02-06-2023 Park Commission Meeting Minutes

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MINUTES OF THE ORONO PARK COMMISSION February 6, 2023 6:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 12 of 14 Stofer asked to clarify if the commission recommends option 3, removing the project from the CIP, does that mean there's no place for pickleball to go this year on the CIP? Lemons explained the Golf Course Park improvement plan would be removed, which would bring pickleball with it. We don't have a separate pickleball item on the CIP. Carter moved, Berg seconded, to defer a decision on the Golf Course Park Improvement Plan and hold a workshop in March. VOTE: Ayes 5, Nays 2 (Stephenson and Stofer). An audience member asked about the March workshop in terms of how it would be conducted and how the public can follow the process. Roath explained the standard workshop format and said all information collected would be pulled together and distributed to the commission members in advance and the discussion would include the process so far and all alternatives. got here to what alternatives might be to what some, some phasing options might be. He pointed out based on the current commission schedule the April meeting was to be a workshop but would need to be a regular meeting so the commission could vote on the results of the workshop. Roath moved, Carter seconded, to change the April 3 Parks Commission meeting from a workshop to a regular meeting. VOTE: Ayes 7, Nays 0. . Commissioners asked at the March meeting to have information on all alternative sites with cost estimates and fundraising alternatives. Rasmussen asked if the project is moved from the golf course if the City would lose the Hennepin County grant? Lemons said it is correct that the grant is tied to the location and it would be too late to change it. Duval said it is necessary to learn a little bit more about that. She said she has been involved in other projects where grants have been able to be amended. We should find that out. Stofer added he would like to see the Youth Hockey Association represented at the March workshop. Rasmussen said the options explored need to be pickleball only and pickleball and hockey. At the end of the day, they'll have to make their choices. And that's fine. But we do need to know what the alternative looks like as well, because it is a significant part of the cost. It was also suggested by several persons that the Park Commission talk to the school district about possible involvement.