly. Or be prepared to hav e Brooklyn Center Park employees come on a regular basis to clean up 4/16/2024 5:55 PM 21 I don't think adding the dog park is a good idea 4/16/2024 5:27 PM 22 Dog parks are generally not good for dogs. The owners do not care to watch or k now the 4/16/2024 5:24 PM Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyMonkey 7 / 8 Q6 Any other comments or concerns you'd like to share regarding dog parks in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 26 Skipped: 7 #RESPONSES DATE 1 This is ine of tbe worse idea BC has ever come upmwith. Put it at the Community Center or over on Hwy 100 vac ant area. A dog park in a residential area is simply a hairbrained idea that will cause more problems than what it's worth. I say absolutely NO! 5/2/2024 6:01 PM 2 not enough park ing, increased trash and even more uncleaned dog waste.5/2/2024 1:46 PM 3 Would be nice to have it monitored every hour or s o to ensure compliance for safety of dogs and humans. 5/1/2024 4:25 PM 4 Not sure where you are intending on building it, but if it's in the field, that area is well utulized with soccer, volleyball, football. Isn't that who the park is for...the people? I enjoy s eeing it being used by the community. 4/30/2024 4:34 PM 5 Pleas e consider naming the dog park after the current Public Works Director.4/30/2024 3:35 PM 6 There are better uses for park s.4/30/2024 10:48 AM 7 A wash or rinse station for dogs leaving the park would be nic e if it was a muddy day 4/29/2024 4:03 PM 8 Get. Neighbors buy in before building 4/24/2024 6:42 AM 9 This survey has no place to express a desire NOT to have a dog park. Makes it seem like a 'done deal' and community input is jus t for show. 4/23/2024 9:38 AM 10 Do not build it. This will be negative for all the people that directly live on this block.4/22/2024 5:10 PM 11 A new dog park in BC would be wonderful! Northport is the park in our neighborhood where we currently walk our dog. We so so many other dogs out walking, I believe a dog park would be well used. 4/22/2024 8:33 AM 12 Loose dogs in neighborhood, dog fights, more traffic in neighborhood. Would rather not hav e a dog park. 4/21/2024 10:04 AM 13 Is it a free dog park and no permit is needed?4/17/2024 5:17 PM 14 Looking forward to hearing what planners are think ing about for this potential new dog park.4/17/2024 10:10 AM 15 Nada 4/16/2024 10:36 PM 16 Maintenance and losing park space for a large dog park depending on where t he dog park would be. 4/16/2024 9:02 PM 17 Please reconsider this loc ation. The residents in the neighborhood do not want this here.4/16/2024 8:50 PM 18 I’d rather see the city invest in a dog poop bag station at the entrances to park to make it easier for people to clean up as they walk and play with their dogs. 4/16/2024 7:52 PM 19 Get dog park on other side of 100 near the Storage place. More room and better parking. Oh and back to limited parking on France, often there's parking at our fire hydrant, blocking our driveway and too c lose to the corners . It's not about the dogs, it's about the owners. They don't know how to train, like our neighbors leaving the house and letting them bark all day. And parents don't teach their kids about raising their children right. 4/16/2024 7:18 PM 20 Please keep this park, kid and people friendly. Or be prepared to have Brooklyn Center Park employ ees come on a regular bas is to clean up 4/16/2024 5:55 PM 21 I don't think adding the dog park is a good idea 4/16/2024 5:27 PM 22 Dog parks are generally not good for dogs. The owners do not care to watc h or k now the 4/16/2024 5:24 PM Potential Dog Park at Northport Park SurveyM onkey issues. Fights break out and people don’t know how to break up. I used to take my dog to the dog park and he developed a lot of aggression and anxiety issues after being attacked multiple times . We would not us e a dog park. 23 I think a dog park in Northport park is a fantastic idea. Many people already walk their dogs there, and there are no dog parks anywhere convenient for brooklyn center residents currently. 4/16/2024 5:10 PM 24 This is the bes t idea. No downsides would possibly overs hadow how needed and wanted this dog park is ! 4/16/2024 4:41 PM 25 The old say, 'A rotten apple spoils the whole barrel', may be seen in dog parks when inconsiderate patron blatantly fail to pickup droppings after their dog(s ). My question is, 'Who is going to be in charge of keeping the barrel healthy?', s ince it is NOT worth going to a degraded dog park. [even if I only live a block away 4/16/2024 2:19 PM 26 Would like to see trash cans for dog waste and possible dispensers of waste bags. If people have more options less likely to not clean up after their dogs. 4/16/2024 12:07 PM DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 166 of 395 Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Survey Data Summary 8 / 8 23 I think a dog park in Northport park is a fantastic idea. Many people already walk their dogsthere, and there are no dog parks anywhere convenient for brooklyn center residents currently.4/16/2024 5:10 PM 24 This is the bes t idea. No downsides would possibly overs hadow how needed and wanted this dog park is ! 4/16/2024 4:41 PM 25 The old say, 'A rotten apple spoils the whole barrel', may be seen in dog parks when inconsiderate patron blatantly fail to pickup droppings after their dog(s ). My question is, 'Who is going to be in charge of keeping the barrel healthy?', s ince it is NOT worth going to a degraded dog park. [even if I only live a block away 4/16/2024 2:19 PM 26 Would like to see trash cans for dog waste and possible dispensers of waste bags. If people have more options less likely to not clean up after their dogs. 4/16/2024 12:07 PM DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 167 of 395 THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 168 of 395 PARK CONCEPT CHARETTE & SURVEY Following the initial public survey process and a two day charette with Brooklyn Center staff, the planning team analyzed all background data to develop an initial concept for each park and public feedback. These concepts considered community needs, staff priorities, concerns, and ecological challenges at each park. Concept development was a collaborative effort with the Brooklyn Center park team. The initial concepts for public comment were marketed to the public with yard signs, social media postings, post cards, etc. The feedback heard from each park is summarized under “common themes from public comments” in yellow on each park concept plan. A list of preliminary priority recommendations was used as a guiding tool throughout conceptual development and collaboration. The following survey data information is representative of raw online data that has been compiled for reference in the Capital Investment Plan document. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 169 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 3 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed multi sport fields • Additional basketball court • Disc golf within the park • Benches with shade cover in park • Proposed extended trail within park • Nature trail in park Project Team Recommendations • Approach for flood mitigation • Long term goal for basketball court improvements • Install Bankshot court •Existing basketball court improvements DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 170 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 4 Park Concept Rated by Community - West Palmer Park (Total Responses: 22) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 22) Average 7.3 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 4.55% 2 0 0% 3 1 4.55% 4 1 4.55% 5 2 9.09% 6 2 9.09% 7 3 13.64% 8 3 13.64% 9 4 18.18% 10 5 22.73% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 7.3 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 4.55% 2 0 0% 3 1 4.55% 4 1 4.55% 5 2 9.09% 6 2 9.09% 7 3 13.64% 8 3 13.64% 9 4 18.18% 10 5 22.73% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 22 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 22 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Yes 19 86.36% No 3 13.64% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 22 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Yes 20 90.91% No 2 9.09% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 20 10 15 5 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 22)Yes Response: 20 No Response: 2 Yes Response: 19 No Response: 3 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 22) Answered: 22 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Yes 20 90.91% No 2 9.09% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 20 10 15 5 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 16 No Response: 6 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 171 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 5 • The basketball court needs improvement. Why would the tennis courts be removed?? The introduction of soccer fields and volleyball courts is fine, especially with the large number of baseball fields around the city. Flooding should be controlled in this park, as the trail becomes difficult to use in springtime. Planting more trees sounds good, and hopefully will aid in flood control. • I like the variety of sport courts added, but why remove the tennis court? I see that being used often AND why oh why, do I keep seeing so many trees being added to the parks, open spaces are important too. Open spaces also makes it easier to see what is all around. I’ve seen many parks from other communities trimming up and removing trees to make it easier for police/public works to maintain safety for all. • I Like native planting areas near walking trails. • Removing the unused baseball diamonds and return to general usage. • I would like Pickle ball not volleyball. • I like the no mow area and the soccer fields but could there be a baseball field too. And a toddler play area near the playground? There is nothing for younger children to do at the playground since it is for ages 5 and up. • Like: The addition of soccer fields and the storm water treatment areas are vital because the park is often flooded, making the trails difficult to use. Dislike: Taking away all of the softball fields and the one baseball field. Having only one basketball court, since that one court is always in use when the weather cooperates. (I live on the street adjacent to the park). TOO MANY soccer fields! • I like the trail , basketball, tennis court and soccer fields added recently, The ice skating during winter is fantastic and we can have More park activities organized by the city • Leave the tennis courts and add practice boards so a single person can play/practice their swing. • Keep the tennis courts !!! • I like that this will help nature exist a bit more separately from the park. And it would be cool to try bankshot since I have smaller kids. • I like the new path locations. It makes it feel more connected and gives kids a path to ride their bikes on that is not all the way in the back by the woods. I noticed that the playground is more for older kids. Seeing as Palmer Lake Elementary has two parks for bigger kids I was hoping that there would be more here for younger kids under 5 to play on while their siblings were in school. I see that some of the parks are getting an early learning area which seems like a good idea to put at all playgrounds, especially ones mostly meant for older kids. The disc swing is really fun and also quite dangerous. I have seen kids get knocked down hard by the kids on the ride. My own child got crashed in to and their response was to RUN to the woods. It might be better placed on the edge of the playground instead of right in the middle. • Storm water ponds, native plantings, trails • Soccer fields and trees • Change nothing, it’s good as is. • I like that the park is big. • All of the soccer and volleyball space would be great for the community. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 17/22) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 15/22) • The different sport courts, but why 4 soccer practice fields and just 2 volleyball fields? • Removing the unused baseball diamonds and return to general usage. • Disc golf course. • Adding benches and access to clean facilities. • Accessibility is very important and making sure that wheelchairs can get to all of the fields. • Proposed storm water treatment area. • Add more benches around the softball and soccer fields • The land is a swamp and always will be. Can we do something about that? • Help with nature. • The new paths would be great. • Trails, birds and wildlife viewing opportunities • Soccer fields • Benches would be nice here. • More places to hang out with people i know there. • The soccer fields. Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 172 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 6 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 12/22) • I’d like to see a disc golf course added to this park. • Add pickle ball courts. • What will be where the old tennis courts area is? Slides built into the hill? Logs to walk across? Rocks to climb on? Dog area? • West Palmer Lake Park is used a lot by walkers, bikers, joggers, people playing basketball and tennis. It is a lively place in good weather. Unless the city is sponsoring a soccer league, I feel that too much emphasis is placed on adding so many soccer fields. • All in all I think the park is wonderful • Removing the tennis courts seems unnecessary. What would go in that space, if anything? • I would like to see the City Recycle materials! • Could there be a shelter to sit under near the playground? It is very sunny and I usually sit in the shade of a tree. When my mom comes with us she has to sit on the benches in full sun because she cant sit on the ground. Maybe a water mister too! • Plant a diversity of trees so the next invasive pest’s impact will be less. Plant for climate change. • Nothing • It looks like a fun park. • It would be great to add seating at soccer fields that have the space to have it. Walking paths should be between the fields to make them accessible. It would be nice to see lights on the fields. Also with all of the fields, it would be nice to have a building for concessions, a bathroom and a drinking fountain. Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 173 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 7 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed flood mitigation • Proposed boardwalk • Multi-use fields for sports Project Team Recommendations • Approach for flood mitigation DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 174 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 8 Park Concept Rated by Community - East Palmer Park (Total Responses: 16) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 16) Average 7.3 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 1 6.25% 3 0 0% 4 1 6.25% 5 2 12.5% 6 2 12.5% 7 1 6.25% 8 4 25% 9 1 6.25% 10 4 25% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 7.3 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 1 6.25% 3 0 0% 4 1 6.25% 5 2 12.5% 6 2 12.5% 7 1 6.25% 8 4 25% 9 1 6.25% 10 4 25% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 16 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 16 Skipped: 0 0 20 10 15 5 Yes No Yes 16 100% No 0 0% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 16 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 14 10 12 8 6 Yes No Yes 13 81.25% No 3 18.75% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 16)Yes Response: 13 No Response: 3 Yes Response: 16 No Response: 0 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 16) Answered: 16 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 14 10 12 8 6 Yes No Yes 13 81.25% No 3 18.75% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 9 No Response: 7 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 175 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 9 • Why do you need to remove the current ball fields....That can already be considered unprogrammed open space, why are all those tress being added?? And do you plan on cutting down all the current trees on the boulevard? • Eliminate basketball court and softball field (make grass). Keep open space (grass). Stop flooding along path where grass field meets storm water area. Add lights that come on at night. • I like the native planting. • I like the boardwalk idea, that would be a nice touch. I don’t love all the unplanned space, you could add a disc golf course or a soccer field in those spaces or even some spots for renting garden plots for the neighborhood. • I like eliminating the seldom used baseball diamond and fencing. • My main use of this park is for the trails. We like to ride our bikes around the park trails. • This park floods in springtime due to the nearby lake, so mitigating that is important. A boardwalk overlooking the marshes would introduce more scenic views, which would encourage more frequent visits. • Would like to see a clubhouse facility that we can rent or use for events. • This is Swamp Land and always will be, can we preserve it in some way ! • Love the boardwalk and return to nature. This park’s greatest feature for my family is seeing the nature and being close to it. We go and try to spot animals and cool plants. The boardwalk will help so much because the path will be more accessible and it will allow us to view the nature without disturbing it. • I like the trees and native planting. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 12/16) Lives in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 8/16) • Upkeep on trash so people dont dump. • Boardwalk or any of the other ideas I proposed. • Remove the ball diamond / restore the grounds. • Pickle ball courts. • A clubhouse would be nice here. • Boardwalk • More seating/benches. • Native planting area. Lives in Brooklyn Center What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 5/16) • Soccer fields instead of basketball and softball fields OR grass only area • Pickle ball courts. • Look forward to see flexible fields to use for sports • City needs to Recycle all materials ! • I’m hoping this plan will reduce flooding after significant rain Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 176 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 10 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed artificial field • Proposed dome for sports during winter • Proposed playground • Proposed pickleball courts Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 177 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 11 Park Concept Rated by Community - Evergreen Park (Total Responses: 26) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 26) Average 7.8 0 2 4 6 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 3.85% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 2 7.69% 5 2 7.69% 6 1 3.85% 7 3 11.54% 8 5 19.23% 9 4 15.38% 10 8 30.77% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 7.8 0 2 4 6 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 3.85% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 2 7.69% 5 2 7.69% 6 1 3.85% 7 3 11.54% 8 5 19.23% 9 4 15.38% 10 8 30.77% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 26 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 26 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Yes 20 76.92% No 6 23.08% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 26 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Yes 23 88.46% No 3 11.54% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 26)Yes Response: 23 No Response: 3 Yes Response: 20 No Response: 6 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 26) Answered: 26 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Yes 23 88.46% No 3 11.54% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 17 No Response:9 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 178 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 13 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 12/26) • LOVE the path and sidewalk access around and throughout the park! • Camera s to monitor activity and crime • None. • It’s a good park from my child hood • I live across Bryant from Evergreen Park, so I often see non-city vehicles being driven and parked on the trail that runs through the middle. It’d be nice to have a barrier system to help prevent this. I also see many cars (more than one a day) park in the warming house parking lot without anyone ever getting out to do anything in the park itself. I think this is partially because that parking lot is rather isolated; I’d love to see it removed and the lot at the softball fields expanded northward to compensate. Also, very few people use the skating rink; I don’t think I’ve seen more than ten or twenty people there for each of the last several *winters* — a far cry from when I was a kid and there were more skaters than that every *night*. Creating and maintaining the rink every year may be costing the city more money than it’s worth. One more thing: the softball fields are used so infrequently that it might be a good idea to replace one of them with a soccer field. • It would be lovely as a community park. • Probably the playground. • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • No comments • If you were interested in building out baseball/softball options at the ballfields I would be happy to help. Coach Pitman - Brooklyn Center High School Baseball Coach • I’m not sure. • I would like to see all of the baseball/softball fields have irrigation. Updated lighting throughout the parks and fields. Also a building with a pubic bathroom, drinking fountain and concession stand for this complex would be great for this park with all of these new amenities. Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 179 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 14 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed off-street parking • Early childhood play equipment • Proposed trail extension • Refresh existing basketball court Project Team Recommendations • Long term plan to evaluate ADA • Long term plan to add to playground envelope DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 180 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 15 Park Concept Rated by Community - Riverdale Park (Total Responses: 11) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 11) Average 5.7 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 9.09% 2 1 9.09% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 3 27.27% 6 3 27.27% 7 1 9.09% 8 0 0% 9 0 0% 10 2 18.18% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 5.7 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 9.09% 2 1 9.09% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 3 27.27% 6 3 27.27% 7 1 9.09% 8 0 0% 9 0 0% 10 2 18.18% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 11 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 11 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Yes 9 81.82% No 2 18.18% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 11 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Yes 10 90.91% No 1 9.09% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 5 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 11)Yes Response: 10 No Response: 1 Yes Response: 9 No Response: 2 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 11) Answered: 11 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Yes 10 90.91% No 1 9.09% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 5 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 7 No Response: 4 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 181 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 16 • I like the off street parking. The No more area needs to be shrunk. People play volley ball in that area. Add volley ball sand pit or shrink No Mow area • It doesn’t have any pickleball courts • This plan is out dated !!! All trees will be taken out in 2025 -- So start over with this plan !!! if you have ever been here at all - You;d know that this Park is used /every afternoon/ night in Spring /Summer/Fall for Volleyball -- why would you even think to turn that into Tall Grass??? Don;t take away park land to add parking Also don’t do anything here till 252 plans are firm --otherwise it all might taken by the freeway plans ! • I don’t like how there is no base to the park. Just climbing stuff and on top of the climbing stuff is a slide. It’s very inaccessible for disabled kids. Not only wheelchair kids but also kids with other disability’s that effect there physical abilities. • This park is used a lot in the summer by volleyball players. Sometimes 4 nets are set up. The new concept would negatively impact that. I often take my dogs to the park to give them some exercise. Again, I believe this would negatively impact it. • The equipment on the park is a bit boring compared to others. The picnic shelter should be enclosed to allow for a warming house during the winter months when ice skating is available. The addition of the native planting area sounds like a great idea! • Circulating path I like a lot, I do not like the parking lot concept • I like the basketball court but it is extremely dated. Additionally the court is uneven. All the trees at the park are dead so getting new trees is a priority. • I already enjoy this park greatly and will continue to do so in the coming years. I’m not sure that the native plantings will be appreciated - many large groups use the mowed grass area for soccer games, volleyball tournaments, etc. I wonder if the native plantings will have a messier look? Will the city commit to keeping these native plantings from containing invasive species (mullein, Japanese knotweed, mustard grass, etc.)