10-13-2009 Council Work Session Packet

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Orono City Council Committee of the Whole October 13,2009, 6:15 p.m. Orono City Council Chambers • Part-Time Employee—Correy Farniok o Jeff Smith started May 29th and ended September 6th. He maintained/cleaned up trails and picked up trash, but his main priority was to make contact with people. He was scheduled for weekend work and generally started around Noon and finished before dusk. If there was inclement weather or rough waters, he did not go to the Park. He did an excellent job and was eager to do work while at the Park. Since his family owned lake property, he was familiar with lakeshore issues, knew how to operate a boat and ATV, and had good common sense. o Staff would suggest more of a maintenance-type person for next year as CSO duties were minimal if he wasn't able to work at the Park. o Staff will make a request again in April for next summer with duties focused on maintenance. Occasionally this year there was confusion as to who was providing work direction. o At the last work session, staff requested consideration of a part-time or temporary maintenance-type position. If the position is needed, Council directed staff to bring a proposal to them for consideration. • Big Island Park Update—Gabriel Jabbour o Some vandalism was found in buildings. It was a fairly quiet year with no major storms and less boating activity with low water levels. Park signs are posted. The rip rap looks fantastic. o Jabbour noted a major concern is fires. If he asks someone to put out their fire and they refuse, he doesn't have any method of enforcement. He requested that Council consider granting him authority to issue tickets rather than calling someone else to come over to the Park to issue a ticket. Both the Water Patrol and Three Rivers Park District have a presence on the water with access to Big Island and have authority to issue tickets. Council directed staff to research how coordination of ordinance enforcement and extension of authority to issue tickets could be achieved. o $5000 remains available from the Watershed District to do cleanup work. o Only one quote for the fencing project has been received. Contractors are not interested in the project because they have to cross the water. If no additional quotes can be obtained, the project can be awarded with documentation as to why only one quote was received. Some trees need to be replaced which should probably be done prior to the fencing project. 2. Pavement Management Plan Update • Willow Drive Paving o Road projects for upcoming years were discussed. o Willow Drive is scheduled for a mill and overlay project in 2010. The section of road from Fox Street to Watertown Road qualifies for state aid funding. The section from Watertown Road to the fire station requires City funds. The City section of Willow Drive was not initially included in the road projects for 2010. Completing the work on both sections of Willow Drive in the same year would provide a better road surface and achieve savings by scheduling a contractor to do the work on both sections in the same year. o The estimated cost to complete the section from Watertown Road to the fire station, which is the local road portion, is$120,000. Anticipated savings of$190,000 from the Casco Point Reconstruction project could potentially be used for this project. o Council supported including the section of Willow Drive from Watertown Road to the fire station in the 2010 road improvement projects at an estimated cost of$120,000. • 2011—Watertown Road upgrade Page 2 of 4