Feb 03, 2026 Park Commission

HIT THIS AND SAY, CALL TO ORDER. CALL TO ORDER TO THE PARKS COMMISSION MEETINGS.

[Call to Order]

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WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WELL, JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY, I SAID JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY.

OKAY, SO THE FIRST THOUGHT IS TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

[Approval of Agenda]

NOW WE'LL JUST KEEP GOING. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 4TH.

THOSE WERE ATTACHED. OR THEY WERE IN THE ONLINE ONE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ATTACHED THOSE.

OKAY. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. ANY COMMENTS? WE CAN'T VOTE ON IT, SO ANY COMMENTS?

[Approval of Minutes( Part 1 of 2)]

OKAY. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. PRESENTATIONS. SO NOW WE CAN CONTINUE OUR CONVERSATION ON THE CITY COUNCIL GOALS.

[Staff Report]

GOALS STILL HAVE TO BE ESTABLISHED, BUT THIS IS A RELEVANT WAY TO CHASE THEM DOWN THE PROCESS THAT THEY'RE USING. CAN YOU USE THE MIC? I WOULD ABSOLUTELY AGREE ON THAT.

THE PROCESS THAT THE COUNCIL USED. YEAH. YES I THINK THAT'S A PROCESS WE SHOULD.

SO WE SLIDE OUR GOALS IN, YOU KNOW, TO THE SECOND COLUMN OR WHATEVER, AND THEN WE FOLLOW ALONG.

SOMEONE GETS ASSIGNED TO IT. WELL, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND COLUMN THOUGH, TASK ACTION PROJECT, THERE'S TACTICAL GOALS, BUT THERE ARE SPECIFIC GOALS THERE, LIKE.

YEAH, THEY'RE. ESTABLISHED MISSION GOALS AND FOCUS AREAS.

YEAH. BUT THESE REALLY DON'T ENCAPSULATE THINGS LIKE WHAT MOLLY WAS TALKING ABOUT.

THERE'S SOME THINGS, SPECIFIC TASKS THAT SHE'D LIKE TO BE A PART OF IT.

AND I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE TO KIND OF FILTER IT IN HERE AND FOLLOW ALONG.

BUT THIS HAS GOT STRUCTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE COMMITTEE´S LACKED A LITTLE BIT OF HERE.

SO IF WE, YOU KNOW. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, IF WE LOOK AT IT AT LEAST PARTIALLY THAT WAY, I THINK IT'D BE IMPORTANT.

YEP. SO WHEN. SORRY I KEEP ASKING THIS, BUT FOR US TO ADD TO COMPLETE THIS, DO WE WANT TO HAVE A SUBCOMMITTEE DO THAT AND THEN COME BACK? I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT NOW AND GO THROUGH THEM.

AND THEN IF YOU DON'T SEE SOMETHING ON HERE YOU WANT TO DO, LIKE I HAD THE POLLINATORS, YOU'VE GOT A FEW LITTLE THINGS.

I THINK I HAVE A COUPLE MORE. WE DISCUSSED THOSE AND EITHER ADD THEM OR EMBED THEM IN THESE THREE, WHICH IS MOSTLY THE SECOND ONE. I THINK THAT WE´LL EMBED THEM IN. YEAH, I WOULD SAY THE FIRST ONE IS MOSTLY JUST OUR PROCESS OF RUNNING MEETINGS AND RUNNING THE SETUP OF THE COMMISSION ITSELF. SO IT RUNS SMOOTHLY AND OUR GOALS ARE A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED.

SO THAT WAS BROUGHT UP. JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, YOU KNOW, WE MET WITH ALL THE COUNCIL HERE AND HAD A HALF DAY SESSION WHERE THEY GOT TO.

WE BROKE OUT INTO SMALLER GROUPS TO KIND OF FLESH OUT WHAT THOSE GOALS WOULD BE, AND THEN DISCUSSED FURTHER BY THE BIGGER GROUP TO KIND OF GET THEM DOWN TO THEIR POINT.

SO ONE OF THEM WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR PARKS, WHICH IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN SEE ON THIS NEXT PAGE.

THIS ONE. AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH A THIS IS WHAT EXACTLY WE WANT YOU TO DO. THIS IS JUST THE DIRECTION WE SHOULD GO ON.

AND I THINK INSIDE OF THAT, EACH OF THESE KIND OF OBJECTIVES, OUR PROJECTS AND OUR TASKS THAT YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE ARE, I THINK, BAKED INTO THERE, JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP OF COUNCIL TO WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

AND I THINK FROM OUR DISCUSSIONS, I THINK WE ARE HEADED THAT WAY.

JUST MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING ALL THAT INFORMATION COLLECTED AND THEN, YOU KNOW, A CLEAR PLAN GOING FORWARD THAT CAN

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AND I THINK I KIND OF OUTLINED WHAT I WAS THINKING.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN? LIKE ON THE AGENDAS LIKE.

BUT I WON'T. JOE WILL STILL BE ADMINISTERING IT OUT.

BUT I'D LIKE TO ORGANIZE THE LIST OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE SUBMIT IN JUST LIKE A PREDETERMINED OUTLINE OF THE AGENDA.

SO JUST A LITTLE MORE EFFECTIVE WHEN WE'RE TOGETHER.

BUT THERE'LL ALWAYS BE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BRING THINGS UP AT THE END AND THEY'RE OPEN ROUND ROBBING.

AND I THINK I CAN DO THAT. I THINK I CAN DO THAT WITH JOE AND BRING THAT BACK.

UNLESS SOMEONE'S KEEN TO HELP ME. WHAT I THINK WE NEED A PART OF THIS, TOO, IS TO MAKE SURE THINGS THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION, EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO REVIEW AND CONTRIBUTE TO.

SOMETIMES THINGS ARE BEING BROUGHT IN FULL DOCUMENTS, FULL PLANS THAT NO ONE'S SEEN BEFORE.

ONCE IT'S KIND OF OUT THERE, IT BECOMES A PARK COMMISSION THING INSTEAD OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IS KIND OF WHAT OUR SETUP IS NOW WITH THESE SUBCOMMITTEES.

I THINK IT'S WORKING WELL. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU DID, YOU, BRIAN AND MOLLY WORKED ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE MISSION STATEMENT. GUIDING PRINCIPLES. GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

SORRY. I THINK WHAT YOU JUST SAID FITS IN THAT FIRST ONE. ESTABLISH COMMISSION RULES AND FOCUS AREAS.

SO OUR ROLE WOULD BE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT EVERYONE'S ON THE COMMISSION.

EVERYONE CAN ELECT TO BE ON SUBCOMMITTEES. BUT THOSE SUBCOMMITTEES, ONE OF OUR RULES WILL BE WE'LL BRING THAT WORK BACK TO THE PARK COMMISSION BEFORE WE TAKE IT TO THE COUNCIL. THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE WORKING. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE. MAYBE WE HAVE TO WRITE THAT DOWN. YOU CAN DEFINITELY. YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY. PEOPLE ARE DOING A LOT OF HARD WORK AND PUTTING INTO IT, BUT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WE ARE COMMISSION. SO WHAT I LIKE OR WHAT MIKE LIKES IS GREAT, BUT IT HAS TO BE WORK DONE BY THE COMMISSION AND I THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SET UP, LIKE YOU GUYS DID WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES.

YOU WORKED ON.

IT GIVES THE YEAH. I THINK TO ME IT'S A MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE GOAL.

THIS ONE'S HUMONGOUS. BUT THAT GOAL, I THINK I CAN WORK AND.

THIS ISN'T LIKE A. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE AGENDAS HERE.

THE FIRST ONE HERE. THE FIRST. THAT'S JUST A PART OF THE FIRST ONE.

YEAH. BUT IT WOULD BE. WELL, THE SHORT AND LONG TERM GOALS.

YEAH. YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. THE GOALS PART IS.

THAT WOULD BE IN THIS. JUST TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE GOALS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED.

SO IT'S NOT, OH WE'VE STARTED TO WORK ON LAKE ACCESS POINTS, BUT NOW I'M MOVING ON TO ANOTHER HUGE PROJECT AND WE HAVEN'T FINISHED LAKE ACCESS POINTS.

IT'S LIKE WE NEED TO DO IS ESTABLISH WHAT OUR GOALS AND WHICH ONES ARE MOST IMPORTANT AND KIND OF SEE THEM THROUGH.

WE HAVE LINGERING GOALS FROM 2025, AND TO ME, THAT'S IN THAT HACKBERRY BUCKET, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE, WHAT DO WE HAVE FROM 2025 THAT WE NEED TO FINISH OUT AND WHETHER THAT TAKES A YEAR OR TWO.

WE'VE GOT TO EARMARK THAT IN THAT PLAN. I'M READING HERE, DEVELOP PARK COMMISSION GOALS AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO MEETINGS.

I STILL FEEL LIKE WE NEED A SUBCOMMITTEE TO PUT OUR GOALS TOGETHER.

ESTABLISH COMMISSION ROLES AND FOCUS AREAS, TO ME, IS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND GOALS THAT WE WILL HAVE.

THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT WE PUT TOWARDS THE COUNCIL TWO MONTHS AGO.

I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE THAT. WELL, I THINK IT'S MAYBE IT'S ADDING ON TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, SOME THINGS LIKE THAT. EVERYTHING SHOULD COME TO THE COUNCIL.

WELL, THOSE ARE, BUT THESE ARE JUST FOCUS AREAS.

AND THEN OUT OF THAT COME YOUR GOALS, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT HOW IT WORKS? WELL, I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. IF YOU LOOK AT OBJECTIVES, CREATE A CONSISTENT MEETING STRUCTURE.

THAT'S ADMINISTRATIVE. SECOND, CITY COUNCIL ROLES AND FOCUS AREAS, THAT WILL BE MET WITH OUR GOALS BEING DEVELOPED AND PUTTING SUBCOMMITTEES TOGETHER, RIGHT_ I THINK WE DID THAT WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WORK.

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THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. I FEEL LIKE I'M BEING VERY.

SO CLARIFY PARK COMMISSION ROLES AND FOCUS AREAS.

TO ME THE ROLES WILL BE THE SUBCOMMITTEES WERE ON WHEN WE HAVE THE GOALS.

SO WE CAN'T DO IT UNTIL WE GET THOSE. AND THEN THE FOCUS AREAS WOULD BE.

WELL I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION MAYBE FOR JACQUELINE IN TERMS OF CLARIFYING PARK COMMISSION ROLES, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WELL, WE KNOW WHAT OUR ROLE, OUR ROLE IS AS AN ADVISOR.

ADVISORY COMMISSION TO COUNCIL. YEP. SO DOES THAT MEAN SOMETHING DIFFERENT HERE? I THINK. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE GETTING HUNG UP ON, MOLLY.

