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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PARK COMMISSION <br /> Monday, January 6, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 9 of 11 <br /> <br />Edwards said he added trails because they are like parks. What he looks for from Commissioners in <br />charge of parks is feedback and another set of eyes to say the maintenance crew needs to be sent out here, <br />for example, because somebody dumped a bunch of trash. <br /> <br />Carter asked if there was a comprehensive list of every trail somewhere. <br /> <br />Edwards stated he tried to list City-maintained trails, which are multimodal trails, as opposed park trails. <br /> <br />Ruegemer stated she felt it made sense for Carter to be a lead on all of them. <br /> <br />Chair brought up Functional/Activity Assignments and asked if anyone was needed for park signage. <br /> <br />Edwards said not necessarily, that it just needed to be set up and standards developed. <br /> <br />Commission members discussed park adoptions are with the outreach community engagement. <br /> <br />Berg stated she wanted to talk about the holiday tree-lighting at the February meeting. <br /> <br />The Commissioners and Edwards discussed the meeting calendar and changing the schedule so workshop <br />meetings would be doubled and there would be fewer formal meetings since they don’t come up with a lot <br />of proposals and they could use more informal working time. They decided to keep the afternoon work <br />sessions where they are and turn one of the evening sessions into a work session. Chair and Edwards will <br />send out a proposal to the group. The new schedule needs to be approved by the City Council. <br /> <br />Chair said he was contacted by the Long Lake Rowing Club President and is meeting with him. The <br />rowing club also has a meeting Wednesday night with the neighborhood. He asked if Park Commission <br />members had anything they wanted him to ask the President. <br /> <br />Commission members discussed the neighborhood meeting that is set up and encouraged Chair to go. <br /> <br />Carter said if the community in general came back to the Park Commission and said it is a win-win for <br />everyone, he can see the Commission taking the request seriously, but he cannot imagine that happening. <br /> <br />Ruegemer agreed and said it would basically destroy that area as a swimming beach. If the rowing club <br />approached Excelsior Beach or Wayzata Beach, they would say absolutely not. We cannot have these two <br />things together; it is not safe. The Park Commission needs to be careful to not get distracted by the large, <br />shiny building shown to them. <br /> <br />Berg stated the Commission also needs to consider the impact traffic from the rowing club would have on <br />people using the beach and future concerns that may come up if the boathouse was allowed. She said this <br />is not a commercial area, it is in a neighborhood. She went to a couple of the rowing club meetings and is <br />also concerned about their hours of operations and future plans for their facility. <br /> <br />Chair said he would be open-minded and can't speak on behalf of Orono or the Commission. He is <br />focusing on the process, as far as what does a successful process look like to come to a decision. <br /> <br />Johnson asked Berg about the other meetings she attended. <br />