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Home My WebLink About2020-11-10 PACKET 05.A.Cottage J Grove here Pride and P,O5Per1tY Meet TO: Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation FROM: John M. Burbank, Senior Planner DATE: November 5, 2020 RE: Summers Landing Park Naming Introduction The Summers Landing single family development is located west of Hadley Avenue, south of 90th Street, and north of 95th Street.The Parks Director is in the process of identifying a name for the future park in the new subdivision. The ACHP has been requested to assist in this naming process and offer a recommendation to the Parks Commission and City Council. Discussion A memorandum to the Parks Commission on the topic is included for review. Recommendation Discuss the Parks Commission memorandum and make a naming recommendation. Cottage J Grove here Pride andPrp5Perity Meet To: Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Commission From: Zac Dockter, Parks and Recreation Director CC: Date: September 15, 2020 Subject: Summers Landing Development Park Naming Introduction/Background The Summers Landing neighborhood is located west of Hadley Avenue and north of 95th Street in the southwest quadrant of Cottage Grove. A future park has been identified for this site and is need of a name. Attached with this memo is the City's Park Naming Policy. Upon recognition of need for a park name, the first step was to prepare a list of potential names for Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Commission review. That list was provided to the Commission in August was not amended. In September, Commissioners were tasked to narrow the list to three names or less. The current list of names being considered is: Strawberry Fields Park Strawberry Park Summers Landing Park At the subsequent meeting, a final name will be chosen for recommendation to City Council. To aid Commissioners in their thoughtful analysis of choosing a park name, staff has provided the following documents which provide some insight to historical uses of the land. 1. Park Master Plan 2. Natural resources inventory of the site To note, the property this neighborhood now rests on was notorious for its strawberry fields that drew regional appeal. The strawberry fields left in the late 1980's but was still farmed by the Swanlund family until housing development occurred in the 2010's. Staff Recommendation Discuss merit of park names and provide a recommendation to City Council. M - -'--mil � ` r i t 1 L� t � r lr ..•3�a.^.,p�� "y.l ,.;^" � 45ro.r'�*.��.r�` •a s' if-�''iJ'q"'� -_ mage (ti 2020.Maxar Technologies SITE 19 COMMUNITY LEGEND COMM. # COMMUNITY ACRES RANK LOCAL VALUE 19A Old Field 136.2 NA 1 19B Dry Prairie 14.2 B 6 19C Open Water/Emergent Marsh 4.1 D 4 19D Lowland Hardwood Forest 12.5 D 3 19E Brushland/Prairie 13.6 NA 3 Total: 180.6 City of Cottage Grove Natural Resource Inventory SITE 19 1100 0 1700 Feel Bonest Rosene C nttnae Gr_ODE �y� Anderl n�rrt..oia Associi Engineers & Arch k:\48\48369\cottage5.apr January, 199E t �,{� r • .,.; !1 tom: ��.LL "J •'L'1.�• 'a' r'• s �- f•. ti � � ' :Ijf. `•� �.�. t % r 1{,,.:� � d. r — `-� L� f - 7 � .Ya t. `- .� J� � �y i . f ` J� ,�+raa S- N �L-- . •� �� !.` � t� ��.� `1• JJ -I •,. ! �`J_'J c ' � � _lam. s �� a >✓j .s r l J x ai �..y�� f >. a� ,� r, •�' n-'�-'+t �%�s ti i;i i' . •'�. � .' shit �� t '�. _ •,� � 1 i' ' ��' C�ilJY. G - 1.. '� Ufa, �� AIM o t r.S i -- — - -- - ei. ij L f rye.' > fy` �. ^:y...r C•. ZIA ." • a� a .s )•' _' ji.... 1t `i it 90 Y17, is ILL ?o Rq1IF77 mow• � .y,.,�.._—�� SITE 19 SUMMARY (5 communities, 180.6 acres) Location Site 19 is located east of Grey Cloud Channel and north of 103rd Street South. Landforms, Soils, and Geology Site 19 is level to moderately sloping consisting of excessively drained and somewhat excessively drained soils that moderately coarse and coarse textured; the majority being composed of eolian sand over thin to thick sand and gravel on dolomite bedrock. Local Value The average local value is 3.4, the highest is six and the lowest is one. Natural Resource Values Site 19 is dominated by brushy old fields and several areas of good quality dry, sand -gravel prairie. The overall quality of this area is not high, however, portions of the dry prairie are significant natural communities. For these reasons, the natural community integrity value is moderate. A high wildlife value is due to the fact that this site serves as a corridor between natural areas along the Mississippi River and areas to the north; and because this site contains good quality prairie communities. Residents from this area report numerous sightings of such species as prairie skinks (Eumeces septentrionalis) and two state special concern snake species; fox snake (Elaphe vulpina) and bull snake (Pituophis melonoleucus). These species are associated with dry prairie, dry woodland and rock outcropping areas. Because of these sightings as well as a MNDNR record of a blue racer snake (Coluber constrictor), a state special concern species, site 19 is given a high rare feature value.. The dry prairies on this site (19B) are also listed by the MNDNR. SITE 19 COMMUNITY DESCRIPTI®NS Conununzity 19A Community 19A is an old field with scattered pockets of remnant prairie. The dominant graminoids are smooth brome and canaria bluegrass. The forb diversity is fairly high with a total of 25 different native and nonnative species identified within this community. Some of the more common forbs include rough blazingstar, leadplant, flowering spurge, purple prairie clover and flowering spurge. Long -bearded hawkweed, a state special concern species was also identified in this community. Con ununnity 19B Community 19B is a good quality dry prairie situated along a steep, southwest facing terrace slope. A good diversity of both native grasses and forbs is present in this prairie. Common graminoids include indian grass, little bluestem, big bluestem, porcupine grass and sand dropseed. Common Natural Resources Inventory 117 I forbs include rough blazingstar, flowering spurge, daisy fleabane, white sage, goatsbeard and round - headed bushclover. Long -bearded hawkweed, a state special concern species was also identified in this community. Disturbance Indicators: Woody species invading this prairie include siberian elm, eastern red cedar and smooth sumac. Smooth brome is the primary introduced grass invading this community. Community 119C Community 19C is a low quality open water/emergent marsh wetland. Common graminoids include prairie cordgrass, smooth brome and reed canary grass. Most areas not occupied by grasses are dominated by stinging nettle. Disturbance Indicators. It appears that peat has been mined from this wetland for Baily's Nursery. The dredge spoil from this dredging has been colonized by stinging nettle, a species associated with disturbance often found on recently deposited dredge spoil. Community I9D Community 19D is a low quality lowland hardwood forest dominated by green ash, box elder and red elm with an average diameter of 12 inches. Other tree species include eastern red cedar and young red oak. The shrub layer is dominated by tatarian honeysuckle and near the edges, smooth sumac. The ground cover is fairly sparse with virginal creeper and poison ivy the dominant species. Disturbance Indicators: Deposition of fine sand has occurred within this community resulting in disturbance to ground cover species. It appears that erosion from the surrounding nursery and agricultural fields may be responsible for this sedimentation. In general, nonnative and/or weedy species dominate the shrub and ground cover layers. Community 19E Community 19E is a poor quality dry prairie, which has largely reverted to brushland. This community contains many of the same species found in community 19B but is overgrown with eastern red cedar and siberian elm trees. The prairie grasses and forbs occur throughout this community within small openings. Natural Resources Inventory 118