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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PARKS COMNIISSION <br />Monday, September 8, 2015 <br />6:30 o'clock p.m. <br />Will Hutton proposes to design and install some butterfly gardens at Antoine Park, with the project to <br />occur in the spring of 2016. <br />Meyers stated Will Hutton could perhaps piggyback on the pollinator garden idea for Livingston Tower <br />Park. <br />Ruegemer stated to her understanding Will Hutton's mother is a master gardener. <br />Brenda Johnson asked who would be maintaining the garden and ensuring that it is bee friendly. <br />Edwards stated one option for the long-term maintenance is to have the neighbors maintain it. Otherwise <br />the City will need to do it. <br />Brenda Johnson asked where the benches will be located. <br />Edwards stated they will be located where the blinds used to be. <br />Meyers stated it would be important to site the butterfly garden near a water source. <br />SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS <br />6. Review of the August 14 Workshop Proposal to Purchase Three Signs <br />Brenda Johnson distributed the minutes from the August 13 work session. Johnson noted at the work <br />session the Parks Commission agreed with the recommendations made for the signs. <br />Johnson stated at the July 6, 2015, Parks Commission meeting, Bryce Johnson agreed to lead a sign <br />committee. Julie Ruegemer, Rick Meyers and Paul Pesek volunteered to be on the committee. The sign <br />committee has developed a prototype sign for consideration at French Creek Preserve and as an example <br />for other parks in Orono's system. <br />Johnson stated following the work session, Bryce Johnson and Rick Meyers visited the Wayzata Depot to <br />look at the signs provided by the Wayzata community. <br />Bryce Johnson displayed the prototype and the type of materials that are available for the finish. The <br />Committee also looked at a standard format and felt that the sign should include the history and features <br />of the park, the typea of waterfowl at the park, hints for visitors, the preserve boundaries, and the walking <br />path. The cost of the sign would be approximately $800. <br />Meyers noted the Parks Commission was in agreement at the work session on the size of the font, the <br />color and size of the sign, a metal frame, and the type of materials to be used for the sign. <br />Bryce Johnson stated the sign could be located by the entrance gate. Johnson noted he was out at French <br />Creek today looking at the,park and that in his view there should be an additional sign highlighting the <br />park entrance. Johnson stated after the curve, the paved road turns into dirt and all that is visible is a sign <br />that says no parking. <br />Page 8 of 11 <br />