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Pledge allegiance to the flag of the
United States of America and to the

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republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and

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justice for all.
>> Roll call. Trish.

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» Mrs. Brew
>> here.

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» Miss Langless
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» Mr. Managini.
>> Mr. Moro

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» here.
>> Mrs. Stagwall

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>> Do I have a motion to excuse Mr.

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Managini? Motion we excuse Mr. Man
>> support

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» Miss Langwis?
>> Yes.

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» Mr.
>> Mr. Moraro?

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» Yes.
>> Mrs. Dawald?

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» Yes.
>> Mrs. Brew?

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» Yes.
Move on to approval of the agenda.

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Is there any questions on the agenda or
additions? If not, I need a motion.

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» Motion we approve the agenda.
>> Support.

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» Mr. Moraro.
>> Yes.

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» Mrs. Tigerwall.
>> Yes. Mrs. Brew.

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» Yes.
>> Miss Langley.

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» Yes. Move on to approval of the minutes
of the regular meeting of January 21st,

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2026.
>> I make a motion we approve the minutes

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for the regular meeting of January 21st,
2026.

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» Second.
>> Mrs. Sagwald.

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» Yes.
>> Mrs. Brew.

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» Yes.
>> Miss Langley.

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Moraro.

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» Yes.
>> Move on to

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uh the manifest.
Sarah, did you have any questions?

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» I did not know.
>> Ricky,

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» no. Jeff,
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» um I had a couple

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page three of six down towards the
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Um,
under electric

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it says uh maintenance on number 203,
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Um, can you find out what them are for?
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» I almost want to say it was a DOT
inspection things. Um, but I'll verify

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what those are.
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to the tune of about Oh,
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» $15,000.
>> That's why I'm asking.

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» Yeah, good good question. Okay.
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four of six 1 2 3 4
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slow cooker $116.99.

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» Do you see it there? It's under Zoro
Tools. It's a slow cooker under

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electrical utility.
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cooker for something or it could be
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things. Um, like
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cooker if we bought one. I
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another tool or two, but we can only
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descriptions.
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slow cooking, but
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on down in that little cabinet. Candy,

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» do I have a motion on the approval of
manifest 2026-03?

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» I'll make a motion that we approve
manifest

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2026-03
in the amount of 234,1448

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» support.

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» Mrs. Brew,
>> yes. Miss Langless.

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» Yes.
>> Mr. Moro,

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» yes.
>> Mrs. Fagwell,

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» yes.
>> Move on to public comment. Any item of

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interest. Anyone in attendance wishing
to address the council on any item of

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interest shall do so not at the podium.
State your name and address for the

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record. Comment shall be limited to
three minutes per person.

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Agenda items. Anyone in attendance
wishing to address the council on an

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agenda item only shall do so now at the
podium. State your name and address for

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the record. Comment shall be limited to
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We'll move on to action items. Item
number one, special event breastfeeding

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awareness walk.
So, this is something we've done every

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year, at least in the last three or so
years since I've been here. Um,

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» we've been doing it for
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done it. It's at Strawberry Lake. Um I
don't believe there is much of a

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difference between the previous years.
We've never had any issue uh down there

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with this walk. Uh we do recommend that
council approve the special event.

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» Do I have a motion? I'll make a motion
to approve the special event application

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for the Dickinson Iron District Health
Department for breastfeeding awareness

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walk. Support
>> Miss Lang.

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» Yes. Mr. Moraro,
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» Mrs. Stagwald,
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» Mrs. Brew,
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» Item number two, special event adventure
bike club.

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» So, this is year three, son, if I
recall. Um, so this is where the um the

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906 adventure team has been utilizing
Marian Park for you call youth kind of

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involvement, training on mountain bike
riding in the trails. Uh they're also

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the group that put up those lights that
everyone has enjoyed immensely down

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there. Um S is there any major
differences this year between the

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previous years?
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year we moved. Um our first year we were
closer to the tennis courts. Last year

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we plan to expand. So we moved a little
bit more between the tennis courts and

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like the softball field and that big
area there. We'll reuse that again. Um,

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once again, our goal is 50 kids or more.
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we've had the last several years. Um,
hopefully we can get more volunteers.

