Okay. >> I did finally hear from Dan. >> Okay. >> I'll call to order uh Park and Recreation Advisory Commission. It's Thursday, February 5th, uh 2026, 5:00 pm. Uh do I have an approval of the
agenda? Motion for approval of the agenda. >> I'll make a motion to approve the agenda. >> Second. Second. >> All in favor? I >> I >> right. >> All right. I need to get an approval for the August 7th, 2025 minutes.
>> Madam Chair, I' I'd make a a motion to approve all three of the minutes on the agenda. >> So, we're approving December 4th, January 8th, and August 7th. >> We'll second that. >> Perfect. All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. And open forum.
>> No. All right. So, department report. >> Awesome. Thank you so much. Um tonight it's a very very brief report. Um wanted to give you guys an update on the community center. Uh city council did approve high-tech quote in January and
we have quickly been getting samples and um selecting carpet and tiles and all of that. Um the updates and repairs um are currently scheduled for March 31st to April 22nd. So, community center will be
closed during those um times. So, we are getting through it very quickly on that one. Um the Zamboni has been running better. We've had uh some repairs done on that. Uh as well as the garage heater went down and so that also got repaired.
Um so, we're making making our way through that. Uh the warming house will be open, weather permitting, through the end of February here. Um it's a toasty one out there today. Um but looks like we might get a few more few more days in
before losing the ice. Um and then basketball ends next week. So the other item that we usually do in February is our annual sponsorship letters go out. So that's things for like the baseball banners, uh the docks
at Nisall Lake Park, as well as team sponsors. So, be running through that here uh by the end of the month getting those letters out uh to community businesses. Um but even if you don't get a letter, anyone can join um as a
sponsor any time of year. Um so they can always just contact me. Parkwise in January, city council also approved the plans for the that work at Nissle Lake Park as part of the Gull Trail project. Um, and so right now we
are finalizing and getting all the documents ready. We're not going to put it out for bid, but we are going to uh solicit quotes. So, it is under the threshold meeting to bid the project. Um, so we'd be obtaining quotes and then looking to bring that to city council in
March for approval. And as a reminder, that project has to be completed by June 30th. Any questions? Awesome. Um, okay. So, moving on. Uh, Niswah City Park playground design.
I don't have a design to show you this evening. So, um, they I did get uh an update from them. Going back a couple going back to January's meeting, we did select to have
a subcommittee. So Dan, Paul, and I met with Flagship early on in January and um were able to get a shape for the playground determined and then we followed up with
some more uh fine-tuning of the design. So, all that got sent off to Flagship January 21st. They need like a minimum of two weeks to finish design and today's 2 weeks. Um, so everything's kind of uh
very tight timeline. So, unfortunately, I don't have the actual design to show you, but what I do want to give you guys an update on is some of the things that Dan, Paul, and I have discussed with Flagship. Um, so first up is the playground shape.
Um, you can kind of see over here. So, what we needed to do is determine the shape and then W with Seth um was able to put it on the uh on the um existing survey site survey.
So, we kind of have a little bit of a beanlike shape. Um, and Dan and Paul, feel free to jump in at any point. um kind of talking through this with the idea that
eventually the warming house may be relocated, trying to get as close to that as possible without like compromising the integrity of anything or impacting the functionality of either one. Um, back last year when we were
talking about this, we talked a little bit about like keeping green space. Again, we circled back on trees and what that looks like. Um, and so keeping a comparable 10,000 square ft playground area. Um, this is
more or less what we landed on. So, some rounded corners, some straight lines. Um, giving it a little bit of character. Um, but also maintenance and functionality is kind of the hybrid between the two. Um,
you can see some dotted lines underneath of it. So like they one of the things the playground company asked how could we expand it if needed. Um so there was some dotted lines that were noted that there could be some potential expansion like through the east and things like
that um to round out some more areas. So this was sent off to flagship for them to begin the design. Um, we did talk about that the whole playground container would be surrounded by a
concrete sidewalk. Um, I have been working very diligently on the grant this entire last month. Um, and sat in on an info webinar yesterday. um all of the remaining infrastructure
needs to have an accessibility plan. And so one thing that we might need to consider adding to this is a pathway from the one of the shelters to the playground. So, I believe our bathrooms and parking
lot would still um be adequate in meeting current ADA standards, but the pathway to a shelter might be one addition to add into this. >> Sure. And I feel like that's a fairly easy ad if that was a a make or break.
