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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 7 of 11 <br /> <br />Carter stated they have had volunteers willing to review the City's simple 300-word panel but it would be <br />nice to make Marbellous’ book a part of what is going on at Big Island. He said the “Complete <br />Interpretive sign design and install” as “to-dos” is correct. He added he would like to plan an event. <br /> <br />Carter indicated he would like to talk someday about Pleasant View Park. He said there was a discussion <br />about potentially providing access through the Right-of-Way to one of the homeowners that is set back <br />and the Council decided to find an alternative way of resolving that. He noted he is the listed person for <br />Pleasant View Park. He mentioned he went skiing in the area lately. <br /> <br />Hudson asked if there were snowmobiles in the area. <br /> <br />Carter said there have been no snowmobiles in the area. He stated Staff put a snow fence on the major <br />areas. He is worried about the back side, but no one has gone there yet. There's less snowmobile traffic. <br />As far as he can tell, it does not look like there has been a motorized vehicle on the island. <br /> <br />Chair asked what will happen at Big Island beyond the next year or two. <br /> <br />Carter said there may be a couple minor things. The trail essentially brings you from the dock up to the <br />bottom of the ramp that goes to the building, which is where the bathroom will be placed, and then it goes <br />up the hill to the high point, where the plan is to do a shelter and potentially another bathroom. Both of <br />those might be outside the budget and are being priced as alternates. There is a trail that goes up towards <br />the top of the hill, then goes around the hill and back down to the beach. If the Commission wanted to do <br />something like a rock with a plaque as a Veterans Memorial at the hilltop, getting to it would take another <br />small trail project. There is also an opportunity for an overlook on the north side. <br /> <br />Johnson asked if there were any thoughts of putting something by the ruins. <br /> <br />Carter said almost all the foundations from the amusement park and most of the foundations from the <br />camp are still there and they are documented. He stated it would make an amazing story by putting <br />interpretive panels around or having something on your phone and you could carry it around. He is not <br />envisioning more buildings or substantially more trails. <br /> <br />Chair brought up the item Golf Course. He would like to work with Edwards, Jason (the Golf <br />Superintendent), and the City Council to get a couple-year view of what they would like to see the golf <br />course do and some of the operations and usage they would like to achieve and set some goals for the golf <br />course as a business. <br /> <br />Edwards said they have to consider what they want it to be. Currently, it's a small, municipal nine-hole <br />golf course suited for residents. They have to analyze what other things they want to do with it as a park <br />outside of the golf course. There was a mini master plan done a couple of years ago and a business plan <br />which can be looked at again. The golf course has not broken even financially since the 1990s. He does <br />not have a lot of confidence that it will ever be a money-maker for the City like it was in the past. But it is <br />a park; it is there for the people. <br /> <br />Chair asked if there were other areas of focus Commissioners wanted to consider for 2020. <br /> <br />Carter asked if there was a discussion about doing something in the Winter Activities; for example, cross- <br />country trails at the golf course.