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Okay. Uh, council also recalls, uh, we
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that area. So, if you're down there
during this time of year, it it it's

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busy, which is very good to see. I've
never had a complaint or any conflict of

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interest or conflict of of event or
anything like that uh with this group.

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Uh we would recommend that council
continue to approve this. I think it's

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very good for the community and we are
the city of trails. I think it just adds

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uh to what we're trying to become
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you do down there. I think it's a great
thing. I think it's great for kids and

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everybody else and uh you know it's nice
that people step up and hopefully you'll

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get some more volunteers. I know that's
always hard to get, but we do appreciate

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you using the facility and um it's a
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» Well, we we appreciate the support of
the city. Without, you know, the support

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of you guys, we wouldn't have anywhere.
So, we're very thankful.

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» Do I have a motion?
>> I make a motion we approve the adventure

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bike club special event for this year.
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» Mr. Moraro.
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» yes.
>> Mrs. Brew,

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» yes.
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» yes.
>> Move on to item number three, Nights

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Kingdom playground replacement funding.
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on the table and for discussion again.
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the last time we discussed it, we had
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uh set that we got a price for when we
did the spark grant. Um, and at that

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time that one was 675,000.
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be doing it a little differently. Um,
what I brought tonight uh from a cost

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comparison, I have in here the what's
been going on at the Lake Antoine uh

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park project there. They had a two-phase
project, a 200,000 phase one and a

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400,000 to finish uh phase 2. over the
400 total. What I kind of wanted to

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point out is is to show you,
you know, the the project we're looking

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at, it's not out of line from a cost
perspective. It's not apples to apples.

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It's just it's difficult to do that. Um,
but you can kind of see what they've

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done in their phase one and their phase
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I I think we are in the ballpark um of
what ours looks like. the the play by

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design. I I think it's first I think
it's imperative that we we look at that

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play by design style and that's what we
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It's the same group as what was done 35
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community. I believe it's very important
to have that same feel and look as what

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was original. Uh you know I do think
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community. People used to come here
specifically for that. I think of the

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playgrounds of Norway. I think that is a
bigger deal than what we have at Marian

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Park. Uh we travel ourselves to
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Uh we probably would travel less if we
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Strawberry Lake. So, where we started
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discussing the using uh three rounds of
the wreck money and that kind of got

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tossed around back and forth with
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bit of uncertainty of wanting to
allocate those funds uh because of

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expensive electric department projects
down the road and uncertainty of of

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certain grants. Um the very very
original discussion for funding to get

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it kicked off was about $200,000
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capital improvements and they have it
under the fumei lake headline. I can't

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tell you exactly
why it says fume or where it came from.

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It was part of that original deal way
back when. I'm uncertain but it is

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restricted for park recreation uh
capital improvement. And so I I'm

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circling back at that original plan
because at the time when we originally

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proposed that we realized it was being
calculated as part of the general fund's

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fund balance and at that time that was a
big percentage of that reserve cash and

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therefore not comfortable utilizing it.
the general fund family fund balance is

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in a very different spot now and so we
are far more comfortable with that

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200,000 that is already reserved for
this purpose type of purpose uh to have

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the ball rolling on this project. Uh now
that 200,000 is in an investment CD that

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is not um it it isn't mature until
October of this year. Um, so you know

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what I'm what I'm looking for from
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of a two two approval point. It's it's
committing to the 200,000 even though we

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can't use that until it comes due in
October. So we're looking at a a summer

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likely of 27 uh to get this bill. Well,
if we can't touch it until October and

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it's 200,000, we, you know, we still
need to do a significant amount of

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fundraising to to finish off um the the
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the equipment part. So, if you look at
the breakdown from the original

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proposal, and it is likely is up a
little bit more. We originally budgeted

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475.
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was essentially all of the material, the
playground material, uh the structural

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plastic, the um cost for the the the
company, the engineering designs. So it

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was 386. So say 400,000. And the rest of
the money is that's a bit of the

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unknown. that is all the things that are
oftentimes donated as part of these

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projects. We have a lot of uh local
materials and screws, bolts, things like

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that that uh that is part of that that
fundraising effort. Um but what I've

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struggled with is is when do we kick off
this this fundraising effort to get

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there? And for me the the barrier has
been what is the city's commitment and

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what is the city's commitment to which
pro which plant which design

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because I feel like it's hard to go to
people to donate and start that process

