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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 8 of 9 <br /> <br />Edwards noted the road work is not on Hennepin County’s CIP for about five years and he has not seen it <br />pop up yet, other than bits and pieces. They are doing pavement replacement but not full reconstruction as <br />far as he can see. <br />Ruegemer said they have had conversations with Edwards about getting some signage put up behind <br />Navarre Park to lead people to the Dakota Trail safely while the trail is being built and construction is <br />occurring. There are some safe, easy neighborhood roads, but most people do not know they are there <br />unless they are familiar with the area. Edwards and she will find time and discuss it more. <br />Carter said the idea has merit to be further developed and suggested to do so at a Work Session or later. <br />Roath clarified whether the idea was to add signs to the trails. <br />Carter said it would be to designate low-traffic streets as pathways to connecting areas and signing them <br />that way. It does not necessarily have to be a full-blown trail. He noted the Commission was focused on <br />connections, but they were looking for designated paths or committed, marked, on-road things. He noted <br />shortcuts through the community on side streets have a lot of potential and that most people do not seek <br />those out without a little bit of advice. <br />Roath asked if there was any concern with the neighborhoods the streets go through. <br />Ruegemer noted this is in a neighborhood where Navarre Park is. There is a bicycle sign halfway through <br />the neighborhood, and the Dakota Trail is also located there. It is a neighborhood filled with parks and <br />trails, but a lot of people would not see the one sign posted, so it is a simple matter of adding a couple <br />more signs to guide them to the first bicycle sign and the trail. The signs do not need to be big; they can <br />be small signs on telephone poles. She also stated that she discussed with Edwards large amounts of <br />garbage being dumped at Navarre Park. A couch was dumped at Crystal Bay Park as well. It is an <br />ongoing situation that needs to be dealt with. <br />Edwards commented that people should let Staff know if they see garbage, because they will clean it up. <br />He said anytime a garbage can is placed in a public setting, it becomes a magnet for things that don’t fit in <br />the garbage can. <br />Carter, Klaahsen, and Stephens said they had no further comments after Chair Roath asked for further <br />comments. <br />Roath noted Hudson met with someone who had maintenance concerns about Hackberry and asked <br />Edwards if it was resolved. <br />Edwards said it was the President of the OBA and also a neighbor of the park. He was trying to ascertain <br />how maintenance is done, particularly on ball fields, as they have been gearing up for tee-ball season. He <br />said they discussed how maintenance has been handled with OBA in the past. There are some long- <br />standing agreements with the OBA: OBA maintains the infields, the City maintains the outfields, and they <br />have partnered on infrastructure improvements such as dugouts, fencing, etc. They worked with them in <br />the past week to spread out some aglime on the infields at Hackberry. He noted there is a general interest <br />from them and others when the City decides to create a new master plan for the park, which has been put <br />on hold until the acquisition of the residential parcel in the middle of the park is realized.