[2:47] Hey Mark.

[2:49] » Good evening.

[3:33] » Good evening. Welcome to the Parks and

[3:35] Rec Committee meeting. Today is August

[3:36] 5th. It is 5:30

[3:39] p.m. If I could get a roll call, please,

[3:41] Mindy.

[3:42] » Mrs. Cooper.

[3:43] » Here.

[3:44] » Mrs. Crawford.

[3:45] » Here.

[3:45] » Mr. Long.

[3:46] » Here.

[3:48] » Three present, we have quorum.

[3:49] » Good evening. Welcome to the Parks and

[3:51] Rec Committee meeting. Today is August

[3:53] 5th. It is 5:30 p.m.

[3:56] and I will call the names

[3:59] Mrs.

[4:00] Mrs.

[4:01] Here.

[4:07] » I think so. I should check the audio.

[4:09] » Okay. Okay, we'll try.

[4:11] Yeah, it's recording and that's live.

[4:15] Um, technical difficulties. Moving on.

[4:18] I'm looking for an approval of the

[4:19] minutes from the July 1st Parks meeting.

[4:22] » I'll make a motion.

[4:23] » I will second that motion.

[4:25] If you get a roll call, please.

[4:28] Mrs. Crawford.

[4:28] » Yes.

[4:29] » Mrs. Cooper.

[4:30] » Yes.

[4:30] » Mr. Long.

[4:33] Three A's, motion approved. Thank you.

[4:36] Are there any visitors that would like

[4:38] to speak to the Parks and Rec Committee

[4:39] this evening?

[4:40] » Well, we're going to have Aaron come up

[4:42] and do a presentation. We don't have any

[4:43] visitors, but we do have an announcement

[4:45] of a new employee. So, let's do that.

[4:48] » Yes. So, in the audience, uh, we have

[4:52] Adam Teach. He is the engineering

[4:54] technician. Uh, his first day was on

[4:57] Monday. He comes to us from GSI, uh,

[5:00] which is a a company that does, um,

[5:03] material testing, uh, but has a lot of

[5:06] construction in his background. He's

[5:09] already been out to J.R. Smith Park. Um,

[5:11] so he's aware of what's going on over at

[5:13] that, uh, $3.5 million project, um, as

[5:17] well as a lot of the other construction

[5:18] that's going on. So, please, if you see

[5:21] him out and about or if you have

[5:23] questions, his, uh,

[5:26] email is No, I'm just kidding.

[5:28] Please feel free to reach out to him via

[5:30] email. I'm happy to give his contact

[5:32] information. What's his title?

[5:34] » Uh, engineering technician.

[5:36] » Welcome to the family.

[5:39] » Great.

[5:41] » And then, did you want to move to Mr.

[5:42] Nobler after

[5:43] » He's

[5:43] » Is he on the He's not on the agenda in a

[5:46] more specific He's going to do the

[5:48] presentation on the Old Orchard Park.

[5:49] » Oh, okay. Then we will just transition

[5:51] right into unfinished business with Old

[5:54] Orchard Park. And then I would like to

[5:55] invite Mr. Noblet up to the podium.

[5:59] » Hello everybody. Thanks for having me.

[6:02] Um Aaron Noblet, consulting arborist

[6:04] with the city. Um talking about

[6:07] potential management strategies for Old

[6:09] Orchard Park. Um

[6:12] Let's go ahead and go to the next slide.

[6:16] Uh

[6:17] just a comparison. Rosecrans Park on the

[6:19] left here compared to Old Orchard.

[6:21] Rosecrans is my a my basically a mature

[6:25] woods

[6:26] where you have, you know, just a mature

[6:27] stand of oak, hickory, beech, maple.

[6:31] And there isn't much you have to do to

[6:32] make it beautiful other than keep out

[6:34] the invasives, which we've been doing

[6:35] over the last handful of years. Where

[6:38] Old Orchard is what

[6:40] you would consider the early stages of

[6:42] forest succession where it was a Old

[6:45] Orchard with some apple trees.

[6:47] Otherwise, I'm assuming it was just kind

[6:48] of cleared land.

[6:50] And then it was just left unmanaged. So

[6:52] what you get is this kind of explosion

[6:54] of growth that kind of just is real

[6:56] thick and

[6:58] some people might say unsightly, but you

[7:00] get a combination of beneficial native

[7:03] vegetation and exotic invasives that

[7:06] don't belong there. Um so that's kind of

[7:09] a summary of just And And with time,

[7:12] over decades and decades,

[7:14] with proper management, it will

[7:16] eventually look more like Rosecrans and,

[7:18] you know, be more appealing and a

[7:20] healthy forest.

[7:22] Um if that's the goal of the city. So I

[7:25] guess go to the next slide.

[7:26] » Can I ask a question on that slide

[7:28] though? Is the majority of what I'm

[7:30] looking at at Old Orchard Park

[7:32] trees or

[7:34] invasive other stuff? In those

[7:36] » It's a combination.

[7:37] » Okay.

[7:38] » So you've got native trees and a and

[7:42] maybe some exotic invasives like calorie

[7:44] pear. Luckily, not a lot of the

[7:46] flowering pear has moved in there.

[7:48] More of the invasives being in the

[7:50] understory where you've got I'll get

[7:51] into that a little bit.

[7:52] » Okay.

[7:53] » Um want to go to the next slide.

[7:57] So, what can we do to help speed up the

[7:59] recovery? Um

[8:01] you know, just the the most basic thing

[8:03] we can do if we're to you know, say we

[8:04] don't have a lot of resources to put

[8:06] into this park or we just want to do

[8:08] you know, just the bare minimum it would

[8:10] be

[8:11] kind of a routine annual or maybe two

[8:13] times a year invasive species removal

[8:15] project

[8:17] where we're removing the honeysuckle,

[8:19] privet, multiflora rose, poison hemlock,

[8:21] flowering pear, and Japanese barberry.

[8:23] And I'm there's probably some in there

[8:25] that I'm missing.

[8:27] Um so, getting those invasives out of

[8:28] there so that they're the beneficial

[8:31] native vegetation can thrive. Cuz it

[8:33] kind of chokes it out and if you leave

[8:35] it too long, it can be just you know,

[8:38] get even worse and be harder harder to

[8:39] manage.

[8:41] And then if there's openings to plant

[8:43] Ohio natives, you know, help that

[8:45] process along where we can plant

[8:48] trees and shrubs and you know,

[8:50] pollinator-friendly flowering plants as

[8:52] well

[8:53] in the process.

[8:54] » Is the removal of the invasive species

[8:56] species something that our services team

[9:00] can do with your supervision?

[9:02] » Yeah, I think so. Yeah, just

[9:03] identifying.

[9:05] That's the biggest thing is making sure

[9:06] that we're not removing beneficial

[9:08] plants. So, making sure that we're

[9:09] properly identifying it.

[9:11] And it's not huge stuff. So, you can you

[9:14] can cut it and then very carefully treat

[9:16] it with an herbicide like basically

[9:17] paint it on the stump. If we're able to

[9:19] totally uproot it, then we don't have to

[9:21] use herbicides at all. But sometimes

[9:23] that's not feasible if there's you know,

[9:24] plants are just too big.

