ALRIGHTY. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
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FIRST THING WE DO IS THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ALRIGHTY. NEXT THING WE DO IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
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DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THE AGENDA? EASY PEASY.WE DON'T NEED TO APPROVE THAT ONE, DO WE? NO MOTION. GREAT.
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THEN THE NEXT THING WE DO IS REVIEW THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY ALTERATIONS, CHANGES FROM THE LAST MEETING? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO MOVED. SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. A MOTION WAS MOVED BY COMMISSIONER HUDDY AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER STOFER.
SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS.
THEY HAVE TO BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
[Presentations]
THREE MINUTES. WAS IT? WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS.WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, THE WEST LAKES PICKLEBALL PROJECT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO MOVE UP THERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT I WILL JUST MAKE A KIND OF A CONTEXT COMMENT.
SO LAST TIME THIS TOPIC CAME TO THIS GROUP WAS BEFORE FEBRUARY, WHICH IS WHEN THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A NINE COURT PICKLEBALL COMPLEX NEAR THE THE LEGACY GARDEN, THE ORONO VOLUNTEER GARDEN AS A PART OF ITS MASTER PLAN BASED UPON A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, NO DETAIL DESIGN SPECS AT THIS POINT THAT WILL COME WHEN WE'VE RAISED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF FUNDS.
SO SINCE FEBRUARY THE ORONO PARKS LEGACY HAS REALLY TAKEN THE LEAD IN THIS PROCESS.
SO I'M GOING TO STEP OUT OF MY PARKS COMMISSIONER ROLE FOR A MINUTE, AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ORONO PARKS LEGACY TO JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND HOW THEY'RE APPROACHING THE FUNDRAISING.
SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THE ORONO PARKS LEGACY WEB PAGE, WHICH HAS BEEN REINVENTED.
CAROLYN MELBERG HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED.
I HELPED HER WITH SOME OF THE CONTENT AND SOME OF THE PICTURES.
BUT SHE HAS HAD HER STAFF VOLUNTEER TO DO THE PROFESSIONAL LAYOUTS AND THE WEB DESIGN.
SO THIS IS THE NEW ORONO PARKS LEGACY WEB PAGE.
AND LOOKING OVER THE TAX RETURNS, THE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE THE FISCAL MANAGEMENT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS SOLID AS WE MOVE INTO A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE.
SO I INVITE YOU ALL TO VISIT THIS PAGE.
SOME FAQS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE ORONO PARKS LEGACY.
IT IS A 501C3, AND THEREFORE IT IS A VEHICLE THROUGH WHICH TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATIONS CAN BE MADE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ORONO PARKS, WHICH IS REALLY THE THE MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE ORONO PARKS.
IF YOU COULD JUST FOR A SECOND, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, ADAM, CLICK ON PROJECTS.
YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S BOTH A LISTING OF SORT OF COMPLETED PROJECTS.
AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE WEST LAKES PICKLEBALL PROJECT.
SO YOU CAN GO HERE TO FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PICKLEBALL.
WHY PICKLEBALL? WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
BUT THE THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, INCLUDING THE FUNDRAISING.
MECHANICS, ARE ALL LOCATED IN HERE UNDER THE WEST LAKES PICKLEBALL PROJECT.
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IF YOU JUST CLICK ON IT FOR ONE SECOND, YOU'LL JUST SEE THE LANDING PAGE.IS WEST LAKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE KIND OF BRANDED THAT THAT LOCATION? THAT NO, THE PARK HAS NOT BEEN NAMED.
OKAY. BUT WE'RE CALLING IT THE WEST LAKES PICKLEBALL PROJECT, PRIMARILY BECAUSE EARLY IN THE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW DO WE RAISE FUNDS, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE WHO ARE WE REPRESENTING WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP THIS PARK? A GROUP EMERGED CALLED THE WEST LAKES PICKLEBALL CLUB.
AND SO THE PROJECT IS REALLY A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC, THE CITY OF ORONO, PRIVATE, THIS WEST LAKES PICKLEBALL CLUB, AS WELL AS ORONO PARKS LEGACY. SO THAT'S REALLY WHERE THE NAME CAME FROM.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, GORDY? OKAY. SO I, WE WON'T GO THROUGH IT HERE, BUT IF YOU IF YOU SCROLL DOWN IN HERE, YOU WOULD GET A LOT OF INFORMATION.
NO, THERE'S THERE'S ELECTION JUDGE TRAINING HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
THERE YOU GO. IF YOU GO TO SLIDE ONE.
AND THEN MAYBE PUT IT INTO PRESENTATION MODE I'LL LET YOU DRIVE IF YOU DON'T MIND.
AND WHEN YOU SAY, WHO ARE THOSE POTENTIAL DONORS? WE HAVE IDENTIFIED LISTS OF POTENTIAL DONORS.
HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, THE FUNDRAISING FOR THAT.
HILL DAYS. SO HE'S BEEN WORKING WITH US TO DEVELOP OUR MATERIALS, OUR BROCHURES OUR TALKING POINTS, SO THAT WE CAN REALLY ADDRESS THOSE PEOPLE WHO WILL CONTRIBUTE NOT JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERESTED IN THE BRICKS AND MORTAR, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS ACTUALLY STARING PARK, WHICH IS IN EDEN PRAIRIE, WHICH IS REALLY A LOT LIKE HOW WE ENVISION THIS PARK TO LOOK WITH A PRETTY WIDE AREA FOR VIEWING AND FOR CONGREGATING AND VISITING WITH YOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS ON EITHER SIDE. SO IF WE COULD JUST KEEP GOING FORWARD.
AND AND WHY ARE WE INVESTING IN PARKS FOR THIS? THIS IS THE FACE OF PICKLEBALL TODAY, RIGHT? SO YOU'VE GOT BEN JOHNS, HE'S 25 YEARS OLD.
