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MINUTES OF THE <br />ORONO PARK COMMISSION <br /> Wednesday, September 10, 2020 <br />6:00 o’clock p.m. <br />_____________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 11 of 27 <br /> <br />Wetlands. He noted if you go out past the Golf Course there are a series of ponds and wetlands that run <br />along Orono Orchard Road. He said it became a topic around 2017 with the Watershed District again, <br />and more recently Edwards’ personal feeling is he is less and less confident that it will ever happen. He <br />said he has left it on the CIP as it was an aspiration at one point. <br />Roath said under Golf Course, they have $10,000 per year as it makes sense for the equipment <br />replacement. He noted he is on the Golf Course committee and he hasn’t sat down with Staff to talk <br />about it all year and perhaps the Fall is a good time to do that and reprioritize along with what the CIP <br />states. <br />Edwards noted the big items listed under Golf Course as Priority 5, 6, and 7 originated from a mini master <br />plan that the City did for the Golf Course with the Commission. He said he’s pushed all of those back in <br />the calendar as he hasn’t been sensing a great ambition to do them, however they were important at one <br />point. <br />Roath said Goehring perhaps has his own priorities that the Commission needs to incorporate. <br />Keller asked if they were referencing the Orono Golf Course. <br />Edwards answered that is correct and that is a municipal golf course. <br />The Commission continued on in Exhibit A with Lake Access Points. <br />Roath asked why the dock at Sandy Beach isn’t under the Lake Access Points category. <br />Edwards replied that Sandy Beach is a named Beach and a named Park. The Lake Access Points, of <br />which there are approximately 50, for the most part are either forfeited pieces of property which abut the <br />lake or are parts of old right-of-way. He noted Lydiard, Pasco, Sandy, etcetera are considered fire lanes <br />and they were platted right-of-way and were never developed with actual pavement or roadway but lead <br />down to the lake. <br />Berg said Lydiard Beach is platted as Lydiard Avenue. <br />Edwards replied that is correct and they just use it as a beach. He said regarding the others listed as Lake <br />Access Points, some are more recreational than others, a bunch of them are purely drainage ways without <br />much function otherwise, but several are active and used for either recreational or lake access. He noted a <br />follow-up item that talks about the four Lake Access Points where there are docks. Edwards said the <br />$10,000 line items they see in the future are placeholders to remind them to look at Access Points and <br />picking one that needs to be refreshed, for example gravel-ways leading to the lake which are only used in <br />the winter for access for snowmobiles. <br />Roath shared a follow-up point regarding the work that needs to be done in clarifying the policy around <br />the Lake Access Points. <br />Edwards replied they would get to that topic tonight.