[9:26] » So, you're not talking about big

[9:27] machinery or

[9:28] » Well, it depends. I'll get into that a

[9:30] little down the road if we it depends on

[9:32] the

[9:34] the vision that the city has for it. But

[9:36] for the majority of the park, I would

[9:38] say and I was kind of

[9:40] I did quite a bit of investigating to

[9:42] figure out, okay, what's actually back

[9:44] here? It may have looked like weeds, but

[9:45] there's a lot of

[9:47] good stuff in there mixed in with stuff

[9:49] that we don't want in there. So, I think

[9:51] for the majority of the park, I think

[9:53] kind of hand selectively removing the

[9:54] invasives and leaving it natural and

[9:56] letting it go through that cycle of

[9:58] forest succession. It's going to take a

[10:00] while, but

[10:01] but if there's an opening into it later

[10:03] where if we wanted to have a heavier

[10:06] hand managing an area, I've got some

[10:08] ideas for that, too. So.

[10:10] » But, for step one, likely our services

[10:12] team could do the work with your

[10:14] » Yeah.

[10:15] » Supervision and knowledge and

[10:16] » Yeah. It'd be good to pick a

[10:18] I don't know. It'd be nice to do it

[10:20] when the ticks aren't as active, you

[10:23] know, like early winter.

[10:26] Um

[10:27] and just, you know, maybe

[10:30] designate a few days to it and and just

[10:32] once a year go at it until we get it

[10:34] under control.

[10:36] And unfortunately, you can't just say,

[10:37] okay, we're done now.

[10:39] Then you have to be proactive. You just

[10:41] got to you kind of get a feel for, okay,

[10:42] this likes to pop up here. But, once you

[10:45] get the bulk of it done after those

[10:47] first several years,

[10:48] » You can identify that stuff when it's

[10:50] cold out.

[10:51] » Yeah. And then it's just kind of like

[10:53] proactive maintenance from there.

[10:55] Um if we if we designate it, you know,

[10:58] year after year and then it's just kind

[10:59] of like we it pops up and you're you're

[11:01] being more proactive than reactive.

[11:04] So, if you want to go to the next slide.

[11:08] Grapevine is another

[11:10] it's basically that's an apple tree. The

[11:12] stone age consumed with grape vine. So,

[11:14] from an aesthetic, grape vine is native,

[11:16] it's beneficial to wildlife, but in this

[11:18] case, it's just, you know, it's choking

[11:21] out trees that we would want. It's

[11:22] choking out some of the wild apple

[11:24] trees, but it's choking out black

[11:26] walnuts and hackberries and other trees

[11:29] that we would want to release and

[11:32] so, I would say grapevine control would

[11:34] be important at this stage. Um

[11:36] carefully, you know, cutting and

[11:37] carefully treating the the the fresh cut

[11:39] stump with an herbicide.

[11:41] Um that alone, getting the grapevine

[11:44] under control of invasives is going to

[11:46] really, you know, from the aesthetics of

[11:48] the park, it won't look like as much of

[11:50] the stuff

[11:51] of a rat's nest.

[11:53] Um

[11:55] I'm going to go on to the next slide.

[11:58] So like critical features in this park

[12:00] is Prairie Creek does run through it and

[12:03] it also runs through Evening Street Park

[12:05] on the other side of Granville Street.

[12:08] So like thinking of Prairie Creek

[12:12] uh as we want to preserve riparian

[12:14] buffers on both sides of the creek,

[12:16] which would be a vegetated area that

[12:19] acts as a filter.

[12:20] Uh so contamination, you know,

[12:22] contaminants, pollutants that might be

[12:24] coming down into the creek can be up

[12:27] taken up by the trees and you know, it

[12:29] it basically just acts like filtration

[12:31] to protect the water quality of the

[12:33] creek.

[12:34] So if you were to ask like Delaware

[12:36] County Soil and Water Conservation

[12:37] District, they're going to say anywhere

[12:39] that you can have a riparian buffer, a

[12:41] healthy riparian buffer along the creek

[12:45] is good, you know, because this creek

[12:47] spills into Hoover Reservoir, which is

[12:49] the drinking water for

[12:51] a bunch of municipalities south of us,

[12:54] so

[12:55] just kind of being good stewards of the

[12:56] creek. Uh

[12:58] so I would say within the park,

[13:00] definitely preserving

[13:01] the forest with

[13:03] is adjacent to the creek as much as

[13:05] possible and just focus on on on basics

[13:07] there.

[13:08] Uh again, Delaware County Soil and Water

[13:11] is

[13:12] that's kind of their bread and butter,

[13:14] what their goals are for protecting

[13:16] water quality and their, you know, soil

[13:18] erosion, so they're really

[13:20] up to speed on that. Um

[13:23] if you want to go to the next slide.

[13:26] Um

[13:27] on the other side of Granville Street

[13:29] where

[13:30] the library side, you know, I would like

[13:33] to get there and Delaware County so on

[13:35] the water where you can see the grass

[13:37] goes all the way up to the creek.

[13:39] We did plant a row of bald cypress and

[13:42] some swamp white oaks there, but I know

[13:44] that they like to talk about creating no

[13:46] mow zones

[13:47] where you allow vegetation to grow up of

[13:49] course trying to get

[13:51] natives to take over and then they kind

[13:53] of have it on a mowing rotation which

[13:55] creates a buffer

[13:57] and then planting trees to create shade

[13:59] which will cool the water which the

[14:02] hotter the water is and the water is

[14:04] more you're going to get a bacterial

[14:05] growth and so

[14:07] considering maybe seeing what they would

[14:08] say for maybe managing that side of the

[14:11] creek a little better so we're not

[14:12] because I'm assuming they're maybe

[14:14] putting lawn chemicals straight up to

[14:16] the edge there.

[14:18] Um

[14:19] so that would be something to consider.

[14:20] We do have some really good trees

[14:22] growing though so that's that's a good

[14:24] start but I know that they might be big

[14:26] on no mow zones where you kind of create

[14:28] a meadow along the creek and then

[14:31] allow trees or plant trees

[14:33] uh in combination.

[14:36] Um and that could go in the NPDES report

[14:40] as being proactive. It could go under

[14:42] the Tree City USA report that we're

[14:45] you know, we're creating right earning

[14:47] buffers along Brandywine Creek.

[14:49] And basically any tree the city is

[14:50] responsible for that's that's a good

[14:52] idea or frankly so on the water or

[14:54] they'd be the ones to help out with

[14:56] that. Um

[14:58] do you want to go to the next slide?