HE'S CONSIDERED THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME AT THIS POINT.
HE MAKES $2.5 MILLION A YEAR PLAYING PICKLEBALL.
ANNA LEIGH WALTERS, SHE TURNED PRO AT THE AGE OF OF 11.
SHE'S NOW ACTUALLY 17 YEARS OLD AND HER MOTHER COACHES HER.
SHE HAS AN ESTIMATED NET WORTH OF $2.2 MILLION FROM PLAYING PICKLEBALL.
THAT IS MY HUSBAND AND MY DAUGHTER.
THEY ARE MY FACE OF PICKLEBALL.
SHE FLIES FROM COLORADO HERE TO PLAY IN THE WESTONKA WINTER CLASSIC EVERY YEAR, AND I JUST GOT BACK FROM FLYING TO COLORADO TO PLAY WITH HER IN THE HEART OF THE ROCKIES PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT.
SO IT'S IT'S A GREAT WAY FOR FAMILIES TO FIND A SHARED INTEREST THAT GOES BEYOND WHAT WE NORMALLY SEE. THESE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF WHY PICKLEBALL IS MORE THAN A SPORT AND WHY. I, FOR ONE, AM PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT I PLAY WITH ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
SO SOCIAL ISOLATION, WE KNOW DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAME A VISIBLE ISSUE IN OUR SOCIETY.
IT HAS SIGNIFICANT MENTAL HEALTH AND OTHER HEALTH RISKS.
THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF, OF STATISTICS.
SOCIAL ISOLATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH A 50% INCREASE IN THE RISK OF DEVELOPING DEMENTIA.
IT'S IMPORTANT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
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TOGETHER IS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.AND NOT JUST OUR KIDS, RIGHT? A FRIEND OF MINE, MARY, PLAYING PICKLEBALL, HELPED HER STAY CONNECTED WHILE SHE'S THE PRIMARY CAREGIVER FOR HER HUSBAND, WHO HAS ALZHEIMER'S.
ANOTHER GUY I PLAY WITH, MIKE HE HAD THROAT CANCER.
SO WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE YOU'RE SEEING HERE HAVE IN COMMON? ON THE TOP LEFT, THAT'S A GROUP OF US THAT DURING COVID, YOU SEE, JANUARY OF 2021, WE WERE OUT PLAYING PICKLEBALL.
AND YES, I PLAY WITH PEOPLE WHO WILL SHOVEL COURTS SO THAT THEY CAN PLAY PICKLEBALL IN THE WINTER.
DOWN TO PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, 30 DEGREES.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 22 PEOPLE WHO PLAY IN OUR LOCAL PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY WHO VOLUNTEER TODAY AT THE WESTONKA FOOD SHELF, BECAUSE THEY'VE MET OTHER PEOPLE AT THE FOOD SHELF WHO HAVE ENCOURAGED THEM TO VOLUNTEER.
AND THEY HAVE A BALL DOING IT.
THEY COME TO OUR CHURCH FESTIVALS.
YOU'LL SEE AT THE BOTTOM LEFT THAT'S THAT IS, THANK YOU, MAYNARD'S, MIDDLE IS SURFSIDE, THE FAR RIGHT IS LOLA'S. BASICALLY, THEY ENJOY LIFE TOGETHER, RIGHT? THAT'S PICKLEBALL IS MORE THAN A SPORT YOU SHOW UP AND PLAY, IT'S A COMMUNITY.
I SAW THIS ON FACEBOOK THE OTHER DAY AND THIS REALLY SUMS IT UP.
IF IT WASN'T FOR PICKLEBALL, I WOULDN'T KNOW YOU OR YOU OR YOU OR YOU OR YOU.
I HAVE MET PEOPLE WHO LIVE DOWN THE ROAD FROM ME.
I HAVE MET PEOPLE WHO LIVE ACROSS THE LAKE FROM ME.
I HAVE MET PEOPLE WHO ATTEND MY CHURCH.
I HAVE MET PROBABLY WELL OVER 300 TO 400 PEOPLE IN OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IN THE LAST 6 OR 7 YEARS ONLY BECAUSE I PLAY PICKLEBALL, OKAY, IT IS THAT BIG OF A SOCIAL MECHANISM.
SO WE ALL KNOW WE'VE PROBABLY HEARD IT'S THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN AMERICA.
THERE'S GOOD REASONS. THERE'S VERY LOW BARRIER TO ENTRY.
RIGHT? ALL YOU NEED IS A PADDLE.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, I GOT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY.
AND ONE OF THEM SAYS TO ME, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? SO I'M TAKING PICTURES.
WHY? WELL, I'M WORKING ON A PICKLEBALL PROJECT.
DO YOU WANT TO PLAY PICKLEBALL? I SAID, WELL, I DON'T HAVE MY PADDLE.
DO YOU PLAY? AND I SAID, WELL, I DON'T HAVE MY TENNIS SHOES, BUT THAT'S PICKLEBALL, RIGHT? 10 YEAR OLD KIDS, 11 YEAR OLD KIDS, ENGAGING OLDER ADULTS AND SAYING, LET'S PLAY.
RIGHT. THAT'S THAT'S INCLUSIVENESS.
THAT'S HOW OPEN AND INVITING IT IS AS A SPORT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS DROP IN FORMAT IS ALL ABOUT.
AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP THAT'S INVOLVED IN THIS PROJECT BETWEEN CITY OF ORONO, THE ORONO PARKS LEGACY IS THE FUNDRAISING VEHICLE, THE WEST LAKES PICKLEBALL CLUB.
WE HAVE A FOURTH PARTNER, WHICH IS ORONO COMMUNITY APP, SO WE'VE MET WITH THEM.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT PROGRAMMATICS HOW DO WE ENGAGE PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING AND LEARNING THE SPORT? SO THEY ARE A KEY PIECE OF THIS IN ASSURING THE PROGRAMMATICS THAT GO WITH THIS.