I'M SORRY. I KNOW, MAYBE I JUST NEED TO. I LOOK AT THIS AS THE COMMISSION.

SORRY. THE COUNCIL SENDING US A STRONG MESSAGE THAT WE REPORT TO THEM.

YES. WE ALL KNOW WE REPORT TO THEM. I THINK MOST OF US DO.

SO IT'S A LITTLE MAYBE. OKAY, WE GET IT. BUT I THINK THEY'RE MAKING IT SUPER CLEAR BECAUSE THERE'LL BE NEW PEOPLE COMING ON THAT WE ARE ADVISORY TO THEM.

WE DON'T GO OFF AND DO THINGS ON OUR OWN. WE ALSO WANT TO BE GOING TO COUNCIL WITH BIG DECISIONS ALIGNED ON THINGS.

TO ME MAYBE THAT'S WHY IT'S KIND OF OBVIOUS IN SOME WAYS, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO TELL THE COUNCIL WE ARE AN ADVISORY TO YOU, AND HERE'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THINGS BACK TO YOU AT KEY MOMENTS. BUT THIS TASK SAYS ESTABLISH COMMISSION ROLES AND FOCUS AREAS.

SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT? TO ME THAT MEANS IT HASN'T BEEN DONE YET.

WELL, WE'RE ADVISORY AND OUR FOCUS AREAS WILL BE OUR GOALS.

THAT'S HOW I READ THAT. OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE AN ACTION AGAINST THAT THEN.

WELL.

AND IT'S GOING TO.

AND THAT PART OF THAT IS WAITING FOR THE NEW MEMBERS TO COME AND SEE WHOSE INTERESTS ALIGN WITH WHICH OF THE GOALS THAT WE WANT TO UNDERTAKE FOR 2026. OKAY. I'LL LEAVE IT LAY.

ESTABLISH COMMISSION ROLES AND FOCUS AREAS. SO WHEN I READ THAT, I AM SAYING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED US TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT AND THAT WE HAVE A DELIVERABLE TO THAT TASK.

YEAH, WE HAVE TO DEVELOP ROLES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL PARK COMMISSION PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE HERE.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FOCUS AREAS FOR EACH OF THOSE PEOPLE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO. AND THAT WILL BE REFLECTED ON WHAT SUBCOMMITTEES THEY SIGN UP. YEAH.

AND I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. I'M SORRY. YEAH.

YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK.

YOU'RE PEELING BACK THE ONION A LITTLE BIT. SORRY.

SOME OF THIS FIRST GO, WE'LL GO BACK TO ONCE WE FINISH THE SECOND ONE TO SAY.

YES. YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN WE DEVELOP PARK COMMISSION GOALS AND INTEGRATE THEM INTO MEETINGS.

I THINK THAT ONE IS LIKE WHAT I WANT TO DO TONIGHT, IF POSSIBLE, WITHOUT A QUORUM WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET WELL, I THINK THERE IS MAKING SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT WE ARE WORKING ON PERSONALLY AND AS A SUBCOMMITTEE COMES BACK TO THE WHOLE COMMISSION. SO EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, BUY IN OR EXPLAIN WHY THEY DON'T BUY IN.

MY OVERARCHING VIEW OF THIS FIRST GOAL IS MORE EFFECTIVE MEETINGS BY HAVING A MORE EFFECTIVE AGENDA.

AND THAT AGENDA WILL BE TIED TO OUR GOALS. SO WE CAN'T DO IT UNTIL WE HAVE OUR GOALS, LIKE BAKED IN OURSELVES.

SO WE'LL CIRCLE BACK. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT SUCCESS CRITERIA, YOU KNOW, MORE FOCUSED IN EFFECTIVE MEETINGS, CLEAR DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM COUNCIL, IMPROVED COORDINATION BETWEEN ALL THREE OF US BECAUSE WE'RE DOING ALL THESE THINGS AND THEN INCREASED ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY.

A LOT OF THIS STUFF, IT'S NOT LIKE A CRITICISM OR ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST KIND OF WHAT COUNCIL WANTS KIND OF ACROSS THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THEM FROM WHAT THEY'RE DOING. YOU KNOW, PAST COUNCILS LIKE TO DO IT A DIFFERENT WAY.

THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO. SO I DON'T WANT IT TO SEEM LIKE, OH, THIS IS A CRITICISM OF WORK WE'VE DONE OR OH.

I'M NOT REALLY. JUST. TAKING IT THAT WAY. I'M HAVING A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE TASKS ARE. SO I'LL JUST. WE GOT A QUORUM.

YAY! BUT NO CHAIR. OH, NO.

WE'VE GOT A CHAIR. YAY! SO, JOE, WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL NOW?

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YOU CAN APPROVE THE MINUTES NOW. HELLO? HEY, JAKE.

I'M OVER HERE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. WE'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE WE'RE NOW AT QUORUM WITH A COUNT FOUR PART COMMISSIONERS.

SO WE WILL USE THE AGENDA AS WRITTEN AND WHERE WE NEED TO VOTE OR AGREE ON THINGS, WE WILL DO THAT.

PRIOR TO THAT, WE WERE NOT AT QUORUM, SO WE WERE HAVING JUST A CONVERSATION.

WELCOME, JACOB. SO TURN TO PAGE. OR CAN YOU SHOW THEM WHAT.

AND I'LL JUST PARAPHRASE WHAT WE DID ON THAT FIRST ONE, AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE SECOND ONE, WHICH I THINK IS DEEPER. SO HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THIS? YOU LOOKED AT THIS. YES. OKAY. SO ON THAT FIRST GOAL, WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT THAT WE REALLY WANT TO HAVE MORE EFFECTIVE MEETINGS WITH BETTER AGENDAS.

I'LL TAKE POINT ON THAT, WORKING WITH JOE TO ORGANIZE JUST A FORMAT OF A STRUCTURED AGENDA, WHICH WILL HAVE OUR GOALS IN THERE SO THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON THE GOALS AT THE MEETING.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UPDATES AND WHEN TO SHARE INFORMATION. SO PART OF THAT CAN'T REALLY BE DONE UNTIL WE HAVE THE GOALS.

BUT I ENVISION THAT BEING A PREDETERMINED AGENDA, REMINDING THAT WE'RE AN ADVISORY TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE HAVE GOALS. WE'LL GO AROUND AND DO UPDATES ON THOSE GOALS, AND THEN WE'LL ALWAYS HAVE THAT ROUND ROBBING AT THE END FOR PEOPLE JUST TO SPEAK. WE'LL KIND OF FOLLOW THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MODEL.

ARE YOU COOL WITH THAT? YES. ONE WORD. SO I THINK ON THE SECOND GOAL IS WHERE I REALLY WANT TO SPEND TIME TONIGHT.

IF YOU GUYS ALL AGREE IS EMBEDDING, LIKE MICHAEL SAID, OUR GOALS IN THAT SECOND COLUMN, LIKE THE PARK CATEGORIZATION, THE STANDARDS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OVERLAPPING WITH THE WORK WE HAD PLANNED TO DO BEFORE WE SAW THESE IN THE RIGHT WAY.

I THINK DEVELOPING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND ASSIGNING THEM TO COMMISSION PEOPLE IS PROBABLY BETTER DONE IN A WORK SESSION OR THAT'S ALL WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON IS, YOU KNOW, WHICH OF THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT EXISTED IN 25 THAT WE WANT TO CARRY OVER ARE GOING TO STAY WITH US. AND WE HAD A SHEET LIKE THIS FOR 2025 AND KIND OF GO BACK TO THAT, SAY, WELL, HOW DO WE DO? AND THEN LET'S DO IT AGAIN.

BUT I MEAN, WE CAN GO THROUGH SOME OF THAT. BUT AS WE SAID CREATING THOSE ROLES IS GOING TO BE SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT UPON THE NEW FOLKS THAT ARE COMING IN. SO WE CAN'T GO TOO FAR WITH IT.

BUT FOR INSTANCE, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW. JOE, HOW FAR SHOULD WE GO NOW WITH REGARD TO THAT? WELL, I THINK A GOOD FOCUS WOULD BE TO LOOK AT THE GOALS FROM LAST YEAR, WHICH WE HAVE ATTACHED TO HERE AND, YOU KNOW, HIGHLIGHT THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO CARRY OVER.

YEAH. MOST OF THEM MIGHT IN SOME WAY.

AND THEN IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, THE PURPOSE MIGHT BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT INSTEAD OF AT, YOU KNOW.

LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT ADOPT A PARK. INSTEAD OF IT JUST BEING ADOPT A PARK, MAYBE IT'S ADOPT A PARK AND VOLUNTEER PROGRAM SO WE CAN AT LEAST KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THESE, YOU KNOW, SUBCOMMITTEES, GOAL BREAKDOWNS ARE.

AND IF THERE'S ONE THAT'S NOT THERE THAT WE WANT TO ADD.

OR WE CAN SAY THAT'S NOT A GOAL FOR US THIS YEAR.

THAT'S NOT ONE OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES. IT'S NOT ALIGNED WITH WHAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL WANTS FROM US.

AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS A PRIORITY.

AND DO WE WANT TO USE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS REALLY SORT OF OUR HOW ARE WE GOING TO DECIDE HELPING US DECIDE WHAT'S IN AND YOU ESTABLISH THOSE. WE VOTE ON THE APPROVED AND THEY CAN DEFINITELY HELP SHAPE WHATEVER GOALS WE ARE LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW. AND EVEN MORE SO WHEN WE GET INTO THE DETAILS OF A PROJECT.

THOSE ARE REALLY GOING TO HELP SHAPE IT. ALL RIGHT.

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TAKE CARE OF WHAT WE HAVE. I THINK WE'LL JUST QUICKLY GO OVER THESE JUST TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE THIS IN YOUR PACKET.

YOU HAVE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES, BUT EFFECTIVE GUIDANCE, CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT, CHALLENGES FOR THE FUTURE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OF CHOICE.

WANT HIM TO BE IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY OF CHOICE AND WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR THE PRESERVATION OF NATURAL BEAUTY, QUALITY OF LIFE, AND RECREATIONAL ASSETS. SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO PULL THAT OUT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THAT MINDSET GOING THROUGH THE 25 GOALS, IT'S A GOOD CALL, MOLLY. AND I THINK WE WANT TO GO AS FAR AS TO WHAT.

DID YOU SAY EFFECTIVE GUIDANCE, CITIZEN INVOLVEMENT, CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND WIDELY.

YEP. OKAY. SO WITH THAT MINDSET THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME USING THEM.

SO IT MIGHT JUST GET USED TO IT. BUT WE'D LIKE TO USE THAT KIND OF AS OUR NORTH STAR.

IF WE START WITH THE 25 GOALS. THE FIRST GOAL WAS TRAILS.

