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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 IN • Prepare and submit site plan based on schematic • Solicit and award bids for picnic shelter and parking area • Hire park manager, prepare for opening • Phase II — FY 2017 -18? David Stancil said staff has had meetings with neighbors on both sides of the property, who have shared some interesting perspectives. David Stancil said there may be a budget amendment in the future to transfer some funding to seasonal personnel. He suggested that staff move ahead with the next steps and then come back to the Board of County Commissioners with a status report on this project in February. Commissioner Dorosin said there is an item about restroom facilities or port -a- potties, and he asked if the County owns these. David Stancil said these could be purchased or leased. He said the plan was to put in some port -a -lets at first while the number of visitors is determined. He said if this does not work, staff would come back to ask for more funding during next year's budget. Commissioner Dorosin referred to the Americans with Disabilities (ADA) access. He noted that the driveway is all gravel, and he asked if some part of that is going to be paved and if there will be a trail from the parking area to the picnic area. David Stancil said the driveway will remain graveled, but there will be a paved ADA accessible space with an accessible trail to the picnic area that loops around. Commissioner Dorosin said he liked the historical aspect of the project, but he said putting signs all around is not ideal. He suggested the use of phone downloads to give the interactive oral histories. He said these could be on the website as well. David Stancil said the signage will be unobtrusive, but the phone idea may be a great way to minimize that. He will look into it. Commissioner Jacobs said if this is voted on tonight, the bids will be awarded for the parking lot and the shelter. He asked if he could assume that the vendors will be asked to pay a living wage, or if a motion needs to be made to include this. John Roberts said he does not know how much that will cost, and there are some contracts where the County is not authorized to make that kind of requirement. David Stancil said these items are the two biggest price tags in the project. Commissioner Jacobs said there used to be signs at other future park sights, and he asked if there is a plan, as we get closer to a bond, to label those parcels that will be future parks. David Stancil said this was done at Twin Creeks in 2001. He said this is not done right now because it tends to attract attention and pull people in before staff is ready to have them on the property. He said this could be done as properties get closer to being ready. Commissioner Rich followed up on the living wage issue. She wonders, moving forward, if the County can make it clear when putting out bids for jobs that we prefer to work with contractors that pay a living wage. She said it is important to start getting their message out there to vendors. Commissioner Jacobs said the intent of his earlier motion was to have the attorney come back with a policy to adopt. He said he only brought this up now because this project is ready to go out for a bid now, and it would not come back to the Board for additional work while the bids went out. He hopes the attorney will come back with something that will accomplish exactly what Commissioner Rich is saying, but that will be in January. Commissioner Rich asked if the pond is being stocked with fish. David Stancil said staff has looked into this, but the plan is to try leaving it as it is, as there are already fish in the pond, and it is a fairly popular fishing spot.