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when we when they don't we can't say
what we're putting in. If it's zero at

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least we can say zero. If it's 200 we
can say we we're out putting in 200 and

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this is the design. The design can
change over time, but the big point I'm

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making is that play by design style to
emulate the style that's there to me is

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important rather than like, you know, a
Lake Antwine

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what you normally see everywhere else.
You know, the the play by design was was

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they came up here, they met with the
school children, we got input from all

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the schools of the Norway Valkan School,
and that's what's incorporated here. Um,

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again, it can change as we go the type
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» Um,
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remember the slide being that's
expensive. That slide's $20,000 and it

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seems crazy when you look at the Lake
Anttoine things of some of the things

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they want to purchase this little worm
that they want to crawl in is $14,000.

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It's expensive. [clears throat] I don't
know why, but it is. It's so what we

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were showing it's not crazy. Uh
so my request tonight is to look at that

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200,000 to commit to that and commit to
the play by design. So you can call the

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concept as we get rolling with
fundraising and in kind things like that

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we can start developing and seeing where
we're getting to. Do we have to scale it

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back? Do we have to do a phase one or
phase two based on kind of where we are

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financially and when we start to need
award material? Um, [snorts] so it's not

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set in stone 100% in that design, but I
want to make sure we look at

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that style. I think it's important to
have that look.

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» And you have to have that cuz people are
already asking me.

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» They're saying we want to donate or we
want to buy equipment. Well, you can't

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if you don't have a design, it's pretty
hard for them to donate for part of the

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equipment.
>> Yeah. And we've been pushing that

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design. That's what we posted at the
park. Uh, that's what we posted here.

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Uh, cuz that's kind of where we all
started. Um,

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» thank you for doing your, you know, uh,
looking at the other design. Um, I know

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I was one of the ones who asked for
that. Um, just remind me, um, for the

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British, the BP money that we get, we
call it wreck money, but what does that

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acronym stand for?
>> It's the energy I don't know if the

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wreck it's it's the energy credits.
>> Okay. So, it's like renewable energy. It

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has nothing to do with recreation.
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public to know that
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produce.
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» But we have used that before, allocated
that money before because that money

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always before long time ago always went
into the general fund and we have

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allocated that money to pay for other
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» I just wanted to make sure I was clear
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» um as as far as the the ground, are we
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rubber or anything?
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» Okay.
>> So, the the poured in place rubber

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pushed us way out of our It was It was
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just for that.
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It's your engineered rubber. Now the one
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25 [snorts] or 30,000. Now what the Lake
Antwine park is using is a

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um
turf and they have in there I think I

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wanted to say was 50 or 60,000. So that
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forward that we start looking at if we
can you know maybe not the entire

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Strawberry Lake playground area but
around you within where the playground

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structures are uh and then we can have
pathways to get to those. So then it is

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fully ADA accessible. The playground
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meant to be two double wheelchair to go
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all-incclusive. Uh, but the the
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» Um, but it was to get the price down.
And looking at the turf, I I think it'd

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be more feasible. Um, cuz it's not crazy
more. There you go. Synthetic turf is

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52,500 for the Lake Anttoine project.
>> But overall, we don't want to use mulch

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anymore.
>> No mulch.

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» I mean, that engineered rubber is a
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go and and and part of the why I I don't
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This is this was my fear in the
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this that
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change and then we would get lost and it
maybe we'd have a empty site and never

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get
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» how the hell do we $400 $600,000 park in
a town at 2900.

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» Yep. And it shouldn't be the 600
>> as your parking rep

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» representative. I sat there last week
and guess what? Zero support for

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$600,000 park.
>> Sorry, there was none.

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» I was
>> the chairman said I agree. Yes or no?

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» John Beck said that and prior to that
John Beck and all of them recommended to

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council this playground.
>> Yeah. Well,

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» like I told them and we agreed, we
definitely want to do something with

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Nights Kingdom as a council. The
question is what's the financial

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commitment from the city?
>> That's where we're at right now.

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» Yeah. And that's what I'm saying. Um the
200 grand is great. If and if that's

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what it says about the 200 grand, I'm
100% with that, right? that we put that

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200,000 from from fumy the fumey sale as
the starting point for nights kingdom.

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[snorts]
>> Mhm.