AND IT WAS A STANDING COMMITTEE TO EXPLORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS TO TRAILS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO THERE WASN'T REALLY A SPECIFIC GOAL THERE THAT WE HAD ON PAPER.

BUT JACOB, MAYBE YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE ON THAT COMMITTEE? I WOULD SAY THERE WASN'T A LOT OF WORK DONE ON TRAILS THIS YEAR.

THE ONE TRAIL, YOU KNOW, CHOSEN NOT TO BE DONE.

I THINK AN IMPORTANT TRAIL IS THE LUCE LINE DAKOTA TRAIL CONNECTION TO KEEP AN EYE ON HOW THINGS GO WITH THAT.

AND THAT INVOLVES THE CITY OF ORONO, BUT IT'S MORE OF A COUNTY, AND I THINK THREE RIVERS PARK PROJECT.

SO TRYING TO SEE. I WILL SAY WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM.

SO WE DO ALL THE SNOWPLOWING ON THE DAKOTA TRAIL RIGHT NOW.

SO PARK STAFF IS ON. I WOULD SAY THE OTHER TRAIL THING THAT WE DID HAVE SOME MEETINGS ABOUT WITH SOME RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL IS THE LOWRY WOODS ACCESS TO THAT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT IS A PARK WITH NO ACCESS.

THERE'S HASN'T BEEN ANYTHING CONCRETE. I KNOW A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS JANIE WAS OUT THERE WITH ME.

WHO ELSE WAS OUT THERE? PARDON? SO. WHAT DID YOU SAY? SO THAT WOULD JUST BE THE. SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON WITH IT.

IT MIGHT BE STILL SOMETHING WE CAN INCLUDE ON HERE, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING, YOU KNOW.

I'D BE SUPER KEEN TO TAKE LIKE, RUTHLESS ON THIS AND TAKE ANYTHING OFF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO.

SO WHAT I'M HEARING EVERYONE SAY IS WE'LL SUPPORT THE LUCE LINE DAKOTA TRAIL, BUT THAT'S NOT OURS TO.

MAYBE WE DON'T PUT THAT ON THERE. WE AS A COMMISSION REALLY DON'T HAVE A ROLE THERE, DO WE? NO, BESIDES KIND OF IF THERE IS GOING TO BE AN EXTENSION OR IF THERE'S GOING TO BE.

YOU COULD BRING US IN IF NEEDED? CORRECT. I THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING OF NOTE THAT COMES UP, DEFINITELY WILL BE PRESENTED. BUT. LOOKS LIKE THE PROPERTY JUST TO THE WEST OF THERE IS BEING DEVELOPED? HAVE YOU SEEN THAT? AT LUCE LINE? OR. NO. OFF OF.

WAS IT NORTH SHORE DRIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LOWRY HILLS? JUST TO THE WEST OF THAT. IT WAS A BIG OPEN FIELD.

THEY HAD SOME TREES PLANTED IN THERE, BUT IT'S ALL BEING IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR BUILDING A SUBDIVISION IN THERE.

YEAH. IT MAY NOT AFFECT US AT ALL BUT I THINK IT MAY BE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.

I'LL TAKE A I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. TAKE A LOOK. YEAH.

I MEAN IF WE'RE ABLE YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT PARK FOR RESIDENTS, BUT AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T IMPACT. I HADN'T REALLY THOUGHT ABOUT IT, BUT MAYBE THAT DEVELOPMENT COULD OPEN UP SOME DOORS FOR ADDING A TRAIL. MAYBE THERE'S SOME PROPERTY THERE THAT THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, WOULD BE WILLING TO USE AS A TRAIL.

IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, I WOULD THINK, TOO TO HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO THE LUCE LINE, WHICH IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY. YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANY OF THAT, BUT I COULD DEFINITELY TALK TO.

YEAH, I'M SURE SO I GUESS I'M GOING TO YOU GUYS CAN TELL ME IF I'M REALLY WRONG HERE.

I'M GOING TO SAY WE DON'T CARRY ANYTHING FORWARD TO 26 ON THIS FIRST ONE.

ARE WE COOL WITH THAT? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A SPECIFIC GOAL, BUT I THINK TRAILS ARE IMPORTANT AND ALWAYS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES.

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SO THERE'S ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THOSE TWO NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.

SO LONG LAKE HAS STARTED THE TRAIL AND THEN IT STOPS ON THE IN THAT KIND OF FIELD.

AND WHERE WHO WANTS THIS. WELL I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.

ME AS A PARENT OF KIDS KNOWING YOU CAN GET KIDS ON BIKES, IT'S A GOOD CONNECTOR.

SO LOOKING FOR GOOD. SO DOES IT CONNECT TO THE PARK BEHIND THIS JUST A LITTLE BIT NORTH OF HACKBERRY. YEAH. RATHER THAN HAVING TO LIKE NOW YOU KNOW, AS A PARENT THAT RIDES BIKES WITH KIDS, YOU GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WATERTOWN. YOU'RE KIND OF IT'S A BIG DIVERSION.

SO IT'S A GREAT LITTLE SHORTCUT. PRETTY SMALL ADDITION.

IT'S JUST AN OPPORTUNITY. JUST TELL ME WHERE THIS WOULD BE.

LIKE IF YOU WANT IF THIS CAME THROUGH FROM. IT'S A STRAIGHT SHOT.

ON THE NORTH END OF THE LONG LAKE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SHORELINE FIRE DEPARTMENT PROPERTY NORTH TO CONNECTING FROM WHAT IS THAT? SO THAT IS WILLOW DRIVE, AND I DON'T RECALL THE STREET ON THE OTHER OPPOSITE THIS WOULD BE EAST WEST TRAIL. OKAY. CONNECTING.

SO I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS UNTIL NOW. NO, THIS IS BUT THERE'S A TRAIL THAT'S KIND OF BEEN STARTED AND NEVER FINISHED.

AND SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO KEEP TRAILS OPEN AND ACTIVE AND FOR OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT I WOULD SAY THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF IS THIS ALIGNED WITH WHAT OUR GOAL.

BECAUSE A TRAIL IS NOT WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING TO EXPAND KIND OF.

BUT COULD THIS BE PROPOSED TO COUNCIL AS PART OF HACKBERRY PROJECT IN THE FUTURE? BUT I WOULDN'T PROBABLY MARRY IT TO HACKBERRY.

OKAY, NO. BUT THIS. AND I'M NOT SAYING, LIKE, WE'RE TAKING TRAILS.

WE STILL HAVE OUR TRAILS, SUBCOMMITTEE AND TRAILS.

CONCERNS CAN STILL BE BROUGHT UP, BUT I DON'T THINK.

THERE AND I'LL JOIN IT WITH YOU, JACOB, TO TAKE JANIE'S AND RICK'S PLACE, AND WE'LL JUST KEEP IT ON THE RADAR.

THAT'S WHAT I THINK. YEAH, THERE'S THREE OF THEM HERE THAT WOULDN'T COST US ANYTHING.

THIS DEVELOPER BY LOWRY HILL OR BY LOWRY WOOD.

WHATEVER MIGHT HAPPEN WITH LUCE LINE TRAIL. AND THEN THE SHORELINE THING IS THREE EXAMPLES.

WE WOULDN'T INVOLVE A LOT OF WORK, BUT JUST KEEPING OUR EARS OPEN.

BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT COUNCIL HAS SENT DOWN TO MAKE SURE IT FITS IN THAT SECOND GOAL.

YEAH, WELL I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAILS.

AND IT MAY END UP THAT MAYBE THIS IS AS WE START HAVING MORE CONVERSATION ABOUT PARK TYPES. RIGHT? THESE ARE PARK. THIS IS A PARK TYPE, I THINK AND WITHIN ALL PARK TYPES, WE SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT KEEPING OUR EYE ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES. RIGHT. AND SO MAYBE IT'S STEPPING UP TO KIND OF A BROADER THOUGHT.

SO THIS IS THE TRAIL PARK TYPE TEAM. YES. YEAH.

SO DO YOU GUYS TRACK WITH THAT. SO LIKE WHEN WE THINK WE'RE DEVELOPING STANDARDS BY PARK TYPE, THE TRAILS ARE ALREADY DEFINED. AND YOU TWO WOULD TAKE POINT ON THAT TO KIND AND WHAT WE CAN KEEP ON THAT GOAL IS, YOU KNOW, KEEP LOWRY WOODS ON THERE.

WE CAN TAKE OFF NORTH ARM TRAIL. THAT'S YEAH.

WE CAN TAKE OFF THE SOME OF THE. I WOULD SAY JUST LET YOU GUYS COME BACK AND TELL US WHAT.

THERE'S NO LIST I WOULD TAKE THE LIST OFF. BUT YOU WOULD PRIORITIZE WHAT YOU WANT TO BRING BACK AS OPPORTUNITIES.

SO WE'RE NOT CARRYING A LOT OF THIS WORK FORWARD. THAT'S SO.

WELL, LET US DEVELOP IT WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE.

YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. SOME OF THESE CAN JUST BE IN PROCESS, RIGHT? BECAUSE, YEAH. LUCE LINE DAKOTA CONNECTION. THAT'S A BIGGER PROJECT THAT HAPPENS TO IMPACT, YOU KNOW, A PORTION OF ORONO PRIMARILY PROBABLY AT THE SUMMIT BEACH AREA.

IT'S PERFECTLY FINE TO HAVE GOALS AND THINGS ON HERE THAT AREN'T THAT ARE FUTURE GOALS.

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I MEAN, THEIR FORMAT IS QUITE NICE IN THAT IT IT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS PAGE.

THIS ONE, IT OUTLINES KIND OF WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN RESOURCES ARE REQUIRED, TIMELINES AND MILESTONES.

SO YOU COULD SAY THIS IS FUTURE. SO THAT WAS A GOOD CALL.

OKAY. OKAY. SO SO THE FIRST GOAL WILL TURN INTO MANAGING TRAILS AS ONE OF THE PARK TYPES THAT WE WILL BE GOING ON LATER.

AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED WITH YOU TO OKAY.

ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON TO THE GOLF COURSE. SPECIAL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR GOLF COURSE INITIATIVES, COURSE CONDITIONING, TREE MANAGEMENT, LANDSCAPING, OUTSIDE FOOD OPTIONS? I'D SAY A LOT OF THESE ARE HAVE ALREADY YOU KNOW, THE GOLF REBRANDING HAS BEEN DONE BECAUSE OF THE NAME CHANGE.

SO WE GOT NEW SIGN REPLACEMENTS IS IN PROCESS.

ALMOST FINISHED. THE LONG TERM PLANNING FOR IRRIGATION AND SOME OF THE OTHER CART PATHS HAS, HAS BEEN COMPLETED. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO HAVE A GOLF COURSE COMMITTEE.