AND I WOULD SAY IT'S REALLY ONE PART EXERCISE AND IT'S TWO PART SOCIAL.
IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF IT.
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AND THE PLAYERS UNDER 24 ARE THE FASTEST GROWING GROUP, 21%.SO IT'S IT'S VERY INVITING, RIGHT.
AND I THOUGHT THIS LAST ONE WAS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE IN THE DEAD OF WINTER, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR A WAY TO GET OUT AND ENGAGE EACH OTHER AND BE ACTIVE [INAUDIBLE].
SO WHAT IS THE PROJECT? SO IT STARTED IN 2021.
AS I MENTIONED, IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
AND AT THIS POINT, WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT PARCEL OF LAND THAT HAS A MARKET VALUE OF ABOUT $375,000, WE HAVE A GOOD FAITH INTENT BY THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, THE LANDSCAPING, THE TRAILS AND HELPING WITH THE DESIGN WORK.
OKAY. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE WOULD SEE THE PROGRAMING LOOKING LIKE.
THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT PICKLEBALL IS ABOUT.
MEANING YOU SHOW UP, YOU PLAY, YOU DON'T RESERVE A COURT.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIND A PARTNER.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP WITH A FOURSOME OR, YOU KNOW, RESERVE A SLOT.
I THINK IT'S ALSO LOGICAL THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE DAY, WE HAVE SOME KIND OF COURT RESERVE TIME.
I THINK THAT HELPS TO SATISFY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MAYBE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT ADVANCE PLAY WHO WANT TO JUST FOCUS ON PLAYING AT A HIGHER LEVEL WITH A SMALLER GROUP OF PEOPLE. COMMUNITY ED PARTICULARLY IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL WHEN SCHOOL IS IN SESSION AND WE SEE THE, YOU KNOW, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THE GRADE SCHOOLS ADDING PICKLEBALL TO THEIR CURRICULUM, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT RESOURCE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE SEE THERE BEING MONTHLY EVENTS AND EVENT COULD BE FIRST RESPONDERS NIGHT, IT COULD BE VOLUNTEERS NIGHT, THAT SORT OF THING. A WAY TO ENGAGE PEOPLE WHO WE REALLY WANT TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SPONSORSHIP.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM THAT HAS A VARIETY OF COMPONENTS, RANGING FROM FOUNDING MEMBERS, CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS, A PAVER CAMPAIGN JUST THE ABILITY TO SIMPLY MAKE A CROWD CAMPAIGN KIND OF CONTRIBUTION.
AND THERE WILL ALSO BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO NAME THE PARK AND THAT WILL OBVIOUSLY JUST BE ONE INDIVIDUAL OR ONE CORPORATION OR ONE ORGANIZATION THAT WILL APPROACH FOR THAT. SO IF WE KEEP GOING ON, I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THESE.
SO THE FOUNDING MEMBER, THE LEGACY PLEDGES AGAIN ALL ALL OF THESE ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
SO WE'LL BE OFFERING A $35,000 SPONSORSHIP FOR THE NETS.
AND YOUR NAME OR YOUR COMPANY NAME WOULD BE ON EACH OF THE NETS.
TWO SPONSOR OR BRING AN INDIVIDUAL COURT TO LIFE.
THE FIRST NINE WILL NAME A COURT, SO YOUR NAME WILL BE ON THAT FENCE.
NAMING THAT COURT, WHICH I THINK IS IS A GREAT WAY WHEN WE DO COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES AND WE SAY THIS WILL BE OCCURRING ON THIS SUCH AND SUCH COURT, WE'LL BE MEETING ON THE SUCH AND SUCH COURT. SO I THINK IT'S A IT'S A GREAT WAY TO BRING THOSE PEOPLE, PEOPLE'S NAME TO LIFE AS A PART OF THE ACTIVITY.
AND THEN ALL FOUNDING MEMBERS.
SO ANYBODY WITH A CONTRIBUTION OF $5,000 OR MORE WOULD BE RECOGNIZED ON A FOUNDING MEMBERS PLAQUE.
SO THAT IS THAT IS OUR TOP LEVEL OF CONTRIBUTION.
AND THEN IF WE GO ON, WE HAVE OUR CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS.
SO THESE ARE THE VINYL BANNERS FOR THREE YEARS.
AND SO WE'VE GOT NINE BANNERS FIVE BY SEVEN WE'VE GOT 18 AVAILABLE BANNERS IN THE THREE BY FIVE SIZE, AND THEN WE'VE GOT A LARGE BANNER THEN THAT WE WOULD HAVE COMPANY LOGOS ON IN THAT $3,000 CONTRIBUTION LEVEL.
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AND THEN WE HAVE OUR PAVING THE WAY CAMPAIGN.SO YOU HAVE LARGE MEDIUM AND SMALL PAVERS.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS ACTUALLY THAT STARING PARK AND WHAT THEY DID I THINK WE'RE WE'RE EVALUATING WHETHER, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF A WALL OR BENCHES OR SOMETHING THAT GETS THOSE PAPERS OFF THE GROUND SO THAT THEY DON'T WEATHER QUITE AS, AS QUICKLY.
MIGHT BE A BETTER CHOICE, BUT THAT'S THE PAVER PROGRAM.
AND SO THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION OF, WELL, WHERE WOULD I PLEDGE? WE HAVE A BROCHURE WE'LL BE USING.
WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE AT THE JAMES J.
HILL DAYS. WE HAVE A BOOTH THERE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO PICKLEBALL PAUL IS, PAUL MURRAY.
SO WE WILL BE HAVING AN EVENT THERE AS WELL.
AND THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THE WORKS.