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» Now the question is how do we get the
other $3 to $400,000 and and what does

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the park look like? I mean um it's a
that's a big big ask right from the

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community. We've got an unbelievable
facility at Marian Park that we support.

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» It's not the same.
>> Totally

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» not the same. But it's not the same,
Ken.

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» It's not at Marian Park.
That down there was used way more. I'm

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not going to say what the baseball and
that.

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» Oh my god. It's not even close how what
the usage is. Mary Parks used tons.

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» I said what else the the fields and
that. I'm talking the playground.

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» Okay.
>> I'm saying down there that park itself

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was used a lot more when it was in good
shape.

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» Yeah.
>> And and it it's an ice.

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Yeah, as a playground. I'm not talking
to sports. I said that once to you.

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» I said it is used down there more than
Marian Park. Maybe not lately because it

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wasn't kept up. I think it looks like an
eyesore. I'm not saying what amount of

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money got to go in there, but if you
don't think that the kids in this

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community deserve to have a good park to
put there, I think you're wrong.

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» Great. And I'm just going to throw out
that how many parks do you think 2900

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people can support at
>> and more people go there than that

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because we get people from out of town
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» Yeah. Great.
>> Who pays no taxes?

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» I don't care if they pay taxes. They
bring money into the community. Don't

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you have a business?
>> I have a business.

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» Yeah. Do you think maybe a couple people
might stop and buy meat or something?

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See, Right.
>> They have.

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» So, you're supporting your community,
too. I think Strawberry definitely needs

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a playground back. I remember the days
um when my kids got old enough where

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they played on the playground and I did
a lap walking around the lake at the

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same time. Um it's nice safe place to um
have them even as [clears throat]

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toddlers because of the fence. So that's
something that Marian does not have.

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There are not those walking paths.
Marian's playground's great when there's

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softball or baseball going on, but other
than that, it's in the middle of the

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sun. There's just nothing else
>> and there's lots of traffic there.

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» Terrific. I'm not arguing that. I want
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» Mhm.
>> My question is, how much money, taxpayer

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money, do we have to put into
rebuilding?

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» That is not taxpayer money.
>> Yeah, it is.

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» No, it's
>> Candy. Don't you want to go? You want to

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go and record around a Rex right now? Me
and you.

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» Seriously?
>> Yeah. Seriously, Candy, we don't want to

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do that.
>> That's taxpayer money.

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» Are you threatening me? Don't do it.
>> I'm not threatening you.

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» Can Can I interject? Just just to break
it up a little bit. Okay. So, from my

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understanding, the CD is going to come
into fruition in October, this year.

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Correct. And it's $200,000 that needs to
be allocated towards parks and wreck,

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» right? So why would we not take that and
use that and make that a jumping off

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point? I mean that's that's perfect,
right? And and then we go forward from

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there, you know what I mean? Just trying
to figure out and I will say like when I

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moved here, you know, from
Massachusetts, um, Nights Kingdom was

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huge for my children. My my children are
now in their teens and my oldest is 27,

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but even as a teenager in middle school
and then as I slowly watched it decline,

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it was like almost this pressing and it
is an eyesore. Um, but it is a really

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nice spot to have that. And also I also
went to um the um I think Dan that was

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the first time I ever met you was when
the kids had um put a collection of like

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what they had designed that certain
things about this playground are

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actually designed and asked for by the
kids in the elementary school and the

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middle school. I think I don't know
about the high schoolers if they were

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involved at all but maybe they were. But
I know that the high schoolers, you

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know, they don't have anywhere to go
either. It's a very small town. It's

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very um kids need. Our children need
this. And also, when my daughter comes

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up from Oshkosh, we always used to go
over there. Although the last time we

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went over there, I actually connected
with Dan cuz I was like, there's screws

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popping out of everything we need to.
And then, you know, it it just was shut

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down. So, yes, this would be fabulous.
And it would be a tourist. It's a

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tourist attraction as well, which does
bring money into the town. I agree with

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that. When you have something like this,
it's something that people look at and

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they go to and they they come up to
visit their families, whatever it is,

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it's something to do, you know, there
isn't a lot to do. No.

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» Especially not for kids. So, um I'm you
know Yeah. So, if that's what that money

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is for and it's allocated for parks and
wreck, why would we not use that for

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that?
>> Right. And then then we go ahead and we

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try to fund raise. If we have to scale
it back, we have to scale it back. And I

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know a couple of places that have agreed
already even just just been me talking

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about the the you know when I first
learned about this that are willing to

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like maybe they can buy a brick you know
what I mean with their name on it.