YEAH. AND I MEAN, I THINK IN HERE IS THE SURVEY BECAUSE WE, REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND THE WHAT ORONO RESIDENTS WANT FROM THE GOLF COURSE AND WHAT THE GOLFERS WANT FROM THE GOLF COURSE, AND THEN AND THEN COMING OUT OF THAT, WE I KNOW GORDY HAS TALKED ABOUT PUTTING SOME KIND OF MASTER PLAN INTO PLAY SO THAT WE CAN GET A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT IN THE FUTURE IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE IS EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS COMING ON, IS THE ESTABLISHED MEMBERS CAN TAKE THESE COMMITTEES, USE THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE FROM COUNCIL AND KIND OF ESTABLISH GOALS FOR THE YEAR.

AND THEN WHEN WE'RE AT OUR NEXT MEETING, WE CAN DISCUSS THEM FURTHER IN OUR WORK SESSION.

WELL, YEAH, I JUST DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THEM THOUGH, BECAUSE YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THEM TONIGHT. WHAT DO WE WANT TO SAY TO GET IT'S DEFINED GOLF GOLF COURSE INITIATIVES FOR THE SURVEY.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING? I WOULD JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT AND THERE WILL BE OTHER INPUTS INTO THAT, I'M SURE. OKAY, SO THAT'S BASICALLY TBD FOR NOW.

DEFINE AND YOU WANT TO STAY ON THERE, MOLLY? JUST.

YEAH. I'LL TAKE BRIAN'S SPOT. MICHAEL. YEAH. OKAY.

OKAY. SO ON GOLF COURSE, WE'RE KEEPING A GOAL THERE. WE'RE CALLING IT DEFINE GOLF COURSE INITIATIVES BASED ON SOME TO BECOME FEEDBACK.

AND THEN MOLLY GORDY AND MICHAEL. YEAH. AND THEN WE WILL.

RIGHT. YOU'LL FIGURE THIS PART OUT. AND I WOULD JUST SAY LIKE, YEAH.

DON'T LIKE TAKE IT OUT OR START OVER. YEAH. YEAH.

COOL. OKAY. HACKBERRY MASTER PLAN. SPECIAL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

GORDY, JACOB, JANIE, INITIATE GRANT APPLICATION.

SEE, THIS REALLY ISN'T APPROPRIATE FOR US IMPLEMENT DESIGN.

IT'S REALLY JUST TO BE ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE TO BE AT THE.

SO IT'S THE THIRD GOAL THAT THE COMMISSION'S GIVEN OR COUNCIL'S GIVING US.

SO WE JUST WE TAKE THIS WE FINISH THIS OUT. ARE YOU COOL GORDY OR SORRY JACOB WITH THIS GOAL JUST BECOMES IT CHANGES WHAT IT IS BECAUSE OF TIME GOING ON. IT'S PART OF THE HACKBERRY PARK REVITALIZATION PROJECT.

IT'S ON THE BACK PAGE. IT'S ON THE BACK PAGE OF THIS PAGE.

THE GOALS. YEAH. I MEAN, THIS LOOKS I JUST THINK IT'S GOOD TO KEEP THAT, YOU KNOW, SO PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S COUNCIL OR THERE'S COMMISSION VOICE STILL ON THAT SUBCOMMITTEE.

AND I THINK THE BIGGER ISSUE IS ONCE CONSTRUCTION IS STARTED, THEN WE GO INTO THE USE QUESTIONS, WHICH I THINK IS GOING TO BE MORE SOMETHING THAT WE YOU GUYS CAN DISCUSS A LITTLE MORE.

HOW MANY DAYS ARE THERE GOING TO BE GAMES OUT THERE, WHAT TIME, HOW LATE THE GAMES CAN GO? THAT'S KIND OF THE GUIDELINES THAT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING A LITTLE MORE OUTSIDE OF HOW MUCH GRADING IS IN A DITCH OR, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT IT'LL BE IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT SO WE CAN ESTABLISH THAT PART FOR THE PARK, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMISSION, TO LOOK AT THAT, HOW IT'S BEING USED.

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YEAH. AND JACOB, YOU'RE ARE YOU KEEN TO STAY ON HACKBERRY? YEAH. AND YOU PROBABLY NEED MORE HELP. AND WE'RE THINKING WE WON'T ASSIGN PEOPLE UNTIL NEXT MEETING IN APRIL, WHEN WE HAVE THE NEW COMMISSIONER OR COMMISSIONERS.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO PENCIL YOU IN FOR THAT ONE, AND WE'LL JUST FILL HIM IN FOR.

YEAH I THINK. OKAY. JACOB NEEDS TO BE ON IT. YES.

HE CAN'T SAY NO. ANTOINE, THIS ONE I THINK WE CAN SAY IS COMPLETED.

I THINK WE YEAH. SO THE JUST DELIVERED KIND OF THEIR REPORT.

I THINK WE GOT YESTERDAY. SO SINCE WE'D ALREADY PUT OUR AGENDA OUT, I'LL BE ABLE TO PRESENT THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THIS PROJECT OBVIOUSLY IS NOT ON THE RADAR RIGHT NOW TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL HACKBERRY IS DONE AND SOME OTHER THINGS, BUT WE CAN AT LEAST SEE KIND OF WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. IT'S OBVIOUSLY A MUCH SMALLER PROJECT AND WHAT THE NEIGHBORS.

THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND TO INVEST IN THOSE WOULD ROLL INTO THE CITY COUNCIL GOAL OF WHAT'S OUR PRIORITIES FOR 2026. RIGHT.

YEAH. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WHEN WE'RE DOING BUDGET NEXT YEAR, IF WE CAN LOOK AT TO SEE IF THAT'S A PRIORITY TO DO THE IMPROVEMENTS AND THROW THAT INTO.

PARK. AND THEY'RE GOING TO CHAMPION THE PARK.

SO I'LL STAY AS THE CHAMPION OF ANTOINE. OKAY.

WERE YOU BEFORE WERE YOU THE. YEAH. ADOPTED OKAY OR THE.

SO IT REALLY THERE'S NO SPECIFIC SUBCOMMITTEE FOR ANTOINE PARK.

IT'S JUST IT'S THE ONE THAT I'LL REPORT ON MONTHLY WHENEVER WE GET GET TOGETHER.

IS THIS THE SINGLE NOW TO JUMP AHEAD TO ADOPT A PARK? ONE OF THE THINGS THAT JACQUELINE MENTIONED EARLIER WAS USING THE ASSIGNED COMMISSIONER TO APPROACH THE LOCAL PEOPLE THERE THEMSELVES ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE MIGHT BE SOME INTEREST, AND I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEFORE, REALLY, INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH. BUT I THINK AS WE MOVE TOWARDS THE ASSIGNMENT, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE RUNNING THE MOLLY WITH THIS ADOPT APART THING, YOUR SOLDIERS WILL BE THE PEOPLE ASSIGNED TO THOSE PARKS REALLY.

AND THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY TO SOLICIT INTEREST IN WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED, NOT NECESSARILY WITH THE SIGN AND HOW DEEPLY THEY WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN IT.

SO IT COULD BE. I THINK IT'S AN IDEA TO CONSIDER AS WE THINK OF THE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE WOULD WE WOULD NEED STAFF AND THE OUTREACH.

I'M. YEAH, I THINK THE POINT IS LEVERAGE THE LEVERAGE US AS PARK CHAMPIONS.

BUT HOW YOU DO THAT, YOU DECIDE BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. YEAH I THINK ONCE IF WE HAVE I THINK IT CAN WORK BOTH WAYS.

LIKE IF YOU HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH SOME NEIGHBORS AT A PARK THAT COULD BE A GOOD IN OR THE INVERSE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET SOMEONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN A PARK, PART OF IT CAN BE, OH, YOU SHOULD TALK TO MY PARK COMMISSIONER WHO OVERSEES THAT PARK, AND THEY COULD DEVELOP SOME SORT OF PLAN OR OBVIOUSLY IN, YOU KNOW, IN STEP WITH STAFF, BUT THAT COULD BE A GOOD PERSON TO LEAN ON AND GUIDE IT. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS KNOW THE PARKS REALLY WELL.

YEAH. YEAH. GOOD. AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS PICKLEBALL.

AND I THINK I DISTINCTLY REMEMBER THAT BRIAN BUMPED THAT BACK UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS POTENTIALLY WITH THE SCHOOLS AND MAYBE THE SCHOOLS WANTING TO ASK FOR MONEY FROM THE CITY. AND TO ME, THAT WAS MORE OF A CITY COUNCIL.

THAT WAS A THING. SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH PICKLEBALL THIS YEAR. THERE'S NOTHING ANYTHING TO CLARIFY THERE, JACQUELINE. BECAUSE IT WAS. OKAY. SO THAT WE JUST TAKE OFF.

YEAH, WE CAN TAKE THAT OFF IF IT COMES BACK UP.

IF IT COMES BACK, IT'S DIFFERENT. BUT GOING FORWARD, WE TAKE IT OFF. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING TO DISCUSS. ADOPT A PARK. SPECIAL STEERING COMMITTEE FOR DEVELOP. WE HAVE MICHAEL AND MOLLY.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER. YOU'RE STILL INTERESTED IN ADOPT A PARK? YEAH, BUT I THINK THAT THE GOAL SHOULD BE UP TWO STEPS.

SO GOING BACK TO OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE SAID WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON, ONE WAS COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. I THINK THAT ADOPT A PARK COULD FIT WITHIN.

THAT COULD BE ONE ONE ASPECT OF THAT GOAL. IT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE THE BIG GOAL.

SO MAYBE THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS FOR YOU TO DRAFT THAT HIGHER LEVEL GOAL.

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AND I THINK TO YOUR POINT, YOU COULD HIT SEVERAL OF THESE POINTS IN THE GOAL, WHICH IS NICE AND ADOPT A PARK IS IN THERE.

BUT AND SHOW HOW WE'RE USING THESE PRINCIPLES.

BECAUSE WE'VE GOT LIKE TREE LIGHTING THINGS AND YOU KNOW.

SO THE TREE LIGHTING WE COULD INCORPORATE SOME STUFF WITH COMMISSION.

I'D SAY RIGHT NOW IT'S DOESN'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING. BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER.

I GUESS WOULD BE PART OF HOW I WOULD START WRITING IT.

AND I LOVE THAT WE'RE NOT JUST CALLING IT TO BRING OUR COMMUNITY IN.

YES. AND YOU CAN TALK ABOUT VOLUNTEER. OKAY. SO THE FOLLOW UP FOR ADOPTIVE PARK IS MOLLY TO DRAFT A HIGHER LEVEL GOAL FOR THIS YEAR THAT EMBRACES PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS AND OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES. AND THIS I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND, MOLLY, BUT PART OF THAT COULD BE EVENTS.

