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• Limited Opening Phase I • Target— March 6 Proposed Initial Facilities • Trails (4 miles) • Picnic shelter • Picnic table and benches • Historic interpretive farmstead signage • Agriculture demo area • Open field • Informal Fishing • Infrastructure Planned Initial Operation • Expect weekend operation • Beginning March • Need for staff presence due to pond Next Steps • 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 porosin 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 porosin 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 porosin 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.