>> Hey, Paul, I might let you do some talking on my next one. So yes, I guess I can start. So I guess when Dan and I and Amber met and going back to last meeting, we looked at the
type of budget that we had or are planning to have or hoping to have. Um, and we just thought it was a large budget and we looked at the initial design and we were thinking we really and then I'm rambling but the two words
that we were going after was destination and inclusive. So going off of that and looking at the budget that we have to work with, we looked at the original design that Flagship came back with way back when and we're like this is a fine playground, but how do we make it a
little bit more unique to Niswah? How do we add some elements that is going to make it more of a destination? I almost brought the article. I saw it on LinkedIn today, but it was a landscape architect that specifically works with playgrounds, and he just had a a whole article on like it's like
there's four times the greater or you can expect four times um more people to come back to your playground if it has more elements than just play the play structure. So if it has elements of
color, elements of topography, elements of things you can move around or interact with versus just coming up to a an erected structure. Um, and so those are the type of things that we wanted to bring to the playground is um, a little
bit more design, a little bit more unique and custom pieces to the city of Nisa to kind of put it more on the map, bring some more inclusive play. Now, with that being said, we had for a custom playground typically should take
six months of design work and planning and we had like 60 minutes two meetings. >> Um, and so the first meeting we met with Flagship or the the sales rep from Flagship kind of that at that meeting we
kind of discussed the the the shape and some of the key elements and then we met again and talked a little bit further about kind of next level design. And I quickly put based on our discussion um I
put something really quick together to at least get us in the right direction. And um the other words that kind of came up were um nature play to uh mimic just where we live. Um, so we put in a lot of
elements, but kind of the concept that we came up with was the idea of um kind of different I want to say like islands that you can go to like make your way to and from each island along with like um like a
lily pad slash lakefrontage theme. And so there would be like a a big huge um kind of the bottom middle picture of like a whole like lily pad area that you can jump to and from
um with like a boardwalk mimicking a dock in there and then um kind of through the middle mimicking some lake shore but some more like boulder type play. It's hard to tell from a 2D with a colored pencilc crayon
drawing. It looks like a five. It looks like a five-year-old did it. Um, but yeah, this I hope and we'll see with, you know, usually you get back a render and then you make changes and you send it back and you do that 10 times.
>> Can I can I like just kind of share like like how I see it? is can I like just three minutes just to like because I was kind of excited about where Paul took it and how the conversations went. And so if you're on the south end of it there that little corner cut in um imagine that like you know you see there's a
dock there uh that you can kind of walk out on. It's over blue that's probably you know port and play. Uh there's all those lily little lily pads placed around the dock. We talked a lot about kind of the interconnectivity of things. So you see those lily pads kind of go like further into the water and and
reach that other green space and uh those two uh large green spaces, you know, islands, each one of them has its own structure on it. Um those structures connect uh seeing that as like a a bridge over water and uh maybe the one on the right is a little bit bigger.
It's built up a little higher. Um but the way that we had talked about it, and again, we'll see what we get for a design, but the way we talked about it was like the water, you know, going north through the water. Um, if they're if those hills, those islands are built up a little bit. Would those be like
interactive play areas, something that the kids could climb, maybe there's like some things built in that they can just kind of sit in the shade underneath the structures and just kind of interact with. Um, and then it kind of goes through and the brown stuff, you know, again, we we talked about some sort of
mixture of of the wood chips and the board and play. And the brown's like the wood chips and the green and the blue is the board and play. Um and then the in the top right there's a you know again connected um from the one play structure to the top right and it's kind
of a big I don't know we talked about a some sort of kind of climbing netted with a bridge that connects the two that kids can walk kids can like kind of climb through and so and then you see the swings there as well and um but yeah
just we we talked about like we talked about doc we talked about turtles we talked about lily pads. We talked about, you know, um giving things them as many things to climb on as possible while also going can someone um who is a
little less mobile get to the different parts, right? Can they get from one island to the next island or can they still like come underneath and walk through the water and play with the thing? you know, >> can they get from or would someone, you
know, even the blue coming all the way through and having that be part and play, would it be that a kid um can not have to walk all the way around the playground to get to where he can actually, you know, get into the play
area in the middle. Um, so yeah, it was fun. It was really sweet. Really enjoyed it. >> It was. >> I just have a question or two. Um, so the green green spots is that going to be actual grass? >> No, be either a port in place or an
artificial turf. We'd kind of lean towards a port and blaze, but the idea behind it would be using >> natural grade that you can build up. And so, >> you know, on the right hand side, you know, it might be up four feet that's kind of built up, >> right? Right. And that's Yeah.
