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Hey Mark.

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» Good evening.

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» Good evening. Welcome to the Parks and

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Rec Committee meeting. Today is August

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5th. It is 5:30

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p.m. If I could get a roll call, please,

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Mindy.

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» Mrs. Cooper.

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» Mrs. Crawford.

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» Here.

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» Mr. Long.

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» Here.

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» Three present, we have quorum.

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» Good evening. Welcome to the Parks and

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Rec Committee meeting. Today is August

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5th. It is 5:30 p.m.

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and I will call the names

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» I think so. I should check the audio.

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» Okay. Okay, we'll try.

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Yeah, it's recording and that's live.

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Um, technical difficulties. Moving on.

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I'm looking for an approval of the

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minutes from the July 1st Parks meeting.

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» I'll make a motion.

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» I will second that motion.

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If you get a roll call, please.

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Mrs. Crawford.

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» Yes.

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» Mrs. Cooper.

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» Yes.

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» Mr. Long.

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Three A's, motion approved. Thank you.

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Are there any visitors that would like

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to speak to the Parks and Rec Committee

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this evening?

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» Well, we're going to have Aaron come up

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and do a presentation. We don't have any

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visitors, but we do have an announcement

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of a new employee. So, let's do that.

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» Yes. So, in the audience, uh, we have

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Adam Teach. He is the engineering

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technician. Uh, his first day was on

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Monday. He comes to us from GSI, uh,

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which is a a company that does, um,

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material testing, uh, but has a lot of

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construction in his background. He's

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already been out to J.R. Smith Park. Um,

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so he's aware of what's going on over at

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that, uh, $3.5 million project, um, as

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well as a lot of the other construction

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that's going on. So, please, if you see

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him out and about or if you have

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questions, his, uh,

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email is No, I'm just kidding.

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Please feel free to reach out to him via

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email. I'm happy to give his contact

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information. What's his title?

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» Uh, engineering technician.

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» Welcome to the family.

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» Great.

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» And then, did you want to move to Mr.

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Nobler after

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» Is he on the He's not on the agenda in a

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more specific He's going to do the

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presentation on the Old Orchard Park.

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» Oh, okay. Then we will just transition

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right into unfinished business with Old

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Orchard Park. And then I would like to

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invite Mr. Noblet up to the podium.

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» Hello everybody. Thanks for having me.

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Um Aaron Noblet, consulting arborist

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with the city. Um talking about

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potential management strategies for Old

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Orchard Park. Um

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Let's go ahead and go to the next slide.

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just a comparison. Rosecrans Park on the

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left here compared to Old Orchard.

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Rosecrans is my a my basically a mature

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where you have, you know, just a mature

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stand of oak, hickory, beech, maple.

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make it beautiful other than keep out

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the invasives, which we've been doing

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over the last handful of years. Where

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Old Orchard is what

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forest succession where it was a Old

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of cleared land.

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what you get is this kind of explosion

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of growth that kind of just is real

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thick and

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some people might say unsightly, but you

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get a combination of beneficial native

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vegetation and exotic invasives that

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don't belong there. Um so that's kind of

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a summary of just And And with time,

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with proper management, it will

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eventually look more like Rosecrans and,

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you know, be more appealing and a

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healthy forest.

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guess go to the next slide.

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» Can I ask a question on that slide

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though? Is the majority of what I'm

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invasive other stuff? In those

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» So you've got native trees and a and

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pear. Luckily, not a lot of the

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flowering pear has moved in there.

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understory where you've got I'll get

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» Um want to go to the next slide.

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So, what can we do to help speed up the

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recovery? Um

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you know, just the the most basic thing

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we can do if we're to you know, say we

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into this park or we just want to do

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times a year invasive species removal

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where we're removing the honeysuckle,

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flowering pear, and Japanese barberry.

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that I'm missing.

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there so that they're the beneficial

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native vegetation can thrive. Cuz it

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kind of chokes it out and if you leave

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get even worse and be harder harder to

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process along where we can plant

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trees and shrubs and you know,

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pollinator-friendly flowering plants as

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» Is the removal of the invasive species

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species something that our services team

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can do with your supervision?

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identifying.

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that we're not removing beneficial

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plants. So, making sure that we're

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properly identifying it.

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can cut it and then very carefully treat

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it with an herbicide like basically

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paint it on the stump. If we're able to

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totally uproot it, then we don't have to

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use herbicides at all. But sometimes

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that's not feasible if there's you know,

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plants are just too big.

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little down the road if we it depends on

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the vision that the city has for it. But

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for the majority of the park, I would

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figure out, okay, what's actually back

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here? It may have looked like weeds, but

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there's a lot of

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good stuff in there mixed in with stuff

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that we don't want in there. So, I think

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for the majority of the park, I think

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kind of hand selectively removing the

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invasives and leaving it natural and

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letting it go through that cycle of

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forest succession. It's going to take a

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while, but

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but if there's an opening into it later

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where if we wanted to have a heavier

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hand managing an area, I've got some

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ideas for that, too. So.

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» But, for step one, likely our services

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team could do the work with your

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» Supervision and knowledge and

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I don't know. It'd be nice to do it

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when the ticks aren't as active, you

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know, like early winter.

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and just, you know, maybe

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designate a few days to it and and just

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once a year go at it until we get it

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under control.

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okay, we're done now.

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Then you have to be proactive. You just

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got to you kind of get a feel for, okay,

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this likes to pop up here. But, once you

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get the bulk of it done after those

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cold out.

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proactive maintenance from there.

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year after year and then it's just kind

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of like we it pops up and you're you're

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being more proactive than reactive.

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it's basically that's an apple tree. The

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stone age consumed with grape vine. So,

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from an aesthetic, grape vine is native,

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it's beneficial to wildlife, but in this

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case, it's just, you know, it's choking

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out trees that we would want. It's

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choking out some of the wild apple

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trees, but it's choking out black

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that we would want to release and

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be important at this stage. Um

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carefully, you know, cutting and

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carefully treating the the the fresh cut

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stump with an herbicide.

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under control of invasives is going to

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really, you know, from the aesthetics of

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the park, it won't look like as much of

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the stuff

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of a rat's nest.

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So like critical features in this park

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is Prairie Creek does run through it and

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it also runs through Evening Street Park

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on the other side of Granville Street.

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uh as we want to preserve riparian

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buffers on both sides of the creek,

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which would be a vegetated area that

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acts as a filter.

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Uh so contamination, you know,

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contaminants, pollutants that might be

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coming down into the creek can be up

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taken up by the trees and you know, it

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it basically just acts like filtration

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to protect the water quality of the

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creek.

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So if you were to ask like Delaware

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District, they're going to say anywhere

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that you can have a riparian buffer, a

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healthy riparian buffer along the creek

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is good, you know, because this creek

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spills into Hoover Reservoir, which is

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the drinking water for

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a bunch of municipalities south of us,

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so

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just kind of being good stewards of the

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creek. Uh

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so I would say within the park,

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definitely preserving

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the forest with

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is adjacent to the creek as much as

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possible and just focus on on on basics

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there.

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Uh again, Delaware County Soil and Water

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is

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that's kind of their bread and butter,

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what their goals are for protecting

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water quality and their, you know, soil

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erosion, so they're really

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up to speed on that. Um

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if you want to go to the next slide.

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Um

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on the other side of Granville Street

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where

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the library side, you know, I would like

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to get there and Delaware County so on

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the water where you can see the grass

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goes all the way up to the creek.

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We did plant a row of bald cypress and

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some swamp white oaks there, but I know

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that they like to talk about creating no

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mow zones

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where you allow vegetation to grow up of

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course trying to get

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natives to take over and then they kind

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of have it on a mowing rotation which

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creates a buffer

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and then planting trees to create shade

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which will cool the water which the

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hotter the water is and the water is

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more you're going to get a bacterial

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growth and so

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considering maybe seeing what they would

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say for maybe managing that side of the

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creek a little better so we're not

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because I'm assuming they're maybe

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putting lawn chemicals straight up to

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the edge there.

