HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012 05-03 HCP AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BROOKLYN CENTER HOUSING
COMMISSION AND PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION
May 2, 2012
7:00 p.m.
City Council Chambers
Brooklyn Center City Hall
1. Call to Order: 7:00 p.m.
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Review of the Concerns and Issues Raised at the April 17th Happy
Hollow Neighborhood Park Information Issues.
- Next Steps regarding the consideration of Happy Hollow
Neighborhood Park as a Community Garden Site.
5. Continued Discussion on Community Garden Program:
- Review of the Potential Candidate Sites considered by the
Commissions and the Selection Process.
- Options and/or Opportunities for Community Gardening
- Next Steps:
• 2012 Garden Program
• Developing Partnerships with Neighborhoods, Multi Family
Projects, Schools, and the Religious Community in the
Search for New or Additional Candidate Garden Sites.
• Promoting Gardening Opportunities
Adjourn
Notes from the April 17 Happy Hollow Neighborhood Information Meeting on the potential of
creating 17 community garden plots.
Traffic Issues associated with access from Brooklyn Boulevard:
- Intersection with 51th Ave. ( Malmborg's& Brookdale Covenant Church's private drive and
the bus stop area)
- Intersection with 501h Ave.and park access though the neighborhood,
- Issue associated with the conversion of a portion of Lilac Drive to private street.
Neighborhood Safety concerns associated with the additional traffic to the park:
- Introducing non-neighborhood traffic unto 50th Ave.,Zenith Ave., &Abbott Ave.
Driving and Parking on the park trail connecting Zenith and Abbott Ave.
Insufficient Parking Lot and resulting onsite street parking within the neighborhood:
- Use of the picnic shelter by larger groups/family gatherings
- Use of the basketball court
- Use of the ball field
Issues associated with debris and trash,that currently requires neighbors to clean up the park:
- Garbage collection of the waste containers,
- Dumping of containers by scavengers/recycling of aluminum cans.
- Non-resident users are as motivated to keeping the park clean as the existing neighborhood.
Issues related to not having Biff's/satellite sanitation facilities;
Potential conflicts and/or incompatible use with other park activities(soccer play, kite flying,airplane
flying,exercising of their dogs).
Potential that the gardens may become an attractive nuisance and/or an invitation for other sources
of trouble:
- Potential for theft of Malmborg's outside storage products,
Why this neighborhood park and not somewhere else?
- referenced the City Hall area or Brookdale redevelopment area
- what benefit or value is there to the neighborhood
Why destroy the natural beauty of this park?
- referenced the Boundary Water Area and passive open space
Safety Concern for children using the park:
- referenced child/day care with the neighborhood that uses the park,
- use of the park by their grandchildren,
- who are these gardeners and will there be police—background checks,
Concerns about inviting strangers into the neighborhood park and other unknowns by introducing
gardening.
Concerns that the City would consider renting of the public parkland that would provide someone an
exclusive right for the use of public property.
Other comments from residents included:
- A resident adjoining the park indicated that he had not seen this portion of the park used,
since he had moved in about 1%2-2 years ago.
- What is the cost of the City?
- A resident related her family's experience and the perception of being viewed as strangers
or outsiders,when they first moved into the neighborhood over 20 years ago.
- Malmborg's are willing to continue to work with the City in providing water service to the
garden plots and promoting gardening opportunities within the community.