Oronoco Parks Committee

Important Dates:

●February 2 @ 7pm Next Parks Meeting

Attended: Jonya Pacey, Lance Sorensen, Peter Sanders, Ryan Cradick, Tim Kramer, Trish Shields, and Eric Weis

Absent: Shirley Kingsley-Berg, Cain Dolan

Expense Items:

  1. T Ball Supplies–Recommend couple more helmets per bag that are medium or large. To many small ones, that barely fit the small kids.
  2. Playground equipment repair– Need to check with Cain, if any equipment needs repaired.
  3. River Park to Cedar Woodlands trail gate - City and developer to work together on this. Move this to old business.
  4. Garden Park– Water hook up has been approved. Need to resist expense items still needed along with timeline on how we would like to see project rolled out this spring.
  5. Signs – Generic rules and regulation signs along with some standard Oronoco specific items – Check with Cain on sourcing. Need to compile list of parks that need it along with costing.

Capital Items:

  1. Riverwood HIlls Park trails - Crushed rock trails in this years budget.
  2. Compliant playground safety equipment – Would like to slowly become compliant at each park without breaking the budget.
  3. Oronoco Park parking and repaving - Move this to a secondary wish list items so not completely off radar.
  4. Memorial Field parking– Possible 3-5 gravel parking spots off the road - Move this to a secondary wish list items so not completely off radar.
  5. Swings for park by city hall at location where swings were removed
  6. Back stops for tennis courts at River Park.
  7. Basketball court/ or half court at Riverwoods Park

Old Business:

  • Ideas for use of Cowden Park Move this to a secondary wish list items so not completely off radar.

●Oronoco Park residence – City council to handle this

●Grants – Lance– Is working on these Operation round up grant submitted for $4000. He has an application for our bank Eastwoods that is now owned by Bremer Bank – they have a foundation

Other grant opportunities to research Target Corporation & Home Depot

New Business:

●Next Garden Park cleanup– Put on calendar for Saturday April 25th , need to bring up at council.

●Members and terms - Updated term end dates for Eric Weis now 2016, Lance Sorensen now 2015, Tim Kramer Now 2016

Trish to bring this year’s park budget to the next meeting.