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Um

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so that would be something to consider.

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We do have some really good trees

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growing though so that's that's a good

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start but I know that they might be big

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on no mow zones where you kind of create

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a meadow along the creek and then

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allow trees or plant trees

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uh in combination.

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Um and that could go in the NPDES report

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as being proactive. It could go under

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the Tree City USA report that we're

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you know, we're creating right earning

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buffers along Brandywine Creek.

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And basically any tree the city is

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responsible for that's that's a good

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idea or frankly so on the water or

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they'd be the ones to help out with

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that. Um

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do you want to go to the next slide?

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Um

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at the back of the park there's kind of

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a grassy meadow area. It's got a lot of

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golden rod and wing stem and some other

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good stuff

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but it also has poison hemlock which is

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a pretty nasty plant. Um

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Jake last year did some

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the the service department did some

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management of that but it pops up every

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year. So, within the meadow area at the

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back of the park, we're really going

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after that poison hemlock. That's a

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critical. The time to hit that is in

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March when it's about that high off the

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ground

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and just spray it when it's when it's

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low because it needs to be 8 to 10 ft

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tall and makes, you know, spraying

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you're spraying everything else around.

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So,

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and just a word on that, the property

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behind Old Orchard where the meadow is

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that the HOA owns is just covered in

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poison hemlock. So, it'd be good to

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maybe work in combination with them and

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see if they'd be interested in helping

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manage it. Otherwise, the seeds are just

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going to keep falling over.

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And then, um it is a pretty neat little

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meadow area though that'd be beneficial

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for pollinators and wildlife. Um

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so, maybe figuring out

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what's the best way to manage that. Is

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it should be mowed every 3 years? Could

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we sprinkle other seeds in there to get,

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you know, more flowering plants going

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that are native?

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Control invasives, you know, you can put

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up bluebird boxes. So, there's a lot of

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things that could go on on the meadow

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side at the back of the park. That's the

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massive pile of massive plant back

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behind there for reference.

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So, it's it's kind of neat to have it

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there. Um

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you know, cuz it is different than the

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forested section of the park.

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Uh if you want to go to the next slide.

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So, the old apple trees, you know,

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they're just

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they're in rough shape. You know,

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they've they've a lot of them are half

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dead or covered in grapevine.

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So, the idea of reviving them, I mean, I

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would say the ones that are healthy

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enough to keep around, keep them around,

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kind of prune out the dead.

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But, the idea that it will ever be a

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functional orchard again, I mean, to

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grow apple trees is major maintenance

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with

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pruning and treatments. They're really

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susceptible to all kinds of fungal

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diseases. So,

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you know, these places that are drawing

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quality apples, either whether they're

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using an organic program or they're

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using synthetics, they're they're really

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spraying and

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and controlling disease. So,

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the I I would say it's nice to keep the

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old health apple trees that still have

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some life life left to them, but in

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general, they're pretty dilapidated.

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So, I think eventually just letting the

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the Ohio native forest trees take over

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would be the ultimate goal in the long

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run.

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And um

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» So, that definitely wouldn't be your

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recommendation to plant apple trees.

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» Well, maybe in one section I'll get I'll

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go to the next slide.

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» Yeah, that's where I was going with

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that.

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» Like

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just to kind of honor the

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history of the park,

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you know, around Johnny Appleseed, maybe

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some dwarf

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disease-resistant apple trees would be

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cool. That I think that'd be a way to

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kind of commemorate the history of the

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park,

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but

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keeping it simple, you know, and and

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that would be something manageable where

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they could be pruned and

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and kept nice.

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Um

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Apple trees in general are they're

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they're wild, you know, like it

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you should see like Lenz's orchard.

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They're pruning those like constantly

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even the way they look.

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So, that would be an idea.

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Um

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do you want to go to the next slide?

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And then something

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I'm almost finished here, but just

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something to consider if we if we did

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want to have a more heavily managed area

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of the park while it's going through

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that those stages of forest succession,

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I thought it might be an idea to create

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like a natural play area where we would

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be more aggressive with mowing down the

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overgrowth

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um

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and

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if there would be more like a focal

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point of the park and it could be a

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place for, you know, benches for sitting

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or

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um a big thing now that parks are doing

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is they're using like rocks and tree

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stumps to create play spaces for kids.

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» Mhm.

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» So, boulders

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I would say only plant Ohio natives

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except for the apple trees around

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Johnny. Um

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you know, it could look really pretty

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and um I don't know if when I worked at

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New Albany the developers would

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as they were digging they would stash

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the boulders up on the side and the city

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would come pick them up and put them in

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the park.

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» Sure. That's a good idea.

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» Which was and we and if I really want to

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go to the next slide.

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So, this is in Rose Run Park in New

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Albany

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an example of a play area like that. Uh

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and it's kind of this park Rose Run

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was right along Rose Run Creek

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over by like between Market Street and

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62.

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Um

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back behind the library and mellow

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mushroom and all that.

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And it was just it looked like old

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orchard when they started 15 years ago.

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And if you walk through it now, I mean

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they heavily managed it.

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But

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um

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it it's just kind of shows what it can

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look like with time and patience and

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kind of controlling the invasives.

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But that, you know, it's it's just a

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simple rocks, benches, logs and

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Ohio native planting landscape.

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Uh but if you're ever in the area there

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it it it's really

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that'd be a good representation of kind

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of what it can be.

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» And on the picture that you superimposed

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that onto ours you had it sort of in

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front like along Granville.

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» Yeah, it wouldn't have to be. I mean it

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could be wherever makes sense. And what

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what my concern that I would have is

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like how high is the flooding?

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» Mhm.

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» That because we wouldn't want to like

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put mulch and plants there and then it

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floods away so yeah so up higher maybe

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up it makes sense and figure out how

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high the water comes you know when we

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get extreme rainfall

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but I don't know if I was just thinking

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maybe visible from Granville just

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because it's kind of pretty focal point

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but just an idea if we wanted to do

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something a little more

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heavy-handed with management

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and you know a lot of that

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what would be removed in the process you

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probably have to like use a forestry

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grinder

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and preserve whatever trees are you know

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want to keep in the process but for the

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most part a lot of it will go and

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I don't think we'd be cutting down

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anything special you know so

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what's that material on the ground then

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is that just

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I think just mulch

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just mulch and boulders and benches

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but they definitely like they definitely

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plant only Ohio native landscaping plant

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which is most which is common in most

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parts these days

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so

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I'm going to go to the next slide I

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think that's all I have

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I have a question do you think there's

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enough room to do something like this

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and still have some of the dwarf

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apple trees

556
00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,640
I mean I didn't

557
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,640
measure it out or anything I was just

558
00:22:28,640 --> 00:22:33,200
trying to come up with

559
00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:36,200
I walked through the park with

560
00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:38,360
reservation parks their their resource

561
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:40,480
manager and they were talking about how

562
00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:42,560
they like to do these natural play areas

563
00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:44,000
any opportunity they get so I just and

564
00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,400
charm our park if you've ever been back

565
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,560
there at the Granville little thing

566
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:48,560
along the side of the creek

567
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,400
but yeah I think there'd be room and you

568
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:54,680
know depending on how big we would want

569
00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,360
this space to be but

570
00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:58,320
I think it could be like a good focal

571
00:22:56,360 --> 00:23:00,240
point or

572
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:01,160
as the rest of the park is going through

573
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,480
the

574
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:05,120
kind of the ugly stage where you would

575
00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:07,000
have a pretty spot, you know.

576
00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:08,960
And it's walking distance from downtown.

577
00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:12,360
People can walk down to the coffee and

578
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:14,000
whatever else. So, just an idea.

579
00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:15,360
» It's a great idea. I like it.

580
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:17,760
» It's right

581
00:23:15,360 --> 00:23:19,840
It's just within walking distance of the

582
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,040
apartments, of the communities.

583
00:23:19,840 --> 00:23:23,680
» Yeah, there's people back there quite a

584
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:25,720
bit. There's a the connectivity.

