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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PARK COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,March 7,2016 <br /> 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> ROLL CALL <br /> The Orono Park Commission met on the above-mentioned date with the following members present: <br /> Acting Chair Bryce Johnson, Commissioners Brenda Johnson,Paul Pesek and Julie Ruegemer. <br /> Representing Staff were Public Works Director/City Engineer Adam Edwards,Planning Director Michael <br /> Gaffron, and Recorder Jackie Young. Council Member Lizz Levang was present. <br /> Acting Chair Bryce Johnson called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m., followed by the Pledge of <br /> Allegiance. <br /> APPROVAL OF MINUTES <br /> 1. Minutes of the January 4,2016,Park Commission Meeting <br /> It was requested the minutes on Page 1 be corrected to read Antoine Park rather than Hackberry Park <br /> under Item No. 3. <br /> Pesek moved,Brenda Johnson seconded,to approve the minutes of the January 4,2016,Park <br /> Commission meeting as submitted. VOTE: Ayes 4,Nays 0. <br /> PUBLIC COMMENT <br /> None <br /> CHAIRMAN'S REPORT <br /> 2. CO-OPERATION WITH HENNEPIN COUNTY FOR GREENCORPS GRANT <br /> Edwards reported the City was approached by Hennepin County regarding a GreenCorps grant that is <br /> available. GreenCorps is a program that is funded by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. <br /> GreenCorps will provide interns on 11-month stints to work on specific projects. The grant would <br /> basically pay for the salary of the intern and Hennepin County would provide office space,vehicle, <br /> mentorship, and administrative assistance. Edwards noted Hennepin County has applied in the past for <br /> this grant but have not been successful. Hennepin County was shown that they should demonstrate that <br /> they are partnering with a municipality within their jurisdiction. As a result, Hennepin County has <br /> reached out to Orono to see if the City would be interested in partnering on this grant. <br /> Edwards stated if this endeavor is approved by the Park Commission,he would take it before the City <br /> Council next Monday to get their support on the grant. Edwards indicated he has reached an agreement <br /> with Hennepin County that the City would pursue an intern urban forester, with the main function of the <br /> intern being to conduct tree inventories along the city and county right-of-ways within Orono. Edwards <br /> stated the secondary benefit of the intern would be to categorize some of the City parks, which would <br /> allow the City to do some planning on how to handle invasive species. <br /> Pesek asked what a tree inventory is. <br /> Edwards indicated the intern would identify the species of tree and the location and that it is his <br /> understanding they would only count trees over a certain diameter. <br /> Page 1 of 8 <br />