SOMETHING FOR ARBOR DAY. I KNOW YOU GUYS DID CAME OUT FOR THE CLEANUP DAY, SO WE COULD DEFINITELY DO SOMETHING EXCUSE ME AND THEN EXPAND ON IT. AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS KIND OF SHORT NOTICE AND WE BE PART OF THIS.

DID WHAT WE COULD, BUT IT. WOULDN'T COME BACK WITH YOUR GOAL.

MAYBE THAT'S WHERE IT GOES. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD SPOT FOR IT BECAUSE THAT'S A VOLUNTEER.

YEAH. SHE COMES UP HOW SHE DRAFTS A BROADER GOAL.

THE POLLINATOR OR THE MAYOR'S MONARCH PLEDGE COULD GO IN UNDER THAT.

THAT'D BE GREAT. I THINK WE'VE KIND OF MORPHED IT INTO NOT JUST MONARCHS, BUT ALL POLLINATORS.

SO I DON'T MIND CALLING IT. OH, YOU WANT TO CALL IT? WE CAN CALL IT WHATEVER. WE'LL STILL BE PART OF THE MONARCH PLEDGE, BUT WE CAN.

YEAH, WE CAN MAKE IT A MORE EXTENSIVE. YEAH. AND SO LET'S NOT LET'S NOT CALL IT ADOPT A PARK ANYMORE.

THEN LET'S JUST CROSS THAT NAME OFF. WE'RE GOING TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT. MOLLY. YEAH WE'LL SEE, WE'LL SEE.

WE'LL SEE IN A US. YEAH. SHE'S REALLY INTO THIS ONE.

SO SHE'LL COME BACK WITH A INTO IT AND WE'LL ALL GET HER FEEDBACK OKAY.

OKAY WE WILL. WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT LIKE IN THE NEXT MEETING MICHAEL.

AND I THINK THE TWO WE CUT OFF WERE THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WHICH ARE DONE AND THE MONARCH PLEDGE OR THE POLLINATOR.

SO WE'VE NOW GONE THROUGH ALL THE 25 GOALS THEY'RE ON.

THEY'RE UP THERE. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY I CUT OFF ON THE SHEET.

SO I JUST I THINK WE'RE GOOD BECAUSE THOSE ARE DONE.

ARE DONE. AND THEN THE MONARCH PLEDGE WE WILL CONTINUE IN SOME FASHION COULD BE UNDER.

OKAY. SO THEN WE'RE DONE WITH 25 GOALS. WE'VE DECIDED TO CARRY ON WITH THE TRAILS AS A PARK TYPE PROJECT, GOLF COURSE, DEFINED GOLF COURSE. YOU GUYS LISTEN UP.

GOLF COURSE DEFINED THE GOLF COURSE INITIATIVES RIGHT NOW TBD.

HACKBERRY FOLDS INTO OUR THIRD GOAL FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.

ANTOINE IS DONE. IF THINGS COME UP FOR IDEAS, WE'LL BRING THOSE FORWARD IN OUR BIGGER PLAN OF ALL PARKS.

NOT ALONE. PICKLEBALL WE TOOK OFF. ADOPT A PARK WE'RE GOING TO RE FRAME IT AS A BIGGER, COOLER GOAL.

THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE DONE AND THE MONARCH PLEDGE WILL CONTINUE IN SOME FASHION.

ANY MORE COMMENTS ON HOW TO CLOSE THE DOOR OR CARRY FORWARD THE 2025 GOALS? I'M GOOD. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL GOAL OPPORTUNITIES LIKE WELL, NOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR NEW, YOU KNOW, KEEPING AN EYE OUT FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THE APPLE ORCHARD.

SO THAT WOULD BE, I THINK, SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE COULD BE PART OF THE COMP PLAN.

SO I TALKED TO LAURA AFTER OUR MEETING LAST, LAST MONTH.

SO IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR A NEW DEVELOPMENT, WHICH THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING IMMINENT THERE.

THEY HAVEN'T TALKED TO ME ABOUT ANYTHING. BUT IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, WHAT I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IS WE GAVE DEVELOPERS AN OPTION.

YOU CAN PAY THIS MUCH FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING OR YOU CAN DO A PARK.

SO IF IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE INTERESTED IN IN THE COMP PLAN, PART OF THAT COULD BE WE JUST WOULD LIKE LAND FOR A PARK. SO SHE SAID THAT'S, YOU KNOW, KIND OF SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE IN, WE COULD INCLUDE IN THE COMP PLAN.

YEAH. I THINK TO MAKE TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT, JACOB, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PUT THAT IN OUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR, NOT JUST AN ADD ON. AND SO AS WE GO THROUGH OUR GOALS FOR THE YEAR AND WE CATEGORIZE OUR PARKS AND WE CATEGORIZE THE STANDARDS FOR THEM.

IF WE CAN FIND A WAY TO BRING THAT IN AS A WAY TO BOLSTER OUR PARK PORTFOLIO, THAT'S HOW I WOULD BRING IT FORWARD.

BUT I WOULD ATTACH IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL GOALS ABOUT LIKE WHAT IS OUR FOCUS AREA AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THEM FOR CONSIDERATION.

AND IT COULD BE IT'S NOT THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S ON THE RADAR FOR THE FUTURE.

AND THEN TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S WE THINK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

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BUT IF THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BE, OUR RECOMMENDATION IN THE COMP PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS, THAT'S SOMETHING SHE SAID. AND I THINK ONCE WE HAVE BUY IN FROM THE COUNCIL TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO CATEGORIZE THE PARKS AND DO THE STANDARDS WILL BE ON STRONGER GROUND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ACQUISITION. AND THEN BUT WHAT ABOUT BECAUSE THIS IS RELATED BUT NOT THE SAME? LET'S SAY THERE'S A FAMILY WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A DONATION TO THE CITY OF ORONO AND DONATE LAND SIMILAR TO THE DAYTON'S, WHO HAVE DONATED QUITE A BIT OF LAND AROUND THIS AREA.

HOW DO WE HOW DO WE MAKE THAT EASY FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? LIKE, IS THERE A PLACE THAT THEY CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE THAT, THAT THAT HELPS TO FACILITATE THAT KIND OF PHILANTHROPY? NO, THERE'S NOT REALLY LIKE A PLACE I WOULD SAY USUALLY WITH THAT KIND OF STARTS OUT WITH IS A RESIDENT OR SOMEONE COMING TO TO CITY STAFF AND IT KIND OF GOING UP THE LINE TO, OKAY, YOU KNOW.

WE WOULDN'T PROACTIVELY KNOW. I MEAN, WE'RE NOT.

OKAY. YOU KNOW, OKAY, BUT I THINK HAVING AN INVITING POINT OF VIEW ON ACQUISITION IS PART OF OUR PLANS, WE WOULDN'T TURN THEM DOWN. AND THEY'RE LIKE, IF THEY OKAY.

OKAY. SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT PART. YEAH.

WE WANT TO WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COME, YOU DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO WE DON'T WANT TO BE TOO RIGID ON INVITING.

YEAH. OPPORTUNITIES. NO I THINK WE'D BE OPEN TO THAT FOR IT.

RIGHT. I'M PREPARED TO JUST HAVE A PROCESS AND WE'LL JUST HAVE A LIKE A WELCOMING RESPONSE.

IF SOMEONE SAYS THAT THAT'S ALL WE NEED RIGHT NOW. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE CAN LOOK AT OUR GUIDELINES TO SAY THAT.

SO. OKAY. SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THINKING ABOUT 2025 GOALS, MICHAEL? YOU'RE THINKING WE SHOULD JUST WORK THEM NEXT TIME BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THE FULL TEAM.

MY MISTAKE. MY MISTAKE. MORE THAN ONE MISTAKE TONIGHT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY HAS A HAS ONE TO SUGGEST.

I MEAN, YOU CAN BRING IT UP NOW, BUT I WOULDN'T CALL IT A FINAL UNTIL WE TALK TO THESE NEW PEOPLE.

MOST OF THE TIME PEOPLE GET INVOLVED IN A COMMITTEE LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC THEY WANT TO MUSTER, YOU KNOW? YEAH, THEY WANT TO GET IN WHERE THEY HAVE SOME, YOU KNOW, SAY AND SWAY AND WHATEVER IS GOING ON.

AND THAT BEING THE CASE, I THINK BEING OPEN TO THE NEW FOLKS WILL BE IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY MAY COME UP WITH SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T REALLY TALKED ABOUT YET.

AND I DO REMEMBER HOW WE FELT LAST YEAR COMING AND HAVING THE GOALS ALL PRE SUBSCRIBED OR PRE-WRITTEN.

IT FELT A LITTLE ODD. SO I THINK I LIKE THAT IDEA WHERE WE CAN LET'S NOT LOSE ANY NUGGETS TONIGHT OF GOOD GOALS THAT WE WANT TO CARRY FORWARD.

WE WANT THE GOALS TO BE WHAT? WHAT OUR CITY NEEDS.

NOT NECESSARILY DRIVEN BY WHAT OUR COUNCIL, OUR COMMISSION MEMBERS WANT TO DO.

WELL, GO OUT AND FIND THOSE PEOPLE FOR US THEN.

WELL, I'LL DO WHATEVER. YEAH, BUT LIKE SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE TALKED TO THAT MIGHT APPLY HAVE INTEREST IN LIKE PARK TYPE AND STANDARDS.

SO I THINK THOSE. BUT DO WE WANT TO PUT THE STANDARDS IN HERE.

WELL THAT SHOULD BE THAT IS A GOAL THAT WE HAVE RIGHT.

THAT'S THE STANDARDS. AND ASSESSING THEM ARE THE THREE BIG THINGS IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD. YEAH. BUT I THINK WE CAN BRING THOSE FORWARD.

OH SORRY. WE CAN BRING THOSE FORWARD IN APRIL SO THAT EVERYONE HEARS THAT.

WHAT IF YOU GUYS ARE OKAY WITH THAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS GO THROUGH THE PARK CATEGORIZATION TONIGHT, MAYBE, AND EDIT THAT A LITTLE BIT. WHAT WAS THE THIRD THING, KIM? CATEGORIZE PARK STANDARDS AND. ASSESS THE AUDIT.

AUDIT. YEAH. SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE LIKE THE VENN DIAGRAM THAT GOES WHAT THE COUNCIL WANTS US TO DO THAT WE WERE ALREADY PLANNING TO DO.

I'M SORRY I'M NOT ON THE MIC. SO LET'S JUST HOLD THAT FOR APRIL.

I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THOSE THOUGHTS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOCK AND LOAD THOSE. OKAY. BUT THOSE ARE THREE DISTINCT GOALS. YEP. AND THEY WOULD FIT UNDER. AND WHERE THAT MIDDLE ONE FROM THE COUNCIL. I DON'T KNOW WHAT PAGE THAT IS. THIS ONE? YEAH. ESTABLISHED COUNCIL DRIVEN. OKAY. SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE A NICE OVERLAP.