585
00:23:23,680 --> 00:23:29,120
You have the trail, so it could

586
00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:33,440
potentially get a lot of traffic.

587
00:23:29,120 --> 00:23:33,440
So, that's that's basically all I have.

588
00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:38,840
» Love it, Daryl.

589
00:23:35,840 --> 00:23:40,160
» I think I do, too.

590
00:23:38,840 --> 00:23:40,400
Appreciate it. Yeah, thanks for having

591
00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,960
us.

592
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,440
» Yeah. So,

593
00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:45,520
um yeah, Aaron Aaron, thank you so much.

594
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:47,400
We appreciate that. So, yeah. I mean,

595
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,920
yeah, obviously we've talked to Johnny.

596
00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,720
We've talked about trying to do

597
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:55,120
something with that park. This would be

598
00:23:51,720 --> 00:23:57,720
a relatively low-cost option, at least

599
00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:59,400
to get started. As you've already

600
00:23:57,720 --> 00:24:01,040
checked out, I mean, sounds like our

601
00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,200
service team could do some of it, not

602
00:24:01,040 --> 00:24:05,080
all of it, but uh maybe to get ourselves

603
00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:06,360
started or something. So,

604
00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:07,400
Yeah, I think what we're really looking

605
00:24:06,360 --> 00:24:09,520
for is

606
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,480
» Potential collaboration with Delaware,

607
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:13,840
with Franklin County,

608
00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:15,280
with their soil and everything he said.

609
00:24:13,840 --> 00:24:16,920
» Yeah, I definitely jotted down some of

610
00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,800
those notes as well. I think we'll we've

611
00:24:16,920 --> 00:24:20,240
got a relationship with soil and water.

612
00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:21,560
We'll follow up with them up regarding

613
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,760
the the creek.

614
00:24:21,560 --> 00:24:25,160
» Said, with the tree city you know, it's

615
00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:27,400
just a lot of good It's all good. I

616
00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:28,960
think what I'm hearing is it's not

617
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,760
terribly We're not talking about a $4

618
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:32,880
million project here, but we are talking

619
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:35,240
about things that will are beneficial to

620
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:37,000
the city and to our residents and

621
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,600
potentially our younger residents as

622
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:39,600
well, if we go that route. So,

623
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,760
» Yeah.

624
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:42,800
All right. Well, we'll keep uh

625
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:44,600
» It makes our passive park a little bit

626
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,080
more enjoyable.

627
00:24:44,600 --> 00:24:46,160
» Yeah.

628
00:24:45,080 --> 00:24:48,360
» Yeah.

629
00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,480
For sure.

630
00:24:48,360 --> 00:24:50,760
Yeah.

631
00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,240
Yeah, so we'll

632
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,800
uh we'll have the team. So, we have our

633
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:57,480
tree team.

634
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:58,840
That's Alyssa, Jake, uh Aaron. Um you

635
00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,520
know, kind of keep digging a little

636
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:03,800
deeper, figure out what we could maybe

637
00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:06,240
do later this year, dig into next year,

638
00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:07,560
etc., etc. So.

639
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,480
Yeah, I love that. Like it.

640
00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:09,720
» Thanks.

641
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,240
Appreciate it.

642
00:25:09,720 --> 00:25:13,040
» Anything else to add, Mark?

643
00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:13,680
» I was, uh,

644
00:25:13,040 --> 00:25:16,200
» Yes.

645
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:17,360
» I'm supportive of cleaning up that area.

646
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,640
I know I've been through there a couple

647
00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:21,280
times with my kids. I know with the

648
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:22,720
future development of that space, I know

649
00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:24,840
a lot of residents are already down

650
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:27,960
there. I think that'd be a really great

651
00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:30,920
investment, long-term and short-term as

652
00:25:27,960 --> 00:25:33,040
we continue forward. I like the

653
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,520
I'll say

654
00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:37,280
less developed part of a park, right?

655
00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:40,800
So, the idea of just walking through the

656
00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:42,240
woods than to have a huge development or

657
00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:42,680
expense of upkeep.

658
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:44,800
» Right.

659
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,480
» And we're doing that at the Arsenal. So,

660
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:48,840
we're looking for that. We have it

661
00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:50,560
there, and then there's so many

662
00:25:48,840 --> 00:25:52,440
health benefits to kids just being in

663
00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:53,120
nature and playing on natural

664
00:25:52,440 --> 00:25:55,080
» Absolutely.

665
00:25:53,120 --> 00:25:55,600
» Is that each and everyone can

666
00:25:55,080 --> 00:25:57,960
» Yeah.

667
00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,040
» I'm supportive to just short walks, too,

668
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,680
and with your coffee in the morning,

669
00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,480
whatever you

670
00:26:00,680 --> 00:26:04,760
» Yeah. And as that area over there with

671
00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:06,000
Mr. Genovese's property gets developed,

672
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,320
it's just a good spot.

673
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,320
» Yeah.

674
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:14,160
» Thank you.

675
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:15,040
» Okay. Do we have a J.R. Smith Park Grant

676
00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,640
update?

677
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,640
» Yes.

678
00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:52,920
» So, not as big of an update I was I was

679
00:26:49,920 --> 00:26:55,240
hoping for this month. Um, we got a

680
00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:57,200
quote on some additional items and I

681
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:59,160
didn't receive it until

682
00:26:57,200 --> 00:27:01,600
an hour before the meeting. So, I'll

683
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:04,680
have more to share on that next month,

684
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:06,240
but on packet page 19

685
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:07,520
slide.

686
00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:10,680
So, these are some items that were

687
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:13,160
removed from the bid documents that we

688
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:15,400
reached out to our um

689
00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:18,240
playground supplier. So, we can get all

690
00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:21,240
of these back with the ODNR funding. Um

691
00:27:18,240 --> 00:27:21,760
» We removed these for financial reasons.

692
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,880
» Okay.

693
00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:27,400
» Now with the extra funds from ODNR, we

694
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,720
can bring all of them back

695
00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:30,960
» Okay.

696
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:32,880
» And add to it as well. So, the drinking

697
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:35,920
fountain with the

698
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:39,920
refillable water bottle, um the grill,

699
00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:42,840
about six benches, and a bike rack.

700
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:44,720
» I remember years ago um too and the

701
00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:47,120
bench that you're showing here has them,

702
00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:49,440
but I remember years ago having somebody

703
00:27:47,120 --> 00:27:52,160
from I think it was Source Point maybe

704
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:55,640
out and recommended when we put benches

705
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:57,320
in that we have those side handles on

706
00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:59,400
them like it's showing in that picture.

707
00:27:57,320 --> 00:28:00,480
So, I just want to make sure we do that.

708
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,840
It um

709
00:28:00,480 --> 00:28:03,560
It helps with getting in and out of

710
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,000
benches, I remember.

711
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,600
» And those are also the same ones we have

712
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,400
at the reservoirs, too. So,

713
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:08,240
» Yeah, perfect.

714
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:09,080
» Keeping it consistent.

715
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:10,960
» Yeah.

716
00:28:09,080 --> 00:28:13,320
» Um I don't have pricing on all of it

717
00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:14,560
yet. Well, I have to dive into it, but

718
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,880
that's what's included in with the

719
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:19,040
quote. Um go to the next slide.

720
00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:21,240
So, additional items that we asked him

721
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:24,640
to get pricing for was some shade

722
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:25,880
covered benches, um some swings

723
00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:27,120
especially.

724
00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:30,160
» We don't have We don't have any swings.

725
00:28:27,120 --> 00:28:30,800
» We don't have swings and we were looking

726
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:32,520
um

727
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,040
Sorry, do you want to go back to space

728
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,680
two?

729
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:39,240
So, oops.

730
00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:40,960
Right over in this area

731
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,800
would be where the swings would go.

732
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,800
There's enough space because you have to

733
00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:47,400
have that Essentially, I believe it was

734
00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:50,200
20 ft on each side for the swings, for

735
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:52,240
the safety zone. So,

736
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,080
that's essentially where they would go.

