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Minnetonka park board weighs three Glen Lake concepts, highlights parking tradeoffs and $400,000 skate-park grant
Summary
Park staff and consultant presented three concepts for Glen Lake Park’s master plan focusing on a new skate park: a minimal-change option (10,000–13,000 sq ft), a park-focused option with more skate acreage, and a balanced park-amenity option. Staff said the city received a $400,000 LCCMR grant for skate features and will return with a draft master plan late summer/early fall.
Park staff and a landscape architect presented preliminary master-plan concepts for Glen Lake Park on May 6, outlining three alternate approaches for a proposed skate park and related park improvements.
The presentation by staffer Matt and landscape architect Jay Colsney of Damon Farber focused on a southwest corner at the Glen Lake Activity Center, where staff earlier recommended demolishing the aging activity center. "We received $400,000 in a grant from the legislative citizen council on Minnesota resources," staff said, noting that the grant is targeted to construction of skate-park features.
Why it matters: the project links a council-adopted skate-park feasibility study (2023) and a community facility study adopted in May 2024 with on-the-ground design decisions that will affect parking, ball-field use and access for people with disabilities.
Colsney presented existing…
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