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Parks and Recreation Commission Minutes Page 8 <br />September 11, 2024 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Cons of Burr Oak Park: <br /> <br />Commissioner Steward has questions about easements and concerns about the power lines. Chair <br />Anderson shared that other communities have courses under power lines. Mr. Stremcha said that the <br />recommendation of the course design would have the tee box under the power line so the discs would <br />not be going towards the lines. The direction of the tee boxes would be complementary to the power <br />lines. <br /> <br />Commissioner Varty pointed out that it is buggy and has a lot of sand burrs. Commissioner Fermoyle <br />said that the land is wide open with nothing in or around it. Chair Anderson explained the history of <br />the park land and why that piece of land exists. Commissioner Niziolek pointed out that soil erosion <br />would be a major issue at this park due to usage. <br /> <br />Chair Anderson said that the sand burrs will be inconsolable and bad for anyone going off into the <br />brush to get a frisbee. Commissioner Niziolek said that there will be a need to control the red cedars, <br />so it does not become a thicket to allow the burr oaks to grow up. Chair Anderson also said that buck <br />thorn could go wild out there, and it would need maintenance. He has concerns about it being too <br />dusty. <br /> <br />Katie Ellsworth shared her concerns about the power lines limiting the course design. She also has <br />concerns about how rural the location of the park is as well as the sand burrs. She also says she thinks <br />this course would be easy to intermediate whereas the Meadowvale location would offer more variety. <br />It is also too close to the Zimmerman disc golf park location, which is very well established. <br /> <br />Chair Anderson said that Meadowvale Heights Park site wins for the number of positives and while <br />there are challenges, but he loves challenges. He also thinks they could start planning and phasing it in <br />right away. Commissioners Fermoyle, Varty, Stewart and Niziolek all agree and also think they can <br />start phasing it in right away. Commissioner Loidolt disagrees and says there will be a huge problem <br />with parking. He pointed out that having a tournament with 40 or 50 cars would be a major issue. <br />Chair Anderson said he could see there being neighborhood resistance. <br /> <br />Commissioner Niziolek said that if the community becomes more welcoming to roadside parking, <br />they will save taxes on building and maintaining parking lots. <br /> <br />Katie Ellsworth asked if a parking lot could be put into the park since there could be space. She <br />pointed out that it could initially be small or grow from street parking to a parking lot. Commissioner <br />Niziolek said that it would be nice to have a south access. <br /> <br />The Commissioner discussed areas around the north and south neighborhoods that would provide <br />roadside parking identifying the south side as the best option. Mr. Stremcha said that it is important to <br />have visibility in parking areas for safety. <br /> <br />Tim Schreider said that if a disc golf course were to go into Meadowvale Heights, he recommended <br />listing the course on a disc golf park finder website to gather feedback from users but he also said that <br />he doesn’t see this park as providing anything other than a neighborhood golf course to help keep it <br />smaller and private. <br /> <br />Page 9 of 28