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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 7 of 9 <br /> <br />while social-distancing. The inside of the clubhouse is not open, but they are making transactions through <br />a window. They had a couple of $3,000 days over the weekend. A lot of people are taking advantage of <br />being able to be outside while still social-distancing. <br />Roath asked if the golf course was open except for customers not being able to go inside, and that <br />everything that was done inside is able to be done through the window. <br />Edwards said concessions are not available right now but will be brought on board shortly. <br />Roath asked if customers are able to use the restrooms. <br />Edwards stated a Porta-Potty was brought in for use. He said there is another one by the pump house. He <br />noted the seasonal employees are pretty leery about letting people in the clubhouse. City Staff have been <br />sensitive to the people working at the golf course while taking care of customers/residents. Edwards also <br />noted he thinks they have cracked the code on some of the drainage issues at Hackberry Park. They did <br />some repairs, and it looks like the outfields for the two little league diamonds are drying up earlier than <br />normal, and Little League will be starting on June 6. They also assisted the Orono Baseball Association <br />(OBA) with upgrading the infields of the two baseball diamonds. In addition, they also have an <br />established field reservation system online. They had been using the capability that came with the website <br />but were only able to do one entity of reservation at a time. Now the two fields can be separated and <br />reserved independently, and there is interest from both the OBA as well as the Orono Westonka Youth <br />Soccer Association. At Lurton Park, some trees were spec’d that did not come back after the winter, and <br />they will be replaced under the warranty. The inside of the building was painted at Big Island, the snow <br />fence removed, barge transportation secured to get the mower out there to start regular mowing, and the <br />interpretive signs have come in and will be hung later in the week. At Bederwood Park, the seeding has <br />been done. The wear course and striping in the parking lot has been done. The new irrigation building is <br />being painted. They are still waiting on Xcel Energy because they had to upgrade the electrical service to <br />run the new well that was put in. The new transformer has not been put on-site, so the irrigation will be <br />run with one of the pump trucks until the whole system can be brought on. The Dakota Trail access has <br />been back-and-forth on design and funding. The latest update is that Three Rivers Park District has <br />retained design control for the project. However, a lot of the design was going to be done in-house with <br />Three Rivers’ Engineers and Surveyors. With COVID-related impacts, it was not able to be done and is <br />being contracted out, which is delaying things from potentially this year to 2021. He noted the Dakota <br />Trail crossing is now complete at the intersection of 15 and Orono Orchard Road. <br />Carter noted one of the top ten Comprehensive Plan priorities is a potential designated trail for walking <br />and biking along County Road 19 from the end of the Navarre-Dakota access trail, through the 15/19 <br />intersection, down to the border of Orono, and then potentially continuing through Tonka Bay and <br />Shorewood to the Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail. With the bridge being closed this summer, he asked if <br />there was a way to do a demonstration trail, where you put up cones and simulate a trail. He said he thinks <br />it is a good opportunity to see how it could lay out and be used with minimal traffic. Although he is on his <br />sixth or seventh person at Hennepin County, no one there has said a flat-out no. They have said that it is <br />definitely in consideration to do a true trail when the road is reconstructed and they are willing to talk <br />about doing some kind of a demonstration during the next 2-3 months. <br />Roath asked when the road is scheduled to be reconstructed. <br />Carter said that will be his first question when he gets on the phone with the appropriate person.