737
00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,240
Um

738
00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,320
» And so, I'm going to go

739
00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:59,000
down two more. Yeah.

740
00:28:56,320 --> 00:29:01,480
» And we would do a three-bay, so six

741
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:04,240
swings total, and we would do two of the

742
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:05,595
ADA, two regular, and then one toddler,

743
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:05,680
and then one

744
00:29:05,595 --> 00:29:08,360
» [clears throat]

745
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:11,000
» Tandem swing as well.

746
00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:13,680
Um it can be covered or cannot be

747
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:15,800
covered, either or. Um

748
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:18,560
but we were looking at the benches with

749
00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:20,920
the shade covering at the splash pad and

750
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:22,960
the playground.

751
00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:24,400
» Okay, if you want to go to the next one.

752
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,880
» So, these are just some of the shade

753
00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:29,960
structures that we received quotes for.

754
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:32,760
Um these would be at the splash pad, so

755
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:35,280
maybe two or three,

756
00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:37,440
probably one on each side, just so to

757
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,400
offer, you know, cuz right now there's

758
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:42,440
no shade, and since we have this extra

759
00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:45,640
funding, we can now get the more more

760
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:48,760
extra amenities, essentially. So.

761
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:52,240
» No shade other than trees that will be a

762
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:52,240
a little bit small at first.

763
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,520
» So,

764
00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:59,800
at a quick glance of the quotes,

765
00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:04,440
all of that plus these shade structures,

766
00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:07,640
we only hit maybe 135,000 max. So, we

767
00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:09,560
still have a lot more. So, we can do

768
00:30:07,640 --> 00:30:11,320
more if you guys like the direction of

769
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:12,720
this, and we are looking into the

770
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:14,920
security cameras. We are going to

771
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,240
coordinate with PD about that as well.

772
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:16,480
» So.

773
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:18,320
» I was just going to ask him about that.

774
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:21,560
I know money came from a couple

775
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:23,480
different places, um but so with

776
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:25,320
security or cameras, yeah. I thought

777
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:27,120
there was something else.

778
00:30:25,320 --> 00:30:29,320
Not signs, cuz you guys are working on

779
00:30:27,120 --> 00:30:30,960
signs.

780
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:33,920
» Uh lighting. I think the lighting was

781
00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:35,960
the other thing as well. Um

782
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:39,360
» Or maybe like an entrance feature was

783
00:30:35,960 --> 00:30:39,360
something we talked about, too.

784
00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:43,920
» The entrance feature?

785
00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,640
Just like a separate one. Like so we

786
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,600
have the

787
00:30:44,640 --> 00:30:46,640
» It's just something we

788
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:47,800
» Drew up.

789
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:49,200
» Yeah.

790
00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:51,200
» It was something that was pulled from

791
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:51,920
the original plan since we were looking

792
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:52,920
at signage.

793
00:30:51,920 --> 00:30:53,960
» Yeah, was it?

794
00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,680
» Mhm.

795
00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:57,720
» We could get quotes if that's something

796
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:58,920
that committee would like to see.

797
00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,560
» Yes, I would.

798
00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:03,080
» I think it's important to keep in mind

799
00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:05,360
that we don't have to spend the money

800
00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:08,120
right now. We have time.

801
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,280
» So we can look at adding items. We can

802
00:31:08,120 --> 00:31:10,000
evaluate the park.

803
00:31:09,280 --> 00:31:11,080
» And we can add

804
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,000
» See what we're missing.

805
00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:15,680
» Yeah, I I think the key thing that we

806
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:17,640
need to keep a lookout for now is

807
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:20,600
anything that would be important to

808
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:20,840
consider while it's under construction.

809
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:22,400
» Mhm.

810
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:24,680
» Um that's certainly something we're

811
00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:26,840
looking at with some of the other funds

812
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:29,560
such as that pavement replacement around

813
00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:31,280
the Lions building, uh full depth uh

814
00:31:29,560 --> 00:31:33,880
replacement of the pavement that's below

815
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:35,240
the Lions building. It was in um

816
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:37,320
disrepair.

817
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:40,720
Um so we have some additional funding

818
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:43,040
outside of the ODNR uh that we'll be

819
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,720
able to utilize that for. But if we can

820
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:47,600
put it as a change order into the

821
00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:49,800
existing contract, we'll save money on

822
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:52,920
certain items. Other items may need to

823
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:55,360
be designed at a later point in time and

824
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:58,080
installed um when we have a little bit

825
00:31:55,360 --> 00:32:01,440
more information such as the park um or

826
00:31:58,080 --> 00:32:02,760
the trail extensions that we discussed.

827
00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:05,120
» And this still includes like what you

828
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:06,920
were telling us about with the sidewalk.

829
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:08,240
Like that was all still in there.

830
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,440
» Yes, we So

831
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:11,560
» So that was a different

832
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:13,520
» Yes, so Alyssa was talking about the

833
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:16,120
ODNR funding and some of the items we

834
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:19,400
evaluated and shared and pulled out. We

835
00:32:16,120 --> 00:32:21,080
are we have very specific items that uh

836
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:23,040
we need to utilize the earmarked

837
00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:26,440
$375,000

838
00:32:23,040 --> 00:32:30,120
for uh parking improvements, sidewalk,

839
00:32:26,440 --> 00:32:32,520
uh trail extension, possibly some road

840
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:36,760
and other um

841
00:32:32,520 --> 00:32:39,520
improvements uh in the city street just

842
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:41,560
outside of um the Lions building. We're

843
00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:45,080
actually not touching that segment

844
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:47,160
between the 37 widening project and um

845
00:32:45,080 --> 00:32:50,160
when we do the mountable curb at Cherry

846
00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:51,600
Street. So, that's the location we may

847
00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:54,960
be able to look at doing some

848
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:57,440
improvements to maybe um not have a gap

849
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,960
in the the brand new area and then some

850
00:32:57,440 --> 00:33:02,120
landscape improvements, as well.

851
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,120
» That sounds good.

852
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:07,680
» These items you're getting for a bid, is

853
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,920
it a It sounds like it's a matter of

854
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,400
these

855
00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,760
We probably have funding to do all of

856
00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,920
these. It's a matter of picking which

857
00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:15,160
ones we want.

858
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:17,440
» Yeah, so these were initially included

859
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:19,400
in the bid, but we removed them for cost

860
00:33:17,440 --> 00:33:22,520
reasons. Um but now with [clears throat]

861
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:24,800
that additional funding from ODNR, we

862
00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:26,080
can now add all that stuff back in.

863
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,640
» Okay.

864
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:31,320
» Yeah, we had originally talked about

865
00:33:27,640 --> 00:33:32,960
potentially looking at donations um to

866
00:33:31,320 --> 00:33:35,360
try and add some of this back, but now

867
00:33:32,960 --> 00:33:37,320
that we have funding, um I think that's

868
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:38,920
the avenue we're going to go, but if you

869
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,080
do know someone who wants to sponsor a

870
00:33:38,920 --> 00:33:43,600
bench,

871
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:46,120
so something that would be available.

872
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:49,000
» Melissa, do you know

873
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:52,400
um at other parks if these grills are

874
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:54,760
utilized, if folks use these at parks?

875
00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:56,320
» I think they do. I um

876
00:33:54,760 --> 00:33:58,240
I personally never grilled out on them,

877
00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:59,680
but I think I've seen other people do. I

878
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,240
know

879
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,600
So, my parents live across from Hanna

880
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:06,720
Park, so I grew up there in

881
00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:08,399
um Gahanna and that they always use that

882
00:34:06,720 --> 00:34:10,000
grill. That grill's used all the time.

883
00:34:08,399 --> 00:34:10,919
If you look at it, it's all charred and

884
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,520
everything, so.

885
00:34:10,919 --> 00:34:15,360
» And I we would place them, I would

886
00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:16,080
suppose, near the

887
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:18,159
pavilion.

