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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,January 25,2021 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> Mayor Walsh said for example, one place where a cabin used to be,rather than digging up the entire thing <br /> to show everyone what is there,they would have an interpretive sign that tells what was there and what it <br /> used to look like. <br /> Mr. Carter answered yes,and they have some amazing resources and one of the studies done by the <br /> company that does the Maritime Non-profit;they literally have some of these scanned images of every <br /> foundation of every building that was built out on the Island as they are still there underground. He noted <br /> one could be standing in a place where a building was and see a framed view with a picture of the <br /> building and the scan of the foundation that is still there. Mr. Carter mentioned he has been out at Big <br /> Island the last couple of weekends and Sunday was unbelievable as there was six inches of snow and he <br /> always sees a dozen or more people hiking, snowshoeing, skiing,the eagles are up in the nest,he sees <br /> coyotes and deer, and it is just amazing. <br /> Mayor Walsh noted it is helpful to have the signage that shows what things actually looked like and <br /> obviously they want the signs to be as bulletproof as possible. <br /> Mr. Carter said in interviewing Jim,the two things that most impressed him were his understanding of <br /> how durable things needed to be and the idea that they would tell this story as though one was there. <br /> Edwards wants to point out a couple of other things that may be coming to the Council in the near future. <br /> He noted a highlighted green trail on screen and said that is one of the priorities;the other is down on the <br /> far south and they are looking at putting a couple more sitting stones there. He stated they originally had <br /> the picnic shelter templated right there onscreen,but there were a bunch of small archaeological finds that <br /> were found there and the picnic shelter had to be moved further north away from the overlook. <br /> Printup asked what the archaeological finds were. <br /> Edwards is not sure exactly but as they did the pre-construction archaeological survey there was some <br /> flint from pre-contact era,and most-of the things found were small pieces of glass bottles,pieces of tile or <br /> clay,brick from the structures that were out there, etcetera. When it was an amusement park,there were <br /> all kind of streetlight structures and they found many things underground for the streetlight base. <br /> Mayor Walsh said that is amazing. <br /> Printup said the native history would be depicted and for example,the flint,would be shown as things <br /> actually found on the Island. <br /> Mr. Carter said there is not much left and his understanding is when they built the park,they scraped 3-4 <br /> feet off the entire area,put the footings in,built the foundations,and then filled it. He noted they had help <br /> from the Mdewakanton Sioux to help tell the story of what happened there over the time preceding <br /> settlement. <br /> Seals moved,Crosby seconded,to accept the proposal from Jim Roe at Museum Planning for <br /> interpretive sign concept plan site for$10,000.VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> Seals asked Edwards when they put up the signs pointing out what is there(flint, etcetera), she does not <br /> know how they do it,but there will be people who will go out there and dig it up,as people are already <br /> out there with metal detectors. She asked if on the entry point,they will have clear signage stating this is <br /> Page 7 of 11 <br />