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Parks update: blue barn delayed, board funds trails and hires contractor for tree work
Summary
The parks representative said work on the Blue Barn has not started amid budget pressure and noted the town added $20,000 to trails. The council agreed to seek contractors to remove leaning trees and discussed building-permit and state review requirements.
Parks representatives told the council the Blue Barn project had not yet started; the RDC representative is waiting on contractor quotes and an architect's estimate and said county funding to the program this year was about $100,000 less than in prior cycles. The speaker said, "we didn't start on the blue barn today… I think our architect is also getting a quote… so, we'll see whether we can even afford the building or not."
Separately, the parks representative said the board added $20,000 to trails and applied a new fine gravel layer: "we did put $20,000 into our trails and then added another layer of gravel, like a fine gravel, so it's much easier to walk on." The council discussed signs warning users to walk at their own risk and debated whether to hire a contractor to remove several leaning trees; a contractor quote of about $4,200 was mentioned as a reference point while officials agreed to seek local bids.
The group also discussed building-permit requirements and whether the Blue Barn drawings would trigger state plan review depending on cubic footage; staff said sealed blueprints would be needed if state review is required.