888
00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:20,320
» Yeah, near the shelter house, but at a

889
00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:22,360
safe distance for fire.

890
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:24,159
» Is it just one grill or is

891
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,280
» Yeah, we just have one.

892
00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:27,679
» Two or

893
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:29,560
» We could do two. I don't know how I

894
00:34:27,679 --> 00:34:30,840
think one would probably be plenty, but

895
00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:31,520
if we want to do two, we can definitely

896
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,480
do two.

897
00:34:31,520 --> 00:34:34,960
» It says grill on here, is that what you

898
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:37,800
added?

899
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:39,360
Yeah, we had had it originally. Yeah, I

900
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,440
think it was one of the grills up on the

901
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:41,480
shelter.

902
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:43,720
» Mhm.

903
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:46,840
» Yeah, I think we just had one initially

904
00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:46,840
that was removed.

905
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:54,520
» I know Berkshire Township just installed

906
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:57,160
a newer facility by the Township

907
00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:59,480
administrative building. Mhm.

908
00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:01,880
And I saw their grill and it's already

909
00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:03,280
been utilized, so

910
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:05,200
» Okay, I was just curious. I wasn't

911
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:08,520
saying anything. No, I was just curious

912
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:10,240
if folks do that.

913
00:35:08,520 --> 00:35:11,600
» As far as the shade structures go,

914
00:35:10,240 --> 00:35:12,880
what's the maintenance on that or

915
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:15,760
durability?

916
00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:17,640
» So, the maintenance actually

917
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,440
see here.

918
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,760
» Definitely a question I asked as well

919
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:23,520
when we were talking about them.

920
00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:26,840
» Yeah, so the service life with proper

921
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:29,560
maintenance is 20 years with them.

922
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:34,080
They're relatively low maintenance and

923
00:35:29,560 --> 00:35:36,640
these like the actual shade pieces,

924
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:38,720
those detach, so they can just remove

925
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:41,520
those, store them for the winter, and

926
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:43,000
then reinstall them when in spring.

927
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:44,000
» So, somebody has to take them down every

928
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,360
year and put them back up.

929
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:46,480
» And remember where we put them, right

930
00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:49,200
Daryl?

931
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:52,840
And remember where we put them.

932
00:35:49,200 --> 00:35:53,800
» You're saying they don't easily tear or

933
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,080
» No, I don't think they are that

934
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:57,120
» You're saying they have probably about

935
00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:58,160
20-year lifespan and by then maybe the

936
00:35:57,120 --> 00:35:59,240
trees are grown in.

937
00:35:58,160 --> 00:36:02,600
» Yeah, and they're they're a mesh

938
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:03,720
material, so air is able to get through

939
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:06,320
them.

940
00:36:03,720 --> 00:36:08,000
Um, but certainly we'll have to look at

941
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:10,360
what the manufacturer's recommendations

942
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:12,360
are as far as wind is concerned and be

943
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:14,000
aware if there is maintenance or we need

944
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:17,200
to

945
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:19,560
maybe unhook and one of the sides during

946
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:21,200
storms. Those all be considerations that

947
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:23,000
we'll have to look at because it

948
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:25,920
definitely will have some upkeep if we

949
00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:29,360
don't maintain it, 20 years is um not

950
00:36:25,920 --> 00:36:29,360
going to be their service life.

951
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:34,240
» I like the the idea of the shade

952
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,720
structures, especially as the trees are

953
00:36:34,240 --> 00:36:37,440
growing in.

954
00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:39,360
I just remember multiple times being at

955
00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:41,360
a playground being like, especially the

956
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:42,800
new ones, and the trees just are not big

957
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:44,960
enough.

958
00:36:42,800 --> 00:36:46,520
But to that question, do we have enough

959
00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:48,600
trees where maybe in the future the

960
00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:51,000
trees are providing the shades instead

961
00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:53,320
of the structures? But I'm thinking

962
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:56,240
splash pad, it doesn't look big with any

963
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,240
trees over there.

964
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:59,840
» Yeah, I mean it's definitely something

965
00:36:58,120 --> 00:37:02,760
from a landscaping perspective that we

966
00:36:59,840 --> 00:37:05,600
can we can add to the site. I I would

967
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:07,840
think once we get the trees installed,

968
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,320
we should reevaluate, you know, whether

969
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:11,360
or not we want to bring in some

970
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,880
additional. I might know Oh, he's not

971
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:14,880
here anymore. But I might know someone

972
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:17,840
who who could take a look at it to see

973
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:19,520
if if that would be a benefit.

974
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:21,160
» Yeah, so so my recollection when we were

975
00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:23,680
going through the design process, mostly

976
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:25,600
we were trying to get I think trees for

977
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:27,040
screening and

978
00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:28,880
more so than shade, and the idea was

979
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,360
then we would do shade structures to

980
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:32,600
support that. I think there was some

981
00:37:30,360 --> 00:37:34,000
concern about getting trees too close to

982
00:37:32,600 --> 00:37:35,240
the splash pad because they can be

983
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:37,000
dirty, believe.

984
00:37:35,240 --> 00:37:38,200
» Yeah, that that creates a problem in

985
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,880
term Yeah, so.

986
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:41,280
» Yeah, I I would agree with that as well.

987
00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:43,400
» I was just I was saying that the I'm

988
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:47,360
just roots can get wildy.

989
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:49,520
» Okay, good call. Yeah, all right.

990
00:37:47,360 --> 00:37:51,440
» Yeah, if we want to do shade structures

991
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:54,720
for playgrounds, they

992
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,720
have a million to choose from.

993
00:37:56,560 --> 00:38:01,120
So that's kind of where we're at and

994
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:05,080
so far with the grant funding, but yeah.

995
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:10,040
» Something that we mentioned before that

996
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:12,360
I'd be interested in learning more about

997
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:15,880
financially is if it would be possible

998
00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:18,720
to put in seating like they have at the

999
00:38:15,880 --> 00:38:20,920
dinosaur park, the dinosaur splash pad

1000
00:38:18,720 --> 00:38:23,800
in Delaware. They have like permanent

1001
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:24,840
seats and tables.

1002
00:38:23,800 --> 00:38:26,240
And if we're going to have shade, it

1003
00:38:24,840 --> 00:38:27,880
would be nice to have somewhere for the

1004
00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:29,080
adults to sit.

1005
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,520
» Yeah, because in addition we were

1006
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:32,960
talking about like adding They're not

1007
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:35,080
permanent, but more benches and maybe

1008
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:37,960
some picnic tables over there. But we

1009
00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:40,520
can look into the permanent.

1010
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:42,240
» I'm just curious since since Delaware

1011
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:43,960
did it, let's let's see what they did

1012
00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:46,240
and what it would cost and is it

1013
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:48,920
possible with their

1014
00:38:46,240 --> 00:38:52,920
engineering people with their

1015
00:38:48,920 --> 00:38:52,920
spacing and stuff.

1016
00:38:57,880 --> 00:39:01,680
» So maybe just a a quick point on the

1017
00:38:59,840 --> 00:39:03,120
status of the JR Smith Park. So we

1018
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:04,880
talked about grant funding, but where

1019
00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:06,720
are we on the construction piece? And

1020
00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:08,360
that is one of the things Adam's getting

1021
00:39:06,720 --> 00:39:10,160
very familiar with at

1022
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,200
the park.

1023
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,600
For better or worse.

1024
00:39:11,200 --> 00:39:14,120
» Do you have anything?

1025
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,480
That's in our monthly report.

1026
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:17,040
» We do have that later. Sorry.

1027
00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:20,160
» Oh, okay. I'm happy to give it now

1028
00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:20,160
though if you would like.

1029
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:24,280
» No.

1030
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,280
» No, okay.