[15:01] Um

[15:02] at the back of the park there's kind of

[15:03] a grassy meadow area. It's got a lot of

[15:06] golden rod and wing stem and some other

[15:09] good stuff

[15:10] but it also has poison hemlock which is

[15:13] a pretty nasty plant. Um

[15:16] Jake last year did some

[15:19] the the service department did some

[15:20] management of that but it pops up every

[15:22] year. So, within the meadow area at the

[15:25] back of the park, we're really going

[15:26] after that poison hemlock. That's a

[15:27] critical. The time to hit that is in

[15:29] March when it's about that high off the

[15:31] ground

[15:33] and just spray it when it's when it's

[15:34] low because it needs to be 8 to 10 ft

[15:37] tall and makes, you know, spraying

[15:40] you're spraying everything else around.

[15:41] So,

[15:42] and just a word on that, the property

[15:45] behind Old Orchard where the meadow is

[15:48] that the HOA owns is just covered in

[15:51] poison hemlock. So, it'd be good to

[15:52] maybe work in combination with them and

[15:55] see if they'd be interested in helping

[15:56] manage it. Otherwise, the seeds are just

[15:58] going to keep falling over.

[16:00] And then, um it is a pretty neat little

[16:02] meadow area though that'd be beneficial

[16:04] for pollinators and wildlife. Um

[16:08] so, maybe figuring out

[16:10] what's the best way to manage that. Is

[16:12] it should be mowed every 3 years? Could

[16:14] we sprinkle other seeds in there to get,

[16:16] you know, more flowering plants going

[16:19] that are native?

[16:20] Control invasives, you know, you can put

[16:22] up bluebird boxes. So, there's a lot of

[16:25] things that could go on on the meadow

[16:27] side at the back of the park. That's the

[16:30] massive pile of massive plant back

[16:31] behind there for reference.

[16:34] So, it's it's kind of neat to have it

[16:36] there. Um

[16:39] you know, cuz it is different than the

[16:40] forested section of the park.

[16:42] Uh if you want to go to the next slide.

[16:45] So, the old apple trees, you know,

[16:48] they're just

[16:49] they're in rough shape. You know,

[16:50] they've they've a lot of them are half

[16:52] dead or covered in grapevine.

[16:55] So, the idea of reviving them, I mean, I

[16:57] would say the ones that are healthy

[16:59] enough to keep around, keep them around,

[17:01] kind of prune out the dead.

[17:03] But, the idea that it will ever be a

[17:05] functional orchard again, I mean, to

[17:07] grow apple trees is major maintenance

[17:09] with

[17:10] pruning and treatments. They're really

[17:12] susceptible to all kinds of fungal

[17:14] diseases. So,

[17:16] you know, these places that are drawing

[17:18] quality apples, either whether they're

[17:19] using an organic program or they're

[17:22] using synthetics, they're they're really

[17:24] spraying and

[17:25] and controlling disease. So,

[17:28] the I I would say it's nice to keep the

[17:31] old health apple trees that still have

[17:33] some life life left to them, but in

[17:35] general, they're pretty dilapidated.

[17:38] So, I think eventually just letting the

[17:42] the Ohio native forest trees take over

[17:44] would be the ultimate goal in the long

[17:46] run.

[17:47] And um

[17:49] » So, that definitely wouldn't be your

[17:50] recommendation to plant apple trees.

[17:53] » Well, maybe in one section I'll get I'll

[17:55] go to the next slide.

[17:56] » Yeah, that's where I was going with

[17:57] that.

[17:59] » Like

[18:00] just to kind of honor the

[18:03] history of the park,

[18:04] you know, around Johnny Appleseed, maybe

[18:06] some dwarf

[18:08] disease-resistant apple trees would be

[18:09] cool. That I think that'd be a way to

[18:12] kind of commemorate the history of the

[18:14] park,

[18:16] but

[18:17] keeping it simple, you know, and and

[18:19] that would be something manageable where

[18:21] they could be pruned and

[18:23] and kept nice.

[18:25] Um

[18:26] Apple trees in general are they're

[18:27] they're wild, you know, like it

[18:30] you should see like Lenz's orchard.

[18:31] They're pruning those like constantly

[18:33] even the way they look.

[18:36] So, that would be an idea.

[18:38] Um

[18:39] do you want to go to the next slide?

[18:42] And then something

[18:44] I'm almost finished here, but just

[18:45] something to consider if we if we did

[18:48] want to have a more heavily managed area

[18:50] of the park while it's going through

[18:52] that those stages of forest succession,

[18:55] I thought it might be an idea to create

[18:58] like a natural play area where we would

[19:02] be more aggressive with mowing down the

[19:04] overgrowth

[19:06] um

[19:07] and

[19:08] if there would be more like a focal

[19:10] point of the park and it could be a

[19:13] place for, you know, benches for sitting

[19:15] or

[19:16] um a big thing now that parks are doing

[19:18] is they're using like rocks and tree

[19:20] stumps to create play spaces for kids.

[19:23] » Mhm.

[19:23] » So, boulders

[19:26] I would say only plant Ohio natives

[19:28] except for the apple trees around

[19:30] Johnny. Um

[19:32] you know, it could look really pretty

[19:33] and um I don't know if when I worked at

[19:36] New Albany the developers would

[19:38] as they were digging they would stash

[19:40] the boulders up on the side and the city

[19:42] would come pick them up and put them in

[19:43] the park.

[19:44] » Sure. That's a good idea.

[19:45] » Which was and we and if I really want to

[19:48] go to the next slide.

[19:51] So, this is in Rose Run Park in New

[19:53] Albany

[19:54] an example of a play area like that. Uh

[19:57] and it's kind of this park Rose Run

[20:01] was right along Rose Run Creek

[20:03] over by like between Market Street and

[20:06] 62.

[20:07] Um

[20:09] back behind the library and mellow

[20:10] mushroom and all that.

[20:12] And it was just it looked like old

[20:13] orchard when they started 15 years ago.

[20:16] And if you walk through it now, I mean

[20:17] they heavily managed it.

[20:20] But

[20:21] um

[20:23] it it's just kind of shows what it can

[20:25] look like with time and patience and

[20:28] kind of controlling the invasives.

[20:30] But that, you know, it's it's just a

[20:32] simple rocks, benches, logs and

[20:37] Ohio native planting landscape.

[20:40] Uh but if you're ever in the area there

[20:42] it it it's really

[20:43] that'd be a good representation of kind

[20:45] of what it can be.

[20:47] » And on the picture that you superimposed

[20:49] that onto ours you had it sort of in

[20:52] front like along Granville.

[20:54] » Yeah, it wouldn't have to be. I mean it

[20:55] could be wherever makes sense. And what

[20:58] what my concern that I would have is

[21:00] like how high is the flooding?

[21:02] » Mhm.