? I think that the idea of native plantings along creeks and park edges is ok, but in the center of the park does not make sense. • Please extend the off street parking along w river rd all the way down to the existing playground so that there is parking for families that want to utilize just the playground. The walk from the proposed parking to the playground is not ideal for families with children. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 10/11) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 8/11) • The Artificial turf. • I like the no mow area and off street parking • Add back in the Digger-that was removed !!! Add early childhood playground equipment we have 30 new babies here !! We are locked in by 252 and must go over a freeway to Play! • Wheelchair access • The ‘music’ pieces in the playground middle are useless. We’ve lived here 20 years and raised 7 kids here. Now we have grandkids. We miss the old boat playground we had. Please remove the music pieces and add something kids can climb all over. • Playground equipment upgrade even in minimally. Maybe a cheap zip line could be added. In addition a warming house would be great to get the kids out there during the winter • I would like to add a different court where the basketball court is • Benches • New tree plantings - all of the trees in this park are currently ash trees slated to be taken down in the coming year. Without new trees, this park will be so bare in summer! Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 182 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 17 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 7/11) • Need a volleyball pit, people play volley ball here every weekend • The park gets a lot of use in the summer. Mostly from volleyball players. The basketball court has very limited use. Could lines be painted on for pickleball so temporary nets could be used to play on the hard court surface? • Stop misleading that yellow containers mean that the city recycles !!! City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! Talk to us neighbors before making plans We need an active neighborhood and we want to talk to you ! • Allow for activities please. Pickle ball maybe? A native area is meaningless. We have Palmer lake within a mile if we want that. • Consider building a tennis court or pickleball court. • We really do appreciate the money and thought that BC puts into their parks. We know that your work is important and we hope you are thoughtful as you take in feedback • Pickleball court? Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 183 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 18 Common Themes from Public comments • Multi-use fields for various sports • Proposed playground improvements • More planting and canopy cover • Early childhood play features • Add tennis court to this park Project Team Recommendations • Long term plan to add tennis courts to park where suitable DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 184 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 19 Park Concept Rated by Community - Willow Lane Park (Total Responses: 8) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 8) Average 5.9 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 25% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 1 12.5% 5 1 12.5% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 1 12.5% 9 2 25% 10 1 12.5% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 5.9 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 25% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 1 12.5% 5 1 12.5% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 1 12.5% 9 2 25% 10 1 12.5% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 8 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 8 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 5 Yes No Yes 7 87.5% No 1 12.5% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 8 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 Yes No Yes 8 100% No 0 0% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 8)Yes Response: 8 No Response: 0 Yes Response: 7 No Response: 1 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 8) Answered: 8 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 Yes No Yes 8 100% No 0 0% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 4 No Response: 4 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 185 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 20 • Instead of Volleyball courts, pickleball/tennis would be a lot better! • I dislike that there is no wild space in this park. This corner of town is sorely lacking in green space, native planting, and walkable nature areas. • The park that got taken out should be replaced with a new park or new obstacle course for kids. There are no other parks in the area for children who live nearby. Driving out of the city to go to another park will boost money for other cities instead of Brooklyn center. More parks are better for the community overall and for children to play near their homes. Parks help build community. • Add Tennis Courts • Well, the park was great until you guys tore the playground out last year and replaced it with this itty-bitty playground now residence from all around that don’t even live in the city fill up the park and play volleyball in the winter and the ice rinks and soccer in the summer I don’t think we need a playground for the adults. We need a playground for all the kids in the neighborhood all the kids from the apartment building and all the kids from the houses on major and Lee Avenue go to that park daily in the summer and many of us are disappointed at the loss of the playground equipment for the past year and a half • Instead of two soccer fields, I would prefer one soccer field and then some tennis or pickle ball courts. • I really like the new soccer and volleyball. Also the new parking lot. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 7/8) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 5/8) • Tree shade • Park expansion • Playgrounds for the kids • Volleyball courts • Soccer Fields. Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 5/8) • Pickleball / tennis is a better choice than 3 volleyball courts. • The volleyball and soccer sections are really cool. If people in Brooklyn center have to keep leaving to find other parks, this will also contribute to loss of money to Brooklyn center businesses. Personally, we travel frequently for parks that are farther because Brooklyn center lacks playgrounds that are large and built for both small kids and big kids. Lots of people that play volleyball and soccer bring their entire families, children included. The children would benefit from being able to play while their family members play the sports of their choice too. Everyone could be active together doing different things while promoting a healthy lifestyle for everyone by being active. • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • I feel this part should be more friendly for the kids as it was in the past not for the adults soccer players • Love it! Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 186 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 21 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed canoe amenity • Improved maintenance of park • Proposed boardwalk Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 187 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 22 Park Concept Rated by Community - Palmer Lake Park (Total Responses: 16) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 16) Average 7.5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 6.25% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 4 25% 6 0 0% 7 2 12.5% 8 2 12.5% 9 1 6.25% 10 6 37.5% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 7.5 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 6.25% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 4 25% 6 0 0% 7 2 12.5% 8 2 12.5% 9 1 6.25% 10 6 37.5% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 16 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 16 Skipped: 0 0 10 15 5 Yes No Yes 15 93.75% No 1 6.25% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 16 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Yes No Yes 11 68.75% No 5 31.25% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 16)Yes Response: 11 No Response: 5 Yes Response: 15 No Response: 1 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 16) Answered: 16 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Yes No Yes 11 68.75% No 5 31.25% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 12 No Response: 4 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 188 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 23 • A proposed boardwalk that goes over an existing pond, instead on next to the current path? Why make it harder to build and maintain? Can a canoe really go into water there?? • Canoe rental • I love the trails and use them frequently throughout the year. • Canoe rental would be great. • Need more info which area/side of Palmer Lake Park for canoe area. • I’m not sure the lake can support canoe activities • The added boardwalk is a must! Palmer Lake has shrunk a lot over the years and it would be great to actually see the waterfront up close again. Adding a shelter would prove useful. • Kayaks v canoes • I like the place • The people • Its a swamp-- the bogs float and move -- No need for canoe rental. What abut the old platforms that have been there for 40 years. Did Eng ever research those like we asked Andrew H to do 5 years ago ? • I like that there is a proposed shelter and canoe rental. It will make this park/parking lot more frequented by actual users instead of people doing things they aren’t supposed to like drinking/illegal dumping. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 12/16) Lives in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 6/16) • Update the current path to the water overlook • Please update the trails • More benches good idea • Boardwalk • It’s good to live • Just more activity. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 7/16) • Great place to walk • The connection of the trails/path through this park to the Shingle Creek trail, north to Brooklyn Park, east to the Mississippi Regional Trail and Grand Rounds trail system, and more, are so important to expand, encourage and support active transportation of the residents. Keeping the trails well maintained and functional not only for walking and running, but also biking, roller blading and more is important • Not sure • When you went through and replaced the paved trail you made it to narrow and never finished re-grooming the edges of the trail. It’s unsafe, ugly and impossible to maintain. This is the case where ever you repaved trails throughout the city. • Would the canoe rental be staffed? Will there be a charge to rent a canoe, or will it be free? • I like to live there • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 189 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 24 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed pedestrian bridge • Early childhood play elements • More usable open space • Native plants for pollinators Project Team Recommendations • Approach for youth safety around proposed pedestrian bridge • Add native planting within park where suitable DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 190 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 25 Park Concept Rated by Community - Freeway Park (Total Responses: 12) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 12) Average 6.8 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 3 25% 4 1 8.33% 5 0 0% 6 1 8.33% 7 2 16.67% 8 0 0% 9 2 16.67% 10 3 25% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 6.8 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 3 25% 4 1 8.33% 5 0 0% 6 1 8.33% 7 2 16.67% 8 0 0% 9 2 16.67% 10 3 25% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 12 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 12 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Yes 10 83.33% No 2 16.67% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 12 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Yes 10 83.33% No 2 16.67% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 5 No Yes Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 12)Yes Response: 10 No Response: 2 Yes Response: 10 No Response: 2 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 12) Answered: 12 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Yes 10 83.33% No 2 16.67% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 5 No Yes Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 7 No Response: 5 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 191 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 26 • Like the bike lane across the freeway. • That ii don’t really like it for real for real • I like the pedestrian bridge. Looks like nothing else is going to change much. There are many younger children in this neighborhood that like to go to the playground but cannot use the equipment since it is for ages 5+. Something for the toddlers and preschoolers would be fun. The new playground was a great idea. There is just not much for the youngest kids to do. The next closest playgrounds are the Palmer Lake ones, but you have to cross 69th (which can be scary, especially with kids) to go to a place more suited all ages. Even then, they are geared to older kids but there is more room for them. • I love the proposed bike/pedestrian bridge. It would have been great when my children went to Garden City, but it is still a great idea. We want safer neighborhoods and paved areas to ride bikes. I dislike the flat open area to be covered with trees. We used to have a lot of flat area to play sports, but we understand why it was taken away. Now the only flat area will be covered with trees which will not allow for neighborhood kids to play sports anymore like soccer or football. The secluded park was a contributing factor into why we purchased a home in this neighborhood, but our amenities are slowly being removed . We also had limited say in the design of the new playground that was recently added. The old playground was more fun. • I don’t like the pedestrian bridge. Too many kids in the neighborhood who could be crossing much easier over the interstate to places they shouldn’t be going. Also, there is a homeless population in the area, which this would make it easier for them to sleep in the park, which increases safety risk for our families and children • I think this freeway crossing would help for people that don’t have a car get around the city in a safer manner. • I guess the only new things are trees and a pedestrian bridge? I like the pedestrian bridge, it will be nice to be able to walk to some stores. I have seen the new playground and it looks small. Can you bring back the old playground? The old playground had so much room. Us neighborhood kids would pile onto that thing and there was so much space. The trees are nice but I wonder if we need that many in such a small place? Seems like a waste of money when 3 or 4 would do instead of 10. They will get bigger in time. • My house is literally touching the edge of this park and I would be SO HAPPY to have a pedestrian bridge over the freeway through the park. PLEASE DO THIS!! IT WOULD BE SO AWESOME!! • Trees and pedestrian bridge • It a Fun place to go to • Am commenting as a former 51 year resident and neighbor @6800. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 11/12) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 9/12) • Nothing • A no mow area would be great! Maybe by the wall? Toddler play area, somewhere safe for them to climb but also low. The old playground was the best. • We just want an open flat space so neighborhood kids can play sports • Trees • Bring back the old playground or expand the new one. A shade sail or something for the swings (love the new ones). • The pedestrian bridge!!!! • Pedestrian bridge • The basketball court • Playground equipment for 2-7 year olds Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 192 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 27 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 9/12) • Pavement for kids to use chalk on? The path to get to the playground is quite steep and the turn is very sharp for bikes. It is hard to push strollers and wheelchairs up. Will there be a automatically closing gate on the pedestrian bridge? Playground next to pedestrian bridge. . . With bored toddlers. . . Elopement!!! • Thank you for removing the parking lot on the end of the park by the back entrance. • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • So many trees so close together. I saw that some were chopped down today. Are you trying to replace them? • I would love to see some native plants for pollinators. Maybe up against the freeway wall along the edge of the park? • I know people there • What will happen to very large cottonwood tree near the existing parking lot? • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 193 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 28 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed lighting additions • Increased maintenance within property boundary • Add aesthetic native planting Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept • Approach for lighting and maintenance DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 194 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 29 Park Concept Rated by Community - Shingle Creek Trail (Total Responses: 23) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 23) Average 7.5 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 4.35% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 1 4.35% 5 2 8.7% 6 3 13.04% 7 2 8.7% 8 5 21.74% 9 5 21.74% 10 4 17.39% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 7.5 0 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 4.35% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 1 4.35% 5 2 8.7% 6 3 13.04% 7 2 8.7% 8 5 21.74% 9 5 21.74% 10 4 17.39% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 23 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 23 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Yes 21 91.3% No 2 8.7% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 23 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Yes 20 86.96% No 3 13.04% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 23)Yes Response: 20 No Response: 3 Yes Response: 21 No Response: 2 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 23) Answered: 23 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Yes 20 86.96% No 3 13.04% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 19 No Response: 4 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 195 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 30 • Way finding is important, the flooding of the trail should be addressed. • Nothing is bad it’s good What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 15/23) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 11/23) • Nothing • Maybe cleaning up and fixing the tables and benches • More places to sit • Lighting, natural plants and flowers • All of the improvements sound great. • Garbage! And if that’s true then don’t buy unique lighting. Come on Guys!! • Everything is okay • Pick up litter here • Like native planting. • Nothing really • I don’t like how around that area is very ghetto and people are always trashing the place. • Nothing • Personally, I think it could use more greenery but agree that added trail lighting is a very important safety measure. • Trail lighting • Lighting is good but honestly don’t waste money on it being unique. Put the money into trash and recycling cans. 100% agree to more trees! Some areas are so sunny!!! Also please mow more. We see lots of snakes with the native grasses and no mowing. • The existing seating in this park rarely gets used, mainly because the trail is more often used as a highway to get to other parks and not treated as a destination. Adding a rest area may change that and add appeal. • Nothing • Keep out people camping • I don’t see much difference. What would be most helpful for me is to address the flooding issues whenever it rains. • Flood remediation • A lot of swings Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 196 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 31 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 10/23) • Nothing • No additional comments • Nothing • Used to be so pretty before the native plants just took over. Where are the flowers? Where’s the color? • My wife and I are daily users of this trail. We ride our bikes through the trail system frequently. Having well labeled trails is important for us. • Nothing • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • Anything to improve shoreline, and hopefully water quality, as a result, would be beneficial. • Nope Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 197 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 32 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed soccer fields • Playground improvements for a broad age group •Increased canopy cover •Additional parking Project Team Recommendations • Approach for maintenance improvements DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 198 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 33 Park Concept Rated by Community - Orchard Lane Park (Total Responses: 14) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 14) Average 6.2 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 7.14% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 2 14.29% 5 1 7.14% 6 3 21.43% 7 4 28.57% 8 1 7.14% 9 1 7.14% 10 1 7.14% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 6.2 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 7.14% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 2 14.29% 5 1 7.14% 6 3 21.43% 7 4 28.57% 8 1 7.14% 9 1 7.14% 10 1 7.14% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 14 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 14 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 14 10 12 8 6 Yes No Yes 13 92.86% No 1 7.14% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 14 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Yes No Yes 11 78.57% No 3 21.43% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 2 4 6 8 No Yes Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 14)Yes Response: 11 No Response: 3 Yes Response: 13 No Response: 1 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 14) Answered: 14 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Yes No Yes 11 78.57% No 3 21.43% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 2 4 6 8 No Yes Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 8 No Response: 6 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 199 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 34 • A soccer field, basketball court, playground,, but parking spots are being removed? One of the reasons I do not use this park is because of the lack of parking spaces • I love adding native vegetation, trees, and the soccer field. I dislike putting pull off parking on 65th. 65th gets too much traffic, some of which already blows through the stop sign at Perry. I’m worried about families with small children having to exit cars on the driver side and into the street. Also, putting the parking on 65th puts families with young children further away from the playground equipment. Parking should be kept in Orchard as that’s quiet with far less traffic. • I like having a soccer field for the park. I like the idea of having native plants but worried invasive species would take over. The flood mitigation was originally supposed to be an over flow area but mainly dry with cat tails was NOT to be a wet flood mitigation where water turns into algae and ducks now roam neighborhood and park. We really dislike what the city has done to our park, we have lived here 40 years. We cannot believe the city wants to put the main parking on 65th AVE N. We live 2 blocks from the park and see MANY cars and accidents on 65th AVE N. • Baseball field is going away in favor of the Soccer pitch. • I liked the expansion of the trail. I dislike the proposal on the location for the pull off parking. We live on the corner of Perry and 65th and the traffic is very busy and this will pose a problem and cause more traffic. Keeping the round about on Orchard or a parking lot by the soccer field would be safer. Please this proposal. Thank you. • Not a good idea on the location of the pull off parking. There is to much traffic on that street. I dislike. • Dislike the pull out parking location. 