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Home My WebLink About10-17-1972 Park Commission Minutes : ' VILLAGE OF ORONO Regular i•�eeting of the Park Commission, 7 : 30 P.�1. October 17, 1972 Tlie Park Commission met on tiie above date tivitil the following members present: Chair- man Ogland, Hallotaell , Jarl , Leipold, �•lastny, Panusl:a, lVatson, and ��]ysocky. Absent: Opheim, Stanl:e , and l�Vnite. No meeting of the Park Commission was held in Sentember due to a date ciiange . Tiie i.Iinutes o£ the regular meeting of August 15 , i�IINUTES 1972 , were corrected as follows : James Gilbert, Naturalist, is charging tlie Village only $100 for his services on IIighwood. i.4otion, Ayes (8) - �1ays (0) . i•tastny made a layout of HackUerry Parl: and sliotaed HACICBERRY PARK it to the Lions Club of Long Lake, Tliey have appoiiited a committee to wor.c taith us . �Iastny �aill meet witii the committee and bring in t.ieir icleas. They ivill worl: out a plan this ��inter. The Lions Club wants the Parlc Commission to put in the backsto� and they will then try to picl: up from there. They are concerned tiiat a fence be addecl along laillo�a Drive. The bac:;stop has arrived but some parts are missing and had to be back ordered. Benson l,rill try to pttt it iii as soon as they arrive . Oglancl reported that the Village Council ivants CQ�I�,IUiVICATION TO COUNCIL to be laiowledgeable about what the Park Commision is doing. T;lerefore, �ae iiave a responsibility to plan carefully and to lceep them i�iformed. Ogla�id ��ould like to invite Tom Loucics and Patil BRAUER FT ASSOCIATES Fjare to come to our next; meetiiig so that ive can review our ideas �aith t]�em. iVysocky iaall:ed throu�h �he Hig,itaood area with iII��I'^100P �1RFA Jim Gilbert aiid iie has teiitatively laid oui. patiis , rIe recommended t,iat �ae call it Hi�h�•aood Paths and not park, He sugaested that we have a cul-de-sac at the entrance big enough for a bus to park and turn around. Benson prefers not tvorking on the area until ��e have a hard freeze; however, �ae are anxious to tvork on t.ie area this fall as neople have been doing sor�e dumping there . Benson iaill be tiiere iaith Gilbert �alien the patiis are laid, iahicii t}iey iione to do in November. Gilbert lias made a list of plant and animal life that was available t}iis fall. . (Contiiiued) �� . i�IINUTES OF A REGULAR I�IEETI�IG HELD OCTO$ER 17, 1972 Page Z He tvill add to this in the spring. I-Ie will HIGH6VOOD AP,EA mark the paths with an orange marking tape. (Continued) Tiiere tvill be a vista area and one srnall area for picnics . Gilbert noted that we Iiave sometIiing very rare called a Pagoda Dogtiaood. He is most anxious tliat the front pa�iis �e developed. We also need to put down permanent stakes to snow exactly what tiae own. Tiiis will possibly involve a survey. 1Vysocky has made - a Iist of all expenditures and materials that tvill be required. Because we are getting Gilbert' s services so nominally, we have to adjust to :iis time. If possible , tae will get some volunteer jielp, such as scouts , for layir.g the patlzs . 1Vysocicy will look into tliis . "Zr. Garcia at Northern States Po�ver Company will lielp Benson ge� the wood ci�ips for the pat}is . T,ie cul-de-sac tiaill be levele3 this fall . Watson moved, lVysocky seconaed, that tne area HIGHj�TQOD PATHS be officiallly callecl Highwood Paths . %totion, Ayes (8) - Nays (0) . �Vysocky moved, t��astny seconded, t�iat we accept HIGHWOOD EXPENDITURES tiie list of recommer.deci expenditures for - I�ighwood Patjis . �totion, Ayes (!3) - Nays (0) . Ogland reported that Benson is waiting for the CASCO POINT ground to dry so he can get in there to Ievel tiie ground for the skating rink tliis winter. The