BUT ANYONE CAN COME TO THIS ORONO PARKS LEGACY.ORG WEBSITE AND UNDER THE PROJECTS PICKLEBALL FIND THE FORMS TO MAKE PLEDGES WE WON'T COLLECT ON OUR PLEDGES UNTIL WE GET TO 70% OF OUR GOAL.
ALL RIGHT. SO UNTIL THEN, WE'RE JUST GATHERING THE INFORMATION.
AND THEN THERE IS A, THERE IS A BUTTON WHERE YOU CAN JUST MAKE A DIRECT CROWDFUNDING KIND OF CONTRIBUTION, AND THERE'S NO FEE BEING CHARGED TO US FOR ANY OF THESE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE MADE VIA THAT CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN.
BUT THIS IS THE BANNER THAT WE'LL BE USING IN IN PARADES AND IN OUR BOOTHS TO RAISE VISIBILITY.
AND WE JUST ARE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT, A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THE MATERIALS.
LIKE I SAID, WE'VE GOT A BROCHURE, WE'VE GOT THIS.
WE'VE GOT LISTS OF PROPERTY OWNERS AND AND TARGETED DONORS.
AND WE'VE BEGUN SCHEDULING A VARIETY OF EVENTS THAT WE'LL BE USING TO INTRODUCE THE FUNDRAISING.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, HITTING THE PAVEMENT.
BUT I AM EXCITED TO SAY, LIKE, FOR JAMES J.
SO PEOPLE ARE GETTING INVOLVED.
THEY'RE THEY'RE SHOWING UP AND INVESTING THEMSELVES AND MAKING THIS WORK.
I THINK THAT'S THE END, LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR.
[INAUDIBLE] I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
THE SPONSORSHIP PART OF IT, WHAT IS THE APPROVAL PROCESS OF THAT? I THINK THAT'S THE FIRST I'VE SEEN OF THAT.
AS FAR AS EVERYTHING FROM PAVERS TO BANNERS TO NAMING RIGHTS, WHAT WHAT WAS THE PROCESS TO GO THROUGH WITH THAT? SO WE DID REVIEW IT, I'M PRETTY SURE WITH ADAM WITH THE MAYOR.
RIGHT. THIS IS ORONO PARKS LEGACY.
SO IT'S THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ORONO PARKS LEGACY THAT OVERSEES THE FUNDRAISING PLAN, THE STRATEGIES, THE VEHICLES THROUGH WHICH THE THE ROLE OF THE CITY STAFF AND THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MESSAGING INAPPROPRIATELY. RIGHT.
SO, ADAM, DID I DESCRIBE THAT RELATIONSHIP APPROPRIATELY.
THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE AN APPROVAL PROCESS.
THERE'S AN APPROVAL PROCESS, JUST THAT LEGACY FUND WHO GETS TO ACCEPT THE DONATION AND RIGHT EVERYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, IS, IS WHATEVER, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO NAME IT APPROPRIATE FOR A PUBLIC PARK AND THINGS LIKE THAT THE COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD, WOULD HAVE THAT DECISION AUTHORITY.
YEAH. DID YOU RESEARCH AT ALL LIKE HOW, WHEN, WHEN THESE CAMPAIGNS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IS IT IS IT NECESSARY TO OFFER THAT MUCH STUFF AND NAMING AND SIGNAGE? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S KIND OF A LOT GOING ON THERE AND OTHERWISE ORONO TO ME HAS ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF RURAL AND LOW KEY, AND NOW THERE'S JUST A LOT OF SIGNAGE AND BANNERS
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EVERYWHERE. IS IT IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE ALL THAT TO GET THE FUNDRAISING YOU NEED? YEAH. WHEN YOU TRAVEL AROUND AND YOU GO TO PICKLEBALL PARKS, THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE ARE VERY COMMON, PARTICULARLY THE BANNERS AND THE PAVERS.I'M NOT SURE HOW COMMON NAMING OF THE PARK IS, AS A STRATEGY THAT WAS ACTUALLY, I THINK, SOMETHING THAT JOSH HAD SUGGESTED EARLY ON THAT WE CONSIDER AS PART OF THE STRATEGY. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'D LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE BIG DONORS COME IN AND PROVIDE THE FUNDS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT'S FOR THREE YEAR BANNER, RIGHT.
SO AFTER YOU GET OVER THAT INITIAL FUNDRAISING INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNITY STAGE, THEN I THINK IT COULD BE A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD DO A SIMILAR THING TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE FUNDS, OR IF THAT WOULD BE THE END OF THAT.
OKAY, JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, AND I'M YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEEN A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL THING, BUT WE DO HAVE WE DO HAVE A PAVER PROGRAM ALREADY AT ONE OF OUR PARKS HOCKEY. IT'S ALSO VERY COMMON TO DO THE BANNERS.
I KNOW I TALKED TO DENNY ABOUT THAT WHEN WE FIRST TALKED ABOUT AND I KNOW WE HAVE NETTINGS AND WINDBREAKS AND THERE'S PLACES TO GENERALLY PUT THOSE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY SERVES A PURPOSE BEYOND IT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GET OUT OF HAND.
YEAH. NO. ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY.
WE'LL ONLY DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR SURE.
I THINK THE MATERIALS YOU PUT TOGETHER SO FAR IN THE PRESENTATION IS OUTSTANDING.
I MEAN, GOOD JOB FOR GETTING WHERE YOU GOT ALREADY.
I REMEMBER WHEN WE, I WAS AROUND PART OF THE PARK COMMISSION WHEN WE DID THE BIG ISLAND DEAL.
AND ONE OF THE REAL ISSUES THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY LILY MCMILLAN, WHO WAS THE THE MAYOR AT THE TIME DEALT WITH, HEY, HERE'S THE BOURGEOIS, YOU KNOW, BOWLING OVER THE PROLETARIAT AGAIN.
