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` -f. CITY OF OROIvO <br /> � 'j PARK COP�IISSION <br /> Regular meeting of the Orono Park Comr.iission <br /> �eld April 1�, 1978 : <br /> The Orono Park Commission met on the above date kTT�I1DANCE <br /> with the following members present : Chairman <br /> Tomlinson, Berglund, Kelley, Egers, Watson, <br /> Peterson. Abser�t: Lathrop. Also Present: <br /> Jim Olson, City Engineer and John Gerhardson, <br /> Public Works Coordinator. <br /> The minutes of the March 7, 1978 meeting were P�IINUTES APPROVED <br /> approved. <br /> A letter from Orono City Administrator, Dick LETTER FROM DICK BENSON <br /> Benson, dated 3/22/78, has assured the Park Park Projects Will Be On <br /> Commission that various projects which have Schedule <br /> been promoted by the commission are, in fact, <br /> scheduled to begin or continue in the upcoming <br /> construction season. <br /> Chairman Tomlinson, as directed by the commission, ACCEP^lANCE OF TREE PLANTINGS <br /> has contacted Mr. Larry Gleason, whose property by Mr. Larr� Gleason, whose <br /> is surrounded by Hackberry Park, regarding the property is surrounded by <br /> location of transplanted trees in that park. Mr. Hackberry Park <br /> Gleason was appreciative of our concern and was <br /> willing to accept tree planting in the park <br /> wherever it could best serve the recreational and <br /> ssthetic needs of the park. A drawing of the <br /> park, with tree planting priorities noted, has <br /> been sent to the city Public Works Coordinator <br /> as a guide for Hackberry Park plantings. <br /> Initial grading of Bederwood Park will begin BEDERWOOD PARK GRADING <br /> when ground conditions allow. <br /> Mr. Otto Christensen, trail planner for the NEW BRIDGE AT LUCE LINE <br /> Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, TRAIL AT 0 RONO ORCHARD RD. <br /> presented his department' s plans for a replace- Mr. Otto Christensen, from <br /> ment bridge at the crossing of the Luce Line DNR, recommended with com- <br /> Trail and Orono Orchard Road. The proposed mission members to council. <br /> structure would be a clear span arched bridge, <br /> 10 FT. pathway of steel construction with wood <br /> rails and trim. Primar9 reasons for considering <br /> a new bridge were: <br /> 1 . Inability of current bridge to <br /> accce�modate road and drainage im- <br /> provements without dismantling. <br /> 2. Increasing cost of new bridge in <br /> future years if installation is <br /> delayed. <br /> 3. Difficult9 experienced by trail users <br /> who must cross at road grade elevation. <br /> A motion by Tomlinson, seconded by Kelleg, to <br /> _ recommend to the city council that DNR plans for <br /> a new bridge be favorably considered was unanimously <br /> passed. <br /> -1 - <br />