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AND MAYBE JUST GET SOME FEEDBACK AND IDEAS ON HOW DO WE LIKE THOSE CATEGORIZATIONS AND WHERE THE PARKS ARE.

SO MAYBE, JOEY, YOU COULD GIVE US A LITTLE PREFACE ON THAT AND WE COULD DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO EDIT.

IS THAT ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT MICHAEL, MOLLY, AND JACOB.

AND YOU HAVE THIS JACOB. IT'S IN THERE. IT'S IN YOUR ATTACHMENT TO THE.

IT'S. NEAR THE BACK. OVER THERE. SORRY. SOMEWHERE IN HERE.

I'M SORRY. I'M DIGRESSING. SOMEWHERE IN HERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHEN EVERYBODY HAS THEIR PARK ASSIGNMENTS, THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE INDIVIDUAL PARKS AND OR PARK TYPES PUT TOGETHER LIKE A POSSIBILITIES.

PUT IT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR NOW, OKAY? BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO DO IT. YEAH, YEAH. PUT THAT IN THE PARKING LOT FOR APRIL. THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER GOAL WE WANT TO HAVE IS TO MAINTAIN OUR LIKE MICHAEL SAID, OUR PARK CHAMPIONSHIP LIKE ASSIGNMENTS. I DON'T WANT TO USE A DOT, BUT LIKE LIKE I'M GOING TO ALERT AND I'M GOING TO FRENCH CREEK AND I'M MAKING SURE I'M CHECKING IT OUT. WE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT'S IN HERE.

YEAH, I FIGURED WE COULD GIVE SOME OF THOSE WITH THE NEW.

YEAH. AND WHAT ARE WE CALLING THAT, JOE? WHAT DID WE CALL THAT? WE JUST CALL IT PARK ASSIGNMENTS. WE NEED A BETTER WORD.

THIS IS LEAD COMMISSIONERS, COMMISSIONER LEADS.

THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO DO. YEAH, WE CALL IT LEAD, BECAUSE AS ANY OF THE PARKS ANYONE CAN COMMENT ON, ANY OF THEM CAN BE. OKAY. WHAT PAGE DID YOU WANT? SO I THOUGHT WHAT JOE'S PUT ON THE OVERHEAD. OKAY.

GOT IT. I'M PROPOSING IF YOU GUYS ARE ACCEPTING OF IT, I'D LIKE TO JUST REVIEW THESE CATEGORIZATION NAMES.

AND MAYBE THE PARKS. THIS IS HOW IT WAS CATEGORIZED IN THE COMP PLAN THE LAST TIME IT WAS DONE.

JUST A BREAKDOWN. THEY DID KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOW, YOU BREAK DOWN INTO CATEGORIES AND YOU TRY TO MATCH THE AMENITIES TO THE PARKS, BUT IS OLDER.

SECURITY WEBSITE. IT'S RIGHT HERE, MOLLY. I CAN'T READ THAT HERE. THANK YOU. SO THE FIRST CATEGORY IS LIVING HERE.

I GOT IT. LIVINGSTON TOWER PARK, WHICH I KNOW ME AND JACOB WENT OUT THERE.

I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN IT. IT'S A MINI PARK, BUT SO I THINK IT'S KIND OF.

ITS OWN THING. WE COULD PUT THAT INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A POSTAGE STAMP, BUT IT HAS FLOWERS. IT HAS A BENCH. IT HAS A NICE LITTLE PLACE TO SIT.

IT'S RIGHT BY THE WATER TOWER. THAT'S KIND OF, I THINK WHY IT WAS CATEGORIZED THE WAY IT WAS, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF IS WHAT IT IS. I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE CATEGORIES OF PARKS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? THAT'S WHAT I PROPOSED IF WE'RE ALL TRACKING.

BUT I DID RATHER THAN GO DOWN THE PARK LIST DO YOU WANT TO GO DOWN THE TYPE LIST.

LIKE PLAYGROUND SPORTS FIELDS, BASEBALL. THE VERTICAL MANY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY.

OKAY. I WOULD ACTUALLY MOVE TO POTENTIALLY MOVE LIVINGSTON TOWER PARK INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

WE CAN DO BOTH. SO TO NOT DIMINISH IT, BECAUSE ACTUALLY, IT'S A PRETTY DARN NICE LITTLE SPOT.

SO. AND IT IS MINI. I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT, BUT IT'S A GREAT.

THOSE WERE AGREED UPON IN THE COMP PLAN. AND THIS THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.

AND EACH ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES HAS REPERCUSSIONS.

LIKE IF YOU MOVE THINGS FROM ONE CATEGORY TO ANOTHER, THERE ARE REPERCUSSIONS, RIGHT? I MEAN, RIGHT. THIS DISCUSSION DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOW COUNCIL CATEGORIZES THEM.

THIS IS JUST THE PARK COMMISSION DISCUSSING, RIGHT? BUT THEY'RE IN THOSE CATEGORIES FOR A REASON, YOU GUYS.

DID YOU READ THE COMP PLAN? YES WE DID. AND THE COMP PLAN IS BEING REDONE.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST PART, BUT YOU'RE NOT REFERRING TO THAT OR THE LANGUAGE OF THAT SO THAT THEY IF THEY'RE GOING TO GET MOVED YOU NEED TO GO BACK AND PULL THAT LANGUAGE OUT.

WHY ARE THEY IN THERE. AND THIS IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE BEDERWOOD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A LOT OF HOO HA ABOUT BEDERWOOD,

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I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO IS PROPOSE THESE FOR THE NEW COMP PLAN.

THAT'S, AS I'LL POINT OUT TO EVERYONE, THIS IS A DISCUSSION THE PARK COMMISSION CANNOT RECATEGORISE A PARK JUST AS WE AND WE HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR RULES. SO I THINK TO BOB'S POINT.

FROM THE AUDIENCE, FROM THE PUBLIC DURING DISCUSSIONS, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE.

BUT THIS IS JUST MORE FOR OUR AMENITIES AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

EVERYTHING WILL GO TO COUNCIL, EVERYTHING WILL BE APPROVED BY THEM, AND WE ARE AT THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF REDOING THE COMP PLAN.

SO ONE OF OUR WORK HAS TO BE DONE. IT CAN'T JUST BE.

THIS IS HOW IT WAS DONE LAST TIME. SO NOW EVERYTHING'S THE SAME.

SO TO EVERYONE'S POINT, WE WANT TO PROPOSE SOME RECATEGORIZATIONS THAT WE TAKE TO COUNCIL AS PART OF THE COMP PLAN.

IS THAT? AND THIS WOULD THIS COULD BE FOR THAT.

THIS COULD JUST BE WE CATEGORIZE IT HERE. THIS IS NOT DECIDING HOW IT'S GOING TO BE USED OR HOW.

I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIZATIONS.

I THINK WE SHOULD ALIGN WITH THE COMP PLAN, AND IF THE COMP PLAN IS BEING RELOOKED AT, WE COULD PROVIDE INPUT TO HOW WE WANT THE PARKS CATEGORIZED.

YEAH, WELL I'M NOT I MEAN, I'VE BEEN PROBABLY TO MORE PARKS THAN MOST OF YOU, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN TO ENOUGH TO EVEN WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MAYBE SHOULD BE TAKEN UP IN A WORK SESSION.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S APPROPRIATE TO BE NATURE OR NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHATEVER.

I MEAN, I. WELL, JOE, TELL US HOW THIS WILL BE SORTED OUT IN THE COMP PLAN.

HOW WILL THIS BE LOOKED AT IN THE LOOKING FORWARD COMP PLAN, THE 2030 COMP PLAN OR 20? YEAH. SO IF I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOT TO THAT, THAT WAS NOT KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF THIS.

THIS IS MORE JUST FOR US TO ESTABLISH OUR GOALS FOR THE PARKS.

I MEAN, WE'RE FOLLOWING WHAT THE COMP PLAN ESTABLISHED, BUT GOING FORWARD, IF WE DECIDE YOU KNOW, A PARK SHOULDN'T BE UTILIZED IN A CERTAIN WAY, THEN WE WOULD CHANGE THAT FOR THE COMP PLAN.

AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE STARTING POINT OF THAT AS EVERYTHING.

SO IF WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND WE REASSIGN, DO SOME EDITING HERE, NOT MAJOR, MAYBE CHANGE SOME OF THE TITLES, MAYBE NOT, MAYBE MOVE SOME PARKS. WE TAKE THAT BACK TO COUNCIL AND WE WILL ASK THEM TO SAY ARE YOU TRACKING WITH OUR THINKING? THEY WOULD AGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE AGREED TO BY COUNCIL FOR US TO CONTINUE WITH THE STANDARDS AND THE AUDIT, AND THEN THAT THEN COULD ALSO BE INPUT TO FUTURE COMP PLAN.

IS THAT DOES THAT WORK FOR YOU. YEAH. SO I THINK THAT'S FAIR.

SO WE WILL EDIT IT TONIGHT APPRECIATING THAT WE HAVE TO GET WHERE IT CAME FROM AND THEN APPRECIATING THAT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT SET IN STONE UNTIL WE GET CITY COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK. YEAH. IT'S JUST LIKE ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMP PLAN HOW LAKE ACCESS POINTS WERE BEING YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOCUSED ON IN THE COMP PLAN, BUT WE STILL DISCUSSED LAKE ACCESS POINTS AT MEETINGS AND THERE WERE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW THEY WOULD BE USED.

BUT THOSE ARE CHANGING KIND OF HOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE UTILIZED.

BUT NOTHING WAS, YOU KNOW, NOTHING WAS FORMALIZED.

IT'S JUST US KIND OF STARTING THE PROCESS OF GETTING TO THAT.

EVERYTHING WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE, YOU KNOW, APPROVED.

AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUCKET HERE. SO THAT'S A BUCKET THAT WE'D LEAVE. YEAH.

MAY I ASK A QUESTION? WE'RE CREATING OUR STANDARDS AGAINST HOW WE'RE CATEGORIZING OUR PARKS OR.

NO, I THINK WE ARE, BUT WE SHOULD ALIGN ON THAT.

SO WHEN WE WORK ON THE PARK STANDARDS, WE WOULD HAVE A STANDARD FOR IT IF WE KEEP A MINI PARK, WE'D HAVE A STANDARD FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, WE'D HAVE A STANDARD FOR A COMMUNITY PARK.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS THAT'S HOW THIS WILL CONTINUE IN OUR WORK.

SO THAT'S THE IMPORTANCE OF ALIGNING ON ON THAT.