THOSE THAT OWN, YOU KNOW, MASTER AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
AND I WONDER HERE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD IT BE ARGUED THAT THIS IS YOU MENTIONED YOUNG AND THE OLD AND ALL THAT, BUT WHAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER PARTS OF THE, YOU KNOW POPULATION THAT LIVES OUT HERE? I THINK HAVING A BUNCH OF LESSER PEOPLE WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, BIG BOATS WITH BANNERS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND NAMING NETS AND STUFF WOULD BE A BIG PART OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD BE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK THERE THERE'S SOME GRASSROOTS STUFF HERE THAT MIGHT BE SERVED BETTER IF SOMEHOW YOU DO END UP WITH A FOCUS ON REGULAR PEOPLE, TOO, IF YOU WILL.
YEAH. AND THAT IS WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE, THE BUDGET FOR THE FUNDRAISING.
THAT IS A IT IS A IT IS A SIZABLE PART WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO NEED TO PARTICIPATE IN ORDER TO RAISE WHAT YOU KNOW IS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO RAISE $300,000, RIGHT? WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE LARGE DONORS WITH A TARGET OF $800,000 TO MAKE THIS WORK.
DO YOU THINK THESE PEOPLE LIKE, IF YOU'RE A HUGE PICKLEBALL SUPPORTER AND YOU'RE WILLING TO GIVE 5 OR 10 GRAND, LIKE DOES NAMING, IS NAMING THE NET THAT IMPORTANT TO YOU? WELL, WHEN THE REMEMBER THE NET IS A $35,000 CONTRIBUTION, WHATEVER, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR THE NAMING OR THE BANNER OR ANYTHING, IT IS SIMPLY OFFERED AS AVAILABLE TO YOU.
SO YEAH IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT.
YEAH. I THINK YOU'RE AN AWESOME JOB.
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NAMED AND SEPARATION OF MICHAEL'S POINT.AND A BIG PART OF THAT IS OUR ABILITY TO GET GRANTS.
SO WE DID APPLY FOR ONE GRANT THAT WE WERE HOPING TO GET UP TO $150 OR $200,000.
YOU KNOW, BEFORE JOSH LEFT, I NEVER SAW WHAT WAS SUBMITTED.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE DID NOT WE WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL FOR THAT GRANT.
BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEARCH FOR AND APPLY FOR GRANTS.
AND IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.
I WAS VISITING WITH DENNY WALSH, AND HE WAS MENTIONING THAT THE ENGINEERING FIRM WE WORK WITH ALSO HAS EXPERIENCE WITH AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN APPLYING FOR GRANTS.
I KNOW THERE'S A MINNESOTA HEALTHY AGING GRANT THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED, AND ADAM AND I TALKED ABOUT WITH THE TRANSITION, KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME BREATHING ROOM, BUT THAT ONE'S GOT TO BE COMING UP HERE PRETTY.
YEAH. PRETTY QUICK IN TERMS OF ITS DEADLINE.
AND CAROLYN WILL BE PRESENTING TO THE CITY COUNCIL NEXT WEEK.
I'M HERE BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT LIKE I SAID, I'M NOT I'M NOT ON THE BOARD OF ORONO PARKS LEGACY, BUT I AM A VOLUNTEER AS A PART OF WEST LAKES PICKLEBALL GROUP. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ROLE THAT I'M PLAYING IN IT AT THIS POINT.
THAT ENDS OUR PRESENTATION PORTION STAFF REPORTS.
[Staff Report]
WHOLE RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING, DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL FROM KJERSTI DUVAL, WHO TENDERED HER RESIGNATION FROM THE COMMISSION.SO WE HAVE WE HAVE THAT VACANCY NOW ON ON THE COMMISSION.
BUT ALSO SO WHAT I TRIED TO DO IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES IS JUST KIND OF GIVE AN UPDATE TO THE COMMISSION ON THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE YOU LAST MET, WHICH WAS QUITE A WHILE AGO IN MAY, I BELIEVE WAS THE MINUTES WE JUST APPROVED.
SO I'VE GOT SOME HIGHLIGHTS THERE.
THE BIGGEST THING STAFF, WE'VE HAD A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF STAFF TURNOVER.
IN PARTICULAR, WE ARE NOW WELCOMING OUR NEW PARKS AND FACILITIES SUPERINTENDENT TAYLOR, WHO WILL OFFICIALLY START ON THE 19TH OF AUGUST BUT WAS GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO COME TODAY BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO MEET YOU ALL.
AND RECOGNIZING YOUR NEXT MEETING WAS NOT TILL OCTOBER, BUT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU. WELCOME ABOARD.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT WHERE YOU'VE BEEN AND WHAT YOU'RE.
YEAH, SURE. I'LL GIVE A LITTLE RUNDOWN.
SO I SPENT MY LAST 11 YEARS AT INTERLOCHEN COUNTRY CLUB.
THE LAST FIVE AS THE SUPERINTENDENT.
AND JUST ON THE BACK END OF A MAJOR GOLF COURSE RENOVATION.
SO JUST REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A LITTLE CHANGE OF PACE AND A LITTLE NEW CHALLENGE.
AS FAR AS MYSELF, PROFESSIONALLY AND REALLY EXCITED TO DIVE INTO THE PARKS HERE AT ORONO AND SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT TEAM HERE.
AS I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET SEVERAL OF THEM THROUGH THE INTERVIEW PROCESS.
SO LIKE ADAM SAID, I'LL BE STARTING HERE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND I AM LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO IT.
SO SOME SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME COMPLETED WORK.
I KNOW THE SUMMER IS NOW KIND OF NOT FINISHING UP, BUT GETTING TOWARDS THE END, BUT SINCE YOU LAST MET, WE DID PREP ALL OF THE PARKS, IN PARTICULAR THE BEACHES FOR THE SUMMER SEASON WITH THE BOYS AND THE DOCKS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
WE DID OUT AT THE GOLF COURSE.