>> And the left hand one would be a little bit lower. And so you can kind of use the natural or form topography as play and then your structure would be built up on top of that. >> So the assumption too is the water will just be a blue coloring not actual water. >> Correct. Yeah. The blue would be like a
portant place as well cuz you can see it goes up to like the swings. Um so if you had an accessible swing >> go from that swing and make your way to the structure. >> That'll be okay. you know, um the one
thing is is if the the elevation from the from the left side to the right side is too much because I ass the assumption is that it will be a walkway across, you know. >> Yeah, it' be a bridge up top and then yeah, you could interact from kind of the bottom but then get from the top and
some of the we're leaning on the true professionals to help us with some of the accessibility stuff. And as as professional as this looks, um we're hoping that we get something a little bit more better package. >> Can I throw a wrench in the workshop?
>> Had no idea this was coming. >> Um I know we have butterfly gardens at Lake Park. Is there any way that we can get the garden club or
somebody to to plant a butterfly garden maybe in one of the rain garden areas? >> Yeah. >> Butterflies. >> One idea that I had was just from either a natural buffer between the parking lot
and the playground. Um, as you can see on the lefth hand side, um, having, um, being able to plant more trees, but also bring in some water retention areas slash, um, rain garden slash, yeah, like a butterfly garden. Um, it just creates
that natural buffer. Um, some safety precautions and also I think it would help with our DNR grant, too. And >> I'm guessing the engineers are going to appreciate it because a lot of the I mean a lot of the parking lot water has to go somewhere. And
>> yeah, >> I think the concept you guys came up with this looks great. I I do like the rain garden. You you keep referring to butterfly, but I know they're also what is trying to think of the term with the bees. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Pollinator. Yeah.
>> Pollinators. >> Pollinators. Yes. Pollinators. And I know I know the local garden club would be happy to be involved that. Um, so I got a couple questions. You heard you mention turtles. >> That's great. Since we're turtle, turtles to climb, right? >> Perfect. Bruce,
>> just have you get closer to the mic. >> Oh, yeah. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I always forget that, Maggie. U, so you mentioned turtles. Um, Paul, artificial turf. I would just say that having been down in Florida and took my grandkids to several uh playgrounds, artificial turf is a big
thing they're doing down there. I don't know if that's you said what was the other one you said poured. >> Poured in place. So, it's like a a rubberized material. So, it has a little bit of give to it. Um and we went over kind of the main four options is a poured in place, which is going to be
the most expensive. It maybe lasts a little bit longer than an artificial turf, but an artificial turf would be a little bit less. And then there's like an engineered rubber tires. And then a step down from that is a a
wood an engineered wood chip. And so we the the pros to the artificial turf, one, it mimics grass. It um does better in heat. Um it's a little bit less than place. the the cons is the wear and not so much
from a it's not effective anymore. It's from a it shows >> all the water and they said even after the first couple weeks >> you're going to see the >> the trails where people are walking and again not not to say it's not doing its
job. You're just going to see the wear. So >> from a visual perspective, it's maybe not as >> and I I don't know what the cost of this be, but because of the problems they've had with some artificial turfs, especi especially in athletic fields, there's actually a blend now of I think it's
like uh 85% artificial turf and 15% >> grass, >> real grass. Yep. >> And that they've shown to be to hold up a lot better. I don't know if that's something we can explore. Again, you're talking about a tight time frame, but I go back to our last meeting, Dan, where you were talk or maybe it was in December,
>> you had some concerns about the rubber products. >> Yes, I do. >> There there are some there are some there are some concerns with that. Allergies, one, asthma. People with allergies and asthma are really affected by the rubberized uh surface, especially the ones that they throw in with the
with the artificial turf. That's why a lot of uh professional teams have gotten away from that and they've gone more into the grass as you were saying the grass and the turf. Okay. But there are a lot of problems. >> We're still kind of >> Yeah. >> I mean if I had my preference it would all be wood chips would.