1031
00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:30,800
Okay, so we're we're good with the grant

1032
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:34,120
update. The update was what we're

1033
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:37,320
thinking about at. Okay. Moving on to

1034
00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:38,920
Sunbury Sizzlin' Sounds, which if you've

1035
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:41,560
looked at your agenda, they are coming

1036
00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:42,720
tonight. So probably not a ton we need

1037
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,280
to get into because they're going to

1038
00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:46,800
talk at council, but it's just probably

1039
00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,800
like a

1040
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,880
It's on our matrix, I suppose. This is

1041
00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:52,240
just to bring it to the

1042
00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:54,400
» Parks meeting, but we'll hear more from

1043
00:39:52,240 --> 00:39:55,680
Civic themselves this evening.

1044
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:56,280
» And you can ask your questions then if

1045
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:56,760
you have any.

1046
00:39:56,280 --> 00:40:01,200
» Yep.

1047
00:39:56,760 --> 00:40:03,920
» Okay, we have a monthly park update.

1048
00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:05,440
And so that your sizzle stuff is in here

1049
00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:06,800
as well.

1050
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:10,200
But then it looks like the park update

1051
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:10,200
starts on page 37.

1052
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:17,920
Melissa, is this you?

1053
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,920
» Yes, I will get the slides pulled up.

1054
00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:59,720
Okay, so Freedom Park. So, I was out

1055
00:40:57,120 --> 00:41:02,160
there earlier back in July and I noticed

1056
00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:04,120
there were new bridges. Not sure if you

1057
00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:07,200
put them out there

1058
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:09,480
or where they came from, but there's

1059
00:41:07,200 --> 00:41:12,120
yeah, a nice new bridge and new walking

1060
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:14,360
path type thing, so

1061
00:41:12,120 --> 00:41:17,000
that is all up Freedom Park. You can go

1062
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,000
to the next one.

1063
00:41:17,040 --> 00:41:20,960
Now we have the J.R. Smith Park updates.

1064
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:22,400
» Those bridges you're you're referring to

1065
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:25,920
the disc golf or

1066
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:27,800
» Yes. Yeah, the disc golf course.

1067
00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:32,200
Okay, so J.R. Smith Park is moving

1068
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:36,120
along. If you were along um State Route

1069
00:41:32,200 --> 00:41:37,400
uh 37 last week, uh they were moving

1070
00:41:36,120 --> 00:41:38,680
fill

1071
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:42,600
um

1072
00:41:38,680 --> 00:41:45,600
offsite. We ended up with just over 100

1073
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:49,333
truck loads. About 12 cubic yards per

1074
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:50,120
per truck uh coming in, so it was

1075
00:41:49,333 --> 00:41:52,400
» [gasps]

1076
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:55,240
» It was quite the race, but we also had

1077
00:41:52,400 --> 00:41:57,400
our public works team um

1078
00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:59,080
moved dirt from the wastewater treatment

1079
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:02,120
plant uh

1080
00:41:59,080 --> 00:42:05,920
because we are removing um

1081
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:08,760
a lot of excavation material for the

1082
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:11,240
clarifier installation down there.

1083
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:11,800
Um it's a 70-ft diameter

1084
00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:15,920
um

1085
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:18,760
clarifier that's about 20 ft deep. So,

1086
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:21,000
it's a massive hole. We have a lot of

1087
00:42:18,760 --> 00:42:22,680
excess dirt that the plan is to just

1088
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,640
mound it between the wastewater

1089
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:27,840
treatment plant and the middle school.

1090
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:29,760
Um, so, our our team moved 40 truck

1091
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:32,000
loads. Um, they're slightly smaller

1092
00:42:29,760 --> 00:42:33,960
trucks than some of the offsite loads,

1093
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:36,640
but we were happy that, um, that they

1094
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:40,880
were able to contribute and and help

1095
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:43,440
with this process. Um, about half of the

1096
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:46,160
100 came from our wastewater treatment

1097
00:42:43,440 --> 00:42:48,200
plant as well. So, we were able to, uh,

1098
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:51,040
negotiate a a a

1099
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:53,920
lower fee because they were able to get

1100
00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:55,800
dirt at a much closer location. But,

1101
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:58,520
they still had to pay the hauling

1102
00:42:55,800 --> 00:43:02,000
company and, uh, load, uh, the material

1103
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:04,680
themselves. So, really happy that our

1104
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:05,960
contractor, Simonsen, and of course, um,

1105
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:08,200
our members of the wastewater treatment

1106
00:43:05,960 --> 00:43:10,760
plant were very welcoming, uh, so that

1107
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:14,480
we could coordinate, um, and benefit the

1108
00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:15,720
city and save a little bit of money.

1109
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:18,040
Um,

1110
00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:21,480
status of the park. Um, with all that

1111
00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:24,280
dirt, we are able to, uh, really start

1112
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:26,960
to look for some vertical, uh,

1113
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:29,560
components. If you go out there today,

1114
00:43:26,960 --> 00:43:30,960
you will see, um, pipes that are coming

1115
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:34,400
up from the ground where the splash pad

1116
00:43:30,960 --> 00:43:38,160
is going to be. Splash pad, um, provider

1117
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:40,480
has been out, um, getting ready to, um,

1118
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:42,920
get that installed. I don't know if it's

1119
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:44,720
being poured later this week or next,

1120
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:45,960
uh, but I'm going to try and, uh, find

1121
00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:47,760
out and

1122
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:49,760
uh, hopefully bring some pictures for

1123
00:43:47,760 --> 00:43:51,720
that component. Uh, same with the

1124
00:43:49,760 --> 00:43:54,360
shelter house as well. They've worked on

1125
00:43:51,720 --> 00:43:56,720
the underground connections, uh, so we

1126
00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:59,200
should be seeing some some vertical

1127
00:43:56,720 --> 00:43:59,800
movement there as well.

1128
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:00,800
And

1129
00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:03,840
» Substantial completion

1130
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:06,920
» Uh, and, uh, timeline for the park is

1131
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:08,520
still looking at October, uh, with the

1132
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,120
caveat that they'll have some internal

1133
00:44:08,520 --> 00:44:12,760
components at the shelter house to

1134
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,760
complete.

1135
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,320
Some

1136
00:44:16,280 --> 00:44:20,640
Reservoir Park, um the sign will be

1137
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,200
installed tomorrow.

1138
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:25,000
So, we'll get pictures of that once it's

1139
00:44:22,200 --> 00:44:25,000
completed.

1140
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:29,360
Uh Sunbury Memorial Park

1141
00:44:27,040 --> 00:44:30,480
» A question about the Reservoir Park. Is

1142
00:44:29,360 --> 00:44:34,320
there

1143
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:36,280
I assume no. Any easy way to maintain

1144
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:39,440
the paths

1145
00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:41,240
that are around the reservoirs, the

1146
00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:44,160
walking paths, because some of them are

1147
00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:44,400
They're just so cracked.

1148
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:47,400
» Okay.

1149
00:44:44,400 --> 00:44:49,040
» And we haven't had them for that long,

1150
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:51,320
but I don't know if that material just

1151
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:53,080
cracks easily.

1152
00:44:51,320 --> 00:44:55,480
If there would be any point in repairing

1153
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:58,080
them, would they just crack again?

1154
00:44:55,480 --> 00:45:00,720
They're close to water. There's lots of

1155
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:03,080
animals up there, birds, so I don't

1156
00:45:00,720 --> 00:45:05,160
know, but some of them are They're It's

1157
00:45:03,080 --> 00:45:07,560
pretty unsightly. So, how pretty the

1158
00:45:05,160 --> 00:45:09,280
area is to walk on it is.

1159
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:11,200
» Yeah, I I know we discussed whether or

1160
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:13,560
not we could put some rejuvenator down

1161
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:16,240
on some of the paths in the city.

1162
00:45:13,560 --> 00:45:20,040
Um it's something that I can have um the

1163
00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:23,720
manufacturer for that um that fill, that

1164
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:25,320
uh black surface resurfacing agent, uh

1165
00:45:23,720 --> 00:45:27,680
come and give a quote and also assess

1166
00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:31,480
whether or not it makes sense. Um often

1167
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:34,920
times you uh use a rejuvenator on um

1168
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:36,240
you know, a surface that's maybe 2

1169
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:39,560
» 3 years old?