[21:03] » That because we wouldn't want to like

[21:05] put mulch and plants there and then it

[21:07] floods away so yeah so up higher maybe

[21:10] up it makes sense and figure out how

[21:12] high the water comes you know when we

[21:14] get extreme rainfall

[21:16] but I don't know if I was just thinking

[21:18] maybe visible from Granville just

[21:20] because it's kind of pretty focal point

[21:23] but just an idea if we wanted to do

[21:25] something a little more

[21:26] heavy-handed with management

[21:29] and you know a lot of that

[21:32] what would be removed in the process you

[21:34] probably have to like use a forestry

[21:36] grinder

[21:38] and preserve whatever trees are you know

[21:41] want to keep in the process but for the

[21:43] most part a lot of it will go and

[21:45] I don't think we'd be cutting down

[21:46] anything special you know so

[21:50] what's that material on the ground then

[21:52] is that just

[21:54] I think just mulch

[21:57] just mulch and boulders and benches

[22:02] but they definitely like they definitely

[22:04] plant only Ohio native landscaping plant

[22:07] which is most which is common in most

[22:09] parts these days

[22:11] so

[22:13] I'm going to go to the next slide I

[22:14] think that's all I have

[22:15] I have a question do you think there's

[22:17] enough room to do something like this

[22:20] and still have some of the dwarf

[22:24] apple trees

[22:25] I mean I didn't

[22:27] measure it out or anything I was just

[22:28] trying to come up with

[22:30] I walked through the park with

[22:33] reservation parks their their resource

[22:36] manager and they were talking about how

[22:38] they like to do these natural play areas

[22:40] any opportunity they get so I just and

[22:42] charm our park if you've ever been back

[22:44] there at the Granville little thing

[22:45] along the side of the creek

[22:49] but yeah I think there'd be room and you

[22:50] know depending on how big we would want

[22:52] this space to be but

[22:54] I think it could be like a good focal

[22:56] point or

[22:58] as the rest of the park is going through

[23:00] the

[23:01] kind of the ugly stage where you would

[23:02] have a pretty spot, you know.

[23:05] And it's walking distance from downtown.

[23:07] People can walk down to the coffee and

[23:08] whatever else. So, just an idea.

[23:12] » It's a great idea. I like it.

[23:14] » It's right

[23:15] It's just within walking distance of the

[23:17] apartments, of the communities.

[23:19] » Yeah, there's people back there quite a

[23:21] bit. There's a the connectivity.

[23:23] You have the trail, so it could

[23:25] potentially get a lot of traffic.

[23:29] So, that's that's basically all I have.

[23:34] » Love it, Daryl.

[23:35] » I think I do, too.

[23:38] Appreciate it. Yeah, thanks for having

[23:40] us.

[23:40] » Yeah. So,

[23:41] um yeah, Aaron Aaron, thank you so much.

[23:43] We appreciate that. So, yeah. I mean,

[23:45] yeah, obviously we've talked to Johnny.

[23:47] We've talked about trying to do

[23:48] something with that park. This would be

[23:51] a relatively low-cost option, at least

[23:55] to get started. As you've already

[23:57] checked out, I mean, sounds like our

[23:59] service team could do some of it, not

[24:01] all of it, but uh maybe to get ourselves

[24:03] started or something. So,

[24:05] Yeah, I think what we're really looking

[24:06] for is

[24:07] » Potential collaboration with Delaware,

[24:09] with Franklin County,

[24:11] with their soil and everything he said.

[24:13] » Yeah, I definitely jotted down some of

[24:15] those notes as well. I think we'll we've

[24:16] got a relationship with soil and water.

[24:18] We'll follow up with them up regarding

[24:20] the the creek.

[24:21] » Said, with the tree city you know, it's

[24:22] just a lot of good It's all good. I

[24:25] think what I'm hearing is it's not

[24:27] terribly We're not talking about a $4

[24:28] million project here, but we are talking

[24:30] about things that will are beneficial to

[24:32] the city and to our residents and

[24:35] potentially our younger residents as

[24:37] well, if we go that route. So,

[24:38] » Yeah.

[24:39] All right. Well, we'll keep uh

[24:40] » It makes our passive park a little bit

[24:42] more enjoyable.

[24:44] » Yeah.

[24:45] » Yeah.

[24:46] For sure.

[24:48] Yeah.

[24:49] Yeah, so we'll

[24:50] uh we'll have the team. So, we have our

[24:52] tree team.

[24:53] That's Alyssa, Jake, uh Aaron. Um you

[24:57] know, kind of keep digging a little

[24:58] deeper, figure out what we could maybe

[25:00] do later this year, dig into next year,

[25:03] etc., etc. So.

[25:06] Yeah, I love that. Like it.

[25:07] » Thanks.

[25:08] Appreciate it.

[25:09] » Anything else to add, Mark?

[25:12] » I was, uh,

[25:13] » Yes.

[25:13] » I'm supportive of cleaning up that area.

[25:16] I know I've been through there a couple

[25:17] times with my kids. I know with the

[25:19] future development of that space, I know

[25:21] a lot of residents are already down

[25:22] there. I think that'd be a really great

[25:24] investment, long-term and short-term as

[25:27] we continue forward. I like the

[25:30] I'll say

[25:33] less developed part of a park, right?

[25:35] So, the idea of just walking through the

[25:37] woods than to have a huge development or

[25:40] expense of upkeep.

[25:42] » Right.

[25:42] » And we're doing that at the Arsenal. So,

[25:44] we're looking for that. We have it

[25:46] there, and then there's so many

[25:48] health benefits to kids just being in

[25:50] nature and playing on natural

[25:52] » Absolutely.

[25:53] » Is that each and everyone can

[25:55] » Yeah.

[25:55] » I'm supportive to just short walks, too,

[25:57] and with your coffee in the morning,

[26:00] whatever you

[26:00] » Yeah. And as that area over there with

[26:02] Mr. Genovese's property gets developed,

[26:04] it's just a good spot.

[26:06] » Yeah.

[26:08] » Thank you.

[26:10] » Okay. Do we have a J.R. Smith Park Grant

[26:14] update?

[26:15] » Yes.

[26:47] » So, not as big of an update I was I was

[26:49] hoping for this month. Um, we got a

[26:52] quote on some additional items and I

[26:55] didn't receive it until

[26:57] an hour before the meeting. So, I'll

[26:59] have more to share on that next month,

[27:01] but on packet page 19

[27:04] slide.

[27:06] So, these are some items that were

[27:07] removed from the bid documents that we

[27:10] reached out to our um

[27:13] playground supplier. So, we can get all

[27:15] of these back with the ODNR funding. Um

[27:18] » We removed these for financial reasons.

[27:21] » Okay.

[27:21] » Now with the extra funds from ODNR, we

[27:24] can bring all of them back

[27:27] » Okay.

[27:27] » And add to it as well. So, the drinking

[27:30] fountain with the

[27:32] refillable water bottle, um the grill,

[27:35] about six benches, and a bike rack.

[27:39] » I remember years ago um too and the

[27:42] bench that you're showing here has them,

[27:44] but I remember years ago having somebody

[27:47] from I think it was Source Point maybe

[27:49] out and recommended when we put benches

[27:52] in that we have those side handles on

[27:55] them like it's showing in that picture.

[27:57] So, I just want to make sure we do that.

[27:59] It um

[28:00] It helps with getting in and out of

[28:01] benches, I remember.

[28:03] » And those are also the same ones we have

[28:05] at the reservoirs, too. So,

[28:06] » Yeah, perfect.

[28:07] » Keeping it consistent.

[28:08] » Yeah.