65th is too busy of ave. • New playground • I would definitely use the added playground area if it accommodate younger children such as toddler, preschoolers. Our current play area only is accessible to the playhouse. As the steps to the smaller slides are very difficult for preschoolers to climb. We have multiple daycares in this area that would like to be included in t h e decision with future playground equipment. That is when upgrade is approved in the future. • I like the added play ground equipment but would like to see more toddler/ preschool style equipment for my grand kids to use . And YES the soccer fields would definitely improve the use of the park. • I like the proposed trees. There aren’t enough trees in our city parks. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 12/14) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 10/14) • Shelters an restroom facilities (Something that can’t be burned!) • Trees. We’ve lost a lot of Ash and without shade, the park is hot and unwelcoming. • To clean up the mess caused by the food mitigation. Rethink the parking on 65th AVE N. • Usable portable restroom that cannot be burned down! • Parking lot • Trail. • Enforce not a hang out for teens or dumping garbage in park cans. • A few more infant swings. Along with the above suggestions. • Playground equipment for younger children in the neighborhood • Trees Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 200 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 35 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 6/14) • Sad to see the Baseball field is going away in favor of a Soccer field! • Thank you for the soccer field. Kids don’t come to play baseball anymore. They come for basketball and soccer, though. • Wish the pond was something usable for fishing, not just water retention, cattails and geese! • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • Lived here 32 years and need for this household area. • Very impressed with the soccer fields for younger children. Looking forward to improvement. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 201 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 36 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed re-classification Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 202 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 37 Park Concept Rated by Community - Bob Cahlander Park (Total Responses: 5) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 5) Average 8.2 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 1 20% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 0 0% 9 1 20% 10 3 60% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 8.2 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 1 20% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 0 0% 9 1 20% 10 3 60% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 5 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 5 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 Yes No Yes 5 100% No 0 0% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 5 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Yes 4 80% No 1 20% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 5)Yes Response: 4 No Response: 1 Yes Response: 5 No Response: 0 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 5) Answered: 5 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Yes 4 80% No 1 20% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 3 No Response: 2 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 203 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 38 • I appreciate that this park (which was recently renovated) is great just as it is • I would love to see this as an ecological area. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 2/5) Lives in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 2/5) • Nothing • Maintain what is already there Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 2/5) • This is fine as it is! • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! Lives in Brooklyn Center DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 204 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 39 Common Themes from Public comments •New purpose for property Project Team Recommendations • No change to concept DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 205 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 40 Park Concept Rated by Community - Garden City Park (Total Responses: 8) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 8) Average 5.5 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 4 50% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 0 0% 9 0 0% 10 4 50% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 5.5 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 4 50% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 0 0% 9 0 0% 10 4 50% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 8 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 8 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 Yes No Yes 8 100% No 0 0% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 8 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yes No Yes 6 75% No 2 25% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 12)Yes Response: 6 No Response: 2 Yes Response: 8 No Response: 0 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 12) Answered: 8 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yes No Yes 6 75% No 2 25% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 4 No Response: 4 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 206 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 41 • We like the open space and a trail isn’t necessary. Seems like wasted money. • This should just get sold to the school. It doesn’t serve the public. • This is our city property, it shouldn’t be sold to another entity. This is ridiculous What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 3/8) Lives in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 2/8) • Swings Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 2/8) • What gives this project the Right to talk about selling Park Land Without talking to the City Council First ...but yet you have talked already to the school /District 279 !!! Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 207 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 42 Common Themes from Public comments •Proposed shade • Existing court improvements • Proposed parking • Proposed basketball court • Update/refresh existing court Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 208 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 43 Park Concept Rated by Community - Firehouse Park (Total Responses: 26) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 26) Average 7.7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 1 3.85% 4 1 3.85% 5 2 7.69% 6 3 11.54% 7 4 15.38% 8 5 19.23% 9 4 15.38% 10 6 23.08% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 7.7 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 1 3.85% 4 1 3.85% 5 2 7.69% 6 3 11.54% 7 4 15.38% 8 5 19.23% 9 4 15.38% 10 6 23.08% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 26 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 26 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Yes 21 80.77% No 5 19.23% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 26 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Yes No Yes 26 100% No 0 0% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 26)Yes Response: 26 No Response: 0 Yes Response: 21 No Response: 5 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 26) Answered: 26 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Yes No Yes 26 100% No 0 0% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 24 No Response: 2 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 209 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 44 • Nothing • The parking lot is always full for softball games so more parking would be great. And irrigating the fields would help keep them in great shape. • Nothing • None What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 16/26) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 15/26) • The court is outdated and sad. • The basketball court • Wheelchair access • Basketball court • Benches • Benches and shelters • Fix the grass. Every time they dig for something- an electrical line or whatever, they do a very poor job of reseeding. • Wheelchair and walker accessibility is important. Inclusion brings us all together. • Basketball • Parking. • Improved restroom facilities • Like native planting. • It will only enhance my experience in that increasing neighbor and community use is good. • The basketball court isn’t good • Cameras to monitor activity and make people accountable • It’s right next to a police station which is great • Basketball court • Nothing • I like this park because it’s fun to hang around at • I like more trees. Not sure the larger basketball court is really necessary, but interested in hearing why it might be put in. • This place needs shade!!! The new paths look good. Please have shade sails or something. My mom almost passed out here last summer. Also Maybe a firetruck climbing thing? It is called Firehouse Park and there is no acknowledgment of the fire station. Fire trucks are awesome and some might even say they are the best kind of truck. • Basketball • Love the additional parking and basketball since those are the main 2 problems with the current layout. • Basketball • Irrigating the ball fields • Food • None Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 210 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 45 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 13/26) • LOVE the path and sidewalk access around and throughout the park. • Nothing • None • Nothing • Nothing • I don’t have anything else • Child bike path maybe? Maybe with some small hills and 10 degree graded curves? And firetrucks!!!! • Nothing • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • None • The BC softball team plays here and they just had a wonderful season. Go Centaurs! • Nothing • None Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 211 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 46 Common Themes from Public comments • Extending the trails within the park Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept • Long term plan to include non-bituminous trail for circulation within park boundary DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 212 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 47 Park Concept Rated by Community - Marlin Park (Total Responses: 2) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 2) Average 6.5 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 1 50% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 0 0% 9 0 0% 10 1 50% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 6.5 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 1 50% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 0 0% 9 0 0% 10 1 50% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 2 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 2 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 Yes No Yes 2 100% No 0 0% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 2 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 Yes No Yes 2 100% No 0 0% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 2)Yes Response: 2 No Response: 0 Yes Response: 2 No Response: 0 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 2) Answered: 2 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 Yes No Yes 2 100% No 0 0% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 1 No Response: 1 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 213 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 48 What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 1/2) Lives in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 0/2) • Please add trail *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 1/2) • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! Lives in Brooklyn Center DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 214 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 49 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed splash water feature • Trail improvements / boardwalk • Repair / improvements to pond • Ecological improvements to park Project Team Recommendations • Detailed Master plan recommended • Approach for improvements within park boundaries DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 215 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 50 Park Concept Rated by Community - Centennial Park (Total Responses: 38) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 38) Average 7.6 0 2 4 14 10 12 8 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 2.63% 2 0 0% 3 3 7.89% 4 2 5.26% 5 4 10.53% 6 1 2.63% 7 2 5.26% 8 6 15.79% 9 6 15.79% 10 13 34.21% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 7.6 0 2 4 14 10 12 8 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 2.63% 2 0 0% 3 3 7.89% 4 2 5.26% 5 4 10.53% 6 1 2.63% 7 2 5.26% 8 6 15.79% 9 6 15.79% 10 13 34.21% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 38 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 38 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 30 35 25 Yes No Yes 35 92.11% No 3 7.89% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 38 Skipped: 0 0 10 20 30 40 Yes No Yes 37 97.37% No 1 2.63% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 38)Yes Response: 37 No Response: 1 Yes Response: 35 No Response: 3 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 38) Answered: 38 Skipped: 0 0 10 20 30 40 Yes No Yes 37 97.37% No 1 2.63% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 29 No Response: 9 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 216 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 51 • A splash pad could get a lot of use, when I walk during the summer there’s little kids running around, more trails and paths for people to choose from and easier access to other parts of the park What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 28/38) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center • Why are the 2 ball fields being removed and adding trees?? Having open spaces are important, what is this push to plant so many trees? How about just actually maintain what is there instead of trying to create something new.... • Removal of ball fields • I like all of the trails / paths around and throughout the park, but most of them need an upgrade. The majority are inaccessible with any amount of rain. Love the amphitheater. • Shelters, sledding hills, and splash pad • I like the proposals of increasing the ecological terrain and improving flood mitigation. • Shingle Creek really needs a thorough clean up & dredging. • Water splash feature • I don’t like that the new plans don’t include any new pickleball courts. Pickleball is the fastest growing sport and any new renovations to this park should include new pickleball courts since the last renovation got rid of the tennis courts. • With inflation a constant factor in the lives of the citizens, I don’t think the City aught to be spending money on park improvements when they can’t manage to pay for maintenance on their own City Hall without begging the already-strapped citizens for more tax money!! • I like that there will be more trees in the park but the major issue / flaw is the neglect for the southern half of the park. Shingle Creek needs some serious work and redesign. The straight flow is unnatural and needs to be redeveloped to bring back the natural bends and curves to harbor more habitat for wildlife and be more environmentally friendly. • Like first four items for each of above improvement • I like the park for community events such as barbecuing and live bands • There is plenty of parking already. The only thing i ever see it used for is overnight sleeping and drug use as it is. • Splash water feature and sledding hill • Curious what you mean by “Re-purposed Paved Area” and “Unprogrammed Open Space”. I don’t know what that means. The more Native planting the better, And foster ecological habitat - don’t know exactly what you mean by that, but I hope you do right by our pollinators. • Adding control over the floodwaters would greatly help this park stay accessible year round. Keeping a no mow area is a good idea for conservation. • Splash pad! Sledding! • Looking forward for the new splash features • City doesn’t maintain the Pond now and hasn’t for years -- Either fill in the pond or MAINTAIN IT • Love the boardwalk. We hear from bikers all the time about flooding and that will help a lot. Splash pad would be AMAZING. • It looks like a boardwalk will replace the existing bike/walking path. Will we be able to bike on this boardwalk? If we can’t bike than we will use the park less not more with these “improvements”. • I love pretty much everything. Looks like we could spend a couple hours here. I wish there could be more native/no mowing area though. • Boardwalk • The boardwalk would be an amazing addition here. • I don’t see the need to expand parking on the west side and add an additional lot in the NW corner. The community garden is the only need (which the current parking options suitably cover). • Decent Parking in the Archery area *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 217 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 52 Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 24/38) • Please, just maintain what we currently have, doing that will make it an improvement • UPDATE THE TRAILS PLEASE • Shelters • Water splash area, shaded by water splash • Keeping it clean. Keeping people from driving on the pedestrian / bicycle paths. • Cleaning up Shingle Creek • Water feature • Add new pickleball courts • More trees • I like the community events like live bands • Sledding hill • STOP USING TOXIC CHEMICALS (i.e; spraying along the creek and in the grassy areas. My dog has had Anaphylactic shock) PLEASE JUST STOP WITH THE CHEMICALS • Fix and maintain the pond, and the excessive overgrowth of plants along the creek. When I was a kid you could actually see the creek from the walking/biking paths. Now everything just looks neglected and unkempt. • More Shelters • Maintain the walls of the pond • Splash pad • As daily walkers new surfacing of the bike/walk path would be very helpful. We would love to be able to view the creek while walking. Trimming down bush/weeds near the one bench that has a view of the creek would be great. • More benches would be nice since this park fills up fast. • Tennis/pickleball courts • Boardwalk • Parking for Archery, Other amenities for the Archery area such as yardage markers, picnic tables for setting archery equipment on, one ot two more hay bales for more lanes to shoot in. A canopied structure over tables would be nice also. • Splash pad Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 218 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 53 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 20/38) • Quit spending money that homeowners need for living in BC • The connection of the trails/path through this park to the Palmer Lake area, the Shingle Creek trail, and more are so important to expand, encourage and support active transportation of the residents. Especially considering the number of major freeways and traffic corridors intersecting the city we need access to a trail system to support moving through our community without a motor vehicle and to ensure Safe Routes To School programming/access for our schools and students. • It’s a beautiful park improvement are needed, for families to come to our own area park close to home . Keep the amplifier to bring music 🎶🎶🎶and people together. We need a splash pad to enjoy on those hot days. • In considering the ecological zones, I hope to see native-only planting. • Try to open up more.areas to be able to see the creek from the sidewalk. Maybe bushes instead of some of the bad trees • Bland new design. It seems as though the new design hardly changes anything. You give us something “new” that nobody wants and won’t give us what we want, new pickleball courts, due to limited budgeting. • With inflation a constant factor in the lives of the citizens, I don’t think the City aught to be spending money on park improvements when they can’t manage to pay for maintenance on their own City Hall without begging the already-strapped citizens for more tax money!! • The whole park isn’t being reviewed for redevelopment. The part that needs serious redevelopment is the southern portion outside of the are of Scope • I like sitting around the water park and listening to live bands, I would like to see more events like this • My family and I really enjoy riding bikes around this park on the trail system. Having trails that are free of flooding is important for us. • Continue improving the safety and crime in the city, get profitable businesses back, clean up and maintain what we already have, and THEN concern yourselves - and us residents - with all of these expensive and unnecessary “improvements”. • Would like to see soccer fields marked and expanded and add a dome for all year round usage. • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • Sledding hill is a cool idea too. But main problem with this park is flooding and any help with that would be awesome. Also, I think the improvements would greatly help the wildlife that this park has. (Foxes, raccoons, possums, deer, etc.) • I’d like to see expansion into the opportunity site. I’d also like to see addition of earth/dirt trails (at all parks). Paved trails are important but it would be great to also have some dirt trails. They’re better for runner and are a better option for walking pets during the summer when pavement gets hot in the sun. • We like the idea of cleaning up centennial pond and adding a splash pad. • Maybe a kids bike loop with small banked curves and bunny hills. Otherwise it looks great! • What happens to the little league field inside the park? What is being renovated in the NW corner -- the archery targets? • I never use the park because as an archer, the existing archery range, is sub-par. I would have liked to have taught archery classes here for years but the area doesn’t compare to other archery shooting sites, so I never go. Perhaps if it was revamped, I would go back!! Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 219 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 54 Common Themes from Public comments • Playground improvements • Exercise area • More shade in park Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 220 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 55 Park Concept Rated by Community - Wangstad Park (Total Responses: 4) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 23) Average 5.8 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 25% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 1 25% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 1 25% 9 1 25% 10 0 0% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 5.8 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 25% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 1 25% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 1 25% 9 1 25% 10 0 0% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 4 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 4 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Yes 4 100% No 0 0% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 4 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Yes 4 100% No 0 0% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 23)Yes Response: 4 No Response: 0 Yes Response: 4 No Response: 0 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 23) Answered: 4 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Yes 4 100% No 0 0% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 3 No Response: 1 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 221 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 56 What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 3/4) Lives in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 2/4) • Early education equipment. • Benches, swings, shelter for shade • The early education equipment and exercise area! • The new apartments have their own playground • This park was recently renovated/ updated, but all the swings were taken away except 1 toddler swing and one user friendly swing. How is the neighborhood supposed to share just one swing. The area where the swings used to be are now empty with nothing even updated in that area. Seems like a waste of space. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 3/4) • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • Maybe a small tennis court/ pickleball court. • Please include a pollinator habitat with MN native plants at this park. It deserves to thrive as well. Many home gardeners live near this park and their gardens are regularly visited by bees, butterflies, and other pollinators that can benefit. And people love watching butterflies. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 222 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 57 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed improvements to Arboretum • Existing park amenity improvements • Proposed nature play Project Team Recommendations • Boardwalk through Kylawn to be considered for long term improvement • Develop approach for Arboretum to meet National standard level I or greater DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 223 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 58 Park Concept Rated by Community - Arboretum & Kylawn Park (Total Responses: 29) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 29) Average 7.7 0 2 4 6 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 3.45% 2 1 3.45% 3 0 0% 4 1 3.45% 5 2 6.9% 6 2 6.9% 7 4 13.79% 8 3 10.34% 9 7 24.14% 10 8 27.59% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 7.7 0 2 4 6 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 3.45% 2 1 3.45% 3 0 0% 4 1 3.45% 5 2 6.9% 6 2 6.9% 7 4 13.79% 8 3 10.34% 9 7 24.14% 10 8 27.59% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 29 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 29 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Yes 25 86.21% No 4 13.79% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 29 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Yes 19 65.52% No 10 34.48% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 29)Yes Response: 19 No Response: 10 Yes Response: 25 No Response: 4 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 29) Answered: 29 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 Yes No Yes 19 65.52% No 10 34.48% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 21 No Response: 8 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 224 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 59 What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 22/29) Lives in Brooklyn Center • 1)the shelter was recently built, why would anything need to be added 2) another playground???? I see more people using that space for volleyball.... Create a multiple volleyball courts 3) there is already access (and very good access) to the MAC, creating another “boardwalk” is repetitive, and would interrupt the current flood plain and take away space for wildlife 4) adding trees?????? Do you plan on cutting down all the current trees?? Trimming the current trees and clearing out the deadwood is what is actually needed 5) the bituminous path was just upgraded, • Glad to see the baseball field is staying in place! • The new boardwalk to connect existing trails is very nice • Not sure as we currently do not use this park YET • Overgrown brush and invasive species need to be removed along trails to open it up eg. Vines and buckthorn • Is there improvement to the walking / biking paths... ? Lighting in the arboretum is good. Not sure what the boardwalk looks like.. But if more walking , yes. • That proposed boardwalk and trail and retaining wall with the mowed space and trees you are proposing is RIGHT BEHIND and next MY HOUSE. The decision also affects the 3 neighbors to the north of me. All those houses along Noble before MAC Kylawn entrance . About 4 of them dont have a trail behind their house, and I am one of them, 6112 Noble, we are the ones right at the end that are up again the proposed retaining wall , boardwalk and the proposed backfill for flood mitigation . That’s intrusive on our privacy. Once of the reasons we bought our house was because of the undisturbed pond and natural vegetation we get to look at right out our back window, and we can see people walking their dogs on the far side of the pond without feeling they are right in our backyard and why disrupt a natural space ? The fencing along the proposed backfill for flood area and being pushed towards our property by the vegetation overgrowth too . • Also that small area of natural vegetation is home to deer, squirrels, birds, ducks, geese and there is no reason to interrupt their natural habitats for he sake of making a 1/2 block of the west side of the pond more accessible to human traffic. Its counterproductive to natural wildlife. And its money that can be better used towards updating the already existing traffic spaces. • Nature playground • Pond connections and improvements, boardwalk, native plantings, additional lighting. • Arboretum is not maintained --adding native plants will not help. It truly is not an Arboretum • Love the additional playground and added nature elements. That would definitely cut down on the creepiness of the parking lot near the arboretum. • I love the plans to the arboretum area • I don’t believe adding new boardwalk is a good use of taxpayers money. Not many people are using the current paths or boardwalk in the MAC. I walk these paths and trails at least twice daily. • Improvements to Arboretum and expanded boardwalk • Improving the arboretum for natural wildlife including animals makes this a more livable community with likely environmental improvement. The improvements that appear to maintain a lot of the current plan will allow me and my grandchildren to enjoy the park. Hopefully, the deer have been considered and will be included in this sanctuary since they are losing more and more space. • Area is nice more private • I love the proposed connection to MAC. We sometimes drive to Centennial to walk because there’s no connected loop (without using the street on the east side of the park). Having more paths to choose from would be exciting. My kids would like an additional play structure, but don’t love that it’s next to the NW parking lot. People aren’t using it to access recreation -- just smoke pot. The baseball fields are largely unused, so it would be a better use of space in my opinion. I did want to share that I see large groups playing volleyball here regularly . Please retain enough open space for that use between the remaining ball field and what gets put in on the west end of the park. *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 225 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 60 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 12/29) • With the current needs of this city, (Property taxes way too high) maintaining what we currently have is what should happen, spending more money to improve? • It’s well hidden.. You have to know it’s there. Needs more police Patrol to keep everyone safe! • None • Any improvement is appreciated • Minimal. • Leave the natural space behind the Noble houses ALONE it does not need a trail to go all the way around the pond. • The fence on the south side that is the flood mitigation area is being pushed down into our yard by the vegetation overgrowth . why not work on that ? • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • Since I live across the street from the Kylawn Hockey rink, I also believe money is being wasted for maintaining and keeping the lights on. The rink is used maybe 6 times a season. If you want to maintain not I think it would be great if there were planned weekend activities that would attract people to use the rink. Parks and Rec in this city don’t offer much currently. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 19/29) • Trimming up the trees and removing the deadwood and removing invasive plants • Flood mitigation. The local lakes tend to flood the field areas. • More benches & lighting • Shelter and benches • Building improvement, trail maintenance • Lighting and more/ updated walking paths • Lighting, Ada Access, Boardwalk • Making the trails that are existent MORE accessible • Benches, picnic tables • Boardwalk and native plantings • The Park Shelter is not well known for BC residents-- Don’t improve it • Dirt trails in addition to paved • Improving arboretum • Shelters, easily walkable lanes, activities for all ages and abilities. • Up keep • Shade, benches, connection to MAC Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 226 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 61 Common Themes from Public comments •Warming house • Reduced erosion on sledding hill • Playground improvements Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept • Approach for improvements at playground DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 227 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 62 Park Concept Rated by Community - Grandview Park (Total Responses: 11) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 11) Average 8 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 1 9.09% 5 1 9.09% 6 1 9.09% 7 1 9.09% 8 1 9.09% 9 2 18.18% 10 4 36.36% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 8 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 1 9.09% 5 1 9.09% 6 1 9.09% 7 1 9.09% 8 1 9.09% 9 2 18.18% 10 4 36.36% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 11 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 11 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Yes 10 90.91% No 1 9.09% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 11 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Yes 9 81.82% No 2 18.18% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 2 4 6 8 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 14)Yes Response: 9 No Response: 2 Yes Response: 10 No Response: 1 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 14) Answered: 11 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Yes 9 81.82% No 2 18.18% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 2 4 6 8 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 8 No Response: 3 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 228 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 63 • The warming house idea sounds expensive for the usage. • Rink barley is used. There was a warming house years ago and not kept up. • * Inclusive playground : needs perimeter gates around park for elopers; otherwise not useful for those with certain special needs. Wood chips are a mess. Rubber ground covering is nice. Some of playground equipment gets slippery when iced over: rougher texture or climbing handles. • Warming house would be awesome. The hill is used a lot particularly the side that faces the soccer field which has an excellent sledding slope whereas the other side facing the school is really tame. I don’t think trees at the bottom of the north facing slope would be a good idea. I think it would have to be forested to prevent sledding. People also watch soccer and football games from the hill. Native plants and more trees in other areas would be great. • I like that there would once again be a warming house at Grandview. There was one long ago. The turf field would help with the ample usage of that soccer field. • A shelter and trees; and improvements to enhance the park • Love the idea of protecting the sledding hill from erosion; not sure how planting trees will do that while still allowing kids to sled down the steeper North side of the hill (which is more exciting than the less steep West side). Not sure how much benefit would come from bleacher seating on the soccer field because the few spectators usually bring their own chairs. • The improved soccer/football field is very nice. Also the improved basketball court. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 8/11) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 5/11) • Perimeter (fully enclosed) fence around playground for young children and flight-risk children • Warming house and picnic tables would be nice. • Shelter • Protect the sledding hill from erosion; love to have more trees in the park. • The Soccer/Football Field Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 2/11) • Bench by basketball course. Needs more trees/shade. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses • Have a nice turf field with improve lights would be huge here. Does Not live in Brooklyn Center DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 229 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 64 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed pickleball courts • Native planting around park • More lighting / safety at park • Refurbishment of existing amenities Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 230 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 65 Park Concept Rated by Community - Northport Park (Total Responses: 17) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 17) Average 6.5 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 11.76% 2 1 5.88% 3 0 0% 4 2 11.76% 5 1 5.88% 6 1 5.88% 7 2 11.76% 8 2 11.76% 9 2 11.76% 10 4 23.53% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 6.5 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 11.76% 2 1 5.88% 3 0 0% 4 2 11.76% 5 1 5.88% 6 1 5.88% 7 2 11.76% 8 2 11.76% 9 2 11.76% 10 4 23.53% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 17 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 17 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 14 10 12 8 6 Yes No Yes 14 82.35% No 3 17.65% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 17 Skipped: 0 0 20 10 15 5 Yes No Yes 16 94.12% No 1 5.88% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 17)Yes Response: 16 No Response: 1 Yes Response: 14 No Response: 3 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 17) Answered: 17 Skipped: 0 0 20 10 15 5 Yes No Yes 16 94.12% No 1 5.88% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 2 4 6 8 10 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 10 No Response: 7 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 231 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 66 • Add more than just 1 volleyball court • I like the new pickleball courts. Do not like “no mow”. We walk through there and I think there will be too many mosquitoes. • While the additional playing courts look good on paper, I still see the problem we’ve been experiencing the past couple years. With limited parking for activities, the France Avenue side will have those that abuse the park, litter the park, parking illegally and speed and disobey the stop signs (running right through). We need Surveillance for the park, roads and stop sign cameras • Like the idea of the native planting area. This is a very busy park. I walk there every day • Love the wildflower no mow section. That is a fantastic idea. I think adding more climbing options for children next to the park that exists would be awesome. This park is good for children about 4 or 5 and up. It isn’t the best for small children since there are so many gaps where toddler can fall through. A section that small kids could play without being hurt would be great. More swings would also be amazing. The kids line up often and have to wait quite a while before they each have a turn. • Seriously more parking? That’s what needs to happen? • The play ground was recently updated which is nice. But the tennis court has only been repainted over and over without fixing up the patches. There a huge cracks that have been there every year without being repaired. It would be nice if we could get the tennis court ground repaired • Keep safety in this park as a priority • The main issues that I’ve noticed with the park are the lack of parking and that the playground is not very good/big compared to the park size. Neither of these issues are addressed. • Love the native plantings and the focus on turf volleyball. Volleyball is huge at this park and I’m glad to see it being prioritized in the plans. • I love the pickleball courts as the City does not have any. • The pickleball is awesome. Brooklyn Center currently has no pickleball courts at any parks. I have to drive to Brooklyn Park just to play. • I really like the pickleball. The city is the only city in the metro without dedicated pickleball courts and could really use some for the community. Also having a volleyball space as this park is huge for volleyball. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 13/17) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 9/17) • Pickle ball • Security Cameras • Ensure ample walking path access • Park expansion • Park expansion • Native plants, improved circulation, set aside lawn area • There’s not much to comment on is there • The new playground is very nice. • For me personally I’m all about increasing native plantings. But for the community the turf volleyball is the biggest draw • Pickleball. Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 232 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 67 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 5/17) • Maybe a lease free area for dogs. A lot of people play with their dogs off lease at this park • I usually use this as a walking place. I don’t know if the drinking fountain has been turned back on but that was good to have. Big deal covid, people can make their own decisions about whether they want to use a public drinking fountain or not. Maybe it got turned back on when I wasn’t looking though. I live on Twin Lake Blvd so I’m very near. I use it a lot but it’s a very small park. I’d like more walking path but where could it be • I live on Admiral Ln N which is just north of Northport Park. My property extends to Shingle Creek. The only issue that is quite stressful in the warm weather months are large gatherings that have a very loud speaker system which blasts music with a lot of bass sometimes all afternoon to 10 pm from people at the pavilion. Is it possible for a sound barrier to be installed on the north side of the pavilion? • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • I would like to see resurfacing of the tennis court and consideration of even more space for volleyball. Volleyball is the biggest draw I’ve seen at the park and while I don’t personally participate I think it should have a big focus in future plans. Maybe more of the soccer area can be allocated to additional turf volleyball as needed Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 233 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 68 Common Themes from Public comments • Early childhood play features • Playground safety • Proposed flood mitigation • Improved park furnishing • Proposed golf driving range • Proposed revenue generating activities Project Team Recommendations • Detailed review of community comments recommended DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 234 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 69 Park Concept Rated by Community - Centerbrook Golfcourse & Lions Park (Total Responses: 109) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 109) Rate this park concept Average 7.6 0 10 20 30 40 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 11.01% 2 3 2.75% 3 2 1.83% 4 3 2.75% 5 7 6.42% 6 4 3.67% 7 5 4.59% 8 9 8.26% 9 15 13.76% 10 49 44.95% Answers Count Percentage Centerbrook Golf course & Lions Park Concept Survey Rate this park concept Average 7.6 0 10 20 30 40 50 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 12 11.01% 2 3 2.75% 3 2 1.83% 4 3 2.75% 5 7 6.42% 6 4 3.67% 7 5 4.59% 8 9 8.26% 9 15 13.76% 10 49 44.95% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 109 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 109 Skipped: 0 0 10 20 30 40 60 70 50 Yes No Yes 68 62.39% No 41 37.61% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 109 Skipped: 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 Yes No Yes 81 74.31% No 28 25.69% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 10 20 30 40 60 70 50 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 109)Yes Response: 81 No Response: 28 Yes Response: 68 No Response: 41 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 109) Answered: 109 Skipped: 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 Yes No Yes 81 74.31% No 28 25.69% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 10 20 30 40 60 70 50 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 70 No Response: 39 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 235 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 70 • Park does not need a driving range. • More revenue for the city • It is unused at this point, and the expansion of the golf course makes good sense. • I think this new concept does use the space better since there is open fields that could be better taken advantage of. My only concern is the safety aspect. Would the park get a fence put around it or something? Because it does look like it is close to the road and also the pond that is by the golf courses parking lot. I can see this potentially being a safety issue for small children. Also would the sledding hill still be accessible on all side since that is both utilized winter and summer by kids. • I will use this driving range multiple times a week. The chipping area seems too close to the driving range tee boxes • Good utilization of the space • Adding a playground • I’m not necessarily opposed to the park. I’m worried about the height of the nets and poles and what that will do to the aesthetics of the neighborhood(i.e. Top Golf) . My partner and I live a block away and walk the neighborhood daily. I do NOT want to walk out my front door, turn to the left and see 30’ tall poles and nets. • Who said they needed golf access in Brooklyn Center? That’s such a middle age white man sport. You’re literally gentrifying a playground. You should be expanding the existing playground, making a larger area for younger kids to interact with and adding restrooms. Maybe a splash pad? The nearest one is in Maple grove. How happy are golfers going to be with kids running around screaming? They’re going to be complaining and being rude to the parents who take their children there. • Golf driving range. Bring in additional revenue to the golf course. • I like that to using the green space that had nothing on it to relocate the existing park. • Unsure about second proposed parking lot with the centerbrook lot so close to the relocated playground? Would opening that as path entrance or natural green space be better for the immediate house and open option for addition half court of basket ball? • Limitation of free public usage to other non-golf sport and activity (such as kite flying, Frisbee, football, etc.). This open field is already utilized and available for driving and practicing golf without paying a fee. • The playground area looks smaller than the current playground so don’t like this idea. Picnic tables around the playground area like current park would be great. The area where the playground will be relocated is under water when it rains quite a bit and so is the playground going to always be available if relocated to this area? The trail around the new playground is beneficial as well as around the new golf course area. • The playground is too far from the Shingle Creek entry trail. Many families use that trail for access. And the playground is too close to the golf clubhouse and fields. This is not accessible for kids or families who send their kids to the park without supervision (teenagers) • Dislike rerouting the trail completely toward the street, relocating the entire park down near the existing golf course parking lot and integrating it fully as part of the golf course. • What are you doing with the bike trail? I cut through Lions Park to get to the regional bike trail. • The entire park is centered around golf with very little space for anything else. Seems like it’s little about the neighborhood and those people using the park. • It adds more golfing tees. The golf course costs the city money. The city will pay more for more golfing tees. • I like the design of the park • Wood chips • Will there be cost for this passed on to the residents of Brooklyn Center? • With the hype on pickleball, BC needs some good courts with wind nets to. This would increase business revenue and traffic from people within a 20 min drive to BC . The courts should rival Crystal’s public pickleball courts as an example. • The added golf things are nice and I like that the park will be updated and more accessible. • It’s our park!!You’re destroying our park!Turning it into a stupid golf driving range. You are destroying our recreation / natural / fun for local homeowners. You are destroying the values of our houses. Destroying the peace and tranquility of our area. We cannot even imagine how you can come up with this stupid idea! • Maximizing golf space is maximizing space that a small number of people can utilize. I would like the space to be more focused on improving public/park/free space. • I like that I can play with friends • I like the Park because is fun to be in there and we can play soccer basketball • 1. This is clearly an expansion of the golf course, not an update to the park. Possible there was an initial survey that indicated residents were interested in this hyper focus but it seems a bit tone def to me personally. 2. Has the safety of the new layout been reviewed and reported? Seems to me by putting the primary use features (shelter, playground, basketball court) in that northern wedge of a space will section that off, limiting access/visibility, and risk the likelihood for crime to occur. I’d worry about the safety of children and individuals trying to use that space as well as the residents for whom that busy area would now immediately abut - are they supportive of this activity in such close proximity? Would be worth revisiting in my opinion.3. Many people cut through the southern end of the park, at the base of the sledding hill, to get to the regional trail. A secondary paved access point to that trail would be a welcomed revision to the design as it stands today. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 87/109) Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 236 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 71 • I like more emphasis on the golf course • I like more emphasis on the golf course • I live a block away from this park and I don’t see anyone going to the golf course that lives here. Why would the entire park be about golf with a tiny little spot for the community to use!! • Centerbrook would do really well with a driving range. There aren’t many driving ranges close to BC and I feel this would be used often • Driving range and chipping green. Very much needed! • How Foolish !!!!! No Changes to add more Golfing !! • I would mainly like to see this playground more suited for a slightly younger age range. The playground is mostly for older kids. I wouldn’t use the golf features at all, but I do realize that could help the city financially. • The netting around the driving range will be intrusive, eyesore and will lower property values for people that own property within visual range of the park. I am one of those people. • The driving range will be a great addition to CenterBrook Golf Course bringing people into the city, contributing to the economy, supporting restaurants and other businesses. Many neighborhood children and families use the playground and picnic area. Please find a small area to preserve that for this southeast corner of the city - we take our grandchildren there often to play and have picnics. • The driving range will be a great addition to CenterBrook Golf Course bringing people into the city, contributing to the economy, supporting restaurants and other businesses. Many neighborhood children and families use the playground and picnic area. Please find a small area to preserve that for this southeast corner of the city - we take our grandchildren there often to play and have picnics. • This park was designed and paid for by the Brooklyn Center Lions l the name Lions Park. Several of our Lions were involved with Little League at this park including my husband and I being involved with the Challenger team (part of Little League) the playground is new and would be gone/moved. Waste of tax $$ if playground gone. The shelter was also built by Lions and Lion Tom Shinnick was diligently involved with Little League and Brooklyn Center. With all the needs of BC I don’t think can afford the driving range. Our tax $$ need to be used elsewhere. I vote a strong NO!!! • While it looks good on paper, I’m not sure there are many golfers in the local neighborhood that would make use of such a facility. Also, the areas of the park that get the most use (playgrounds, picnic area, and sliding hill) are shoehorned into very small spaces. • I use the BC golf course weekly spring to fall. It’s a gem for the city and is undervalued for the benefits it provides to residents and non-residents. So any & all improvements to the course will increase its customer base • Like the idea of a golf driving range. Look forward to it. • Community grounds are pushed to the corner and feel like an afterthought. • I dislike the majority of this project. There should be more consideration paid to the actual park because right now, based on the rendering above, it looks like an after thought. • Bike trail connections • Don’t expand golfing because golfing loses money for the city. • One of the great things about Lions Park is the amount of open space. I really like the current concept, but want to ensure that we don’t lose that free space. And I don’t think the trail needs to be added cutting through the playground/basketball court area. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 237 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 72 • I like the add ons with the driving range and improvement with the park concept. • I like the driving range it will bring in more revenue to the City! • Like the driving range addition as well as the new playgrounds addition and improvements! • Better use of land. Park shelter and playground more convenient to parking. Upgrades golf features. • Kids don’t golf. The kids in BC need a large park with lots of activities to keep them out of trouble. I’d make the playground much bigger. More like Elm Creek Park or Central Park in MG. Low income families in BC don’t need a golf course. A dog park would also be great for residents and would be used more often. The baseball fields never should have come down. Organized sports are important for kids. • I currently golf at Centerbrook golf course. A driving range in the park will be very useful and helpful to me. • Driving range • The golf driving range • Take away space for events • Centerbrook is one of the closest golf courses to me (I live in Robbinsdale). I’m a league member and golf at least once a week when the course is open. I’d love to see the added chipping & driving ranges. • Golf range is a great addition! • Golf is a great sport for all to enjoy at any age. This can help support the community and bring more people to help the economy • Think that adding driving range would be a good investment in the existing golf course. I would use it several times a week! • There are no golf driving ranges in the area except for the large 18 hole course ( in Brooklyn Park) which doesn’t represent my interest for golf as Centerbrook does. The current land is a sore spot in the community with frequent needs for police intervention. The driving range would be very specific in what it offers and provides this safely for youth and adults. No just hang out space! • Driving range for the golf course would be used twice a week... Super amenity! • I like it all. The exposure is enormous. The amenities complement each other to accommodate a myriad of consumer desires. A win-win situation not only for the consumer but also Brooklyn Center in its presentation under the water tower. I grew up in Brooklyn Center near Rice Park (Happy Hollow), and went to Northport, and made frequent visits to Brookdale. I find the golf course always challenging,and well kept. It would be great competition for Columbia, Eagle Lake,and Top Golf driving ranges. And, the exposure by being so close to Highway 100 a windfall. • The expanded golf facilities. • I like all the improvements especially the ones involving golf. • In favor of all improvements especially the golf range • I golf at Centerbrook Golf Course and I like the proposed improvements to that and the addition of a driving range • I like the idea of the new park . Having a driving range could make the community so much more money . An example is in Columbia Heights had the vacant land for so many years . They put the driving range and golf instructors, after that things got so much better. I believe that can happen in Brooklyn Center also. • Adding a driving range will make my golfing experience better. I’ll be able to warm/loosing up before golfing. • Addition of driving range • I golf twice a week, would love any type of improvement • Adds amenities to Centerbrook. Driving ranges in the North West metro have been developed into community space. • Easy to get to and well managed. • We use the golf course alot Would like to have driving range which would help improve the experience • The addition of the driving range and the extra amenities that will bring golfers to the facility more often. • I believe any improvement for the park and golf course will benefit the residents of Brooklyn Center. • Like the driving range concept. • We currently use the Golf Course 2-3 times a week. With the Practice Tee enhancement, we would probably use the practice are 3-6 times a week. It is a great enhancement to the Golf Course and would attract even more players to the course. The play area is also a great enhancement for families with children. We are very much in favor of this enhancement. • I like the new addition of driving green, expansion of the Club House (the course is a money making project for you) Improvement for the putting & chipping greens would be beneficial for the City. Nice expansion to be out side on good days, & inside at Top Golf for bad days. • Love the driving range idea. Does Not live in Brooklyn Center DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 238 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 73 Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 9/17) • More Activities for customers • Usability • Make it an extension of the two pond park next door. • Shelters, expanded playground area, restrooms. • Additional golfing experience. • The trails • Renewed green space and resurfaced paths. • Open field and free public access. • Benches, picnic tables besides shelter, restrooms • More playground equipment, better basketball court and hoops. Possibly a bathroom! The playground isn’t great for toddlers. An expansion would be nice. • Playground, picnic shelter, trails • Open space, trees, community things like playground and picnic area. Places for walking. • Volleyball nets • Better court • Benches • Pickleball courts • More nature and natural areas in Lions Park and all other areas in Brooklyn Center. • More trees, less golf space • Nothing it good • Benches • Safe and smooth walking pathways/trails. • Driving range • Driving range • Places for community- playground, picnic areas, walking paths and nature • Revenue would be generated • Driving range is awesome • Driving range or chipping green or both • The safety • Driving range and flood improvements. • Listen to area Residents ..... Leave it as a Park !! • Shade and improved playground. • How is it “limited resources” if you have funds to put in a driving range? • Benches, retaining the name in honor of the contributions of the BC Lions to our city and to continue to honor Lion Tom Shinnick • Native planting areas • Need an actual park for kids to play • Benches, ability to walk my dog • Driving range for golfing. • I defer to the golf superintendent for the priority list • Multiple use format. This proposal seems a bit too golfcentric. • Maybe benches otherwise I think fine as is. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 239 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 74 • The driving range is the most important • Play options for kids and residents who have pets. • Wheelchair excess, new equipment • Golf driving range • Bathrooms • Chipping green • Driving range, chipping green, and Target greens! • Increase golf course use and increase revenue for existing golf course. • Driving range. • Obviously, golf course improvements. • Driving range • Golf driving range. • Golf driving range. • Club House expansion and the driving range • Driving range • Benches • Golf driving range • Driving range • Driving range • Any improvement to the golf course would be a plus. • Driving range • Driving range • Driving range • Driving range • Wheelchair access, benches. • Golf driving range, good place to practice before golfing • Driving range Does Not live in Brooklyn Center DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 240 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 75 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 5/17) • No other • With the expansion of the golf course would there be new traffic enforcement on Lilac Dr N? Maybe speed bumps of something of the sort? I live on Lilac DR N and we currently have a speeding problem from golfers in the summer and with the increase in business from the expansion I can see that becoming a bigger problem and safety concern for the local residents. • I appreciate you striving to improve our city and the area. Keep up the good work! • If this proposal goes through, I would like to see any netting visible from the road blocked by new landscaping, i.e. Tall trees,etc. I and I think I can speak for the people that live in the vicinity, do NOT want the eye sore of a miniature version of Top Golf in the neighborhood hood. • As I golf at least 3 times a week at Centerbrook, I see the park is not used to it’s potential. • I like this concept, not sure it’s needed with top golf being so close, but walking and biking on the new trails will be something to look forward too • I like the option of having a range so close and hope it success as another revenue stream for the city • Shade trees would be a benefit instead of the current evergreen trees in and around the playground area. The current playground equipment can get quite hot and not able to play on at times when sun is shining and the temperatures are high. • He would be nice if this park had a splash pad and some more play concepts like the Becker Park in Crystal. My family has been coming to Lions park since we bought a house, 9 years ago. I would like to add a trail around the park for kids to ride their bikes, and parents to walk around the park. • I’m not in favor of turning the entire area into a golf driving range. The park should be a space that serves the entire community, providing opportunities for people of all ages and interests to gather, connect, and enjoy outdoor activities. Focusing solely on the golfing population limits the park’s potential as a shared community resource. Instead, the area could include open green spaces, picnic areas, walking paths, and playgrounds to encourage diverse recreational use and create a welcoming environment for everyone. A true community park should prioritize inclusion and provide something for all residents to enjoy, rather than catering to just one specific group. • You just built the playground a year ago and now it needs to be relocated. You want to put up unsightly netting in a residential area. I enjoy the sunsets there in the park. Where are the kids going to sled? Looks like they will slide into a huge net. We already have Top Golf for a driving range. You seem to be seriously reducing the general recreation area of playground, basketball, and picnic area for a golfing area when people hardly use the golf course next door. People in this neighborhood do not have money for golfing. You may want to think this again. You already made a mess of the bike trail on 53rd avenue north. • Nothing else really • What will be the cost of this project for residents? • You should consider adding a small disc golf course filtered into the golfing green idea. • We cannot even imagine how you can come up with this stupid idea! • Is the city paying for a private driving range with tax dollars? Rather than public space? More people have bikes and dogs than golf clubs. The current proposal makes the park less usable for most BC residents • I like it so I can play with the slides • Nothing that is fun to be in the park • I do appreciate that attention is going into this park and hope that the city considers the needs of the residents in the immediate proximity of the park - safety being a top concern. Additionally, given the abundant flat area in this park, my family would be interested in seeing more winter amenities such as a flooded skating rink. Thank you for the opportunity to provide this feedback. Look forward to seeing the final results. • Like idea of driving range, would use it if built. • We love Centerbrook golf course! • I don’t golf but recognize that many of our citizens do. This seems like a good improvement. But I also think that this park improvement should not be prioritized over park improvements in other parks. • Why make changes to a Golf Course that BC residents Don’t use Know your customer base We are Not Golfers !!!City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • I would love to see the study that shows that this is a needed or wanted amenity by the citizens of this community. There is a Top Golf down the street that fulfills this function. We do NOT need another one in a residential area. • Like the idea of the driving range, but not losing the playground and picnic shelter • I am concerned that there will not be much park left! • Given limited resources, the golf superintendent has provided a well maintained course, and other amenities for club members and general • Pubic to participate in events. The superintendent should be rewarded with improvements to this golf course which in turn provides income to the city. • Move forward with this driving range, it will bring much needed revenue. Less police calls to Lions park. • Kids and families need more space than what you are proposing . Also, who is actually benefiting from this golf course? Would the revenue from this concept go back to enhancing the city? • Turn the golf course into a natural park. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 241 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 76 • As a Centerbrook Golf course employee we get a lot of phone calls about driving range. It would be very beneficial to have this for customers. Also the relocation of the park would allow for kids to still have summer camp at lions park! • Smart development which enhances services and opportunities provided by the city. • This design only caters to people with money. Why would anyone go here to golf when Top Golf is already in BC, with food and drinks and heaters in cold weather. • It’s beautiful! If you build it, they will come! • Big improvement. Will increase the use of the park a great amount. • I look forward to using the golf range • This would keep more of my golf dollars spent here • It looks fantastic. The storm water improvement would also be very good - there’s been a lot of flooding/muddy conditions there for the last few years. • I hope they consider this as many people I’ve suggested too come to the course were disappointed with no driving/chipping practice areas. • Golf at course several times a week and rarely see lions park being used. • Take this plan serious and it will aid in reducing other issues for the city and police department. It will also bring additional income into the city as golfers pay for driving ranges but not for the usual park space. There are enough parks for people to enjoy in the city without this space. • Love shifting things around now that little league has fallen out of grace. The golf course can be a viable financial asset for years to come. • Love golfing here. Excited for the proposed improvements. • Great golf improvements. • Great golf improvements. • Muched needed for all golfers • Like to have benches behind practice tee. What is the approximate distance of driving range? • It will be an asset to the community in bringing in more customers. • Steve and his crew work very hard to keep the golf course open and ready to use. I just started last season in the women’s golf league, once you register Steve and crew know you by name, very friendly and accommodating. The fairways on some holes are in much needed help. • Like the golf course • Pickleball has taken off even with the youth. You might want to consider 2 pickleball courts in place of the basketball court for all ages to use. • I like the position of the playground and the size of it. Like the idea of using Native planting Does Not live in Brooklyn Center DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 242 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 77 Common Themes from Public comments • More shade in park • Early childhood playground • Native planting • More safety/lighting Project Team Recommendations • Add trail to Eastside of the proposed park concept DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 243 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 78 Park Concept Rated by Community - Bellvue Park (Total Responses: 32) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 32) Average 7.6 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 2 6.25% 3 2 6.25% 4 3 9.38% 5 0 0% 6 1 3.13% 7 4 12.5% 8 4 12.5% 9 5 15.63% 10 11 34.38% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 7.6 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 2 6.25% 3 2 6.25% 4 3 9.38% 5 0 0% 6 1 3.13% 7 4 12.5% 8 4 12.5% 9 5 15.63% 10 11 34.38% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 32 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 32 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Yes No Yes 27 84.38% No 5 15.63% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 32 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Yes No Yes 27 84.38% No 5 15.63% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 32)Yes Response: 27 No Response: 5 Yes Response: 27 No Response: 5 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 32) Answered: 32 Skipped: 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Yes No Yes 27 84.38% No 5 15.63% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 5 10 15 20 25 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 25 No Response: 7 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 244 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 79 • Love the splash pad and ice rink • Love the early child play area, water feature, and volleyball court. The native/no mow plantings will make the park feel much more interesting than just mowed grass. The north end of the park does feel crowded. Consider moving the picnic area and shelter to the open space at the southern end of the park. • Added parking, the residents on Bellvue might not care for this. Will there be added Police patrols? I don’t think so. City needs to worry about where is all the tax base from businesses gone. There i no more commerce in the city. I rarely buy anything from our city, either it’s no longer there, or just to dangerous. • I have lived near this park for ~3 years, and I’m excited to spend many more here. This concept is great. My favorites are the proposed trees, the proposed paths, the native planting, and early childhood play area. • It’s expandable and nostalgic in a way • It’s big • I have young children so the splash pad idea and the early childhood area would really enhance this park that we already go to frequently. But I like all the proposed ideas, including more walking paths and the soccer fields. Very fun! • Splash water feature • Like any improvement possible • The slides and the bad one is little house • It’s just small • This looks great! Love the addition of an Early childhood play area. It would be great to see more of these at other playgrounds (Freeway Park). The splash pad looks like so much fun! • Looks like all the funds are going to this park. • I actually really love all of these ideas, I already see so many people playing pick up games of volleyball so I know for sure if that’s a volleyball area will be used. Basketball is always a given, so that would be great. Having an area for smaller children will be really important, I have two small kids who are now getting bigger, but I would’ve love to have some thing that would be for small children and there still are lots of very small children and new babies in the neighborhood. We have had three new babies on our street just within the last calendar year with a fourth pregnancy, that I know of. A really good addition would be more benches that are in the shade where parents can watch her kids at the playground, it gets to be so hot, and there is nowhere to sit close to the playground that is in the shade if you’re sitting at the picnic shelter, which feels too far. More trees and bushes always!!! • Our home is along the park boundary and I have elementary kids that play in the park every day of the summer. They think a warming house could be helpful. I notice that there are MANY pick up volleyball games in our park during the summer. No one ever uses the baseball field. A splash pad would be fantastic! • Splash pad is great, volleyball court is much needed, pollinator garden will be excellent • Need more seating/benches and areas of shelter. Would also like to see shelter in kids play area. • I like it for the most part, but I dislike the water feature. After watching who uses the park, I don’t believe we have that many little children in our neighborhood , and because of our location, it would attract a lot of people from outside our city. Also, it may require additional policing - especially after dark. • Bellvue park is one of the nicer parks already. Perhaps more resources can go to some other areas. I don’t know that this much change is necessary. • The park is big and it got a lot of fun things I can do • Everything • Love all the new sports amenities; soccer, volleyball and basketball shoot around. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 23/32) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 245 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 80 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 16/32) • It is common to have vehicles driving through the park despite rules against it. It would be nice to have some features that make that more difficult. This helps keep our kids safe. • It’s cute • A long-term goal should be burying the power line running parallel to Camden Ave N. It’s giving Highway Squirrel lol. • Walking path go all the way around. More trees planted • Security is necessary at this park for sure at night. • The Early childhood play area is a great idea. Take it and run! How expensive would it be to add them to other playgrounds? • I love it and I am so excited about this! I think a bathroom would really help, along with more shaded seating, be it shelters or benches under trees. The heat becomes unbearable in the summer. • I’m wondering if you have more covered picnic table options • Would like to see that the trail can loop around the park so can go walking in the park area. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses • Basketball • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • I would like to see irrigation on the soccer field. I would also like to see some small stands at the soccer and volleyball locations. Lights at the soccer and volleyball would be nice. Does Not live in Brooklyn Center Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 19/32) • Parking and activities • Benches ,splash water would like the walking path to go all the way around the park • Splash pad, early childhood area and picnic areas. • Go on the swing • Wheelchair accessibility access 100%. There is a wheelchair user in the neighborhood. • Native planting areas • Shelters, benches and splash pad • Shelters • More benches and ADA compliance would be great as well as some shade sails for added shade. • Benches in shade, shelters, definitely wheelchair access, a small permanent bathroom even just a single stall would truly be necessary with all of these additions. The splash pad also would be my number one fave addition for my kids as well. • The splash pad and volleyball court • Would be nice to have cameras • The addition of all the trees is great • They got a in door basketball court • Benches • Spend $$ to maintain what we have • Soccer Field Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 246 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 81 Common Themes from Public comments • Native planting • Parking in area • Leave park as is Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 247 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 82 Park Concept Rated by Community - Lakeside Park (Total Responses: 5) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 5) Average 6.2 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 40% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 0 0% 9 1 20% 10 2 40% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 6.2 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 40% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 0 0% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 0 0% 9 1 20% 10 2 40% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 5 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 5 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Yes 4 80% No 1 20% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 5 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Yes 4 80% No 1 20% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 5)Yes Response: 4 No Response: 1 Yes Response: 4 No Response: 1 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 5) Answered: 5 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 Yes No Yes 4 80% No 1 20% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 3 No Response: 2 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 248 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 83 • Like native planting. • Not enough parking • Just leave it as is • Love that this will be for native plants. I walk by here a few times a week and it’s just empty space currently. I’ve only seen it used once for a dog playing fetch (which is also great). As most homes in this area have a yard I don’t think the space is a vital to have open for activities as the north port park is better equipped and just down the street. This instead will have a huge ecological impact. It’s especially great to see this plan after having seen numerous trees sit down in this sight last summer. If a native meadow goes here it makes that worthwhile What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 5/5) Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 3/5) • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • It’s great please do this Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 2/5) • Parking Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 249 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 84 Common Themes from Public comments • Proposed play features • Playground improvements Project Team Recommendations • No changes to the proposed concept DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 250 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 85 Park Concept Rated by Community - Happy Hollow Park (Total Responses: 6) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 6) Average 7.5 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 1 16.67% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 1 16.67% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 1 16.67% 9 0 0% 10 3 50% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 7.5 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 0 0% 2 1 16.67% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 5 1 16.67% 6 0 0% 7 0 0% 8 1 16.67% 9 0 0% 10 3 50% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 6 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 6 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Yes No Yes 6 100% No 0 0% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 6 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 Yes No Yes 5 83.33% No 1 16.67% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 6)Yes Response: 5 No Response: 1 Yes Response: 6 No Response: 0 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 6) Answered: 6 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 Yes No Yes 5 83.33% No 1 16.67% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 Yes No Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 3 No Response: 3 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 251 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 86 • Needs more parking • I really like the additional play features in the empty grass area between the park and the school. I also like the idea of having native planting and a trail with meditation areas. I think it will en outage people to utilize more of the space than it currently does at present. • More play features, trails. What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 4/6) Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 3/6) • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • I really like this idea and am happy our park is being considered for improvements as it feels like a forgotten area at times. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 3/6) • The additional play features. • Playground features Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 252 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 87 Common Themes from Public comments • Lake Access • More Parking • Open space to remain Project Team Recommendations • Reduce number of proposed trees in concept • Extend Parking lot if possible DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 253 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 88 Park Concept Rated by Community - Bellvue Park (Total Responses: 9) Do you live in Brooklyn Center? (Total Responses: 9) Average 5.4 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 22.22% 2 0 0% 3 1 11.11% 4 0 0% 5 1 11.11% 6 0 0% 7 2 22.22% 8 2 22.22% 9 1 11.11% 10 0 0% Answers Count Percentage Rate this park concept Average 5.4 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 22.22% 2 0 0% 3 1 11.11% 4 0 0% 5 1 11.11% 6 0 0% 7 2 22.22% 8 2 22.22% 9 1 11.11% 10 0 0% Answers Count Percentage Answered: 9 Skipped: 0 1. Do you live in Brooklyn Center? Answered: 9 Skipped: 0 0 1 2 3 4 6 7 5 Yes No Yes 7 77.78% No 2 22.22% 2. Do you use this park? Answers Count Percentage Answered: 9 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 Yes No Yes 8 88.89% No 1 11.11% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 No Yes Answers Count Percentage Do you use this park? (Total Responses: 9)Yes Response: 27 No Response: 5 Yes Response: 27 No Response: 5 Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequently and enhance your experience? (Total Responses: 9) Answered: 9 Skipped: 0 0 2 4 6 8 Yes No Yes 8 88.89% No 1 11.11% 3. Will the proposed improvements allow you to use the park more frequent… 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 No Yes Answers Count Percentage Yes Response: 25 No Response: 7 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 254 of 395 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 89 • I’m not clear on whether there is a good canoe/kayak entrance to the lake in this plan? I’ve never been to this park. However, I’m getting a canoe next year and am hoping this is a convenient place to park my car and launch my canoe. • Not enough parking on site • I don’t think planting more trees in that area they call “forest” will be appreciated. That area used to be used for football and baseball and the city planted trees (apparently intentionally) in the middle of the kids areas to disrupt this. Also, these trees will likely grow and obstruct the view of the lake for all the people who live in the Beach Condo’s. That property donated this park land to the city on conditional use and I don’t think that included converting it into a forest of tall trees blocking their view. Also, law enforcement typically parks cars along the trail along the fence next to the MN DOT property on the trail and they do this for good reason. That trail has had issues with crime and them clearing out the brush and opening up the view (they trimmed up the trees from the ground to open up the views below) etc. And this helped make the areas feel more safe - and we’ve been seeing lest people “hiding” over there. One of the bigger areas. • No need for butterfly garden improvements • I like the volleyball and improved forest area • One of my favorite parks, but parking is an issue here. Street parking in the surrounding neighborhoods is prohibited, and the lot is tiny. It’s fine if you walk or bike over, obviously. Love the boardwalk. Surprised their isn’t a fishing dock here. • I like the playground it’s really fun and I enjoy me self in the park and it’s peaceful • I like that it is a big park What do you like or dislike about the park concept? (Total Responses: 8/9) Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses Given limited resources, what is the most important improvement to you for this park? (Total Responses: 9/9) • Benches • Lake access • More parking, a better beach • I think keeping areas for kids to plan and people to walk dogs etc. Is better ... which is to say not planting trees there up in the grassy area. I’d suggest removing some of those trees what were put there to block baseball / football informal games. • Picnic tables needed • Improved forest area and butterfly garden relocation • Parking, either an expanded lot or allow limited street parking that doesn’t require a permit. • Benches are needed • I like this park. Lives in Brooklyn Center Does Not live in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 255 of 395 7 H: \ P r o j e c t s \ 1 7 0 0 0 \ 1 7 1 6 2 \ T e c h D a t a \ G r a p h i c s \ I N D D \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y F o l d e r \ B r o o k l y n C e n t e r P a r k s S u r v e y S u m m a r y _ 2 5 1 1 0 2 Brooklyn Center Survey Summary Brooklyn Center, MN 2025.03.07 Page 90 What other comments do you have about this park concept? (Total Responses: 6/9) • I like it it’s my favorite park • I don’t like no other park • I’m glad the plan includes native plants and more trees. • I was one of the volunteers for the shoreline restoration project and the last one still helping with that. I’m not sure about the butterfly garden but was happy when we had flowers. We had problems however with ladies from the Farmer’s market showing up with vans and large baskets and harvesting all the flowers and selling them and we’ve largely lost all our flowers (we have some but maybe only 10-20% as much). This butterfly garden would likely only attract thieves to do that again.. Planting more flowers in the existing areas and doing something to protect them might be good. • City needs to Recycle --not just Trash all materials ! • People do fish this lake near the park. I once helped a fellow angler whose electric wheelchair became stuck on a muddy makeshift path up to the shoreline. Lives in Brooklyn Center *Some totals may not reflect responses due to inappropriate or invalid responses • I like it it’s my favorite park • I don’t like no other park Does Not live in Brooklyn Center DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 256 of 395 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX APPENDIX B: PARK ASSESSMENTS Page 257 of 395 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 258 of 395 THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 259 of 395 PARK EVALUATION & ASSESSMENTS During the data collection portion of this planning project, each park’s existing condition was assessed and evaluated. The assessments scored existing facilities, amenities, ADA compliance and more as shown in the following forms. The purpose of an existing condition assessment and scoring for each park is to gather a system wide understanding of Brooklyn Center’s park and trail system and to assist in providing future recommendations and priority of improvements. This process determins what improvements already have been made across parks in the system and understand where certain amenities and facilities may not be meeting standard service level conditions. The assessment process was completed by project team members through visual observation of existing amenity and facility age, design, safety, and circulation. Assessment Form Scoring Criteria: (3) Exceeds: An amenity, facility or park item that exceeds service level for the community. Considered high quality and high value. Typically newer in age, well maintained and aesthetically pleasing. (2) Meets: An amenity, facility, or park item that meets the expected service level for the community. Considered mid to new in age. Adequate and functional. (1) Needs Improvement (N.I): An amenity, facility or park item that needs improvement. Typically, older in age and may be broken, damaged, or missing and/or needs maintenance. Following the completion of individual park assessments, a summary park system scoring table was created to understand which parks in the system received lower scores, thus indicating as a higher priority park for improvements. 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Riverdale Park Neighborhood Park 57% Willow Lane Park Neighborhood Park 68% Freeway Park Neighborhood Park 70% Orchard Lane Park Neighborhood Park 70% Garden City Park Neighborhood Park 75% Firehouse Park Neighborhood Park 61% Marlin Park Neighborhood Park 62% Wangstad Park Neighborhood Park 76% Grandview Park Neighborhood Park 56% Lions Park Neighborhood Park 48% Belluvue Park Neighborhood Park 68% Happy Hollow Park Neighborhood Park 84% Twin Lake Park Neighborhood Park 67% North Mississippi Regional Park Regional Park NA Centerbrook Golfcourse Special-Use Park NA 81% - 95% + 65% - 80% <64% High Improvement Need - amenities are damaged/older, does not meet community standards Legend Existing Park Conditions Score Low Improvement Need - is meeting community standards Medium Improvement Need - does not fully meet community standards DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 311 of 395 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 312 of 395 THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 313 of 395 PARK SERVICE AREA & GAP ANALYSIS Park service areas and gap analysis evaluates areas of 1/2 mile walking distance, or a 10-minute walking distance to a park within the City of Brooklyn Center. A central point was selected within each park to include walking distance to amenities and facilities. Currently, the majority of Brooklyn Center residents are well served throughout the system and are located within a 1/2 mile radius of a park and park facilities. DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 314 of 395 03/04/2025Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Service Area for Community Parks C 0 0.5 1 2 miles E A A B B C C D E D Humboldt Industrial Hu m b o l d t A v e N Lo g a n A v e N 53rd Ave N 57th Ave N 58th Ave N 59th Ave N 55th Ave N 65th Ave N65th Ave N 63rd Ave N Ju n e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Lakebreeze Ave N 69th Ave N69th Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shi n g l e C r e e k Palmer Lake Upper Twin Lake Middle Twin Lake Ryan Lake Crystal Airport Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Twin Lake Regional Trail Tw i n L a k e R e g i o n a l T r a i l Sh i n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l X e r x e s A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Park Boundary Existing Regional Trail Existing Local Trails Barrier Existing Sidewalks Water Body LEGEND Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r 9494 9494 694694 152 252 100 1 0 min walk 5 min walk 10 min w a l k 10 min w a l k 10 min walk 10 m i n w a lk 5 min w alk 5 min w a l k 5 min wal k 5 m i n w alk Kylawn Park Northport Park Centennial Park Evergreen Park West Palmer Lake Park C North Mississippi Regional Park Note: Park maintained by 3 Rivers Park District DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX COMMUNITY Page 315 of 395 03/04/2025Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Service Area for Neighborhood Parks C 0 0.5 1 2 miles A G A B H B C I C D J D E K E F L M N F G H I M J K L N 58th Ave N 59th Ave N 55th Ave N 9494 9494 694694 152 252 100 Humboldt Industrial Hu m b o l d t A v e N Lo g a n A v e N 53rd Ave N 57th Ave N 65th Ave N65th Ave N 63rd Ave N Ju n e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N 69th Ave N69th Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shi n g l e C r e e k Palmer Lake Upper Twin Lake Middle Twin Lake Ryan Lake Crystal Airport Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Twin Lake Regional Trail Sh i n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l X e r x e s A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r Park Boundary Water Body Existing Regional Trail Existing Local Trails Existing Sidewalks Barrier LEGEND 1 0 min walk 1 0 min walk 10 m i n w a l k 1 0 m i n w alk 1 0 m in w alk 1 0 m i n w alk 10 min wal k 10 min walk 10 min wal k 10 min wa l k 1 0 m in w alk 1 0 min walk 10 min w a l k 5 min walk 5 min walk 5 mi n w alk 5 m i n w alk 5 m in walk 5 m i n walk 5 min w a l k 5 min wa l k 5 min w a l k 5 min w a l k 5 m in walk 5 min walk 5 min w a lk Wangstad Park Grandview Park Marlin Park Twin Lake Park Garden City Park East Palmer Lake Park Firehouse Park Orchard Lane Park Happy Hollow Park Riverdale Park Freeway Park Lions Park Willow Lane Park Bellvue Park 10 m i n w a lk 5 m i n w alk C North Mississippi Regional Park Note: Park maintained by 3 Rivers Park District DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX NEIGHBORHOOD Page 316 of 395 03/04/2025Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Service Area for Natural Resource Parks C 0 0.5 1 2 miles A A 10 min walk 5 min wa l k B 10 min walk 5 min wa l k C 10 min walk 5 min wa l k D 10 m i n w alk 5 m i n w alk E Lakeside Park Eugene H Hagel Arboretum Bob Cahlander Park Shingle Creek TrailB C D E Park Boundary Existing Regional Trail Existing Local Trails Barrier Existing Sidewalks Water Body LEGEND Palmer Lake Park C North Mississippi Regional Park Note: Park maintained by 3 Rivers Park District Humboldt Industrial Hu m b o l d t A v e N Lo g a n A v e N 53rd Ave N 57th Ave N 58th Ave N 59th Ave N 55th Ave N 65th Ave N65th Ave N 63rd Ave N Ju n e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Lakebreeze Ave N 69th Ave N69th Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shi n g l e C r e e k Palmer Lake Upper Twin Lake Middle Twin Lake Ryan Lake Crystal Airport Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Twin Lake Regional Trail Tw i n L a k e R e g i o n a l T r a i l X e r x e s A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r 9494 9494 694694 152 252 100 1 0 m in walk5 m in walk DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX NATURAL RESOURCE Page 317 of 395 03/04/2025Brooklyn Center Capital Investment Plan Service Area for Special-Use Parks C 0 0.5 1 2 miles A A LEGEND Humboldt Industrial 58th Ave N 59th Ave N 55th Ave N Water Body 9494 9494 694694 152 252 100 Hu m b o l d t A v e N Lo g a n A v e N 53rd Ave N 57th Ave N 65th Ave N65th Ave N 63rd Ave N Ju n e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N 69th Ave N69th Ave N 73rdAve N H u m b o l d t A v e N Shi n g l e C r e e k Palmer Lake Upper Twin Lake Middle Twin Lake Ryan Lake Crystal Airport Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Twin Lake Regional Trail Sh i n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l X e r x e s A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Park Boundary Existing Regional Trails Existing Local Trails Existing Sidewalks Barrier LEGEND Mis s i s s i p p i R i v e r M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r 10 m i n w a l k 5 m i n w alk Centerbrook Golfcourse C North Mississippi Regional Park Note: Park maintained by 3 Rivers Park District DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX SPECIAL USE Page 318 of 395 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX APPENDIX C: LIGHTING ASSESSMENT Page 319 of 395 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 320 of 395 THIS PAGE WAS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 321 of 395 LIGHTING EVALUATION & ASSESSMENTS As part of this planning project, each park’s existing lighting condition was assessed and evaluated. The assessments evaluated light placement, light emissions, light fixtures, and light quanties in each park. The purpose of the lighting assessment for each park is to gather an understanding of Brooklyn Center’s park and trail system and to assist in providing future recommendations for improvements for access and safety concerns across the system. This process helps understand existing lighting conditions and what improvements may be needed in the future. The assessment process was completed by planning team members through visual observation, documenting daylight and evening photos, GIS data, and inventory tracking. Following the completion of individual park lighting assessments, maps for each park were generated to provide existing park light conditions and a list of recommendations. Any proposed lighting in parks can be found in Appendix C on the park concept plans. 