>> Yeah. >> So in in part if conceptually right so the idea was that these islands are built up in order to build that up it would need to be poured in place. If for some reason that the they can't do this in the design, then
we might have something different to talk about. We still have the goal of inclusivity um and accessibility, which is a theme throughout the entire grant. Um and when we talked about this, we talked about creating pathways, right? So that you're not having to backtrack
or go all the way around the loop to get to that one place thing again. Um and so in part if we are building elevation that's probably going to require something other than wood chips. Um looking at this we tried to shoot for a
hybrid approach um a combination and um again we don't know what they're got to wait till Tuesday. >> Yeah. Well so anyway going back I I mean I compliment you guys on coming up with this concept and this theme and it looks great. One other thing though I just
wanted to ask about and I I'm not trying to dictate what's in the playground. I'm sure you guys have gone through that. But I did notice a lot of the playgrounds I went to now have these spiders or these rope ropes or we got anything any of that? >> Yes. The top right in this very um
detailed like really nice diagram. It would be a hu would be a huge neck climber that attaches directly to >> spider web. >> Yeah. And >> I'm sorry I didn't get that off >> and so what what the other thing that doesn't the other thing that doesn't come through well um is it's hard to
draw towers at 2D is so like you imagine in the the green on the right like that's if that's a you know threetory tower or twotory tower something like that to the hope to like can we actually rope connect it spider connect it to the tower
>> definitely wanted it yeah >> then we also like a couple of other things the bottom left the wood chip area. That would be like the two to five area. And so we wanted a a structure that mimicked either a boat house or an old cabin um that kind of went with the
theme, but also kind of had elements of, hey, how do I get away from the chaos? Where can I go and hide, you know, hide and um calm myself down? Um that caters to two to five year olds. So >> could adults go in there to
>> definitely my hiding spot. was that >> something else that we kind of talked about too um at our last meeting seating seating outside of the sidewalk. Um if we wanted to have something through the middle, we certainly could like thinking
like sitting on the riverbank um kind of seating and how how that might look. So that was communicated to Flagship as well. if there's a way to incorporate benches in the rocks or like like you're sitting on the river bank. Um and so
yeah, it'll be super exciting to see what they come back with from this diagram that we put together. Um but in the grant there is a lot of information about um just kind of how we're using the land
native plantings you know runoff drainage um inclusivity and not just mobility but how like everyone who's bringing them there and neurodeiverse and so I'm really trying to speak to a lot of that
um in the grant too um Just going to say something real quick and this is before I forget. Um, one question you'll get from the council is will this stay? Okay, so there's that 500,000 which working off is that the kind of the budget you're looking at or
are you looking at the grant also? >> The playground budget we gave flagship is 700,000. >> Okay. >> The grant amount has a matching up to 500,000. >> Oh, it does now. So when we say 700,000 for the playground, now let's factor
like trees, >> right? Right. >> More pathways, things like that. So that um so it's going to be a work in progress on the budget, putting it together with with Seth and Flagship and making sure that enough money is allocated for um the restoration and
whatever vegetation and plantings and concrete work that we need to do as well. >> Yeah. Because I know and at least one if not two will say, "Well, so and so they put theirs in for X and theirs in for X, but I think if you look at this, this is a lot more."
>> Yes, we gave Flagship a budget of 700,000. So, yeah, based on this design, we're we're banking on getting the the grant >> and and we figured because if we if the
grant is accepted, it won't we won't be able to start this until the spring of 27th. >> If we don't get the grant, we re it gives us a little bit more time to go back to the drawing board and work with flagship and scale this back a little
bit. Um, and so the rest >> that was our Yeah. or raise the rest. But that was kind of our reasoning. >> That's that's the reason why I asked. I want to see if you had a backup and you do. So that's great. >> I appreciate that. >> Yeah. >> It's thinking. Good.
