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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 2 of 11 <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />Chair asked if it made sense to split it into two groups. <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />Ruegemer said she would like to remain on the project. <br /> <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 /> <br />Berg said she would also like to remain on the committee since Summit Beach is her beach.