AND THAT PROJECT IS WOUND UP WE RECEIVED AND PLANTED SOME NEW APPLE TREES ALSO AT THE GOLF COURSE, AND ACTUALLY WILL BE LOOKING TO REPLACE NOT ONE OF THE ONES THAT JUST WENT IN, BUT ONE OF THE ONES WE PUT IN, I THINK WAS LAST YEAR.
IT SEEMS TO HAVE SUFFERED FOR SOME FROM SOME DEER ACTIVITY, SO I KNOW THE CREWS WERE WERE LOOKING THAT'S THE ONE RIGHT AT THAT TURNAROUND BY THE FOURTH TEE BOX.
YEAH. I HOPE THAT GROWS TO BE A NICE LOOKING APPLE TREE.
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HOUSE WE DEMOLISHED LAST FALL THAT THE CREWS GOT OUT THERE AND THEY WERE ABLE TO TO REGRADE THAT AND SEED THAT THAT AREA, DO SOME HYDROSEEDING. NAVARRE PLAYGROUND ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I THINK IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO, THREE WEEKS AGO, WE GOT NEW MULCH INTO THE PLAYGROUND AREA.SO AND JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, THAT'S NOT JUST REGULAR MULCH.
YOU HAVE TO GET SPECIAL PLAYGROUND, HYPOALLERGENIC, WHATEVER KIND OF MULCH TO PUT IN PLAYGROUNDS.
SO SPECIAL, A SPECIAL PRODUCT, BUT PRODUCT.
BUT WE GOT THAT IN ALSO THE THE CREWS HAVE BEEN OUT.
THEY'VE BEEN OUT TO BIG ISLAND SEVERAL TIMES.
THEY GO OUT ABOUT EVERY TWO WEEKS TO DO ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, BUT IN PARTICULAR TWO WEEKS AGO, WE THEY WERE ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND DO THE HOPEFULLY JUST ANNUAL VAULT TOILET PUMPING. IT'S QUITE AN OPERATION.
I KNOW IT SOUNDS MAY SOUND SIMPLE TO JUST PUMP OUT VAULT TOILETS, BUT IT INVOLVES BARGES, FACTOR TRUCKS, OUR UTILITY CREWS SUPPLEMENTING OUR PARKS CREWS AND GOING OUT THERE TO GET THAT TASK DONE.
SO IT'S IT'S QUITE AN UNDERTAKING TO, TO MAINTAIN THOSE VAULT TOILETS OUT THERE THAT WAS COMPLETED.
THE ONE THAT WE HAD OUT THERE HAD SOME MAJOR MAINTENANCE ISSUES, SO WE HAD TO DO A SWAP OUT ON THAT.
AND THEN MOST RECENTLY, THE PARK'S CREW HAS BEEN OUT PRESSURE WASHING OUR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AND ALSO BEGUN THE ANNUAL PLAYGROUND SAFETY INSPECTIONS THAT THEY DO.
SO THAT'S THAT'S IN ADDITION TO ALL THE NORMAL JUST DAY TO DAY, YOU KNOW, TRIMMING TREES CLEANING OUT GARBAGE AND DOING THE SMALLER LEVEL TASKS BUT THOSE ARE SOME, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS.
AS WE, AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE BETWEEN NOW AND PROBABLY WHEN YOU MEET NEXT, WE'LL START TRANSITIONING, THAT SAYS TRANSACTIONING, BUT IT'S TRANSITIONING THE PARKS FOR FOR FALL AND WINTER.
THEY'LL GET THE ANNUAL PLAYGROUND INSPECTIONS COMPLETED AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE PREPPING TO HAVE ANOTHER TREE LIGHTING EVENT AS WE WELCOME IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON LATER IN THE YEAR.
ON THAT ONE, ON THE TREE LIGHTING.
TAYLOR'S GONNA HAVE A MILLION THINGS ON HIS LIST.
BUT WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE FOR US TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT TREE? WE HAVE THIS, LIKE METAL.
WE'VE HAD THIS METAL THING THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
SOMETHING EVEN, LIKE ARTIFICIAL, BUT IT LOOKS MORE LIKE AN ACTUAL TREE THAN JUST METAL RINGS.
THAT WAS QUITE AN UNDERTAKING FOR THE CREW LAST YEAR TO BUILD THE ARTIFICIAL.
OKAY. BUT IT DID REPLACE WE HAD A FEW YEARS AGO.
AND THEN WE, WE BOUGHT AND HAD A TREE PLANTED AND IT ACTUALLY GOT VANDALIZED.
I'LL KEEP ASKING THE QUESTION.
MY PERSONAL OPINION WOULD BE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE FESTIVUS POLE TOWARDS A MORE OF A TREE.
WE HAVE AND MAYBE I WOULD SAY WE DID LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE.
SO MAYBE IF THERE IS A GOOD FUNDRAISING EFFORT WE COULD GET ONE.
HOLIDAY LIST. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THE STAFF REPORT, JUST PROJECTS.
WE'VE GOT SOME RESTORATION LEFT TO DO.
CAN YOU HAVE TO COME FROM THE OTHER.
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NO, THEY'RE COUNTIES LOOKING.I THINK THAT PROJECT FINISHES UP NOVEMBER.
I HAVE TO IMAGINE EVERYBODY WHO USES IT.
I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE A DOG, BUT KNOWS THAT YOU CAN STILL ACCESS IT.
YES. IT'S THE THE PARK ITSELF HAS STILL BEEN VERY BUSY ALL YEAR.
YEAH, YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING, LIKE, NOW THEY'VE PUT UP CONES.
YOU CAN'T EVEN TAKE A RIGHT IN THERE.
IF YOU WERE COMING FROM 12, IT SAYS CLOSED TO THROUGH TRAFFIC.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO MAKE A SIGN THAT SAYS DOG PARK OPEN.
