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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PARK COMMISSION <br /> Monday,January 6,2020 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> something together so the Clerk can put it out to the different venues. If the Planning Commission has <br /> openings,they can adapt the verbiage for their purposes. <br /> Edwards stated Item 2 is the previous year's version of the Park Commission's Goals and Sub-Committee <br /> Assignments. He highlighted in green the items the Commission wanted to do and he thought were done. <br /> The non-highlighted items were things he thought were not done. Item 3,the 2020 version, is in the same <br /> format. He did not add any focus areas. He removed items he thought were done.There may be items the <br /> Commission no longer feels are focus areas;the Commission may also want to add some focus areas. He <br /> included the City's mission statement,vision statement, and goals,and also Code information which is <br /> applicable to the Park Commission. <br /> Chair said he appreciates the opportunity to be the Chair of the Park Commission. He shared his <br /> philosophy regarding how the Park Commission should operate:He sees the Commissioners as less of a <br /> company and more of a consulting partnership/consulting firm,where there are a lot of partners that have <br /> their areas of interests, areas of expertise, and they are all pursuing those. The office managing partner, <br /> similar to his role, is the person who tries to string a common thread between everyone and keep them <br /> organized and helps support all the partners in their areas of interest. He is here to support the <br /> Commissioners and their interests as well as interests that come from the City Council. <br /> The Commissioners reviewed the 2019 Park Commission Focus Area/Committees and Goals document <br /> as far as progress. Construction is almost done at Bederwood. It will be seeded in the spring,the wear <br /> course of the asphalt poured in the parking lot,and then some touch-ups. The grand opening ceremony <br /> will probably be in the September time frame if the event includes kids playing on the field. It was <br /> proposed to remove the"grand-opening" item since it could be lumped in with Community Events. <br /> Chair said East Long Lake Trail and Summit Beach is probably the Commission's biggest focus for the <br /> year with respect to the Long Lake Rowing Club. He suggested creating a sub-committee regardless of <br /> whether the rowing club plan moves forward to figure out what should be done with the project. <br /> Edwards stated it is at 60%design on the trail portion of the project.Nothing else has been done with the <br /> park portion, so there still should be a committee to move forward with the project.He will send out an <br /> invite fairly soon for members to look at the 80%plan for the trail. <br /> Chair asked if it made sense to split it into two groups. <br /> Ruegemer did not think the Commission should add any group for the rowing club because it is a <br /> proposal that has not been voted on. <br /> Chair clarified that the two groups would be Summit Beach and the Trail. <br /> Several Commissioners indicated they should be kept together because it is one project. <br /> Ruegemer said she would like to remain on the project. <br /> Walsh said the project would last a while and when it reaches 80%and even during construction the <br /> committee could walk it and make sure it is getting done similar to the Commission's vision. He felt it <br /> made the most sense to be one project. <br /> Berg said she would also like to remain on the committee since Summit Beach is her beach. <br /> Page 2 of 11 <br />