1170
00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:41,960
» Yeah. Um but it it's certainly something

1171
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:44,640
that with a surface that isn't being um

1172
00:45:41,960 --> 00:45:47,800
as heavily traveled as a road, we may be

1173
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:48,880
able to uh utilize that as a a way to

1174
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:51,040
» Yeah, I'm just saying

1175
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:52,120
some of the areas they look brand new,

1176
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:55,080
and then some of So, I don't know if

1177
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:57,200
people are walking on one side I mean,

1178
00:45:55,080 --> 00:45:58,360
you have to get around. I don't know. I

1179
00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:59,720
don't know what it is, but some of the

1180
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:00,440
areas are pretty bad.

1181
00:45:59,720 --> 00:46:03,360
» Okay.

1182
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:03,360
» Some are beautiful.

1183
00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:07,040
Okay, thank you.

1184
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:08,640
» That's worth doing. I will say I know

1185
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:10,360
last year when I talked to Jake a little

1186
00:46:08,640 --> 00:46:12,320
bit about this, we

1187
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:15,440
this and the other trails, I think we

1188
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:17,320
did go out and do some crack repair work

1189
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:19,280
on the other trails, but we didn't do it

1190
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:21,560
on this particular one and I don't

1191
00:46:19,280 --> 00:46:23,040
really know why. So, we'll we'll follow

1192
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:25,240
up with Jake to see if maybe he thought

1193
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:27,080
it maybe he just didn't get to it and

1194
00:46:25,240 --> 00:46:29,560
we'll try to get to it this year, but I

1195
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:30,320
do like the idea of some kind of a

1196
00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:32,120
um

1197
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:33,160
you know, rejuvenator or something to

1198
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:35,240
help preserve the asset.

1199
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:36,080
» Yeah. That looks pretty good. And I

1200
00:46:35,240 --> 00:46:37,560
don't know if you guys have been down

1201
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,800
there during the day or in the evening,

1202
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:42,240
but that

1203
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:44,960
floating dock is getting a lot of use.

1204
00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:46,240
Our my kids, their friends,

1205
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:47,560
sometimes they don't like going down

1206
00:46:46,240 --> 00:46:49,320
there cuz there's too many people on it.

1207
00:46:47,560 --> 00:46:49,960
So, it's definitely getting

1208
00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:51,520
» That's good.

1209
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:53,480
» It's used, yeah.

1210
00:46:51,520 --> 00:46:56,640
And I was walking, obviously, on the

1211
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:58,520
path and I saw a kid, I don't know, 16,

1212
00:46:56,640 --> 00:47:00,160
17 years old and he pulled out a fish

1213
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,960
and it was

1214
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:03,440
it was like I mean, I could see it from

1215
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,680
up where I was and it was really

1216
00:47:03,440 --> 00:47:06,960
impressive. They're having a lot of fun

1217
00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:09,760
down there.

1218
00:47:06,960 --> 00:47:09,760
Yeah.

1219
00:47:11,240 --> 00:47:16,640
» Okay, Sunbury Memorial Park,

1220
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:18,920
at the Events Committee, we discussed

1221
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:21,240
the Unmarked and Unforgotten Memorial

1222
00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:22,280
being moved into the cemetery.

1223
00:47:21,240 --> 00:47:23,560
» I think we're talking about Are we

1224
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:25,240
talking about that tonight, too?

1225
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:27,560
» Yeah, it's on the agenda.

1226
00:47:25,240 --> 00:47:27,560
Yep.

1227
00:47:27,720 --> 00:47:30,520
» And then

1228
00:47:29,440 --> 00:47:31,960
we also talked about

1229
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:34,160
» Have you talked any more about that

1230
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:35,480
little building?

1231
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,120
» I don't remember which committee we were

1232
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:37,680
in when we talked about that.

1233
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:39,240
But this was

1234
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:40,480
» This one. Yeah, it's probably going to

1235
00:47:39,240 --> 00:47:41,200
be this committee.

1236
00:47:40,480 --> 00:47:42,880
Um

1237
00:47:41,200 --> 00:47:46,320
we haven't talked a lot more about it. I

1238
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:48,240
I think other than again, I

1239
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:49,720
I don't think that the recommendation is

1240
00:47:48,240 --> 00:47:51,160
to save the building. I think the

1241
00:47:49,720 --> 00:47:53,920
recommendation is to take the building

1242
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:55,560
down, preserve the marble, you know, for

1243
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:58,240
maybe some other use in the future. We

1244
00:47:55,560 --> 00:48:00,480
just haven't I think executed on that.

1245
00:47:58,240 --> 00:48:02,320
» Okay, I was just curious. Now I see the

1246
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,600
building every time we go by. I never

1247
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:04,120
noticed it before, but

1248
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:04,560
» Yeah.

1249
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:06,560
» Okay.

1250
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:07,760
» So, we probably I just we needed have

1251
00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:08,960
Jake

1252
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:10,320
prioritize that a little bit more. I

1253
00:48:08,960 --> 00:48:12,600
think he would like to get that building

1254
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:14,280
down. I mean, it's

1255
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,360
it's a little bit of a

1256
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:17,360
risk. I mean, there's some risk

1257
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:18,880
associated with it cuz the when we had

1258
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:21,120
the structural

1259
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:22,360
» I I had a question. Yeah, the structural

1260
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:23,640
evaluation team.

1261
00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:25,560
» Last year, they were they were saying

1262
00:48:23,640 --> 00:48:27,640
that the the marble is starting to pull

1263
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:29,400
away from the brick a little bit. That's

1264
00:48:27,640 --> 00:48:32,080
so again, we want to try to not only And

1265
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:34,880
we don't keep anything in the building.

1266
00:48:32,080 --> 00:48:36,400
Yeah, so we've got that back building.

1267
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:38,600
We did originally. It used to be where

1268
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:39,720
they would store the mowers and any any

1269
00:48:38,600 --> 00:48:40,240
equipment they had to maintain the

1270
00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:40,880
cemetery.

1271
00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:42,280
» Okay.

1272
00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:44,600
» But, yeah, whatever they've got now,

1273
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:47,320
they've moved to that back building.

1274
00:48:44,600 --> 00:48:47,320
» Okay, thank you.

1275
00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,960
Um we also had uh three burials for this

1276
00:48:51,600 --> 00:48:57,200
month.

1277
00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:57,200
Um for Town Square,

1278
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:05,560
uh Town Square, we had the second

1279
00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:07,800
Saturday market, the Young Makers and

1280
00:49:05,560 --> 00:49:10,320
Family Market. Although it rained, they

1281
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:11,480
did have a great turnout, so it was

1282
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:13,160
great to see all those people come out

1283
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:15,600
and support them.

1284
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:20,120
Um on our historical marker sign, there

1285
00:49:15,600 --> 00:49:22,720
is a crack on it. Um so, Jake is working

1286
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:24,880
on getting that fixed. And then the 4th

1287
00:49:22,720 --> 00:49:26,680
of July parade, um

1288
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:28,160
well, it wasn't actually on the square,

1289
00:49:26,680 --> 00:49:30,200
just figured I'd include that. It was a

1290
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:32,560
great turnout. I actually believe it was

1291
00:49:30,200 --> 00:49:35,160
the largest parade that we've had so

1292
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:35,960
far. So,

1293
00:49:35,160 --> 00:49:37,680
Um

1294
00:49:35,960 --> 00:49:39,280
» These are participants, or

1295
00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:39,840
» Yeah, like

1296
00:49:39,280 --> 00:49:40,760
» Cool.

1297
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:41,880
» Number of

1298
00:49:40,760 --> 00:49:44,840
floats, or entries?

1299
00:49:41,880 --> 00:49:44,840
» Floats, floats.

1300
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:51,040
And then we know that said, so

1301
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:52,480
Uh we had a couple of service days in

1302
00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:56,360
July.

1303
00:49:52,480 --> 00:49:59,760
Um the first one is City North Church.