>> No, I think it Yeah, I think it's great. >> Yeah. So, I think it um I think it just kind of keeps going on the pathway we've discussed before. So, we'll see what they come back with. Um, want to segue a little bit uh into the open house that
is Tuesday night. So, I have a note on here of that. Um, and Bruce said he's not going to make it, right? And Alyssa maybe. Yeah, >> I think I can make it. >> Um, so if anyone else can make it, much
appreciated for any and all of it. Um, but I did want to kind of I will call flagship tomorrow about what kind of images we need for printing. Um, but so far I just wanted to tell you kind of what I have for trying to get feedback.
Um, not knowing what what I'm printing yet. Um, so I have some much like our parks master plan, some stickers to put on things that we like. Um, trying to keep it interactive and fun for kids as well. and then some
I love it. I don't care for so much and I wish it had >> okay >> kind of feedback sheets. Um and then again maybe something for the kids. I was toying around with the idea of putting out some big paper and kids can draw um what they want to see in the
playground and what they love about the playground and just kind of help keep them maybe occupied and get some brilliant ideas to um insert into the graphic here. Um, >> but Flagship has committed to getting you a design by Tuesday.
>> Yes. >> Um, can I can I be promised something that this will not be anywhere near city hall >> on Tuesday night? >> This This should never be shown again. It should never be shown again after
tonight. >> I'm impressed. the the plan they did say that they were planning to have it to me. Um absolute worst case scenarios. We can get back feedback on the original one um and discuss kind of how we've
which is helpful why you guys would if you're able to be there you can help communicate this of what how we've progressed since then. Um, I also have a backup plan of a bunch of different printing a bunch of different panel options, slide options, and you can put
like I want the rolly slide and I want the color wheel panel and like things like that. Um, and just kind of getting some input on maybe more of the specific things to go in the playground, not just, you know, conceptual, but they did
say that they are planning to have it done on Monday. >> Okay. Did you get any feedback right when you sent it? Like you guys are nuts. >> No. >> No. No. >> Good. >> I said I'm excited to see what you take
from this. >> If we get this, like if we get what we're looking at, you and I need to go into business. We need >> We need to go into the playground business because that was fun. So yeah, just kind of looking for any other ideas on things that we might need
or want to see what might be helpful to gather feedback and then um anyone who can make it to help communicate this and >> have listening ears would be fantastic. >> I'll plan to be there too unless that's there.
>> Okay, I promise not to post it. Do you have expectations of committee members in preparation for Tuesday or or needs or >> um probably just a little bit early to before the doors open? I'd say 4:40 or
so. Um and then cuz the open house is from 5 to 7 at the Nisa Community Center um located in the fabulous Niswah City Park. Uh it has been posted in the paper. Uh flyer got sent home through
Niswah Elementary. It went out in the Niswah Chamber um business newsletter emails and here for all of our viewers to listen to. So yes, um trying to get it out there in several different avenues,
um different resources for people. Um but yes, if you guys can whoever can come, if you can probably come quarter 2 5 we'll get positioned. Um but I should have everything in there hung up on
display and um but yeah, if you guys have ever seen anything that's super helpful or maybe a creative way to keep kids engaged or get ideas um wanted to put that out there to see what you guys there's any other ideas.
Steve, you have you been following this with the with Nisa here, the the whole playground what we've been doing and >> uh trying to uh it's been a few years like in the works here. Um so I haven't I haven't watched every meeting um but
I've I've been I've been trying to. >> Sure. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Well, you know, any input you have, we always appreciate. But I want to compliment you guys and and Amber for taking the time to uh sit down and and walk through this.
