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NIINUTES OF THE REGULAR ORONO PARI� COMMISSION <br /> MEETING��LD �N JULY 13, 1995 <br /> (#7 - 1995 Park Commission Action Park Review - Continued) <br /> Gerhardson reporEed that the gravel base is in on the Brown Road segment of the <br /> bike/hike tcail, item#8a. The next step in the process witl he the grading and paving, <br /> which has been contracted out. Modular black retaining walls will be incorporated into <br /> t�e steep banks an this segment of the trail. <br /> Cammission members asked how this decision making process on retaining walls is done. <br /> Gerhardson said tlie property owners are contacted, shown the alternatives currently on <br /> the market, and asked for their opinion. Commission members askec�that they be included <br /> in this ptacess for input on future landscape decisit�ns. One or twa tnembers will b� <br /> contacted iri the future to assist in this decision making process. Commission members <br /> #'eei they �ave knc7wledge ta give and tc�gain in this area and wauld fike to see a mvr� <br /> natural look result instead of the locking bIock type look. <br /> Item#10 on the action agenda concerns the park on the Dickey property. Ilse was waiting <br /> to receive Native American involvement in the planning process. Wl�ite said Hennepin <br /> Parks experience was that it is preferable not to wait for their involvement but to go ahead <br /> with the pta.nning process and then seek input from the Native American grotrps. Flint <br /> said he asked Ilse to go forward with the ptanning process. <br /> McNlillan felt it was necessary to have a game plan in place. She said it was necessary to <br /> identify whether it woutd be a community or neighborhood-ty�e park. Witsc�n would like <br /> Ilse to came to the Commission with a pIan prior to cantacting any outside groups. Flint <br /> said Mayor Callahan had asked that the Park Commission move forward with the planning <br /> process. <br /> Individual ideas for the park were discussed. McMiilan, who is an the comrnittee for this <br /> park, envisions a nattural, quiet setting, self-sufficient, mernc�rial-liice, with the lana�c;ape <br /> incorporating a Native American feel. White said the geological background is interesting <br /> antl wc3e�#d iike to l�t people k�ow what the area used to be lil�e with the lake at the <br /> bottom of the hill. White cited tl�e example of Minnehaha Falls, which is a natural setting <br /> with a bronze plaque describing the area years ago. Flint felt the Native American <br /> background was also very interesting, but that it was difficult to verify because it was <br /> largely unwritten. <br /> Mc1l�illan will contact Ilse and proceed with the project. The members concluded that <br /> #hey desired ta create a Fassiue park with a living, spirituat-type reminder af the area and <br /> what had been there taking advantage t�f the view, history and rural backgraund af the <br /> area. It will nat be an activ�park. <br /> 7 <br />