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NO.18614 BR O O K L Y N C E N T E R P A R K A S S E S S M E N T LI G H T I N G A S S E S M E N T AE AE NP EX I S T I N G P A R K L I G H T I N G M A P EXISTING LIGHT LEGEND NORTH DRAFT 04.28.25DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIXBROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 345 of 395 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX APPENDIX C: PARK CONCEPTS & COSTS Page 346 of 395 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 347 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 3 Electrical Service LF $2.00 1545 $3,090 4 Recreation Field Irrigation LS $50,000.00 1 $50,000 5 Recreation Flood Light EA $15,000.00 8 $120,000 7 Pedestrian Scale Lighting EA $9,000.00 1 $9,000 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 570 $85,500 13 Concrete Sidewalk (6' width)LF $55.00 380 $20,900 14 Natural Surface Trail LF $8.00 1448 $11,584 58 Soccer Field Improvements LS $100,000 3 $300,000 64 Bankshot LS $50,000 1 $50,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 2 $7,000 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 4 $10,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 6 $9,000 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 2.3 $21,850 82 Stormwater Treatment SF $5.00 96138 $480,690 79 Wetland Restoration AC $9,500.00 1.5 $14,250 83 Tree EA $850.00 72 $61,200 $1,257,264 $251,453 $1,508,717 Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM WEST PALMER PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX WEST PALMER LAKE PARK A community park with under utilized ballfields due to lack of interest, low demand, and drainage challenges. Recommendations are to improve grading, add soccer fields, and mitigate flooding through intentional stormwater treatment areas, wetland restoration and naturalized vegetation. The park offers a centrally located parking lot and good circulation, therefore, would benefit from additional amenities and multi-use open greenspace. • Circulation Improvements • Irrigate Mowed Open Space (Soccer) • Furnishing Improvements • Implement flood mitigation strategies • Install Bankshot court • Tennis court Improvements Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Volleyball SoccerBankshot Basketball Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 348 of 395 West Palmer Park - 1Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** ** ** ** ** ** U10 Practice FieldsU10 Practice Fields Soccer FieldsSoccer Fields(300x165)(300x165) Proposed Proposed Stormwater treatment Stormwater treatment areaarea Proposed Proposed Stormwater treatment Stormwater treatment areaarea Proposed Proposed Stormwater treatment Stormwater treatment areaarea Sh i n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l Shingl e C r e e k Regio n a l T r a i l Shingle Creek Regional Trail ExistingPlayground Pa l m e r L a k e D r i v e W e s t 72nd A v e n u e N o r t h Woodbine L a n e P a l m e r L a k e D r i v e W e s t Existing Park Shelter Existing Parking lot Existing Parking lot Existing Basketball Court Existing Tennis Courts Existing Ice Rink Area Flood Plain Flood Plain Flood Plain Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreaNo mow Area Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 200’0’100’50’ DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 349 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 371 $55,650 43 Boardwalk, Pedestrian Load LF $900.00 200 $180,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 1 $1,600 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 4 $10,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 2 $3,000 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 2.5 $23,750 82 Stormwater Treatment SF $5.00 61500 $307,500 81 Invasive Species Removal AC $5,000.00 1.5 $7,500 83 Tree EA $850.00 72 $61,200 $653,700 $130,740 $784,440 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM EAST PALMER PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX EAST PALMER PARK A community park with under utilized ballfields due to lack of interest, low demand, and drainage challenges. Recommendations are to mitigate flooding with stormwater treatment areas and naturalized vegetation within wetland areas. The new improvements would focus on a scenic perimeter trail and boardwalk feature. Areas with improved drainage will be converted to multi-use open greenspace. It is suggested that the native no-mow area will be established by letting the area naturalize and through ongoing invasive species removal. • ADA Access (trails, parking, facilities) • Furnishing Improvements • Implement flood mitigation strategies • Implement Best Management Practices • Add Unprogrammed Open Spaces Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 350 of 395 East Palmer Park - 2Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** ** **** Existing Playground Existing Picnic Area Existing Park Shelter Existing Parking lot Existing Parking lot Existing Basketball Court Ol i v e r A v e Oli v e r A v e Flood Plain Stormwater treatmentStormwater treatmentarea area connectionconnection ProposedProposedStormwater treatmentStormwater treatmentareaarea Unprogrammed Unprogrammed Open SpaceOpen Space Unprogrammed Unprogrammed Open SpaceOpen Space Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreaNo mow Area Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 160’0’80’40’DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 351 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 3 Electrical Service LF $2.00 1150 $2,300 5 Recreation Flood Light EA $15,000.00 4 $60,000 6 Parking Lot Lighting EA $9,000.00 1 $9,000 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250.00 1130 $282,500 10 Bituminous Trail Replacement LF $150.00 440 $66,000 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 900 $135,000 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 2 $6,000 25 New K-5 and 5-12 Playground LS $200,000.00 1 $200,000 31 Artificial Turf Multi-use Field LS $1,320,000.00 1 $1,320,000 40 Pickleball Court New LS $40,000.00 1 $40,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 2 $7,000 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 4 $10,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 6 $9,000 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.3 $2,850 83 Tree EA $850.00 34 $28,900 $2,181,750 $436,350 $2,618,100 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM EVERGREEN PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX EVERGREEN PARK A community park with centrally located parking lot areas and ballfields with good drainage. Recommendations are to add pickleball, volleyball, a multi-use synthetic turf playing area and a new playground. There is potential to add a field house to the synthetic turf area. The volleyball area will be a dedicated mowed open space. • Consider Field House for Synthetic Field • Add Mowed Open Space (Turf Volleyball) • Add Shelter at turf volleyball location • Add parking lot • Add pickleball courts • Add playground Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Volleyball Soccer PickleballFootball Playground Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 352 of 395 Evergreen Park - 3Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** Existing Picnic Shelter Existing Ball Field Existing Ball Field Existing Ice Skating Rink Existing Ball Field Existing Picnic Area Existing Parking Lot Existing Parking Lot Existing Parking Existing Tennis Courts Existing Basketball Court Proposed Proposed Parking lotParking lot Synthetic Turf FieldSynthetic Turf FieldwithwithPotential Field HousePotential Field House Evergreen Park Elementary 72nd Ave N 70th Ave N 70 t h A v e N 70th Ave N Ca m d e n A v e N Ca m d e n A v e N Ca m d e n A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N Du p o n t A v e N N B r y a n t A v e N B r y a n t A v e 72n d A v e N Evergreen Park World Cultures Community School Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Scale in Feet 200’0’130’65’ DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 353 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250.00 383 $95,750 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 1200 $180,000 16 Pedestrian Crossing Improvements (both sides)LS $10,000.00 1 $10,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 67 Bike Rack EA $1,000 3 $3,000 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 1 $2,500 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.25 $2,375 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.4 $3,800 83 Tree EA $850.00 29 $24,650 $334,775 $66,955 $401,730 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM RIVERDALE PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX RIVERDALE PARK A neighborhood park that currently does not have any parking or accessible trail connections. Recommendations include adding parallel parking off West River Road and Dallas Road along with ADA accessible trail connections. Recommendations also include seeding a native no-mow area. After initial native area establishment, there will be a decrease in long-term maintenance with mowing, weeding, and chemical applications. The benefits of native areas include protecting soil from erosion, creating habitat, and providing food for many pollinators, birds, and other small mammals. • Circulation Improvements • Add crosswalk connecting to bike path • Relocate juvenile trees to north screen • Add parking to East and West side • Add circulating path around park Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 354 of 395 Riverdale Park - 4Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** Existing Basketball Court Existing Playground Existing Picnic Shelter Existing Ice Rink Area W R i v e r R d W R i v e r R d W R i v e r R d Da l l a s R d Da l l a s R d Riverdale Rd Hi g h w a y 2 5 2 Proposed Proposed off streetoff streetparkingparking Proposed Proposed off streetoff streetparkingparking Proposed Proposed CrosswalkCrosswalk Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreaNo mow Area Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreaNo mow Area Unprogrammed Unprogrammed Open SpaceOpen Space Ex i s t i n g s o u n d b a r r i e r w a l l ** Legend Existing Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 100’0’50’25 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 355 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 3 Electrical Service LF $2.00 380 $760 6 Parking Lot Lighting EA $9,000.00 2 $18,000 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250.00 890 $222,500 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 700 $105,000 12 Concrete Plaza SY $90.00 350 $31,500 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 4 $12,000 24 New Pre-K and Swings Playground LS $125,000.00 1 $125,000 30 Artificial Turf Volleyball Court LS $70,000.00 3 $210,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 2 $5,000 73 Aluminum Bleachers EA $7,000 4 $28,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 6 $9,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.3 $2,850 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 2.35 $22,325 83 Tree EA $850.00 8 $6,800 $805,435 $161,087 $966,522 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM WILLOW LANE PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX WILLOW LANE PARK A neighborhood park with under utilized ballfield and open space. Recommendations include replacing the ballfield with a larger soccer field and practice field. Add synthetic turf volleyball areas on the north side of the rink and improve trail connections and accessibility throughout the park. • Circulation Improvements • Add (3) synthetic turf volleyball courts • Add Parking lot for increased activity • Add and raise Mowed Open Space (Soccer) • Irrigate Mowed Open Space (Soccer) • Expand existing playground to include play for additional age groups Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Volleyball Soccer Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 356 of 395 Willow Lane Park - 5Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** **** ** ** ProposedProposedBleacher SeatingBleacher Seating Existing Playground Existing BasketballCourt Existing Parking Lot Existing Picnic Shelter Existing Ice Rink Area Proposed Proposed parkingparkinglotlot Proposed Proposed Synthetic Turf CourtsSynthetic Turf Courts Proposed Proposed PlaygroundPlaygroundExpansionExpansion 69th Ave N 70th Ave N Pe r r y A v e N Pe r r y A v e N Pe r r y A v e N Soccer FieldSoccer Field(300x165)(300x165) U10 Practice FieldU10 Practice Field Native Native Planting Planting Native Native Planting Planting Legend Existing Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 160’0’80’40’DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 357 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 3 Electrical Service LF $2.00 175 $350 6 Parking Lot Lighting EA $9,000.00 2 $18,000 12 Concrete Plaza SY $90.00 20 $1,800 13 Concrete Sidewalk (6' width)LF $55.00 150 $8,250 17 Small Shelter LS $100,000.00 1 $100,000 43 Boardwalk, Pedestrian Load LF $900.00 182 $163,800 65 Picnic Table EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 1 $2,500 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 75 Canoe/Kayak Storage EA $2,500 2 $5,000 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.3 $2,850 $315,250 $63,050 $378,300 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM PALMER LAKE PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX PALMER LAKE PARK A greenway park with a parking lot that acts as a trail head to Shingle Creek Regional Trail. Recommendations include adding water access for viewing, fishing, and kayaking to Palmer Lake. It’s recommended to add a picnic shelter and storage building or kayak rental station. Consider integrating interpretive signage and wayfinding at this location. Improvements should be made to increase visibility around the existing parking lot and new shelter area such as selective vegetation removal and increasing mowed open space. • Add boardwalk through wetland to dock • Furnishing Improvements • Add trail & interpretive signage • Add canoe rental space • Add unprogrammed open space for clear sightline from 69th Ave N Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 358 of 395 Palmer Lake Park - 6Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback **Existing Parking Lot Shingle Creek Regional Trail Shi n g l e C r e e k Re g i o n a l T r a i l 69th Ave N Proposed Proposed BoardwalkBoardwalk Proposed Proposed canoe rentalcanoe rentalProposed Proposed Park ShelterPark Shelter UnprogrammedUnprogrammedOpen spaceOpen space Proposed Proposed DockDock Palmer Lake Existing Trail Signage Legend Existing Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 120’0’60’30’DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 359 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 3 Electrical Service LF $2.00 555 $1,110 7 Pedestrian Scale Lighting EA $9,000.00 6 $54,000 12 Concrete Plaza SY $90.00 225 $20,250 24 New Pre-K and Swings Playground LS $125,000.00 1 $125,000 44 Pedestrian Bridge LF $2,000 500 $1,000,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 1 $2,500 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.35 $3,325 83 Tree EA $850.00 11 $9,350 $1,228,235 $245,647 $1,473,882 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM FREEWAY PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX FREEWAY PARK A neighborhood park with an existing playground area, picnic shelter, and parking. The main recommendation is to add a pedestrian bridge to connect communities to the south. Feedback supported increased pedestrian lighting and strategic vegetative buffering in this park. • Add lighting Improvements • Add trees for buffer between adjacent properties and sound wall • Add Pedestrian / bike bridge over freeway to reconnect communities • Furnishing Improvements Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 360 of 395 Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback Freeway Park - 7 Existing Playground ** **** 9494 9494 Existing sound barrier wall Pr o p o s e d P e d e s t r i a n / B i k e B r i d g e Pr o p o s e d P e d e s t r i a n / B i k e B r i d g e D r e w A v e N D r e w A v e N C h o w e n A v e N 66th Ave N 67th Ave N B e a r d A v e N Purple Heart Trl Purple Heart Trl Existing Playground Existing Swings Existing Parking Mound Cemetery of Brooklyn Center Existing ParkingLot Existing Picnic Shelter Proposed Proposed Early Early ChildhoodChildhoodPlay AreaPlay Area Proposed Proposed lightinglightingImprovementsImprovements Proposed Proposed Concrete PlazaConcrete Plaza Legend Existing Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 200’0’100’50’DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 361 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 3 Electrical Service LF $2.00 750 $1,500 7 Pedestrian Scale Lighting EA $9,000.00 19 $171,000 53 Public Art Feature LS $12,500 5 $62,500 66 Bench EA $1,600 8 $12,800 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 2 $5,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 $258,800 $51,760 $310,560 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM SHINGLE CREEK TRAIL Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX SHINGLE CREEK TRAIL A greenway area that acts as a connecting corridor for Shingle Creek. Recommendations include adding wayfinding and interpretive signage, resting areas, public art, and trail pedestrian lighting. • Trail lighting Improvements • Add Natural stone rest areas • Furnishing Improvements • Add trail wayfinding • Improve intersections and existing overlook • Add unique trail lighting Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 362 of 395 Shingle Creek Trail - 8Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** ** ****ProposedProposedtrail wayfindingtrail wayfinding ProposedProposedtrail wayfindingtrail wayfinding ProposedProposedNatural Stone Natural Stone rest arearest area Proposed Proposed trail lightingtrail lightingImprovementsImprovements Existing Overlook/ Seatings RRFB/ Refuge Island RRFB/ Refuge Island IntersectionIntersection F r e e w a y B l v d 69th A v e N 69th A v e N Shingle Creek Pkwy Free w a y B l v d Freeway B l v d S h i n g l e C r e e k S h i n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l Shingle Cre e k Regional T r a i l S h i n g l e C r e e k Shingle Creek Regional Trail to Centennial Park Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 400’0’200’100 DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 363 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250.00 130 $32,500 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 1570 $235,500 13 Concrete Sidewalk (6' width)LF $55.00 210 $11,550 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 2 $6,000 25 New K-5 and 5-12 Playground LS $200,000.00 1 $200,000 34 Basketball Full Court Update LS $16,000.00 1 $16,000 58 Soccer Field Improvements LS $100,000 1 $100,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 2 $5,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 1.3 $12,350 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 1.5 $14,250 83 Tree EA $850.00 35 $29,750 $675,600 $135,120 $810,720 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM ORCHARD LANE Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX ORCHARD LANE PARK A neighborhood park with several existing amenities. Recommendations include improving the parking lot to accommodate more parking spaces, expanding the playground area, offering shaded seating areas, and naturalizing the existing stormwater area with natives to reduce mowing maintenance, treat surface run-off, and reduce erosion. The native areas will also create habitat, and provide food for many pollinators, birds, and other small mammals. • Circulation Improvements • Furnishing Improvements • Flood Mitigation Implementation • Add Mowed Open Space (Soccer) • Irrigate Mowed Open Space (Soccer) • Expand Playground Area • Improve native planting areas Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Soccer Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 364 of 395 Orchard Lane Park - 9Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback **** ** ** ** ** Proposed Proposed PlaygroundPlaygroundExpansionExpansion Purple Heart Trl Purple Heart Trl 65th Ave N Howe Ln Pe r r y A v e N N o b l e A v e N Pe r r y A v e N Orc h a r d A v e N Existing Shelter Existing Stormwater Area Existing Pull-in P a r k i n g Parking lotParking lotRemovedRemoved and graded to and graded to drain towards drain towards pondpond PlannedPlannedPull-in Pull-in ParkingParking ExistingExistingBasketball Basketball courtcourtto be to be restoredrestored Existing Playground Existing sound barrier wall Proposed on street bike Proposed on street bike connection going south on connection going south on Perry AvePerry Ave Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreasNo mow Areas Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreasNo mow Areas Unprogrammed Unprogrammed Open spaceOpen space Soccer FieldSoccer Field(300x165)(300x165) Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 160’0’80’40’DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 365 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 4 $10,000 $10,000 $2,000 $12,000 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM BOB CAHLANDER Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX BOB CAHLANDER PARK A neighborhood park with an existing trail loop and adjacent parking lot area. Recommendations include improvements to ADA accessibility and increasing interpretive and wayfinding signage. • Flood Mitigation Improvements • Establish as Ecological Habitat Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 366 of 395 Bob Cahlander Park - 10Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** ** ** ** **** Proposed Proposed Ecological Ecological Habitat Habitat 65th Ave N Existing Parking Lot B r o o k l y n B l v d B r o o k l y n B l v d Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 100’0’50’25’DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 367 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 83 Tree EA $850.00 14 $11,900 $11,900 $2,380 $14,280 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM GARDEN CITY Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX GARDEN CITY PARK A neighborhood park located adjacent to Garden City Elementary School. Options for improvement are to either increase use of Rec-On-The-Go programs and leave site as is or sell the park property to Garden City Elementary School. This park will benefit from further coordination with the school district to determine how it can both support the community and school. • Propose Accessible trail connection to school for possible site sale. Park space would be better utilized as school property • Tree Buffer for student safety and screening from adjacent street • Enhance Recreation programs with city to enhance play in these spaces Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 368 of 395 Garden City Park - 11Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback Existing Storage and Bathroom Existing Parking Lot 65t h A v e N 65th Ave N Garden City Elementary School Playground Garden City Elementary School Basketball Courts Previously Brooklane Park D r e w A v e N D r e w A v e N E w i n g A v e N Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 100’0’50’25’DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 369 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 3 Electrical Service LF $2.00 300 $600 6 Parking Lot Lighting EA $9,000.00 1 $9,000 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250.00 232 $58,000 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 700 $105,000 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 1 $3,000 16 Pedestrian Crossing Improvements (both sides)LS $10,000.00 1 $10,000 32 Basketball Full Size Court LS $45,000 1 $45,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 1 $2,500 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.08 $760 83 Tree EA $850.00 16 $13,600 $260,160 $52,032 $312,192 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM FIREHOUSE PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX FIREHOUSE PARK A neighborhood park with ample parking and ballfield opportunities. Recommendations include expanding the parking lot on the east side and add another basketball court. Other suggestions are to improve circulation and ADA access. • Circulation Improvements • Furnishing Improvements • Add Crosswalk • Add (1) Basketball Court • Expand the Existing Parking Lot • Install irrigation for existing ball fields Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Basketball Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 370 of 395 Firehouse Park - 12Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** **** ** ** ** ** ** Existing Playground Existing Basketball Court Existing Picnic Shelter Existing Parking Lot Existing ParkingLot Proposed Proposed Parking lotParking lotExpansionExpansion Proposed Proposed CrosswalkCrosswalk Brooklyn CenterEast Fire Station 66th Ave N 65th Ave N N B r y a n t A v e N B r y a n t A v e N C o l f a x A v e D u p o n t A v e N D u p o n t A v e N Existing Ball Field Existing Ball Field Existing Picnic Area Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 120’0’60’30’ DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 371 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 700 $105,000 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 1 $3,000 17 Small Shelter LS $100,000 1 $100,000 27 Playground Equipment Improvements LS $150,000 1 $150,000 33 Basketball Half Court LS $20,000 1 $20,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 1 $2,500 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 2 $3,000 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.08 $760 83 Tree EA $850.00 23 $19,550 $410,510 $82,102 $492,612 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM MARLIN PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX MARLIN PARK A small neighborhood park with an existing playground and open space area. Recommendations include adding an ADA compliant trail connection from Marlin Drive to an expanded playground, offer a small picnic shelter with seating, and half-court basketball. • Explore trail options connecting to 63rd Ave N • Furnishing Improvements • Add (1) Half Basketball Court • Add Early Childhood playground equipment • Add trail loop to improve circulation in park Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Basketball Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 372 of 395 Marlin Park - 13Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** Basketball Hali f a x D r Marlin Dr M a r l i n D r Existing Playground Proposed Early Proposed Early ChildhoodChildhoodPlay areaPlay area Proposed Proposed Picnic ShelterPicnic Shelter Legend Existing Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter Scale in Feet 100’0’50’25’DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 373 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 6 Parking Lot Lighting EA $9,000 2 $18,000 7 Pedestrian Scale Lighting EA $9,000 5 $45,000 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250 1215 $303,750 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 770 $115,500 12 Concrete Plaza SY $90.00 140 $12,600 14 Natural Surface Trail LF $8.00 745 $5,960 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 2 $6,000 43 Boardwalk, Pedestrian Load LF $900.00 1900 $1,710,000 56 Splash Pad LS $500,000 1 $500,000 65 Picnic Table EA $1,600 2 $3,200 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 67 Bike Rack EA $1,000 2 $2,000 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 2 $7,000 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 4 $10,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500.00 10 $15,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 3.5 $33,250 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 3.55 $33,725 83 Tree EA $850.00 102 $86,700 85 Pond / Wall Improvements LS $100,000.00 1 $100,000 $3,010,885 $602,177 $3,613,062 Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER 1. CENTENNIAL PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX CENTENNIAL PARK One of the most largely used community parks in the system. Recommendations include improving natives, wetland restoration and ecological restoration along the Shingle Creek Corridor and increasing connectivity of trail circulation through boardwalks and overlook areas. Consider adding a splash pad in the greenspace near the community center. • Foster ecological habitat along Shingle Creek floodplain • Furnishing Improvements • Flood Mitigation Implementation • Add new parking lot at archery and parking