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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PARK COMMISSION MEETING <br />Monday, March 2, 2015 <br />7:00 o'clock p.m. <br />done at the park as far as routine maintenance, he would suggest they simply call him and that he would <br />not need a spreadsheet outlining everything in the park. Edwards suggested the spreadsheets focus on <br />possible future improvements. <br />Berg stated the spreadsheet is for planning purposes as it relates to improvements. <br />Pesek stated the items should be prioritized. <br />Meyer stated the Park Commission will have to identify different items as priorities but that they may <br />change based on costs. Meyer stated the Park Commission will need to identify what improvements they <br />feel should be made at a specific park and then the Park Commission can decide what can be done. <br />Meyer noted the Park Commission has identified Items 1, 3, 5, and 7 as some of the priorities for this year <br />that have costs associated with them. <br />Brenda Johnson asked why the website is not one of those priorities. <br />Berg noted it is listed as No. 6. <br />Meyer stated the commissioners working on the website will need to come up with some costs and then <br />present that to the Park Commission. Meyer stated if an assessment of a park was not done on the park <br />tour, the commissioner assigned to that park will need to create a punch list of items that need to be done. <br />SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS <br />5. WEBSITE REVIEW — JULIE AND BRENDA <br />Ruegemer stated her and Commissioner Brenda Johnson reviewed the City's website and have identified <br />certain items that are confusing or need to be updated. Ruegemer stated the main goal is to have the parks <br />easy to find on the website and easy to find on land, which in their view is not happening right now. <br />Ruegemer and Johnson stated the current obstacles to the City's website are as follows: <br />Generally first-time website guests do not know or care what entity manages any given park. On <br />the current website, finding information about a specific park requires this knowledge. <br />2. It is difficult to discern "Parks -Orono" from parks managed by other entities but located in <br />Orono. <br />The website seems to be designed from an administrative perspective rather than an end user. <br />4. The functionality is cumbersome. Too many clicks are required, and when a piece of information <br />automatically downloads, the user then is no longer interacting with the website but with a pdf <br />file to be stored on their own computer. This process causes the user to get frustrated. <br />5. A user cannot find the geographical locations given the instructions currently on the website and <br />key information needed for using a GPS is missing. <br />Page 6 of 12 <br />