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� <br /> RE�ULAR tiEETING OF TH� OROPdO COUNCIL, OCTOBrR ?.�, 1977 Page 26 <br /> t The ec�uipment and installation c��ill be paid for ANTOINE PARK EnUIP*4ENT <br /> ` by the City of Orono and then reimbursed throuc�h (Continued) <br /> the Community DevelopMent B1ock .Grant Proc�ram. <br /> � arn hoping that this equipment will be installec� <br /> � this fall. <br /> • P4assengale moved, Paurus seconded, to approve the <br /> • purchased playground equipment and installation for <br /> Antoine Park at an estmated cost of_ $1,466. Psotion, <br /> a Ayes (4) - Nays (0) . <br /> • _. <br /> . Dick Benson, City Administrator, info�ted the Citv SAPIDY BEACH PETITION <br /> Council that on August 19, 1977, the City of Orono <br /> � received a petition recxuesting the Citv to close <br /> the Sandy Beach swim area. <br /> � <br /> This matter was referred to the Park Commission for <br /> • their recommendations. At the 5eptember 20, 1977 <br /> • Park Commission meeting, it was recommended by the <br /> members to keep the beach open. <br /> � Since that time, I have talked to 2�r. Fred Soule, <br /> � Program Director of the Upper Tonka Council, Inc. <br /> Mr. Soule indicated to me that if the swim area in <br /> � question was closed, that the people benef_iting <br /> in the area would have to be scheduled for another <br /> • 3rea, possibly Casco Point or the Lvdiard swim beach. <br /> • !e also felt that the benefit of the swimming lessons <br /> outweighs the inconvenience to the adjoining property <br /> � owners and that the swimming lessons are certainly <br /> not the cause of any of the problems the property <br /> � owners are experiencing. <br /> I also talked to Cheryl Gray, the swimriing instructor <br /> at Sandy Beach during the summer of 1977. Cheryl <br /> � stated that swimming lessons were scheduled from <br /> � June 15 through August 7, from 1: 00 P.Ps, to 4: 00 P.li. , <br /> five days per week, weather permitting. Cheryl <br /> � stated that she registered 33 children for last <br /> season ranging in age from 7 years to 13 years old. <br /> � She did not feel the area was too small for that <br /> many people. and she could only remember one <br /> � incident when one child misbehaved. She did state <br /> that the shallow area in the water was a little <br /> � small. <br /> � This information was passed on to the Park Commission� <br /> � and according to Lee Tomlinson, Park Commission <br /> Chairman, who conducted a telephone poll of all Park <br /> � Cor.unission members, the Park Commission will stay <br /> with their original recommendation which is as follows: <br /> � (Continued) <br /> � <br /> � <br /> � <br /> � <br />