[28:09] » Um I don't have pricing on all of it

[28:10] yet. Well, I have to dive into it, but

[28:13] that's what's included in with the

[28:14] quote. Um go to the next slide.

[28:16] So, additional items that we asked him

[28:19] to get pricing for was some shade

[28:21] covered benches, um some swings

[28:24] especially.

[28:25] » We don't have We don't have any swings.

[28:27] » We don't have swings and we were looking

[28:30] um

[28:30] Sorry, do you want to go back to space

[28:32] two?

[28:34] So, oops.

[28:36] Right over in this area

[28:39] would be where the swings would go.

[28:40] There's enough space because you have to

[28:42] have that Essentially, I believe it was

[28:44] 20 ft on each side for the swings, for

[28:47] the safety zone. So,

[28:50] that's essentially where they would go.

[28:52] Um

[28:53] » And so, I'm going to go

[28:54] down two more. Yeah.

[28:56] » And we would do a three-bay, so six

[28:59] swings total, and we would do two of the

[29:01] ADA, two regular, and then one toddler,

[29:04] and then one

[29:05] » [clears throat]

[29:05] » Tandem swing as well.

[29:08] Um it can be covered or cannot be

[29:11] covered, either or. Um

[29:13] but we were looking at the benches with

[29:15] the shade covering at the splash pad and

[29:18] the playground.

[29:20] » Okay, if you want to go to the next one.

[29:22] » So, these are just some of the shade

[29:24] structures that we received quotes for.

[29:26] Um these would be at the splash pad, so

[29:29] maybe two or three,

[29:32] probably one on each side, just so to

[29:35] offer, you know, cuz right now there's

[29:37] no shade, and since we have this extra

[29:39] funding, we can now get the more more

[29:42] extra amenities, essentially. So.

[29:45] » No shade other than trees that will be a

[29:48] a little bit small at first.

[29:52] » So,

[29:53] at a quick glance of the quotes,

[29:56] all of that plus these shade structures,

[29:59] we only hit maybe 135,000 max. So, we

[30:04] still have a lot more. So, we can do

[30:07] more if you guys like the direction of

[30:09] this, and we are looking into the

[30:11] security cameras. We are going to

[30:12] coordinate with PD about that as well.

[30:14] » So.

[30:15] » I was just going to ask him about that.

[30:16] I know money came from a couple

[30:18] different places, um but so with

[30:21] security or cameras, yeah. I thought

[30:23] there was something else.

[30:25] Not signs, cuz you guys are working on

[30:27] signs.

[30:29] » Uh lighting. I think the lighting was

[30:30] the other thing as well. Um

[30:33] » Or maybe like an entrance feature was

[30:35] something we talked about, too.

[30:40] » The entrance feature?

[30:42] Just like a separate one. Like so we

[30:43] have the

[30:44] » It's just something we

[30:45] » Drew up.

[30:46] » Yeah.

[30:47] » It was something that was pulled from

[30:49] the original plan since we were looking

[30:51] at signage.

[30:51] » Yeah, was it?

[30:52] » Mhm.

[30:53] » We could get quotes if that's something

[30:55] that committee would like to see.

[30:57] » Yes, I would.

[30:58] » I think it's important to keep in mind

[31:00] that we don't have to spend the money

[31:03] right now. We have time.

[31:05] » So we can look at adding items. We can

[31:08] evaluate the park.

[31:09] » And we can add

[31:10] » See what we're missing.

[31:11] » Yeah, I I think the key thing that we

[31:13] need to keep a lookout for now is

[31:15] anything that would be important to

[31:17] consider while it's under construction.

[31:20] » Mhm.

[31:20] » Um that's certainly something we're

[31:22] looking at with some of the other funds

[31:24] such as that pavement replacement around

[31:26] the Lions building, uh full depth uh

[31:29] replacement of the pavement that's below

[31:31] the Lions building. It was in um

[31:33] disrepair.

[31:35] Um so we have some additional funding

[31:37] outside of the ODNR uh that we'll be

[31:40] able to utilize that for. But if we can

[31:43] put it as a change order into the

[31:44] existing contract, we'll save money on

[31:47] certain items. Other items may need to

[31:49] be designed at a later point in time and

[31:52] installed um when we have a little bit

[31:55] more information such as the park um or

[31:58] the trail extensions that we discussed.

[32:01] » And this still includes like what you

[32:02] were telling us about with the sidewalk.

[32:05] Like that was all still in there.

[32:06] » Yes, we So

[32:08] » So that was a different

[32:09] » Yes, so Alyssa was talking about the

[32:11] ODNR funding and some of the items we

[32:13] evaluated and shared and pulled out. We

[32:16] are we have very specific items that uh

[32:19] we need to utilize the earmarked

[32:21] $375,000

[32:23] for uh parking improvements, sidewalk,

[32:26] uh trail extension, possibly some road

[32:30] and other um

[32:32] improvements uh in the city street just

[32:36] outside of um the Lions building. We're

[32:39] actually not touching that segment

[32:41] between the 37 widening project and um

[32:45] when we do the mountable curb at Cherry

[32:47] Street. So, that's the location we may

[32:50] be able to look at doing some

[32:51] improvements to maybe um not have a gap

[32:54] in the the brand new area and then some

[32:57] landscape improvements, as well.

[32:58] » That sounds good.

[33:03] » These items you're getting for a bid, is

[33:05] it a It sounds like it's a matter of

[33:07] these

[33:08] We probably have funding to do all of

[33:10] these. It's a matter of picking which

[33:11] ones we want.

[33:12] » Yeah, so these were initially included

[33:15] in the bid, but we removed them for cost

[33:17] reasons. Um but now with [clears throat]

[33:19] that additional funding from ODNR, we

[33:22] can now add all that stuff back in.

[33:24] » Okay.

[33:26] » Yeah, we had originally talked about

[33:27] potentially looking at donations um to

[33:31] try and add some of this back, but now

[33:32] that we have funding, um I think that's

[33:35] the avenue we're going to go, but if you

[33:37] do know someone who wants to sponsor a

[33:38] bench,

[33:40] so something that would be available.

[33:43] » Melissa, do you know

[33:46] um at other parks if these grills are

[33:49] utilized, if folks use these at parks?

[33:52] » I think they do. I um

[33:54] I personally never grilled out on them,

[33:56] but I think I've seen other people do. I

[33:58] know

[33:59] So, my parents live across from Hanna

[34:01] Park, so I grew up there in

[34:03] um Gahanna and that they always use that

[34:06] grill. That grill's used all the time.

[34:08] If you look at it, it's all charred and

[34:10] everything, so.

[34:10] » And I we would place them, I would

[34:12] suppose, near the

[34:15] pavilion.

[34:16] » Yeah, near the shelter house, but at a

[34:18] safe distance for fire.

[34:20] » Is it just one grill or is

[34:22] » Yeah, we just have one.

[34:24] » Two or

[34:25] » We could do two. I don't know how I

[34:27] think one would probably be plenty, but

[34:29] if we want to do two, we can definitely

[34:30] do two.