I'll say if any for those that if you're talking to anyone or anyone out there listening like fully encourage the entire family to come cuz I think every phase of life is going to bring a different perspective to this design and
it's super important that we have representation from all of those um all of those lenses whether you're a parent a grandparent the kid like we all look at it differently even Paul and I are like, "Oh, that's exciting." I'm like,
"Oh god, that looks stressful." Um, so all those perspectives are super valuable um as we consider kind of a universal design here to go forward with. >> Amber, can you remind us what the timeline will look like after Tuesday
night? >> Yep. >> If you know, do we have time to I can't remember. I just know that we have to submit the grant by the end of March. >> Yes. So, um, we have the open house
Tuesday night. Um, kind of keeping with that, the flagship needs at least two weeks to run their revisions. So, I need to get them the feedback from us and the open house very quickly because they'll need two weeks to flip it around by our
March meeting. Um, so that would be my hope is that we can get any tweaks made for our review in March and then that would be the design that goes into the grant submission. >> We can still update the design once
submitted. So, we just want to be as close as we can and progress as far as we can by the time we submit. Um, I did sit in on an info webinar yesterday which was very helpful. Um, and getting
that grant in for the feedback deadline is also going to be pretty critical. It's a competitive grant. Only about a third were awarded last year. So, we want to get that in and hit that deadline, get their get their feedback. Um, still
working with Witsth. I got a lot of their environmental review back earlier this week. Um, and so getting that in there and I might reach out to different people in different areas for some proof reading. They do not take support letters and they don't want a narrative.
So they want it very factual. They want to get to the point. What are you what are the needs and what are you achieving here? Um, so yeah, puts us at March 31st for the final deadline. >> Does the does the playground committee
committee need to meet following Tuesday's meeting? like do we need to or are you just planning on summarize like >> that is something if you guys had availability I would only be in on Friday of that week. Um f the 13th
Friday the 13th. Um so we could certainly do that. Otherwise I can always um put together information. >> How important is additional feedback from the community? I'm just saying
because like nights kids have a lot of sports. I mean, I'd be willing if you want me to to take it to Nisell Elementary and see if I could get some teachers and kids to share information if that's something you're interested. >> Um, on the flyer I put the um like if
you can't make it, you can stop by Niswah City Hall. >> Obviously, that's not always easy to do because that's everybody's, you know, a lot of people's working hours. >> Um, and so it is a component of the grant. Um, I will default to we also had
all of the community engagement and the master plan process. So, we've had that and that went through numerous rounds um and methods to get that feedback. And I think this is another good layer on top of it. I need to state how long the like
review period was and how we publicized and um kind of some of those results. >> Okay. But I think for the greater good of the community, however we can help make it available for people is important. >> Okay. Yeah. So, I guess we'll see after.
But just know that if you need >> I I mean I love that. Like if if it's not a great showing, can we get it into some classes? And I think that's an awesome idea. >> We could do that. Pick a day and run through a few classes.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Evenings are not always easy and sometimes you can't make it during business hours, but I encourage anyone if they are really invested, they can email me and we'll figure it out. >> Okay. >> Too. >> So, so, so looking ahead on this the grant process, Amber, and I know I mean
I know you work hard on that and you've been through that before. So, I appreciate you mentioning about review process and I I just was going to actually reference Steve over here because I understand on your resume that's one of the things you've been involved in is some grant writing. Yeah, I I have been.
>> So, possibly. And then with you said with Seth also uh has can provide you with some support on that. That would be great. Um but going back to what you said earlier and I just want to remind the committee just because we're submitting the grant doesn't mean we're going to get it or that we're going to
get all we want. I mean if you know if we say we need 300 or 400,000 they may only give us 100 or 150 or maybe nothing. So it's like you said very competitive. So, we need to be aware of that. And and I I have another comment coming up on that, but just as
an aside on that, can you put that fantastic drawing up again? Um um you know, so yes, you're right. The rain gardens and some of that will the pollinators that will absolutely help our I know that from having been involved in other grants that will help
us. But if for some reason we don't get all of our grant money, one of the things we could think about is, you know, the Bowser, which is the Board of Soil and Water Resources statewide, that's the kind of thing we can get grants for, too. So, I'm just saying as a backup, Mark's probably familiar with Bowser. So, those are some of the things
we can keep in mind, but the more we can get obviously through the DNR, Grant would be better. But on a kind of a negative note, I I just had a couple of discussions today with um Ron Dwey and um Mayor Carneahan, and I understand the fundraising committee has been
disbanded. So, um that was very disappointing to hear, especially since uh that was supposed to be a big part of uh not having the sales tax and uh people were all fired up to to raise money. So, um I'm trying to work with those two to to
maybe try to get that uh fundraising reconstituted because obviously if we don't get all the grant money or even if we do all get all the grant money, there's still more to this project than just what the city's put forth and what the the grant may be. I mean, there's other parts of this and we still need
that fundraising committee to be be out there and um I guess I'd like to call them accountable on what their uh what their commitment was. Yeah, thanks for that update, Bruce, and contacting them to find out >> maybe some more details on that. Um,
yeah, it this is phase one, and that's what I'm also trying to say in the grant like is this is just hopefully the beginning um of achieving our master plan directives. So, this is far from done.