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There's different ways to do things.
>> The fencing we talked about that for the

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fencing to go around.
>> Yep. So people like to like donate if

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like their name is mentioned or like
their names on a brick or you know what

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I mean different things like that. And
there are lots of ways to raise

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» 100% agreement. So
>> that's all I'm saying. Let's not make it

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a city only funded project. Right.
>> Right. I% I 100% agree with that.

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» Yeah. What what I was looking for is
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» what's [clears throat] the design?
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I don't know a year or so, a year and a
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» Do you mean that we stick with play by
design concept but some things might get

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scaled back and
scale back. I'm just saying stick to,

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you know, the play by design concept cuz
that concept, remember play by design,

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that company,
>> the founding members of that company

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worked for the company that came in and
built what we have today.

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» Now, are we involving the people of the
town also in building it too with this

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community?
>> So, it is so that's added into this is

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that the community will help build this
as well. Does that bring the cost down

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at all or is that what we're estimating
here by looking at what we're looking No

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cost in this for actually building.
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is what the company would bring their
one or two people down that basically

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supervise the groups we put together.
>> So I would imagine with the people in

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town with the amount of dads and parents
and grandparents, we would be able to

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get a collective to be able to put that
on.

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» Yeah. I mean once we start moving
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different uh committees of volunteers
that oversee food, tools, children. Yep.

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» Um, so there there's a lot of that that
goes into this.

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» So it's a really community bringing
together the community to build

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something as well, which is super
positive.

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» Yeah. And that's a good thing cuz then
we're all in it together, right? So

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that's a good thing, too. I mean, you
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» Yeah. Okay.
>> So ground for the design.

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» Yep.
>> Yeah.

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» And like I had said, a lot of these a
couple of these designs are like the

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kids themselves had said we you know
what I mean? And they were they were

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really cute. They had drawn them out. It
was adorable. Absolutely adorable. I

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love that presentation.
>> And so far, our investment has been

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3,000. That's when we originally had the
play by design architect come up here,

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visit the site, and then went to the
school and then did her initial

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drawings. And then that's what we have
right now. And that's kind of where um

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we stopped. Now, lucky like Antoine,
they raised 200 plus,000. Um, you know,

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there's we've been reached out to by uh
large companies, uh, whether it's for

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labor help or financial assistance. We
have a whole playlist of how we will try

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to fund raise with the bricks or the
pickets for the fence. Um, and I think,

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you know, summer of 27, that's going to
have to be cuz there's a lot

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» to do, but we got to get on it now.
We've been talking about it long enough.

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» Yeah.
Do I have a motion?

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» I'll make a motion to approve the
allocation of 200,000 Fumi Lakeake

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monies to the replacement of Knights
Kingdom and approve the play by design

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concept as its replacement.
>> Support.

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» Mrs. Digerald.
>> Yes.

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» Mrs. Brew.
>> Yes.

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» Miss Langless.
>> Yes.

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» Mr. Morano.

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» Yes.

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move on to mayor council comments.
Sarah, did you have anything for

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tonight? Um, no. I'm just really
thankful that we could all come into

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agreement and we all unanimously voted
for that. That makes me happy. It's

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exciting for the kids. It's an exciting
like a new adventure and I think it'll

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be really positive. I look forward to
being able to bring my granddaughter

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there and be a part of building it.
Maybe they can come up and help with

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that. It's it's future generations and
it's just really cool. So, that's all.

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Ricky,
>> no comments. Thank you,

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» Jeff. No, no, ma'am.
>> Um, I want to thank uh my uh council

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members. I've been out for a few months.
I've had like tragedy after tragedy. And

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um I just want to uh thank my uh council
for all the support that you've given me

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during this time.
That's all I have.

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» Of course.

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» Do I have a motion to adjurnn? Motion we
do want to do close session or do you

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want to wait for Rico to be present?
>> Oh

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» yeah, let's wait for Rico. That's fine.
Agreed.

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» Sorry about that. I didn't see that
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» So I'll second the adjourning then.
Okay. Motion by Jeff. Second by Sarah.

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All in
>> favor? I

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» I