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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PARK COMMISSION <br /> Wednesday,September 10,2020 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Roath asked if Carter proposed adding Pleasant View Park to the CIP. <br /> Carter replied he doesn't think it is necessary,noting Edwards added it to the official list of parks which <br /> was good. <br /> Roath said in the past five years,the Commission has made a lot of improvements and the City has spent <br /> a lot of investment in parks and trails,noting Lurton, Saga Hill,East Long Lake Trail,Big Island,and <br /> many good things have happened. He thinks this Commission should think about having some focus on <br /> major improvements to certain parks every two,three or four years. This would help to spread it out and <br /> also help them get to the parks they really haven't touched. He said if he characterized what this CIP is <br /> saying,the Commission is putting some money into trails in the near term, with Hackberry as the next big <br /> park which is slotted for 2024, and there are some things to do at the Golf Course,perhaps, as well as the <br /> trails in the years following up until another big park improvement in 2028. He said if this holds true that <br /> is great and they've added two more in the next 10 years, noting a lot of work has been done on the trails <br /> and many smaller projects here and there. After 10 years,the parks that would still be unfinished would <br /> be French Creek, Seven Nations and Pleasant View(although that wouldn't be a major project). He <br /> asked if the Commissioners are good with this as the long-term strategic perspective. <br /> Roath thanked Edwards for going through the document and although it took a while,he thinks it was a <br /> good tool to introduce Keller to what the Commission is doing and to recap for everyone else what the <br /> next couple of years might look like. <br /> Klaahsen asked regarding the Lurton Park passes, if they determined that money would always go only to <br /> Lurton Park. <br /> Edwards answered yes and no;there were aspirations by the Park Commission when it was set up that the <br /> Park passes be dedicated to Lurton Park,then there was direction that it go into the General Fund which <br /> funds all parks, and about a year later the Council said no,they want it to go only to Lurton Park. He said <br /> now the funds are collected and go directly into the Lurton Park Fund. <br /> 4. 2021 PARKS BUDGET REVIEW—ADAM EDWARDS <br /> Edwards said there are two operating budgets that impact the parks:the Parks Operating Budget,which is <br /> what they pay for the labor,routine maintenance and supplies; and the Operating Budget for the Golf <br /> Course,which is tracked separately. The Parks Operating Budget right now as proposed has a 21% <br /> increase.Edwards said if anyone wants line by line detail of the budget,he is happy to walk through that. <br /> He noted under Personnel Services,it is partly a wage distribution which accounts for some Staffing costs <br /> as well as general labor or wage increase impacts. The other line of notice is under Maintenance and the <br /> increase covers higher contacted maintenance costs, and as they do more improvements on the parks,they <br /> will be following up with a contracted maintenance plan,which costs money. Under Professional <br /> Services, it pays for the minute-taker for this meeting and as they transition from the previous provider to <br /> the new provider,that cost went up. In the Golf Course,there are increases in personal services across the <br /> board regarding year to year labor and wage increases. Under Supplies and Maintenance,they shifted the <br /> way they are doing chemical applications on the Golf Course, and in the past,they've been buying <br /> materials and doing it themselves, and last year and going forward they are looking at contracting that <br /> work out. <br /> Page 18 of 27 <br />