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CITY OF ORONO <br /> PARKS, OPEN SPACES AND TRAILS COMMISSION MEET[NG <br /> NIONDAY, JULY 5,2000 <br /> reseeding, topsoiling the whole park, and a handicap accessible path do���n to Lvric Avenuc. <br /> Gappa stated an alternate bid to reconfigure the parking lot���ould bc an additional $12,000. <br /> McDermott inquired whether a«�ater hookup ��as included in the bid. <br /> Gappa stated it is not. Gappa indicated the City Council did approve previousl}' the play <br /> equipment and the path, which�vas roughly estimatcd to cost $80,000. Gappa stated the play <br /> equipment for the park costs approsimatcly$�0,000. <br /> Gappa stated the bid included a price for a concrete border aroiind thc plav arca, �vith an alternate <br /> bid including a price for plastic timbcrs. Gappa statcd thc plastic timbcrs cost appro�imately <br /> $�,000 less than the concrete border. <br /> McDcrn�ott commentcd in his opinion thc plastic timbcrs do not sccm to hold up as«cll as <br /> concrete, noting the timbers installed at Antoinc Park have t��istcd and ��Zrpcd somcho�v. <br /> Gappa stated the timbers may have become twistcd and �varpcd due to the cold �ti�eather and frost. <br /> McDcnnott inquired ���hy the silt fencing ���as locatcd at the top of the hill at thc Navarrc Park. <br /> Gappa stated the Watershed District requires silt fencing around thc entire project area, with the <br /> silt fencing also prcvcnting thc contractor from going outsidc thc construction arca with hcaw <br /> machincn�. <br /> Me}�ers inquired���hether a price ��as broken out tior bituminous trail vcrsus gravcl trzil. <br /> Gappa statcd thosc priccs arc brokcn out scparatcl�, but hc docs not havc that infonnation <br /> availablc tonight. <br /> Silbcr commcntcd it«�as hcr undcrstanding that Council Mcmbcr Kcllc�� ��zs adamant that thc <br /> Park Commission not spcnd morc than $80,000 if thc grant ��as not approvcd. <br /> Gappa stated the $80,000�vas a rough estimatc of���hat it ��ould cost for thc pla} equipment, tlle <br /> path and thc rcgrading of the park arca. <br /> Meycrs conuncntcd in his opinion this is a high protilc park, ��hich ��ill bc hcavil� uscd, with <br /> more mone�� necding to be spent on this park due to thosc re�sons. Mc�crs stated Orono should <br /> bc thought of as a progressive cit��, ���ith thc Navarrc Park bcin� a part of that idcal. <br /> McDcrmott notcd thc Park Commission�s original cstimatc for this park ��as $2�0,000, ��hich has <br /> been reduced considcrabl��. McDcrnlott stated some minor itcros could possibl�� be dcleted as <br /> «�cll as substitution of plastic timbcrs in plzcc of thc concrctc timbcrs and a grzvcl path in placc <br /> of bituminous. <br /> Mc��crs commcnted in his opinion thc Park Commission should havc highcr standards, ��ith thc <br /> Park Conui�ission possibl}� nccding to comc up ��ith othcr rcvcnuc sourccs in ordcr to fund thc <br /> ncccssar�� improvements at the various parks. Me��crs stated thc costs incurrcd to do thcsc <br /> improvcmcnts �vill onlv incrcasc in the fiiturc. <br /> PAGE 2 <br />