I JUST NOTICED THAT THAT WHOLE TURN LANE COMING FROM THE SOUTH WAS NOW CONED OFF.
YES. BUT I THINK, WELL, I HAVE TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
BUT FOR THE LONGEST TIME THERE WAS A SIGN THAT SAID PARK ACCESS WAY DOWN AT THAT END.
SO WE NOW HAVE A, A STORM POND, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY HADN'T HAD TIME TO SEED YET.
SO THE RAIN GARDEN ASPECT OF IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT GREAT.
SO WE HAVE HAD A FEW COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PUDDLE OF WATER, BROWN WATER THAT'S THERE.
HOW MANY SPOTS WERE ADDED? WE ALMOST DOUBLED IT.
YEAH. I WANT TO SAY IT'S 11, MAYBE 12, IF YOU COUNT THE ADDITIONAL ADA SPOTS.
DO WE HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THE WELL? NO. WE HAD WE PUT BOLLARDS AROUND IT.
IT'S NOW KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARKING LOT PICKLEBALL AT THE DONATION GARDEN.
YOU GOT A BRIEFING ON FUNDRAISING.
THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING WITH THAT WHOLE PROJECT IS JUST WAITING TO DO DESIGN ON AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF FUNDING TO BE RAISED BEFORE WE COMMIT TO MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY DETAILED DESIGN.
WE DID NOT GET SELECTED IN THIS YEAR'S PROCESS WILL APPLY AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
AND ALSO THERE'S SOME OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES WE'RE LOOKING AT.
HACKBERRY PARK REVITALIZATION IS KIND OF IN THE SAME SITUATION LOOKING TO, TO ACQUIRE ADEQUATE FUNDING TO MOVE FORWARD. WE DID COMPLETE THE MASTER PLAN, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR.
ARE WE JUST RESUBMITTING FOR THE SAME ONE WE APPLIED FOR LAST YEAR? FOR HENNEPIN COUNTY, HENNEPIN COUNTY YOUTH SPORTS ONE.
YEAH, I'VE APPLIED FOR IT, I DON'T KNOW, 5 OR 6 TIMES.
SO SOMETIMES IT TAKES 2 OR 3 TIMES TO GET IT.
YEAH. I THINK DOES IT HELP IF YOU KEEP REAPPLYING? AND IT DOES, BECAUSE THE NICE THING ABOUT THE HENNEPIN COUNTY YOUTH SPORTS FOLKS IS IF FOR SOME REASON YOUR YOUR APPLICATION DOESN'T GET PICKED UP, THEY'RE VERY WILLING TO WORK WITH YOU ON. OKAY. WELL THIS IS THIS IS THE FEEDBACK THEY GOT FROM THE SELECTION COMMITTEE ON WHAT YOU NEED TO DO TO TRY TO MAKE YOUR GRANT APPLICATION PACKET MORE COMPETITIVE FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
SAME PROCESS WHEN WE DID THE [INAUDIBLE] SPORTS FIELD THE FIRST YEAR WE APPLIED WE DIDN'T GET IT.
WERE THERE TWEAKS TO THE, THE PLAN THAT WE HAD SUBMITTED LAST YEAR FOR THIS ROUND.
OR IS IT JUST I HAVEN'T DONE IT YET OKAY.
JUST I JUST GOT THE NOTIFICATION FROM AND THEN THE GOLF COURSE PAVILION WAS KIND OF A LAST MINUTE PROJECT AS WE WENT INTO THE INTO THE NEW YEAR IT'S NOW COMPLETE.
LESS JUST RESTORATION ESTABLISHMENT.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I HAD AS FAR AS AN UPDATE.
ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OTHER PARTICULARS OR THE STAFF'S BEEN UP TO SINCE YOU LAST MET? IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEEN A KIND OF A QUIET SUMMER.
SO EXCITED TO GET YOU ABOARD, TAYLOR, AND WE'LL SEE WHERE WE GO.
YOU KNOW, I LIVE AT THE BASE OF SAGA HILL, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT. GORDY'S GOT THE GOLF COURSE.
[Commissioner Reports]
REPORT. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO TALK ABOUT COMMISSION REPORTS.[00:45:02]
DOES ANYBODY HAVE A COMMISSION REPORT TO DISCUSS? BRIAN ASKED ME TO GO TO THE OPEN HOUSE AND SORT OF REPRESENT THE COMMISSION OR WHATEVER WHEN THEY CAME THROUGH AND I DID THAT.I THINK HE WAS GOING TO COME TOO.
BUT HE, HE, HE SOLICITED ME TO COME IN HIS PLACE, AND I DID.
PROBABLY NOT AS MUCH AS EVERYBODY THOUGHT THERE WAS, BUT LOTS OF INTEREST.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT DID COME, AND IT'S JUST A CRAZY FACILITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN IT YET, BUT--YOU TALKING ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE? YEAH. YEAH. NO, NO, NO, THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING.
OH. THE MAINTENANCE. I'M SORRY.
AND THERE WAS A SPOT THERE FOR THE PARK COMMISSION.
AND LIKE I LIKE I SAID, I THOUGHT THIS MEETING TONIGHT WOULD BE OVER THERE.
IS IT YOUR OFFICE? IS YOUR OFFICE STILL HERE? MY OFFICE IS STILL HERE, BUT TAYLOR'S OFFICE IS OVER THERE, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE COMMISSION MEETINGS HERE? ARE WE? OKAY.
IF MAYBE YOU WANT A WORK SESSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
MIGHT BE IT MIGHT BE A GOOD SPOT FOR THAT.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET TOGETHER, THE THREE OF US ON THE SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE ACCESS POINTS TO TALK ABOUT, JUST KIND OF REVIEW THAT STUFF AGAIN TO SEE YOU'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH IT ONCE AND WE WERE GOING TO REHASH SOME OF THAT OR TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAPPEN BY THE NEXT MEETING.