[34:31] » It says grill on here, is that what you

[34:33] added?

[34:34] Yeah, we had had it originally. Yeah, I

[34:37] think it was one of the grills up on the

[34:39] shelter.

[34:40] » Mhm.

[34:41] » Yeah, I think we just had one initially

[34:43] that was removed.

[34:49] » I know Berkshire Township just installed

[34:51] a newer facility by the Township

[34:54] administrative building. Mhm.

[34:57] And I saw their grill and it's already

[34:59] been utilized, so

[35:01] » Okay, I was just curious. I wasn't

[35:03] saying anything. No, I was just curious

[35:05] if folks do that.

[35:08] » As far as the shade structures go,

[35:10] what's the maintenance on that or

[35:11] durability?

[35:12] » So, the maintenance actually

[35:15] see here.

[35:17] » Definitely a question I asked as well

[35:19] when we were talking about them.

[35:21] » Yeah, so the service life with proper

[35:23] maintenance is 20 years with them.

[35:26] They're relatively low maintenance and

[35:29] these like the actual shade pieces,

[35:34] those detach, so they can just remove

[35:36] those, store them for the winter, and

[35:38] then reinstall them when in spring.

[35:41] » So, somebody has to take them down every

[35:43] year and put them back up.

[35:44] » And remember where we put them, right

[35:45] Daryl?

[35:46] And remember where we put them.

[35:49] » You're saying they don't easily tear or

[35:52] » No, I don't think they are that

[35:53] » You're saying they have probably about

[35:55] 20-year lifespan and by then maybe the

[35:57] trees are grown in.

[35:58] » Yeah, and they're they're a mesh

[35:59] material, so air is able to get through

[36:02] them.

[36:03] Um, but certainly we'll have to look at

[36:06] what the manufacturer's recommendations

[36:08] are as far as wind is concerned and be

[36:10] aware if there is maintenance or we need

[36:12] to

[36:14] maybe unhook and one of the sides during

[36:17] storms. Those all be considerations that

[36:19] we'll have to look at because it

[36:21] definitely will have some upkeep if we

[36:23] don't maintain it, 20 years is um not

[36:25] going to be their service life.

[36:30] » I like the the idea of the shade

[36:32] structures, especially as the trees are

[36:34] growing in.

[36:35] I just remember multiple times being at

[36:37] a playground being like, especially the

[36:39] new ones, and the trees just are not big

[36:41] enough.

[36:42] But to that question, do we have enough

[36:44] trees where maybe in the future the

[36:46] trees are providing the shades instead

[36:48] of the structures? But I'm thinking

[36:51] splash pad, it doesn't look big with any

[36:53] trees over there.

[36:56] » Yeah, I mean it's definitely something

[36:58] from a landscaping perspective that we

[36:59] can we can add to the site. I I would

[37:02] think once we get the trees installed,

[37:05] we should reevaluate, you know, whether

[37:07] or not we want to bring in some

[37:09] additional. I might know Oh, he's not

[37:11] here anymore. But I might know someone

[37:12] who who could take a look at it to see

[37:14] if if that would be a benefit.

[37:17] » Yeah, so so my recollection when we were

[37:19] going through the design process, mostly

[37:21] we were trying to get I think trees for

[37:23] screening and

[37:25] more so than shade, and the idea was

[37:27] then we would do shade structures to

[37:28] support that. I think there was some

[37:30] concern about getting trees too close to

[37:32] the splash pad because they can be

[37:34] dirty, believe.

[37:35] » Yeah, that that creates a problem in

[37:37] term Yeah, so.

[37:38] » Yeah, I I would agree with that as well.

[37:39] » I was just I was saying that the I'm

[37:41] just roots can get wildy.

[37:43] » Okay, good call. Yeah, all right.

[37:47] » Yeah, if we want to do shade structures

[37:49] for playgrounds, they

[37:51] have a million to choose from.

[37:56] So that's kind of where we're at and

[38:01] so far with the grant funding, but yeah.

[38:06] » Something that we mentioned before that

[38:08] I'd be interested in learning more about

[38:10] financially is if it would be possible

[38:12] to put in seating like they have at the

[38:15] dinosaur park, the dinosaur splash pad

[38:18] in Delaware. They have like permanent

[38:20] seats and tables.

[38:23] And if we're going to have shade, it

[38:24] would be nice to have somewhere for the

[38:26] adults to sit.

[38:27] » Yeah, because in addition we were

[38:29] talking about like adding They're not

[38:31] permanent, but more benches and maybe

[38:32] some picnic tables over there. But we

[38:35] can look into the permanent.

[38:37] » I'm just curious since since Delaware

[38:40] did it, let's let's see what they did

[38:42] and what it would cost and is it

[38:43] possible with their

[38:46] engineering people with their

[38:48] spacing and stuff.

[38:57] » So maybe just a a quick point on the

[38:59] status of the JR Smith Park. So we

[39:01] talked about grant funding, but where

[39:03] are we on the construction piece? And

[39:04] that is one of the things Adam's getting

[39:06] very familiar with at

[39:08] the park.

[39:10] For better or worse.

[39:11] » Do you have anything?

[39:12] That's in our monthly report.

[39:14] » We do have that later. Sorry.

[39:15] » Oh, okay. I'm happy to give it now

[39:17] though if you would like.

[39:20] » No.

[39:21] » No, okay.

[39:26] Okay, so we're we're good with the grant

[39:29] update. The update was what we're

[39:30] thinking about at. Okay. Moving on to

[39:34] Sunbury Sizzlin' Sounds, which if you've

[39:37] looked at your agenda, they are coming

[39:38] tonight. So probably not a ton we need

[39:41] to get into because they're going to

[39:42] talk at council, but it's just probably

[39:44] like a

[39:46] It's on our matrix, I suppose. This is

[39:48] just to bring it to the

[39:49] » Parks meeting, but we'll hear more from

[39:52] Civic themselves this evening.

[39:54] » And you can ask your questions then if

[39:55] you have any.

[39:56] » Yep.

[39:56] » Okay, we have a monthly park update.

[40:01] And so that your sizzle stuff is in here

[40:03] as well.

[40:05] But then it looks like the park update

[40:06] starts on page 37.

[40:12] Melissa, is this you?

[40:14] » Yes, I will get the slides pulled up.

[40:55] Okay, so Freedom Park. So, I was out

[40:57] there earlier back in July and I noticed

[40:59] there were new bridges. Not sure if you

[41:02] put them out there

[41:04] or where they came from, but there's

[41:07] yeah, a nice new bridge and new walking

[41:09] path type thing, so

[41:12] that is all up Freedom Park. You can go

[41:14] to the next one.

[41:17] Now we have the J.R. Smith Park updates.

[41:19] » Those bridges you're you're referring to

[41:20] the disc golf or

[41:22] » Yes. Yeah, the disc golf course.

