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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PARK COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,January 7,2018 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> STAFF REPORTS <br /> 3. PUBLIC WORKS PARKS UPDATE—ADAM EDWARDS <br /> Edwards reported the Public Works Department has performed the following work: <br /> • Parking lot snow and ice removal, equipment maintenance <br /> • Snow and ice removal on trails <br /> • Holiday event setup/cleanup at the golf course as well as equipment maintenance <br /> • Ice rink construction at Crystal Bay and stump and tree removal <br /> • Casco Ice Rink was prepped for ice <br /> • Opened winter access gates, closed summer access gates,repaired Stubbs Bay dock <br /> • Hackberry Park—tree removal in playground <br /> • Lurton Park—parking lot snow and ice removal. Pending is construction of a porta-pot surround <br /> The following work is pending: <br /> • Christmas tree collections,parking lot snow and ice removal, snow and ice removal in general, <br /> tree trimming and removal <br /> • Trails—snow and ice removal <br /> • Orono Golf Course—tree maintenance, seasonal employee recruitment <br /> • Crystal Bay—flooding/ice maintenance <br /> • Casco Ice Rink—ice maintenance/restoration <br /> • Casco Point access sign replacement <br /> • Hackberry—remove old wooden benches, install new basketball backboards <br /> • Saga Hills—placement of a sitting boulder,tree removal <br /> Edwards reported the City did receive a portion of the Bederwood grant they had applied for and that <br /> Staff will be looking to get approval for a detailed design/engineering plan in the spring and hopefully <br /> later in the summer break ground on the project. <br /> A grant application is in the process of being completed for Big Island and East Long Lake Trail. The <br /> majority of the grants being applied for are DNR grants. <br /> In 2018, 523 passes were sold for Lurton Dog Park,which consisted of 206 residents and 337 <br /> nonresident. So far in 2019 there have been 102 passes sold so far,which is down slightly from 2018. <br /> Roath stated since the City did not receive all of the grant money requested for Bederwood,part of the <br /> committee's role will be to decide what projects the money should be spent on. <br /> Edwards stated they will need to survey and design the soccer field and that he will be obtaining a <br /> proposal from Bolton&Menk for that work. Once that is received, he will need to receive permission <br /> from the City Council to go ahead with that plan. <br /> SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS <br /> None <br /> Page 8 of 9 <br />