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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,October 28,2019 <br /> 7:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> is activity, and with the funds from the grant and with City funds,the goal is to get anybody with any kind <br /> of disability from the three main areas to one another. Other aspects of the grant include a pavilion-like <br /> structure up in the lookout area and provision of some ADA bathroom features and installation of <br /> interpretative signage,but those are smaller items. <br /> Seals asked if those trails are intended to connect. <br /> Edwards stated they are. Currently the park is covered with an easement that was granted by the City to <br /> the Watershed District. Within that easement is the recreation area and the lookout area, which is where <br /> all of the construction of the pavilion and the bathroom will happen. The easement does restrict what can <br /> happen in the natural areas and prohibits the use of asphalt or concrete on the trails,but the City is able to <br /> use a rock type surface, which is what is planned. <br /> Seals asked what the priority of projects is within the grant since there is no guarantee there will be <br /> enough in donations. <br /> Edwards stated the grant was written and granted based on providing accessibility. Currently the plan <br /> includes two bathrooms at a cost of approximately$70,000 apiece. If there is a budgeting concern,the <br /> City could drop one of the bathrooms. Staff is currently working with the engineer consultant and <br /> landscape consultant. One bathroom would be placed near the visitor's center since it would be easier to <br /> maintain. <br /> Seals asked whether the City is obligated to fund everything if sufficient donations are not received. <br /> Edwards stated the City would be reimbursed for half of any money that is spent on the project under the <br /> grant. <br /> Walsh pointed out the City portion is coming out of park dedication funds and not the General Fund. The <br /> 501(3)(c)was formed specifically to help raise funds. Currently they have pledges for$40,000. <br /> Walsh commented there is tremendous history associated with the island and the Veterans camp has been <br /> there since World War I. There also used to be 40 cabins out there as well as an amusement park. Over <br /> time it is the City's goal to have an archeological study completed of the island. <br /> Johnson asked if part of the grant incudes a responsibility for the City to maintain a dock. <br /> Walsh stated when the City purchased the property,there was an Island Management Plan that was <br /> adopted,which provided access to the veterans, and that a dock is necessary. <br /> Rief stated a dock is already a requirement. <br /> Johnson asked what assurances there are that the bathrooms will not be vandalized and whether the City <br /> has looked at seasonal structures rather than something permanent. <br /> Edwards stated the City has looked at using temporary structures but there is no way to get a weekly <br /> service truck out to the island. The other structures that were on the island were predominantly <br /> constructed out of wood and built more to a residential standard. Staff has looked at best practices at <br /> other park systems and what is being considered is a preformed concrete structure with large vault type <br /> Page 5 of 9 <br />