[41:25] Okay, so J.R. Smith Park is moving

[41:27] along. If you were along um State Route

[41:32] uh 37 last week, uh they were moving

[41:36] fill

[41:37] um

[41:38] offsite. We ended up with just over 100

[41:42] truck loads. About 12 cubic yards per

[41:45] per truck uh coming in, so it was

[41:49] » [gasps]

[41:50] » It was quite the race, but we also had

[41:52] our public works team um

[41:55] moved dirt from the wastewater treatment

[41:57] plant uh

[41:59] because we are removing um

[42:02] a lot of excavation material for the

[42:05] clarifier installation down there.

[42:08] Um it's a 70-ft diameter

[42:11] um

[42:11] clarifier that's about 20 ft deep. So,

[42:15] it's a massive hole. We have a lot of

[42:18] excess dirt that the plan is to just

[42:21] mound it between the wastewater

[42:22] treatment plant and the middle school.

[42:24] Um, so, our our team moved 40 truck

[42:27] loads. Um, they're slightly smaller

[42:29] trucks than some of the offsite loads,

[42:32] but we were happy that, um, that they

[42:33] were able to contribute and and help

[42:36] with this process. Um, about half of the

[42:40] 100 came from our wastewater treatment

[42:43] plant as well. So, we were able to, uh,

[42:46] negotiate a a a

[42:48] lower fee because they were able to get

[42:51] dirt at a much closer location. But,

[42:53] they still had to pay the hauling

[42:55] company and, uh, load, uh, the material

[42:58] themselves. So, really happy that our

[43:02] contractor, Simonsen, and of course, um,

[43:04] our members of the wastewater treatment

[43:05] plant were very welcoming, uh, so that

[43:08] we could coordinate, um, and benefit the

[43:10] city and save a little bit of money.

[43:14] Um,

[43:15] status of the park. Um, with all that

[43:18] dirt, we are able to, uh, really start

[43:21] to look for some vertical, uh,

[43:24] components. If you go out there today,

[43:26] you will see, um, pipes that are coming

[43:29] up from the ground where the splash pad

[43:30] is going to be. Splash pad, um, provider

[43:34] has been out, um, getting ready to, um,

[43:38] get that installed. I don't know if it's

[43:40] being poured later this week or next,

[43:42] uh, but I'm going to try and, uh, find

[43:44] out and

[43:45] uh, hopefully bring some pictures for

[43:47] that component. Uh, same with the

[43:49] shelter house as well. They've worked on

[43:51] the underground connections, uh, so we

[43:54] should be seeing some some vertical

[43:56] movement there as well.

[43:59] And

[43:59] » Substantial completion

[44:00] » Uh, and, uh, timeline for the park is

[44:03] still looking at October, uh, with the

[44:06] caveat that they'll have some internal

[44:08] components at the shelter house to

[44:10] complete.

[44:12] Some

[44:16] Reservoir Park, um the sign will be

[44:19] installed tomorrow.

[44:20] So, we'll get pictures of that once it's

[44:22] completed.

[44:25] Uh Sunbury Memorial Park

[44:27] » A question about the Reservoir Park. Is

[44:29] there

[44:30] I assume no. Any easy way to maintain

[44:34] the paths

[44:36] that are around the reservoirs, the

[44:39] walking paths, because some of them are

[44:41] They're just so cracked.

[44:44] » Okay.

[44:44] » And we haven't had them for that long,

[44:47] but I don't know if that material just

[44:49] cracks easily.

[44:51] If there would be any point in repairing

[44:53] them, would they just crack again?

[44:55] They're close to water. There's lots of

[44:58] animals up there, birds, so I don't

[45:00] know, but some of them are They're It's

[45:03] pretty unsightly. So, how pretty the

[45:05] area is to walk on it is.

[45:07] » Yeah, I I know we discussed whether or

[45:09] not we could put some rejuvenator down

[45:11] on some of the paths in the city.

[45:13] Um it's something that I can have um the

[45:16] manufacturer for that um that fill, that

[45:20] uh black surface resurfacing agent, uh

[45:23] come and give a quote and also assess

[45:25] whether or not it makes sense. Um often

[45:27] times you uh use a rejuvenator on um

[45:31] you know, a surface that's maybe 2

[45:34] » 3 years old?

[45:36] » Yeah. Um but it it's certainly something

[45:39] that with a surface that isn't being um

[45:41] as heavily traveled as a road, we may be

[45:44] able to uh utilize that as a a way to

[45:47] » Yeah, I'm just saying

[45:48] some of the areas they look brand new,

[45:51] and then some of So, I don't know if

[45:52] people are walking on one side I mean,

[45:55] you have to get around. I don't know. I

[45:57] don't know what it is, but some of the

[45:58] areas are pretty bad.

[45:59] » Okay.

[46:00] » Some are beautiful.

[46:04] Okay, thank you.

[46:04] » That's worth doing. I will say I know

[46:07] last year when I talked to Jake a little

[46:08] bit about this, we

[46:10] this and the other trails, I think we

[46:12] did go out and do some crack repair work

[46:15] on the other trails, but we didn't do it

[46:17] on this particular one and I don't

[46:19] really know why. So, we'll we'll follow

[46:21] up with Jake to see if maybe he thought

[46:23] it maybe he just didn't get to it and

[46:25] we'll try to get to it this year, but I

[46:27] do like the idea of some kind of a

[46:29] um

[46:30] you know, rejuvenator or something to

[46:32] help preserve the asset.

[46:33] » Yeah. That looks pretty good. And I

[46:35] don't know if you guys have been down

[46:36] there during the day or in the evening,

[46:37] but that

[46:38] floating dock is getting a lot of use.

[46:42] Our my kids, their friends,

[46:44] sometimes they don't like going down

[46:46] there cuz there's too many people on it.

[46:47] So, it's definitely getting

[46:49] » That's good.

[46:49] » It's used, yeah.

[46:51] And I was walking, obviously, on the

[46:53] path and I saw a kid, I don't know, 16,

[46:56] 17 years old and he pulled out a fish

[46:58] and it was

[47:00] it was like I mean, I could see it from

[47:01] up where I was and it was really

[47:03] impressive. They're having a lot of fun

[47:04] down there.

[47:06] Yeah.

[47:11] » Okay, Sunbury Memorial Park,

[47:13] at the Events Committee, we discussed

[47:16] the Unmarked and Unforgotten Memorial

[47:18] being moved into the cemetery.

[47:21] » I think we're talking about Are we

[47:22] talking about that tonight, too?

[47:23] » Yeah, it's on the agenda.

[47:25] Yep.

[47:27] » And then

[47:29] we also talked about

[47:30] » Have you talked any more about that

[47:31] little building?

[47:34] » I don't remember which committee we were

[47:35] in when we talked about that.

[47:37] But this was

[47:37] » This one. Yeah, it's probably going to

[47:39] be this committee.

[47:40] Um

[47:41] we haven't talked a lot more about it. I

[47:42] I think other than again, I

[47:46] I don't think that the recommendation is

[47:48] to save the building. I think the

[47:49] recommendation is to take the building

[47:51] down, preserve the marble, you know, for

[47:53] maybe some other use in the future. We

[47:55] just haven't I think executed on that.