1304
00:49:56,360 --> 00:50:02,400
They were on Sunday, July 12th, and they

1305
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:04,160
cleaned the waterway at the cemetery. Um

1306
00:50:02,400 --> 00:50:07,720
they also cleaned some headstones, and

1307
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:10,440
then they also painted the bridges at

1308
00:50:07,720 --> 00:50:13,160
the Fallen Heroes Memorial and the

1309
00:50:10,440 --> 00:50:15,280
bridge that the Eagle Scout built at the

1310
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:17,680
Kessel Disc Golf Course.

1311
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:20,080
And then we had Bright City Church on

1312
00:50:17,680 --> 00:50:23,160
Saturday, July 18th. They did the mall

1313
00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:24,280
trains around the um around the square,

1314
00:50:23,160 --> 00:50:25,880
so.

1315
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:26,760
I didn't have any pictures for the

1316
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:28,400
service day, so

1317
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:31,160
» You put a picture of yourself in there.

1318
00:50:28,400 --> 00:50:32,800
» And some more. 4th of July.

1319
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:33,760
» Who is

1320
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:34,520
» And the mayor's son.

1321
00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:35,600
» Who is

1322
00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:38,040
that? Leland?

1323
00:50:35,600 --> 00:50:39,360
» Yeah, so.

1324
00:50:38,040 --> 00:50:41,080
» I'm going to fill in the blank space.

1325
00:50:39,360 --> 00:50:42,800
» Yeah, so we appreciate that the service

1326
00:50:41,080 --> 00:50:44,160
team was able to increase the size of

1327
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:45,640
the tree rings. I know that has been a

1328
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:46,960
topic for some time.

1329
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:47,440
» Yeah, and Aaron said he wanted to know

1330
00:50:46,960 --> 00:50:49,440
that.

1331
00:50:47,440 --> 00:50:51,800
» Yeah, Aaron said before he left uh how

1332
00:50:49,440 --> 00:50:53,320
much he liked seeing the tree rings out

1333
00:50:51,800 --> 00:50:55,200
there. The other thing I would note

1334
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:57,640
that's not on here, Bright City Church

1335
00:50:55,200 --> 00:51:00,920
was going to begin to paint some of the

1336
00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:02,680
bases of the uh poles. You probably

1337
00:51:00,920 --> 00:51:05,040
They've They've gotten beat up over time

1338
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:07,400
with just mowing, trimming, you know,

1339
00:51:05,040 --> 00:51:09,280
whatever kind of happens around it. I am

1340
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:11,640
pleased to say that the service team

1341
00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:14,920
started painting some of the bases. And

1342
00:51:11,640 --> 00:51:18,800
if you look up here on the Cherry Street

1343
00:51:14,920 --> 00:51:20,480
um going toward the the 90° turn there

1344
00:51:18,800 --> 00:51:21,280
on the right-hand side, they started to

1345
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:23,360
paint those. They look

1346
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:24,800
» You mean that like the curb?

1347
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:26,280
» Oh no, no, not the curb. So they did

1348
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:28,200
some curb painting, but but I'm talking

1349
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:30,320
about the the light poles and the

1350
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:32,320
decorative light poles. Uh actually,

1351
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:34,800
some of them even I guess have the They

1352
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:37,040
also are the signal poles as well. Just

1353
00:51:34,800 --> 00:51:38,520
the lower level of the lower portion of

1354
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:41,200
it. You'll note that there's kind of

1355
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:43,440
this I don't know.

1356
00:51:41,200 --> 00:51:44,560
What am I trying to say? It's like a

1357
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:46,680
I don't know.

1358
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:47,920
It's a cover over the base of the

1359
00:51:46,680 --> 00:51:49,440
» And they're painting them.

1360
00:51:47,920 --> 00:51:50,840
» They are painting them and they they've

1361
00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:52,240
been beat up and looked pretty bad for

1362
00:51:50,840 --> 00:51:53,480
some time. So,

1363
00:51:52,240 --> 00:51:55,040
they're going to work their way all the

1364
00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:56,280
way up Cherry Street. They'll get to

1365
00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:58,200
some of those that are out, you know,

1366
00:51:56,280 --> 00:51:59,800
further to the west, but but they've

1367
00:51:58,200 --> 00:52:00,640
started out down here. So, you need to

1368
00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:01,400
look at those.

1369
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:03,640
» Too, so.

1370
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:03,640
» Yeah.

1371
00:52:04,080 --> 00:52:06,640
I like

1372
00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:11,160
» Um for our monthly tree update, so for

1373
00:52:09,520 --> 00:52:13,960
tree pruning,

1374
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:16,240
they pruned 65 littleleaf linden trees

1375
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:17,840
along Woodchuck and Fairland.

1376
00:52:16,240 --> 00:52:19,120
So, there's some nice before and after

1377
00:52:17,840 --> 00:52:21,640
pictures.

1378
00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:24,280
And then our our streets department I

1379
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:27,560
don't know if Aaron did.

1380
00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:29,120
Aaron and streets. I think it was Aaron.

1381
00:52:27,560 --> 00:52:31,640
Um

1382
00:52:29,120 --> 00:52:33,480
and then some other forestry updates,

1383
00:52:31,640 --> 00:52:35,600
they did mulch

1384
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:37,560
some tree rings around the trees at

1385
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:40,360
Evening Street and along West Granville

1386
00:52:37,560 --> 00:52:42,400
Street. They also planted six new

1387
00:52:40,360 --> 00:52:43,720
arborvitaes at the Columbus Street

1388
00:52:42,400 --> 00:52:47,240
parking lot.

1389
00:52:43,720 --> 00:52:48,920
Um we have some potential tree removals

1390
00:52:47,240 --> 00:52:50,840
on Saffron,

1391
00:52:48,920 --> 00:52:53,240
in North Vernon Street, and then also

1392
00:52:50,840 --> 00:52:55,920
over at Old Church Park. So, those will

1393
00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:58,040
be evaluated soon.

1394
00:52:55,920 --> 00:53:00,280
And then Jake is also reviewing the

1395
00:52:58,040 --> 00:53:01,960
nursery for the large caliper trees for

1396
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:04,120
the square. So, we're hoping to get

1397
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:05,960
something for

1398
00:53:04,120 --> 00:53:07,960
planting in the fall.

1399
00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:08,600
So.

1400
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:10,680
And that

1401
00:53:08,600 --> 00:53:12,240
» Okay, so you remember that dates back to

1402
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:14,240
when we took the tree down earlier this

1403
00:53:12,240 --> 00:53:17,280
year, commitment to put larger trees in.

1404
00:53:14,240 --> 00:53:18,600
So, they are yeah, looking for as large

1405
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:20,160
as trees as they can get to get in the

1406
00:53:18,600 --> 00:53:22,560
space. I think they've identified the

1407
00:53:20,160 --> 00:53:25,800
species, they're just trying to find the

1408
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:25,800
trees themselves. So.

1409
00:53:26,261 --> 00:53:28,200
» [laughter]

1410
00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:30,280
» Anything else from staff?

1411
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:32,800
» That is all the updates I had.

1412
00:53:30,280 --> 00:53:34,480
» Anything from the committee?

1413
00:53:32,800 --> 00:53:35,440
I'm looking for a motion to adjourn.

1414
00:53:34,480 --> 00:53:37,200
» I'll motion.

1415
00:53:35,440 --> 00:53:37,880
» Thank you.

1416
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:39,160
» I'll second.

1417
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:40,760
» Thank you.

1418
00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:41,800
Roll call, please.

1419
00:53:40,760 --> 00:53:42,480
Uh Mr. Long?

1420
00:53:41,800 --> 00:53:43,400
» Yes.

1421
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:43,960
» Mrs. Crawford?

1422
00:53:43,400 --> 00:53:44,720
» Yes.

1423
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:46,440
» Mrs. Cooper?

1424
00:53:44,720 --> 00:53:48,360
» Yes.

1425
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:51,080
» Three years

1426
00:53:48,360 --> 00:53:51,080
meeting adjourned.