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Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />Orono City Council <br />Work Session <br />Monday, February 10, 2020 <br />Council Chambers 5:00 p.m. <br /> <br />AGENDA <br />PRESENT: Mayor Dennis Walsh, Council Members Aaron Printup, Richard F. Crosby II, <br />Matt Johnson and Victoria Seals. Staff members present were City Administrator Dustin <br />Rief, Finance Director Ron Olson Director of Public Works/City Engineer, Community <br />Development Director Jeremy Barnhart and City Clerk Anna Carlson. <br /> <br />GUESTS: Bob Erickson <br /> <br />1. Maintenance of Three Rivers Park District Trails <br />Director of Public Works/City Engineer Adam Edwards presented the memorandum for <br />Maintenance of Three Rivers Park District Trails. He noted that most recently the Three <br />Rivers Park District had offered $500 per mile of trails for maintenance totaling <br />approximately $3200 for Orono. The City would still need to cover any remaining <br />expenses that would occur with maintaining the trails. <br /> <br />Mayor Dennis Walsh asked if there would be any additiomal costs with insurance if the <br />City picked up the maintenance with the trails. <br /> <br />Finance Director Ron Olson mentioned that there may not be any additional costs, <br />however there may need to be additional coverage of responsibility/liability. <br /> <br />There was further discussion about which trails would be maintained, possible impacts <br />maintaining the trails could have on residents and ways the City could provide the most <br />efficient maintainenance for those trails. There was also discussion about looking into <br />organizing a type of pilot program/project for trail maintenance. <br /> <br />Walsh added the City should reach out to other surrounding communities which share <br />these trails with us to see if they would like to work together on this pilot project. This <br />would give us the opportunity to reevaluated it later to see if it’s worth continuing. We <br />also need staff to find out from the League of MN Cities the effects it has on our <br />liabilities if we are maintaining someone elses trail. <br /> <br /> <br />2. LA19-000063 – City of Orono Text Amendment Related to Special Events <br /> <br />Community Development Director Jeremy Barnhart presented the draft text amendment <br />related to Special Events. Barnhart asked for input regarding the language for Open <br />House definition. <br /> <br />There was discussion that followed which included a few clarifications for the use of <br />language in some sections. There also was discussion regarding the fireworks