auestion was raised if we could put tennis courts in tliis area. This will be looked into. Ogland reported for Opheim. There will be LAKE ACCESSES siiow fences put up on botIi eiids of the Lydiard access as a safety factor because of tiie posts in tiiere. Snota £ences will also be posted on � the access adjacent to Opheim's property and posted for no snowmobiles . A letter from Jack lVenger which was s:ent to LYDIARD Sl9IP�T•�IT1G Ed Stanl:e taas read expressing concern over the Commission' s restricted use of the Lydiard �, access to swimming. Tiie letter will be forewarded to i1r. Cosby so that �Tarc �Vliitehead can check on tiie whole legal description. Jarl moved, Panuska seconcled, ti�at the Parlc TRAIL SYSTEP�i Commission recommencl to tlie Village Council tiiat a contribution of $500 be made to tiie P�Einnesota Parl;s Foundation for t,ie preparation of a feasibility study for the Luce Line Trail. ��io�ion, Ayes (3) - Nays (0) . R4Ii�1UTES OF A REGULAR i�,tEETING HELD OCTOBEI2 17 , 1972 Page 3 Ita��a Engineering has been authorized to TRAIL STUDY begin a trail study. Panuska reported that the objectives of the TRAIL CO��7ITTEE Trail committee for �the Village of Orono which is a subcommittee of the Orono Park Commission, are as follows : 1. Provide a recreational trail system witnin the Village of Orono. 2, Coordinate trails with adjoining Villages , parks and cities . 3. Coordinate trails with State and County trail systems . 4, ilake such recommendations to the Park Commission on trail activities , locations and development for Council action. S. Coordinate and supervise development and enIiancement of environmental preservation and restoration on trail. 6. Support, coordinate and stimulate voluntary organization to contrivute time and effort to enliance beautification and development of trails. Recommendations : 1. Volunteer committies representing various groups of interest in trails meet and formulate a trail plan. 2 . This to be a subcammittee of t:ie Park Commission. 3. Recommendations be discussed by tlie Park Commission and presented to the Council for action. The first subcommittee meeting was held two weeks TRAIL COP-n��ITTEE ago. Trails within the Village were identified. Interest in bike paths was noted. The committee tiaill try to develop a master plan of trails . Panuska recommended that we look into the GOLF COURSE feasibility of annexing to the Village golf course tne A�ci�iillian property, Parcel 0211, Plat 41302, Panuska will also check on tlze Orono Snowmobile SNOI��•70BILE ORDINANCE Ordinance, The Village is a prime target for the Dutch DUTCH EL�•1 DISEASE Elm Disease. �Je are to make a study on this. lJatson will do a preliminary gathering of data. Z MIVUTES OF A REGULAR ��IEETING HELD OCTOBER 17, 1972 Page 4 Leipold reported that there does not seem to SAFETY ORDINANCE be a State ordinance for public safety on privately owned areas which are for the public use. Owner and operator of Buck Hill, Stu Campbell, says tilere is a National code for aeria7. tramways that ski owners try to follow.: . No model ordinance that pertains to ski resorts could be found. i�Ir. Cosby will be contacted tomorrow fio see if we can get the iVational code immediately. $200 for signs for park property was appropriated. SIGNS They have been ordered. The Plymouth ordinance for PuUlic Open Spaces PUBLIC OPEN SPACES was read. IL was felt that we needed an indepth study for this . At a future date, a special meeting �vill be devoted to this topic. The Planning Commission caill be included. Ogland will iook into obtaining a i�Iark Hurd AERIAL i�IAP aerial map for the Commission. The meeting adjourned at 10: 30 P.iI. ADJOURN�,ZET�?T Respectfully submitted, Gretchen Hallowell , Secretary