I THINK WE ALL WANTED TO DO IT.
THEY JUST NEVER GOT GOT IT PUT TOGETHER.
PROBABLY HAVE TO MOVE THEM BACK FOR GAMES AND EVERYTHING, BUT THAT SURE IS A WELL-USED FIELD NOW.
VERY GOOD. THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT ON THE GOLF COURSE OTHER THAN THE 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SEEMED TO GO REALLY WELL.
WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN THAT SATURDAY, BUT BY AND LARGE, STAFF DID AN AMAZING JOB.
AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY WELL ATTENDED FUN EVENT, LIVE MUSIC AND REALLY NEAT AND GREAT TO HAVE THIS NEW PAVILION, WHICH I THINK TURNED OUT FANTASTIC. IT JUST KIND OF FITS THE WHOLE AREA UP THERE NICELY.
I THINK JUST DESIGN WISE AND EVERYTHING, IT TURNED OUT REALLY GOOD AND IT SEEMS TO BE GETTING USED.
AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO HEAR WHERE WE AT, WHERE WE'RE AT ON ROUNDS AND REVENUE THIS YEAR, BUT IT JUST SEEING IT EVERY DAY, IT SURE SEEMS LIKE IT'S GETTING USED AS MUCH AS I CAN EVER REMEMBER. I THINK WE.
YEAH, WE PREPARE SOME DATA ON THAT.
WE ARE BEHIND ON ROUNDS THIS YEAR JUST WITH THE WET WEATHER.
AND I KNOW THE, THE COMMUNITY DOES A NICE JOB OF PROGRAMING IT FOR KIDS TOO.
MY SON WAS OVER THERE TODAY WITH 30 OR 40 ORONO BUDDIES.
THEY HAVE A WHOLE GANG THAT PLAYS THERE ON ON TUESDAYS, SO THAT'S REALLY FUN TO SEE AND COOL.
IT SEEMS LIKE THINGS ARE DOING WELL. HOW OLD ARE THEY? HOW OLD ARE THEY? 12 YEAR OLD.
YEAH. THAT'S THE THING THESE DAYS GOLF'S COOL AGAIN GOLF'S COOL AGAIN I LOVE IT.
[Chair Report]
THROUGH. SO I THINK A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO YOU IS WE HAVE OUR WORK SESSION OCTOBER 8TH, WHICH IS OUR NEXT MEETING.I THINK FOR THAT OCTOBER 8TH MEETING, WE'LL REVIEW THOSE PRIORITIES AS A COMMISSION, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS THAT BRIAN AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY. SUCH AS PERHAPS ADDING A PLAYGROUND SUBCOMMITTEE, IF ANYBODY HAS PASSION ON THAT.
OBVIOUSLY WE GET A LOT OF MAINTENANCE WITH THOSE.
THEY DO NEED UPDATES EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
AND SO JUST EVEN AS AN ONGOING SOMEONE BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT CADENCE THEY NEED TO GET UPDATED AND REPAIRED, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. AS WELL AS GETTING BACK OUT THERE FOR ADOPT A PARK AND LAKE ACCESS COMMITTEES.
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THOSE ARE OUR TWO ADDITIONS THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT.SO OCTOBER 8TH, WE'LL ALSO WORK THROUGH THE CIP AT THAT POINT, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE NOVEMBER 4TH IS OUR NEXT FORMAL MEETING WHERE WE CAN REVIEW SOME OF OUR PROJECTS FOR 2025.
AND DISCUSS WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE.
WILL YOU BE RECRUITING TO REPLACE KJERSTI THEN HOW WILL THAT WHO WILL WHO WILL START THAT PROCESS? WELL, I'LL LET LET THE COUNCIL KNOW THAT SHE'S RESIGNED AND THEN LOOK FOR AN APPOINTMENT.
NORMALLY, WE WOULD JUST LOOK TO ONE OF THE ALTERNATES TO APPOINT INTO THE PRIMARY POSITION.
HOW MANY ALTERNATES ARE THERE? THERE ARE TWO, BUT I'M NOT SURE THERE'S ONE.
YEAH, THERE'S ONE AND THERE'S THE SECOND LISTED ON THE WEBSITE.
YEAH. SO I'LL PROBABLY REACH OUT TO BOTH ALTERNATES AND SAY, ARE EITHER OF YOU INTERESTED IN AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PRIMARY POSITION? GREAT. I'D LIKE TO THANK KJERSTI FOR HER SERVICE.
SHE WAS A FANTASTIC WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, SO SHE'LL BE MISSED.
SO THERE'S NOTHING ELSE? ANYONE MOTION FOR ADJOURN? I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION ON THE ON THE ORONO PARKS LEGACY.
WHO ARE THE PEOPLE THAT RUN THAT? LIKE WHO'S THAT COMPRISED OF? SO WE COULD BRING IT UP ON THE WEBSITE.
IT IS LISTED THERE. BUT IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, PETER FITCH, PETER HITCH, BRIAN ROATH, WAS KJERSTI BUT SHE JUST RESIGNED FROM THERE AS WELL.
OH, THERE WE GO. HERE'S THE REST, DENNIS.
DENNIS LIBBY HAS ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH US.
THAT'S WHY I HAD HIM CONFUSED.
AND THEN CAROLYN JOINED, YOU KNOW, 2 OR 3 MONTHS AGO.
I DON'T KNOW, JENNIFER I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH HER.
AND ACTUALLY, CAROLYN IS THE ONE THAT REACHED OUT TO BEGIN WITH WITH REGARDS TO PICKLEBALL.
SHE'S BEEN VESTED IN THIS SINCE THAT TIME.
GREAT. NO OTHER QUESTIONS THEN WE'LL WANT TO MOVE FOR ADJOURNMENT.
I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.