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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PARK COMMISSION <br /> Monday, March 2nd, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 9 of 20 <br /> <br /> <br />Mr. Burrell said he did not believe they explored that and could look at that as an idea. <br /> <br />Roath asked how many boats the rowing club has today. <br /> <br />Mr. Burrell stated it is 25. <br /> <br />Roath asked what the boat capacity of the building was. <br /> <br />Mr. Burrell stated it was maybe 25-30. <br /> <br />Roath asked if growth was constrained by the size. <br /> <br />Mr. Burrell stated he was correct, that they can only get so many boats in the building, about 20% more. <br /> <br />Roath asked what the current agreement is on practice hours on the lake. <br /> <br />Mr. Burrell said he did not have the exact verbiage in front of him. He believes it is sunup to sundown <br />during the week except for Friday afternoon, Saturday morning until 11, and they are not there on <br />Sunday. They do not come close to utilizing that much time on the lake. <br /> <br />Roath and Mr. Burrell discussed that they don’t anticipate the number of practices increasing for the <br />rowing club, but it was possible. <br /> <br />Roath reiterated they are constrained by the number of boats they have. <br /> <br />Mr. Burrell agreed and added they are also constrained by the number of coaches and safety launches. <br /> <br />Roath asked how other lake users could know or anticipate when the rowing club would be on the lake. <br /> <br />Mr. Burrell said he thinks the normal boaters on the lake pretty much know when they will be out there. <br />They have been wearing more fluorescent, bright colors so it is much easier to see the rowers. <br /> <br />Roath asked if Mr. Burrell could elaborate on his comment about partnering with the City regarding <br />playground equipment. <br /> <br />Mr. Burrell said originally the Park Commission was talking about a new playground which may have <br />been pushed off to the side with this project. If there is an opportunity to help with that as part of a <br />partnership, they are open to that. <br /> <br />Berg commented that a playground is still part of the vision of Summit Beach. <br /> <br />Mr. Burrell said they are more than happy to have discussions about how to help pay for some of that. <br />They think it’s important to have that for family members of the club, and it gives more use to the beach. <br /> <br />Berg and Mr. Burrell agreed that bike racks would need to also be looked at. <br />