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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PARK COMMISSION <br /> Monday, June 1, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 5 of 9 <br /> <br />Edwards stated the numbers in the chart come from the City, primarily from the park dedication fund. He <br />referenced Big Island at $131,531 and said that is the City’s contribution and also grant information, etc. <br />Roath asked Edwards if there was any talk lately about funding the parks through the levy. <br />Edwards said there was some discussion about establishing at least some kind of placeholder within the <br />levy process for parks. He has not heard anything in the last couple of months, but that's not unusual <br />because budget season just came about in the last couple of weeks. If that is important to the Park <br />Commission, it should be talked about with the Council members. <br />Roath stated he heard from some of the Council members that it was on the radar, but that was in <br />February. He did not know if there was anything new. <br />Edwards said he had not heard anything new on his end. <br />Roath asked Edwards if “Lake Access” was on the bottom of the document, because he couldn’t see the <br />bottom of the screen. <br />Edwards indicated the “Lake Access” area and said members should not be too concerned if they couldn’t <br />see the screen because it was the same information in the packets and on the City’s website. <br />Roath asked if any information had changed since the Commissioners looked at it the last time. <br />Edwards stated he updated a couple of numbers; for instance, the Big Island number went from $80,000 <br />to $131,000 with the award. He moved the trail connection for the Dakota from 2020 to 2021, which was <br />an update from Three Rivers Park District. He moved the Summit Beach items from 2020 to 2021, as was <br />previously discussed. He also added a section called “2020 Notes” for new information he was getting, <br />such as the Trail Committee’s recommendations for some movement on the trails, the order, and what <br />years that should happen. <br />Roath noted there is a placeholder of $10,000 for the golf course per year and asked what that money <br />would be used for this year. <br />Edwards said he currently does not have anything. They finished last year’s project, which was the <br />drainage down the center of the course. He noted Jason and his crew did some more finalization of it such <br />as more sod, etc. The next similar type of project would be some more work on the irrigation system. He <br />said a $6,000 pump had to be replaced last year, but that came out of the operating budget. <br />Roath asked if there was a good estimate of what the $10,000 in 2020 might end up being for. <br />Edwards stated he does not have anything currently allocated for that. <br />Klaahsen said if the $10,000 is not tagged at the golf course, it could be used for possibly reinstating the <br />swim docks at Sandy Beach and Lydiard Beach, or at least it could be discussed. <br />Roath stated there may be a policy issue, whether it is something the Commission wants to do and <br />maintain it. He is not sure what the next steps would be with that. He thought it was going to be added to <br />an agenda to discuss the policy around the docks in general.