[47:58] » Okay, I was just curious. Now I see the

[48:00] building every time we go by. I never

[48:02] noticed it before, but

[48:03] » Yeah.

[48:04] » Okay.

[48:04] » So, we probably I just we needed have

[48:06] Jake

[48:07] prioritize that a little bit more. I

[48:08] think he would like to get that building

[48:10] down. I mean, it's

[48:12] it's a little bit of a

[48:14] risk. I mean, there's some risk

[48:15] associated with it cuz the when we had

[48:17] the structural

[48:18] » I I had a question. Yeah, the structural

[48:21] evaluation team.

[48:22] » Last year, they were they were saying

[48:23] that the the marble is starting to pull

[48:25] away from the brick a little bit. That's

[48:27] so again, we want to try to not only And

[48:29] we don't keep anything in the building.

[48:32] Yeah, so we've got that back building.

[48:34] We did originally. It used to be where

[48:36] they would store the mowers and any any

[48:38] equipment they had to maintain the

[48:39] cemetery.

[48:40] » Okay.

[48:40] » But, yeah, whatever they've got now,

[48:42] they've moved to that back building.

[48:44] » Okay, thank you.

[48:48] Um we also had uh three burials for this

[48:51] month.

[48:52] Um for Town Square,

[49:01] uh Town Square, we had the second

[49:03] Saturday market, the Young Makers and

[49:05] Family Market. Although it rained, they

[49:07] did have a great turnout, so it was

[49:10] great to see all those people come out

[49:11] and support them.

[49:13] Um on our historical marker sign, there

[49:15] is a crack on it. Um so, Jake is working

[49:20] on getting that fixed. And then the 4th

[49:22] of July parade, um

[49:24] well, it wasn't actually on the square,

[49:26] just figured I'd include that. It was a

[49:28] great turnout. I actually believe it was

[49:30] the largest parade that we've had so

[49:32] far. So,

[49:35] Um

[49:35] » These are participants, or

[49:37] » Yeah, like

[49:39] » Cool.

[49:39] » Number of

[49:40] floats, or entries?

[49:41] » Floats, floats.

[49:45] And then we know that said, so

[49:49] Uh we had a couple of service days in

[49:51] July.

[49:52] Um the first one is City North Church.

[49:56] They were on Sunday, July 12th, and they

[49:59] cleaned the waterway at the cemetery. Um

[50:02] they also cleaned some headstones, and

[50:04] then they also painted the bridges at

[50:07] the Fallen Heroes Memorial and the

[50:10] bridge that the Eagle Scout built at the

[50:13] Kessel Disc Golf Course.

[50:15] And then we had Bright City Church on

[50:17] Saturday, July 18th. They did the mall

[50:20] trains around the um around the square,

[50:23] so.

[50:24] I didn't have any pictures for the

[50:25] service day, so

[50:26] » You put a picture of yourself in there.

[50:28] » And some more. 4th of July.

[50:31] » Who is

[50:32] » And the mayor's son.

[50:33] » Who is

[50:34] that? Leland?

[50:35] » Yeah, so.

[50:38] » I'm going to fill in the blank space.

[50:39] » Yeah, so we appreciate that the service

[50:41] team was able to increase the size of

[50:42] the tree rings. I know that has been a

[50:44] topic for some time.

[50:45] » Yeah, and Aaron said he wanted to know

[50:46] that.

[50:47] » Yeah, Aaron said before he left uh how

[50:49] much he liked seeing the tree rings out

[50:51] there. The other thing I would note

[50:53] that's not on here, Bright City Church

[50:55] was going to begin to paint some of the

[50:57] bases of the uh poles. You probably

[51:00] They've They've gotten beat up over time

[51:02] with just mowing, trimming, you know,

[51:05] whatever kind of happens around it. I am

[51:07] pleased to say that the service team

[51:09] started painting some of the bases. And

[51:11] if you look up here on the Cherry Street

[51:14] um going toward the the 90° turn there

[51:18] on the right-hand side, they started to

[51:20] paint those. They look

[51:21] » You mean that like the curb?

[51:23] » Oh no, no, not the curb. So they did

[51:24] some curb painting, but but I'm talking

[51:26] about the the light poles and the

[51:28] decorative light poles. Uh actually,

[51:30] some of them even I guess have the They

[51:32] also are the signal poles as well. Just

[51:34] the lower level of the lower portion of

[51:37] it. You'll note that there's kind of

[51:38] this I don't know.

[51:41] What am I trying to say? It's like a

[51:43] I don't know.

[51:44] It's a cover over the base of the

[51:46] » And they're painting them.

[51:47] » They are painting them and they they've

[51:49] been beat up and looked pretty bad for

[51:50] some time. So,

[51:52] they're going to work their way all the

[51:53] way up Cherry Street. They'll get to

[51:55] some of those that are out, you know,

[51:56] further to the west, but but they've

[51:58] started out down here. So, you need to

[51:59] look at those.

[52:00] » Too, so.

[52:01] » Yeah.

[52:04] I like

[52:06] » Um for our monthly tree update, so for

[52:09] tree pruning,

[52:11] they pruned 65 littleleaf linden trees

[52:13] along Woodchuck and Fairland.

[52:16] So, there's some nice before and after

[52:17] pictures.

[52:19] And then our our streets department I

[52:21] don't know if Aaron did.

[52:24] Aaron and streets. I think it was Aaron.

[52:27] Um

[52:29] and then some other forestry updates,

[52:31] they did mulch

[52:33] some tree rings around the trees at

[52:35] Evening Street and along West Granville

[52:37] Street. They also planted six new

[52:40] arborvitaes at the Columbus Street

[52:42] parking lot.

[52:43] Um we have some potential tree removals

[52:47] on Saffron,

[52:48] in North Vernon Street, and then also

[52:50] over at Old Church Park. So, those will

[52:53] be evaluated soon.

[52:55] And then Jake is also reviewing the

[52:58] nursery for the large caliper trees for

[53:00] the square. So, we're hoping to get

[53:01] something for

[53:04] planting in the fall.

[53:05] So.

[53:07] And that

[53:08] » Okay, so you remember that dates back to

[53:10] when we took the tree down earlier this

[53:12] year, commitment to put larger trees in.

[53:14] So, they are yeah, looking for as large

[53:17] as trees as they can get to get in the

[53:18] space. I think they've identified the

[53:20] species, they're just trying to find the

[53:22] trees themselves. So.

[53:26] » [laughter]

[53:26] » Anything else from staff?

[53:28] » That is all the updates I had.

[53:30] » Anything from the committee?

[53:32] I'm looking for a motion to adjourn.

[53:34] » I'll motion.

[53:35] » Thank you.

[53:37] » I'll second.

[53:37] » Thank you.

[53:39] Roll call, please.

[53:40] Uh Mr. Long?

[53:41] » Yes.

[53:42] » Mrs. Crawford?

[53:43] » Yes.

[53:43] » Mrs. Cooper?

[53:44] » Yes.

[53:46] » Three years

[53:48] meeting adjourned.

Parks and Recreation Meeting 08/05/2026

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