lot expansions where needed • Additional wayfinding where needed • Utilize cut/fill for sledding hill and grading needs where possible • Add Splash water feature • Improve existing Centennial pond near splash water feature • Enhance trail connections to neighborhood and Opportunity sites • Flood Mitigation Implementation • Connect proposed boardwalk trails to existing trail network • Additional wayfinding where needed • Utilize cut/fill for sledding hill and grading needs where possible • Sediment control to improve creek flow ad reduce flooding • Improve pedestrian connections to opportunity site Park Priority Recommendations Shingle Creek Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 374 of 395 Centennial Park - 14Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** ** ****** ** **** ** ** ** ** ** Opportunity Opportunity SiteSite Bass Lake Rd Summit Dr Vi n c e n t A v e N 60th Ave N 61st Ave N 62nd Ave N 63rd Ave N Brooklyn Dr Bro o k l y n D r Bro o k l y n D r Mumford Rd Nash Rd O’Henry Rd Xe r x e s A v e N X e r x e s A v e N Highw a y 9 4 / 6 9 4 High w a y 9 4 / 6 9 4 Jo h n M a r t i n D r Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Shin g l e C r e e k P k w y Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Sh i n g l e C r e e k P k w y Existing Parking Lot Existing Parking Lot Existing Gazeebo Existing Soccer Field Community Center ExistingPlayground ExistingShelter City HallExisting Parking Lot Existing Ice Rink Existing BasketballCourt Existing Shelter Existing Playground Existing Community Garden Existing Little League Softball Fields Proposed Proposed Sledding HillSledding Hill Renovate Renovate Existing Existing ArcheryArchery Proposed Proposed Parking LotParking Lot Proposed Proposed BoardwalkBoardwalk Proposed Proposed Splash Splash Water FeatureWater Feature Sh i n g l e C r e e k Sh i n g l e C r e e k Existing Pedestrian bridge to Shingle Creek Trail Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreaNo mow Area Flood Plain Unprogrammed Unprogrammed Open SpaceOpen Space Unprogrammed Unprogrammed Open SpaceOpen Space RevitalizedRevitalizedPond AreaPond Area Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Scale in Feet 800’0’400’200Shingle Creek Possible Future Development DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 375 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250.00 320 $80,000 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 463 $69,450 12 Concrete Plaza SY $90.00 90 $8,100 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 1 $3,000 17 Small Shelter LS $100,000.00 1 $100,000 27 Playground Equipment Improvements LS $150,000.00 1 $150,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 4 $6,400 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 1 $2,500 71 Exercise or Challenge Course Area LS $120,000 1 $120,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.3 $2,850 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.09 $855 83 Tree EA $850.00 16 $13,600 $566,255 $113,251 $679,506 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM WANGSTAD PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX WANGSTAD PARK A neighborhood park with an existing playground and basketball court. Recommendations include expanding the playground to accommodate all ages and a picnic shelter, offer more trail loops and connections throughout the park, and add a small parking lot area off France Avenue N with ADA accessible connections. Considerations may include adding a challenge course or small exercise area. • Existing basketball court Improvements • Add pull-in parking off street • Furnishing Improvements • Add Exercise Area • Add picnic areas and shelter • Add play structures for ages 1-5 Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Exercise Area Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 376 of 395 Wangstad Park - 15Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ProposedProposed Picnic area Picnic area Proposed Proposed Parking lotParking lot Proposed Proposed Early ChildhoodEarly ChildhoodPlay areaPlay area Proposed Proposed Exercise Exercise AreaArea Fr a n c e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N 61st Ave N 61st A v e N Existing Playground Existing Parking Lot Existing Residential Development Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreasNo mow Areas Scale in Feet 100’0’50’25’ ** ** Existing Basketball Court Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 377 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 1437 $215,550 20 Small Shelter Improvements LS $60,000 1 $60,000 26 New Nature Play Area LS $50,000 1 $50,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 4 $6,400 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 4 $10,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.6 $5,700 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.08 $760 84 Stormwater Improvements LS $50,000.00 1 $50,000 83 Tree EA $850.00 24 $20,400 $428,310 $85,662 $513,972 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM KYLAWN PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX KYLAWN PARK A community park with a lot of potential for growth within the park system. Recommendations include preserving natural wetland locations, adding interpretive and wayfinding signage, overlook areas, and native plantings. Consider replacing one ballfield with a nature based playground for all ages and add native planting areas. • ADA Access (Trails, Parking, Facilities) • Furnishing Improvements • Add Nature Play playground • Flood mitigation implementation • Shelter building improvements Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Playground Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 378 of 395 Scale in Feet 0’75’150’300’ Arboretum & Kylawn Park - 16Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback Existing Ice Rink Area Eugene H. HagelArboretum MAC Wildlife Area Existing Parking Lot Existing Parking lot ShelterShelterImprovementsImprovements Existing Playground Proposed Proposed backfill for backfill for flood mitigationflood mitigation Proposed Proposed Retaining WallRetaining Wall(Boulders)(Boulders) Proposed AccessibilityProposed AccessibilityImprovementImprovement Existing Basketball Court Existing Ball Field Proposed Proposed OverookOverook Proposed Proposed Ecology/ Ecology/ wayfindingwayfindingboardboard 61st Ave N Ju n e A v e N J u n e A v e N Ky l e A v e N L e e A v e N N o b l e A v e N Ju n e A v e N ProposedProposedPond ConnectionPond ConnectionandandImprovementsImprovements Existing Existing PondPondImprovementsImprovements ExistingExistingPondPondImprovementsImprovements Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreasNo mow Areas Flood Plain Flood Plain ** ** ** ** ****** Legend Existing Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 379 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 42 Overlook EA $5,000 1 $5,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 4 $6,400 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 4 $10,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 2 $3,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.66 $6,270 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.93 $8,835 84 Stormwater Improvements LS $50,000.00 1 $50,000 83 Tree EA $850.00 47 $39,950 $129,455 $25,891 $155,346 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM ARBORETUM Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX EUGENE H. HAGEL ARBORETUM An Arboretum located adjacent to Kylawn Park. Recommendations include enhancing the trail loop with interpretive signage, overlook areas, and native plants. It is also recommended that BMP improvements be made to restore connection to existing wetland systems. • Expand lighting in park and Arboretum • Select Arboretum species for establishment • Establish planted buffer between residents and arboretum Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 380 of 395 tial Concept Plan for Public Feedback Eugene H. Hagel Arboretum Existing Parking lot Proposed Proposed backfill for backfill for flood mitigationflood mitigation Proposed Proposed Retaining WallRetaining Wall(Boulders)(Boulders) Proposed Proposed OverookOverook Proposed Proposed Ecology/ Ecology/ wayfindingwayfindingboardboard L e e A v e N N o b l e A v e N ProposedProposedPond ConnectionPond ConnectionandandImprovementsImprovements Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreasNo mow Areas Flood Plain ** ****** DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 381 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 13 Concrete Sidewalk (6' width)LF $55.00 232 $12,760 22 Warming House LS $100,000 1 $100,000 34 Basketball Full Court Update LS $16,000 1 $16,000 58 Soccer Field Improvements LS $100,000 1 $100,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 1 $2,500 73 Aluminum Bleachers EA $7,000 2 $14,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 6 $9,000 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.08 $760 83 Tree EA $850.00 25 $21,250 $282,970 $56,594 $339,564 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM GRANDVIEW PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX GRANDVIEW PARK A neighborhood park with several functioning amenities. Recommendations include replacing and upgrading the basketball court adjacent to the existing tennis court area and add a warming house near the ice rink. Minor turf improvements to the multi-use field on the south-east side of the park is recommended which may include seeding, irrigation, and lighting. • Repair erosion issues on sledding hill • Furnishing Improvements • Upgrade lighting to LED throughout park • Add bleachers to multi-use turf field • Add warming house to hockey rink area • Existing basketball court Improvements • Increase net height Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations SoccerFootballBasketball Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 382 of 395 Grandview Park - 17Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback Existing Baseball Field Existing Off Street Parking Existing Parking Lot Existing Parking Lot Existing Sledding Hill Existing Playground Existing Ice Rink Area Existing Tennis ProposedProposedBasketballBasketballCourtCourtImprovementsImprovements Brooklyn Center Brooklyn Center Community SchoolsCommunity SchoolsDevelopementDevelopement 60th Ave N 59th Ave N Brooklyn Center Elementary Fr e m o n t A v e N N C i r a r d A v e N H u m b o l d t A v e Lila c D r N Hig h w a y 1 0 0 Fr e m o n t A v e N Fr e m o n t A v e N ProposedProposedBleacher SeatingBleacher Seating ProposedProposedWarming Warming househouse Scale in Feet 220’0’110’55’Possible Future Development ** ** **** ** **Proposed Proposed Multi-use FieldMulti-use Field (Minor Improvements)(Minor Improvements) Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 383 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 3 Electrical Service LF $2.00 385 $770 4 Recreation Field Irrigation LS $50,000.00 1 $50,000 6 Parking Lot Lighting EA $9,000.00 1 $9,000 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250.00 598 $149,500 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 905 $135,750 14 Natural Surface Trail LF $8.00 750 $6,000 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 1 $3,000 40 Pickleball Court New LS $40,000 6 $240,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 1 $2,500 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 6 $9,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 2.4 $22,800 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 4.3 $40,850 83 Tree EA $850.00 36 $30,600 $706,470 $141,294 $847,764 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM NORTHPORT PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL Pickleball DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX NORTHPORT PARK A community park that shares some amenities with Northport Elementary School. Recommendations include parking lot expansion on the north-west side of the park, creating a pickleball court hub, adding volleyball and two soccer fields with accessible trail connections. • Circulation Improvements • Modify existing irrigation to accommodate volleyball and soccer field areas • Furnishing Improvements • Tennis court Improvements • Expand existing parking lot • Add Mowed Open Space (Turf Volleyball) • Remove general use skating area north of existing hockey rink • Improve Mowed Open Space (Soccer) Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Volleyball Soccer Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 384 of 395 Northport Park - 18 Scale in Feet 220’0’110’55’ Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** Existing Tennis Court Existing Parking Lot Existing Ice Rink Area Existing Basketball Court Existing Ice Rink Area Northport Elementary School Existing Parking Lot Existing Picnic Shelter Existing Picnic Area Existing Parking Lot 55th Ave N S a i l o r L n No r t h p o r t D r Fr a n c e A v e N Fr a n c e A v e N Northport Dr Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreaNo mow Area ImprovedImproved Mowed Open space Mowed Open space for Existing Soccer Fieldfor Existing Soccer Field ** ** ** ** Proposed Proposed Parking Lot Parking Lot ExpansionExpansion Existing Playground Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 385 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 3 Electrical Service LF $2.00 200 $400 6 Parking Lot Lighting EA $9,000.00 1 $9,000 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250.00 677 $169,250 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 2174 $326,100 13 Concrete Sidewalk (6' width)LF $55.00 263 $14,465 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 1 $3,000 21 Relocated Shelter LS $50,000 1 $50,000 24 New Pre-K and Swings Playground LS $125,000 1 $125,000 32 Basketball Full Size Court LS $45,000 1 $45,000 63 Golf Course Green LS $1,500,000 1 $1,500,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 3 $7,500 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 2 $19,000 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 1.62 $15,390 82 Stormwater Treatment SF $5.00 12400 $62,000 83 Tree EA $850.00 38 $32,300 $2,391,105 $478,221 $2,869,326 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM LIONS PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX LIONS PARK A community park located near the Centerbrook Golf Course. Recommendations include improving site drainage near the south side of the park and adding an artificial turf practice tee along with other golf playing features throughout the park. The existing amenities will be relocated to the north end of the park. A perimeter circulation loop that connects to the Shingle Creek Regional trail is suggested. • Relocate playground • Relocate basketball court • Relocate picnic shelter • Flood mitigation improvements • Grade changes to support amenities • Add new forward tee • Add 20 station artificial turf tee • Add chipping green • Add 22 station turf practice tee Priority Recommendations • Add 40,000 sf target green • Add 17,500 sf target green • Add target fairway • Add putting course • Add practice range netting • Add 12 ft wide walking trail • Expand existing clubhouse • Circulation improvements • Stormwater Improvements Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 386 of 395 Centerbrook Golf Course & Lions Park - 19Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback RelocatedRelocatedPlaygroundPlayground ProposedProposedStormwater Stormwater Existing Parking Lot ProposedProposedClubhouse Clubhouse ExpansionExpansion CenterbrookCenterbrookGolf CourseGolf CourseProperty lineProperty line Centerbrook Golf CourseCenterbrook Golf CourseProperty lineProperty line Lions ParkLions ParkProperty lineProperty line Proposed Proposed Practice range nettingPractice range nettingheight TBDheight TBD 40,000 sf 40,000 sf Target GreenTarget Green 22 station 22 station Turf PracticeTeeTurf PracticeTee 20 station 20 station Artificial Turf TeeArtificial Turf Tee Target Target FairwayFairway ProposedProposed12 ft wide trail12 ft wide trail Native Native Planting /Planting /No Mow No Mow AreaArea Native Native Planting /Planting /No Mow No Mow AreaArea Native Native Planting /Planting /No Mow No Mow AreaArea 17,500 sf17,500 sfTarget GreenTarget Green Lions ParkLions ParkProperty lineProperty line ProposedProposedChipping GreenChipping Green Existing Centerbrook Golf Course Existing Centerbrook Golf Course ProposedProposedParkingParkingLotLot RelocatedRelocatedBasketballBasketballCourtCourt Proposed Proposed Putting CoursePutting Course Proposed Proposed Forward TeeForward Tee Relocated Relocated PicnicPicnicShelterShelter Existing Sledding Hill Proposed Proposed Stormwater Stormwater ImprovementImprovement Ericon Dr Ru s s e l l A v e N Br o o k v i e w D r N Q u e e n A v e Br o o k v i e w D r 55th Ave N Highw a y 1 0 0 Sh i n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l Sh i n g l e C r e e k Sh i n g l e C r e e k Shi n g l e C r e e k R e g i o n a l T r a i l Existing Pedestrian Bridge to Shingle Creek Trail/ ProposedProposedOn street connection On street connection for bikes going eastfor bikes going east Unprogrammed Unprogrammed Open SpaceOpen Space Scale in Feet 200’0’100’50’Possible Future Development ** ** ** ** Legend Existing Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 387 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 1 Water Service LF $75.00 392 $29,400 3 Electrical Service LF $2.00 415 $830 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250.00 133 $33,250 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 750 $112,500 12 Concrete Plaza SY $90.00 252 $22,680 13 Concrete Sidewalk (6' width)LF $55.00 145 $7,975 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 1 $3,000 17 Small Shelter LS $100,000.00 1 $100,000 25 New K-5 and 5-12 Playground LS $200,000 1 $200,000 33 Basketball Half Court LS $20,000 1 $20,000 57 Splash Water Play Jets LS $100,000 1 $100,000 65 Picnic Table EA $1,600 4 $6,400 66 Bench EA $1,600 2 $3,200 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 2 $5,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.6 $5,700 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 1.65 $15,675 83 Tree EA $850.00 100 $85,000 $760,110 $152,022 $912,132 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM BELLVUE PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX BELLVUE PARK A neighborhood park located at the south-east end of Brooklyn Center. Recommendations include enhancing a tree buffer along the perimeter of the park, expanding the playground area, increasing ADA accessibility and trail loop connections, and add a ground jet water play feature. • Circulation Improvements • Relocate Ice Skating to Southside of park • Add Pull-off Parking to south of park • Add Splash water Feature • Add Shoot around hoop Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Volleyball Soccer • Add Mowed Open Space (Turf Volleyball) • Add Mowed Open Space (Soccer) • Add Early childhood play area Shoot around hoop Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 388 of 395 Bellvue Park - 20Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback Proposed Proposed Pull-off ParkingPull-off Parking Proposed Proposed Splash Water Splash Water FeatureFeature Proposed Proposed ShelterShelter Proposed Proposed Picnic AreaPicnic Area Existing Pull-off Parking Existing Playground Existing Basketball court Belvue Ln Belvue Ln Ca m d e n A v e N Ca m d e n A v e N N B r y a n t A v e Proposed Proposed Early ChildhoodEarly ChildhoodPlay areaPlay area 55th Ave N Soccer FieldSoccer Field(300x165)(300x165) RelocatedRelocatedIce SkatingIce SkatingAreaArea Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreaNo mow Area Unprogrammed Unprogrammed Open SpaceOpen Space Scale in Feet 160’0’80’40’ ** ** ** Legend Existing Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 389 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 78 Native Restoration AC $15,000.00 0.75 $11,250 $11,250 $2,250 $13,500 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM LAKESIDE PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX LAKESIDE PARK A neighborhood park located near Twin Lake. This park has no amenities, it is recommended that it is converted to a natural no-mow area. • Add Ecological Habitat • Add interpretive signage • Establish as Ecological Habitat Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 390 of 395 Lakeside Park - 21Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback Proposed Proposed Ecological Ecological Habitat Habitat Tw i n L a k e B l v d E Tw i n L a k e B l v d E Tw i n L a k e B l v d E La k e s i d e P l 52nd Ave N 52nd A v e N Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreaNo mow Area Scale in Feet 60’0’30’15’Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 391 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 9 Bituminous Parking Area SY $250.00 227 $56,750 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 1131 $169,650 13 Concrete Sidewalk (6' width)LF $55.00 115 $6,325 15 Pedestrian Ramp (one side)EA $3,000.00 1 $3,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 4 $6,400 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 2 $5,000 71 Exercise or Challenge Course Area LS $120,000 1 $120,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 4 $6,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.85 $8,075 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.09 $855 83 Tree EA $850.00 27 $22,950 $408,505 $81,701 $490,206 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM HAPPY HOLLOW PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX HAPPY HOLLOW PARK A neighborhood park that offers basketball, a playground, picnic area, and parking. Recommendations include improving trail circulation and ADA accessibility from the parking lot to existing amenities. Consider adding unique play or exercise stations along the trails. • Furnishing Improvements • Add Gravel Trail East of Native Planting • Expand parking lot • Add play features between elementary school playground and Happy Hollow park playground • Add meditation areas adjacent gravel trail Priority Recommendations Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 392 of 395 Happy Hollow Park - 22Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback ** Existing Picnic Shelter Existing Playground New Millennium Academy Lila c D r N Ab b o t A v e N Ab b o t A v e N 50th Ave N 50th Ave N Z e n i t h A v e N B r o o k l y n B l v d Hig h w a y 1 0 0 Existing Ball Field Scale in Feet 200’0’100’50’ ** Proposed Proposed Parking LotParking LotExpansionExpansion ProposedProposedPlay FeaturesPlay Features ProposedProposedMeditationMeditationAreaArea ProposedProposedMeditationMeditationAreaArea Native Planting /Native Planting /No mow AreaNo mow Area Proposed Proposed Gravel trailGravel trail Existing Basketball Court Legend Existing Trail Proposed Tree DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 393 of 395 Notes Park Elements Unit Unit Price (in Dollars)Quantity Total (In Dollars) 11 Bituminous Trail LF $150.00 500 $75,000 13 Concrete Sidewalk (6' width)LF $55.00 150 $8,250 27 Playground Equipment Improvements LS $150,000 1 $150,000 49 Fishing Pier LS $20,000 1 $20,000 66 Bench EA $1,600 4 $6,400 68 Portable Restroom Enclosure LS $3,500 1 $3,500 69 Interpretive & Wayfinding Signage EA $2,500 2 $5,000 74 Waste Receptacles EA $1,500 2 $3,000 78 Native Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.85 $8,075 80 Turfgrass Restoration AC $9,500.00 0.2 $1,900 83 Tree EA $850.00 27 $22,950 $304,075 $60,815 $364,890 3/10/2025 UNIT LEGEND: LS=Lump Sum, SF=Square Feet, SY=Square Yard, EA=Each, LF=Lineal Foot, CY=Cubic Yards, AC=Acre CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER PARK SYSTEM TWIN LAKE PARK Preliminary Construction Estimate (2025 Dollars) SUBTOTAL IMPROVEMENTS Contingency 20% (10% for design & engineering and 10% for construction) GRAND TOTAL DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX TWIN LAKE PARK A neighborhood park located along Twin Lake. Recommendations include improving water access, expand the playground, and expand the parking lot with ADA accessible connections. • Circulation Improvements • Add Boardwalk to Twin Lake • Relocate Butterfly Garden • Add Picnic area • Add Mowed Open Space (Turf Volleyball) Priority Recommendations Site Amenity Recommendations Volleyball Legend Existing Trail Proposed Trail Property Boundary Mowed Green Space Native Planting /No-Mow Area Proposed Tree Park Entrance Proposed Shelter Flood Plain Improvements Page 394 of 395 Twin Lake Park - 23Initial Concept Plan for Public Feedback Twin Lake The Beach Condominiums Connection to Crystal Lake Regional Trail Lakeside Ave N T w i n L a k e A v e Scale in Feet 100’0’50’25’ ** ** Existing Playground Existing BasketballCourt Existing Shoreline Habitat Restoration Project Existing Shoreline Access Existing Trail Signage Existing Picnic Shelter Proposed Proposed PlaygroundPlaygroundExpansionExpansion RelocatedRelocatedButterflyButterflyGardenGarden ProposedProposedBoardwalk/PierBoardwalk/Pier Existing Parking Lot Proposed Proposed TrailheadTrailhead Proposed Proposed Picnic Picnic AreaArea Legend Existing Trail Proposed Tree Proposed Shelter DRAFT 04.28.25 BROOKLYN CENTER PARKS, RECREATION, & TRAILS CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN APPENDIX Page 395 of 395