We have a lot of other maybe interimm fixes that need to be completed, too. So, I think yeah, getting awarded the grant would be absolutely huge for our financial situation and um plan off that
timeline. You don't find out if you are awarded the funds until June 30th. And then there's uh more work to be done in terms of potential archaeological reviews, things like that um before the contract uh is signed, which can take
several months. So that's why you're wondering if why it would be a 27 construction because there is a lag between being awarded funds, completing all the documentation, and signing the contract. And you cannot procure the equipment until you have a signed
contract. And the equipment can take three or four months to make to manufacture. So best case scenario is we get the grant and
we construct in 27. >> Don't get the grant then we have some discussions to make if we need to reduce the playground or if we can close the gap with other grants and fundraising. >> I know there's two other places too that do grants for the community also. One is Essentia Health and one's CRMC, which
are both local. >> Yeah. And they're small, but >> Yeah. And I know we discussed when the city council did do the transfer of funds for that park, I know we discussed that gave us a lot more opportunity for other grants
knowing we have a chunk of money. So I know there's, you know, possibility with the Kuanas and um I think >> possibility help us with a lot of other opportunities now that we have money. >> Yeah. >> Yeah. The the hope is and my hope is and
I know Bruce and I kind of sit in the same pot when I talk about this is a lot of times when you give the money out there like the the city did is a lot of people don't want to donate because oh well the city gave the money. However, I did push to have that money there. And
so my intention is is that people will see this next Tuesday and the word will get out and they'll see it do it and they'll say, "Yes, now I want to donate." I don't know what it takes around here anymore for that. But that is the hope. We'll see what happens. But
I might be wrong. Prove me. Prove me. Yeah. Prove Hey, any other thoughts on the concept that we provided for the playground design or the open house or kind of what the next maybe couple weeks looks like.
They're going to go they're going to be fast. We're going fast here. Um so please reach out with questions. Um and if you have any ideas or we'll see how Tuesday night goes. Hopefully have a great turnout and some really good feedback
and seen it circulate on Facebook. I've seen five or six people post about it, so I think it will be well attended. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Well, if we have other ideas, but like I said, um I might reach out to you guys to proofread and elaborate on some
grant questions here and there as we go and um get that feedback and um yeah, go from there. toively plan a park meeting for after the
open house. >> Well, like with the playground committee or a commission meeting. >> It doesn't m Well, you guys kind of talked and I didn't know which one it was, but you have we can't wait till Tuesday if you're going to meet on Friday. It's not enough days to post for a meeting. >> That's why I'm asking.
>> Well, the subcommittee can meet on Yeah. >> Yes. I just did I kind of took it both ways. So, I wanted to just reiterate that piece of it. I guess it'd be up to you guys if you want me to consolidate the information and just distribute it or if you guys
want to I can you know collect all of your individual feedback and then if you want Dan Paul and I to go through it together we can certainly do that too. Um I am very mindful of the time because we backed them into a corner on this design phase and not doing that again.
So that's why I offered up >> I'm comfortable with with your subcommittee meeting and and then if you want to send us out >> some ideas that have come back I that's all I'm looking for. >> Okay. >> I feel very heard by this. >> So good.
>> Thank you. >> Yep. >> Okay. Well, Dan and Paul, we can figure that out after this. Uh what our schedules might align >> or not align >> Friday, but >> Okay. I also Yeah, I feel like we've
worked with you enough to where I I would feel confident in in you getting back to him, too. But yeah, if we wanted to meet, I'd be fine, too. >> We'll talk about it afterwards. >> Yeah. >> Awesome. Um I have nothing else. Our
next meeting is March 5th. You want me to call for this meeting to adjourn or do you want Okay, I can make get a motion for the meeting to adjourn. I'll make a motion to for adjournment. >> I'll second.
>> Yeah. Get your name in the minutes. >> Yep. >> Awesome. Thank you.