ARE YOU TRACKING WITH THAT, JACOB? CAN WE DO THIS? OKAY, SO I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF HAVING LESS TYPES OF PARKS.

SO WE HAVE. SO I THINK WE DO MOVE LIVINGSTON INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A PROPOSAL TO CITY COUNCIL.

AND WE LEAVE THE TITLE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS. DO WE DO WE.

I THINK THAT'S GOOD. AND I THINK WHERE THESE KIND OF CAME FROM, THIS IS FROM THE NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION IS WHAT THEY TOOK THESE FROM.

SO MANY PARKS ARE USUALLY IT'S USUALLY JUST BASED ON ACREAGE.

THERE ARE SOME YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A PLAY FIELD IS HAS DIFFERENT GUIDELINES AND OTHER THINGS.

BUT THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT'S TAKEN FROM IS THE NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION DEFINES, YOU KNOW,

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IT'S. WE DO NOT TREAT A MINI PARK MAINTENANCE ANY DIFFERENT THAN A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK.

OR IS THERE ANY BENEFIT IN KEEPING THE ONE MINI PARK? ARE WE LOSING ANY BENEFIT? IT ALL COMES DOWN TO HOW IT'S MAINTAINED AND WHAT AMENITIES WE WANT TO YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE IT HAS. IT'S OUR GUIDELINES.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE SETTING A GUIDELINE OR WE'RE SETTING A PARAMETER FOR PARK, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO FULFILL IT. THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS A CONCERN, BECAUSE IF, YOU KNOW, IF WE SAY EVERY, EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD PARK HAS A PLAYGROUND, WELL, NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT FOR LIVINGSTON.

BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE GETTING INTO THE STANDARDS. THEN WE'RE NOT THERE YET. RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST AGREEING TO PARK TYPES. SO NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS COMMUNITY.

PLAYFIELDS COMMUNITY PARKS AND TRAILS. AND THEN THERE'S THE SPECIAL PARKS, WHICH IS THE DOG PARK AND THE GOLF COURSE.

AND THEN THE LAKE ACCESS POINTS IS THE WHOLE LAST ONE.

ANY ANY COMMENTS ON THOSE BASED ON WHAT WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THESE NAMES AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THEM, ANY COMMENTS TO CHANGE THE THE DESCRIPTION OF THE TYPE OF PARK NOT MOVING THE PARK? I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING SPECIFIC. NAVARRE PLAYGROUND.

YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND, I THINK OF WHENEVER I'M THINKING ABOUT PARKS, I'M THINKING ABOUT WHO'S USING THEM.

I'M THINKING ABOUT ORONO'S NOT OVERLY DENSELY POPULATED COMMUNITY, BUT NAVARRE IS.

AND TRYING TO BRING AMENITIES TO THE MOST AMOUNT OF FAMILIES AND KIDS.

AND IT'S NOT A GREAT SIZE PARK. IT'S 1.1 ACRES.

BUT ANYTIME WE CAN BE CREATIVE AND FIND AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MORE ASSETS TO MORE FAMILIES, THAT'S CONVENIENT. YOU KNOW, WHENEVER SOMETHING IS READILY AVAILABLE TO YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO USE IT, UTILIZE IT MORE. AND I AM COMING FROM A KIND OF A FAMILY FOCUSED THOUGHT THERE.

AND I THINK THAT ALIGNS REALLY WELL WITH THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WITH THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. SO WHEN WE DO THE STANDARDS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, WE BRING IN, LIKE WHAT'S THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT POTENTIAL? AND THAT WOULD GET LIKE HIGH POINTS ON THAT, RIGHT? VERSUS I WON'T EVEN GUESS ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

I WAS KIND OF READING THROUGH, AND I DON'T SEE A LOT OF THEM JUMPING OUT.

AND I THINK NAVARRE, IS THIS A PARK THAT WE'VE UTILIZED.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT ASSET.

AND I ALSO THINK THERE COULD BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES POTENTIALLY, BUT IT IS LIMITED IN IN SIZE AND WHATNOT.

SO EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS, I DON'T KNOW. BUT BEING ON THE COMMISSION, WE CAN FIND IMPROVEMENTS.

YEAH, THAT'S THE YEAH. AND I GUESS ONE THING I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE, MICHAEL, YOU WERE LOOKING AT IT THIS WAY WHEN WE MET WITH BRIAN, WE WERE KIND OF HAVING DIFFERENT OPINIONS. AND HE WANTED TO LEAD BY ELEMENTS AND MOLLY AND I, IF I'M REMEMBERING RIGHT, WANTED TO LEAD BY PARK TYPE BECAUSE I FELT IF YOU HAD IF YOU'RE LED BY PARK TYPE, YOU HAD MORE CONTEXT WHEN YOU WERE BUILDING YOUR STANDARDS BECAUSE YOU WERE LOOKING AT A BUCKET OF PARK TYPES VERSUS I'M JUST LOOKING AT PLAYGROUND. SO I REALLY FEEL STRONGLY THAT WE KEEP THIS PARK TYPE MENTALITY, NOT JUST LOOK AT THE ELEMENTS.

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? THE PARK TYPES, I MEAN, IS THAT SOME STANDARDS.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID CAME FROM THE NATIONAL PARK? YEAH, THESE ARE NATIONAL PARK ASSOCIATION.

AND THEN BUT I THINK THE ELEMENTS ARE IMPORTANT TO USE IN SERVICE OF THE PARK TYPES, BUT DON'T LEAD WITH ELEMENTS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO YOU, MICHAEL? NOT REALLY.

NO. YOU LIKE TO LEAD WITH THE ELEMENTS? YEAH, YEAH.

FIRST OF ALL, THE NAMES, THE PARK TYPE NAMES SHOULD DO A LITTLE BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING WHAT THOSE PARKS ARE.

AND WHEN YOU SAY COMMUNITY PLAYFIELD, I DON'T.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. COMMUNITY PARKS.

I MEAN, WHAT'S HOW'S A COMMUNITY PARK DIFFERENT FROM A NON COMMUNITY PARK? I MEAN, AGAIN, IF THESE ARE SOME UNIVERSAL TYPES, THEN I THINK THAT KEEPING THOSE ARE, FINE. AND THEN ALL OF THE STUFF UP ON TOP, YOU KNOW, IT VARIES WITH REGARD TO WHICH OF THESE INDIVIDUAL

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SUGGESTION OF PARK TYPE IS, BUT I WOULD JUST WONDER IF AND IF THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S CLEAR WITH EVERYBODY ELSE, THAT'S COOL. BUT THAT'S WHERE I WAS. IF I WAS STUMBLING THERE FOR YOU, THAT WAS JUST THINKING THROUGH THAT.

YEAH, WELL, I DID THE COMMUNITY PARKS HUNG ME UP TOO, TO ME, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AS A NATURE PARK OR OPEN PRESERVE.

BUT IF THE NAMES GET GET US TRIPPED UP, I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT THAT WAY.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR MEETING IN APRIL WE WILL USE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THE GOAL SETTING TO TALK ABOUT SETTING STANDARDS. AND THESE WILL BE THE PARK TYPES. WE SET THE STANDARDS TO AS A REFERENCE DOCUMENT.

SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO DO TODAY WAS JUST MAKE SURE THIS WAS GOING TO WORK FOR US IN APRIL. TO MICHAEL'S POINT.

YEAH. AND MAYBE I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE FIT THIS IN, BUT I, I AGREE, COMMUNITY PARKS IS VERY OPEN.

THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS TO YOU THAT NAME. THAT NAME SAYS COMMUNITY PARK MEANS IT'S AN OPEN SPACE.

NO. WHEN I SAY OPEN, IT DOESN'T. IT'S NOT CLEAR.

YEAH. YEAH, I AGREE WITH THAT. I AGREE WITH YOU.

SO. SO MAYBE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS COMING FROM NATIONAL PARKS FOR THE PURPOSES.

AND I KEEP COMING BACK TO THE STANDARDS THAT DEFINITION, MAYBE WE CAN THINK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OKAY, I AGREE. NATURAL SPACES. AND WE CAN FINE TUNE THAT.

BUT IF THERE ARE CONSISTENT STANDARDS OUT THERE THAT YOU KNOW, THE INDUSTRY, IF YOU WILL, USES. I THINK WE SHOULD MARRY UP TO THAT. YEAH.

NOMENCLATURE. WHAT NOMENCLATURE? YEAH.

I CAN TAKE A STAB AT. I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD JUST KIND OF REVIEW KIND OF THE CATEGORIES AND SEE IF THERE'S PORTIONS OF IT OR AMENITIES THAT AREN'T THERE THAT NEED TO BE THERE, THAT WE CAN TALK.

LET'S GET INTO THE STANDARDS. RIGHT NOW, I JUST WANT TO AGREE TO ARCHETYPE SO THAT WHEN NEW STANDARDS WE'RE RELYING ON THE THEIR NAME, KNOW NOMENCLATURE, PARDON ME. OR HAVE ANOTHER CATEGORY.

OR HAVE ANOTHER CATEGORY. I'LL DO I'LL DO A LITTLE RESEARCH.

CAN I DO THAT? OKAY, THAT'D BE GREAT. SO I THINK WE CAN BRING THAT TO A CLOSE THAT WE'LL USE THIS DOCUMENT FOR APRIL.

AND IF ANYONE'S GOT FURTHER, I THINK IT'S A REALLY COOL DOCUMENT.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I HADN'T SEEN IT BEFORE, BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN AVAILABLE, I'M SURE, BUT I GUESS IT'S DIRECTLY OUT OF THE COMP PLAN.

YEAH. IT WAS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT IT WHEN YOU CAME ON, BUT WHEN THE NEW COMMISSIONERS CAME ON, IT WAS IN THE GOT IT PACKET. YEAH. NO I LIKE IT.

I MEAN ALL RIGHT SO FOR THE MINUTES WE CAN JUST SAY WE REVIEWED PARK TYPES AND DECIDED TO CARRY FORWARD THESE FOR, APPLICATION FOR OUR GOALS. FOR UNDER FOR THE CONSIDERATION.

FOR THE CONSIDERATION. IS THERE ANY MORE HANDOUTS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

[Commissioner Reports]

I JUST WANTED, FIRST OF ALL, THANK BOTH OF THEM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK ON THE COMMISSION.

YOU KNOW, BRIAN WAS ON THE COMMISSION FOR YEARS AND YEAH, I WOULD SAY BRIAN WAS HERE FOR LIKE EIGHT PLUS YEARS, AND JANIE DID THE WORK ABOUT EIGHT YEARS, AND ONE DEFINITELY DID.

SO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BOTH OF THEM. AND YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU AND THEM ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS. YOU GUYS TAKE A LOT OF TIME OUT OF YOUR DAILY LIVES TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CITY.

AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW APPRECIATIVE I AM AND APPRECIATIVE OF THEM FOR, FOR FOR BEING ON THE COMMISSION.

I'M SORRY TO SEE BOTH OF THEM LEAVE THE COMMISSION THEY WERE GREAT CONTRIBUTORS TO IT.

YEAH. BUT LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I KNOW THEY'RE STILL AROUND.

THEY'RE STILL RESIDENTS. THEY STILL CAN CONTRIBUTE IN THEIR OWN WAYS.

SO I JUST REALLY WANTED TO SAY THAT ON THE, YOU KNOW, GIVE US A CHANCE TO THANK THEM.

THANK YOU. AND THEN KIND OF ON THAT NOTE, JUST TO DISCUSS ABOUT

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I KNOW WE HAD DISCUSSED, BUT WE ARE WE CAN RECOMMEND THINGS.

BUT WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THAT, IT COMES DOWN TO COUNCIL SAME WAY.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN JANIE WAS APPOINTED VICE CHAIR, THE COMMISSION WASN'T, YOU KNOW, WASN'T CONSULTED.

I WASN'T CONSULTED, BUT THAT'S THAT'S COUNCIL'S RIGHT.

THEY THEY GET TO MAKE DECISIONS. SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST HAVE A CHAIR.

KIM IS JUST THE CHAIR. IF WE WANTED TO DISCUSS HAVING A VICE CHAIR, WE COULD.

I DON'T I KNOW MIKE HAS SHOWN SOME INTEREST. HE WAS KIND OF THROWN IN AS A PLACEHOLDER WHEN THE THE DOCUMENT WAS PUT UP, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO HAVE A VICE CHAIR.

YOU KNOW, THE CHAIR RUNS THE MEETING, BUT EVERYONE IS EQUAL.

AND DEVELOPING THE AGENDA, BEING ON ALL THE COMMITTEES, EVERYONE HAS THE SAME VOICE.

SO JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. LIKE THE CHAIR CHAIR IS JUST A, YOU KNOW, TITLE, I THINK.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS ALL WORK WELL TOGETHER. I THINK THE CHAIR DOES MORE THAN THAT.

THE CHAIR DIRECTS THE CONVERSATION. IT SWAYS IT FROM ONE SIDE TO THE NEXT.

AND I THINK KIM'S GOING TO DO A VERY CAPABLE JOB OF THAT.

BUT IT'S MORE THAN YOU KNOW TO SAY. IT'S JUST RUNNING THE MEETINGS.

IT REALLY HAS INFLUENCE. AND IT IS THE LIAISON BETWEEN STAFF AND THE COMMISSION AND BETWEEN THE COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

IT'S TRUE. BUT ANY OF YOU CAN HAVE THAT SAME.

WELL, WE CAN'T ALL BE THE CHAIRMAN. CHAIRMAN IS SELECTED BY THE COUNCIL.

AND GOT A CAPABLE ONE? IT'S AN IMPORTANT ROLE.

YEAH. YEAH. SO THE QUESTION IS, DO WE WANT HAVE A DISCUSSION ON A VICE CHAIR? I DON'T PARTICULARLY THINK WE NEED ONE, BUT. AND IF WE DID, WE WOULD ASK THE COUNCIL TO APPOINT A VICE CHAIR.

SO I COULD DO THAT IF THEY WANT, OR THEY COULD NOT.

SO IT'S UP TO YOU. I LEAVE IT UP TO YOU. LET ME ASK THIS.

WAS JANIE THE FIRST EVER VICE CHAIR? WAS THERE A VICE CHAIR PRIOR TO HER? I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE HADN'T BEEN A VICE CHAIR FOR A WHILE.

I THINK THE WAY IT WAS DONE IS THE CHAIR WOULD JUST IF THEY COULDN'T MAKE A MEETING, ASK, YOU KNOW, LIKE A SENIOR MEMBER. MIKE PROBABLY KNOWS BETTER BECAUSE HE'S.

THEY WOULD JUST ASK SOMEONE TO FILL IN. BUT HAVE WE EVER LEVERAGED THE VICE CHAIR? WOULD BE MY QUESTION ANYWAY, IF THERE WERE. I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY TOOK OVER THE AGENDA AND, YOU KNOW, RAN THROUGH IT. BUT REALLY AT THAT LEVEL, ANY OF US CAN PICK IT UP AT THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT KIM'S ALREADY SUGGESTING, LIKE HELPING WORK ON THE AGENDA, YOU KNOW, HELPING, YOU KNOW, KEEP THE CONVERSATIONS GOING, YOU KNOW, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THE CHAIRMAN, I THINK SHOULD DO. AND SO I KIND OF VIEW IT AS HAVING NOT NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SWAY BECAUSE, I MEAN, WE ALL CAN SPEAK TO THINGS AND GIVE OUR OPINIONS, BUT IT DOES MOVE THINGS.

AND THE ONE THING I, I EVEN TALKED ABOUT THIS ONCE BEFORE, I LIKED ABOUT HOW BRIAN HANDLED IT.

HE KIND OF LET IT GO, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN'T REALLY PUSH IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

AND NOW YOU COULD SAY THAT'S GOOD, OR THAT WASN'T REALLY NOT SO GOOD.

BUT I THOUGHT IT KIND OF ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, KEEP GOING WITH THEIR PARTICULAR IDEAS.

BUT IT ALSO THEN DIDN'T ALLOW THINGS TO COME TO A SOLUTION OR CONCLUSION AT SOME TIMES.

YOU KNOW, IT JUST IT STAYED THERE. SO BUT ANYWAY, NO I, I'M NOT I WOULDN'T FROM THE CONVERSATION.

YEAH. AT ONE TIME DID I SAY YOU KNOW I WOULD BE INTERESTED AND.

YEAH. BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO IT.

AND I THINK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS PROBABLY TIRED OF IT.

I WOULD SAY THEY HAVE SO MUCH ON THEIR MINDS. YEAH.

JUST MOVE FORWARD WHEN IT GOT DOWN TO THE DEAL.

SO BUT I DO I'M HAPPY TO BE CHAIR. I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT I ONLY WANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE JANIE STEPPED AWAY.

I WAS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF JANIE. AND I THINK WE HAD A VERY UNFORTUNATE MEETING IN NOVEMBER WHERE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT PROCESS.

AND I WILL COMMIT MYSELF AND ASK YOU GUYS TO SUPPORT ME, THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF DISCUSSION AGAIN WHEN WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THE PROCESS IS, WE START TALKING ABOUT EACH OTHER. BUT WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW.

SO I THINK IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WE ARE AN ADVISORY, AND IF THERE'S A NEW CHAIR, I THINK WE WOULD JUST LET EACH OTHER KNOW WHO'S INTERESTED.

AND THAT NAME GOES TO THE COUNCIL AND WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THAT AS A TEAM.

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YEP. I THINK WE'RE TO [INAUDIBLE] MICHAEL, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW, JACOB, THAT MICHAEL HAS A MASTER'S IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY. I'M MORE PROUD OF MY DOCTORATE.

REALLY? OH, GEEZ. I'M STILL MISSING OUT. YEAH, SO I'M STILL WORKING ON IT.

ANYWAY, HE'S GOT A LOT OF STUFF WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO TAP INTO.

YEAH, BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE THE ACCOLADE.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE. NO.

THE ONLY THING I HAVE TO ADD IS BEDERWOOD IS ONE OF THE PARKS UNDER MY WATCH, AND WE WALKED THE DOG ON THE LUCE LINE. SO WE PARK THERE.

AND SO I'VE BEEN MORE ATTENTIVE TO THAT PARK IN THE WINTER TIME THAN I EVER HAVE BEEN AND HAVE NOTICED QUITE A BIT.

I MEAN, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF SNOWMOBILE PARKING AND ACTIVITY AT THAT PARK.

IT'S, IT'S VERY WHEN IT'S WHEN WE CAN SNOWMOBILE.

IT'S LIKE THE PARKING LOT IS FULL. JUST A NOTE.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I'VE NOTICED THAT IT WAS FUN TO NOTICE IS THAT THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF SLEDDING THERE.

THERE'S A NICE KIND OF JUST A EASY SLOPE FOR KIDS.

BY THE SOCCER. THE SOCCER FIELD. YEAH. INTO THE SOCCER FIELD.

AND SO I THINK AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR PARKS I CAN SAY THIS FOR MY OWN SELF.

I THINK WE THINK ABOUT THINGS MORE IN THE SUMMER STATE.

BUT WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE WINTER TIME WHETHER IT'S SKATING RINK OR, YOU KNOW THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO I'M JUST FOR MYSELF, I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO PAY ATTENTION TO MY PARKS IN THE WINTER TIME BECAUSE I'M SEEING NEW THINGS. WELL, SAID. JACOB. YEAH. I DON'T HAVE A TERRIBLE LOT TO SHARE, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH OUR NEW GOALS AND LOOKING AT THE PARKS AND JUST KIND OF SHARING, YOU KNOW, HOW I TRY TO APPROACH ALL THE DIFFERENT PARKS, TRYING TO PROTECT WHAT WE HAVE, IMPROVE WHAT WE HAVE, AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY ARISE, ADD TO WHAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW.

SO THAT'S KIND OF A GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR ME.

ALONG WITH THIS, WITH OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THEN ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP AS MANY FAMILIES, I THINK TRAILS ARE PART OF THAT. WHEN YOU'RE CONNECTING TWO NEIGHBORHOODS AND MAKING THINGS SAFER.

JUST ALWAYS KIND OF LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNITY IN THAT KIND OF RESPECT.

AND THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, PRESERVING AS MUCH NATURAL RESOURCE AS WE CAN BECAUSE ORONO IS GROWING SLOWLY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ONCE IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE. SO WHERE WE CAN PRESERVE IS IS GREAT.

SO I'M JUST HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS AND KEEP MOVING FORWARD.

PARKS ARE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES IN THE WINTER.

SUMMIT BEACH IS A GREAT ACCESS POINT TO LONG LAKE.

AND WE CAN KIND OF GO DOWN THE LIST OF, ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN RECREATE IN THE WINTER.

I'M A WINTER GUY AS WELL, SO LIKE TO USE THE PARKS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, NOT JUST THIS SUMMER.

SO IT'S GOOD TO GOOD TO THINK ABOUT. GOOD, GOOD.

WELL, WITH THAT, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE MEETING.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? DID YOU WANT TO APPROVE THE MINUTES?

[Approval of Minutes (Part 2 of 2)]

GOOD. ANYTHING ELSE? ADJOURN THE MEETING. DO I HAVE TO PROPOSE TO ADJOURN? YEP. I PROPOSE WE ADJOURN THE MEETING. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. OKAY. MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU.

GOOD JOB. FIRST TIME OUT. WHOA! [LAUGHTER] I'M LEARNING SOMETHING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.