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COMMISSION FOR AUGUST 24TH AT 6 P.M. ROLL CALL PLEASE. CHAIR KEY HERE. VICE CHAIR LARSON HERE. COMMISSIONER MANIACI HERE. COMMISSIONER MCSWAIN HERE. MR. LEHMANN. COMMISSIONER.
MISSIONER. RIGHT HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. PAULINA. HERE. YOU LOOKED AT THE MINUTES. ANY
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CHANGES? ANY ADDITIONS? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE JULY 27TH PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPEN FORUM[2. Minnesota Wisconsin Precreation - Prairie Park Playground Design]
SEEING NONE. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS QUICK FOR YOU. I KNOW WE WERE TRYING TO HAVE A SHORT MEETING, BUT THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME TO ME, AND I FIGURED I AT LEAST NEED TO ADDRESS IT, BUT. MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN PLAYGROUND, REC RECREATION CAME WITH A 100% GRANT OR GRANT THAT HAS 100% MATCH OF WHAT WE WOULD SPEND FOR A PLAYGROUND. IS THAT A LIKE A CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OR A COMPANY OR A COMPANY? THE GAME TIME REC IS THE ONE WHO'S THEIR THEIR MANUFACTURER. SO RIGHT NOW, I'M SORRY. JEEZ.RIGHT NOW WE GET OUR EQUIPMENT FROM BERGER. THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING, REPLACING WITH THEM GAME TIME. REC IS A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER THAT IS COMING OUT. AND THEY'RE THEY'RE OFFERING THE GRANT, NOT THE COMPANY. OKAY. SO IT'S KIND OF THEIR WAY TO GET IN WITH US BASICALLY. AND THEY'RE DOING IT, YOU KNOW, TO EVERY ANYONE. RIGHT. BUT SO THEY CAME. I JUST THOUGHT FOR SURE IT'S A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING I SHOULDN'T JUST IGNORE. SO I WANTED TO BRING IT TO YOU JUST TO PRESENT THAT OPTION TO US. THEY DID. THERE IS A TIGHT DEADLINE, AS YOU CAN SEE. IT'S ACTUALLY LIKE OCTOBER 23RD. BUT I TOLD THEM WE HAD OUR MEETING, I THINK THE 24TH THAT THAT WEEK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT FOR THE NEXT MONTH. SO THEN THEY'RE, THEY'RE PUSHING IT OUT TO THE FIRST FOR US TO, IF WE DID WANT TO SOMEHOW MOVE FORWARD TO THEM.
THAT'S WHY I DECIDED QUICKLY WE WOULD JUST AT LEAST SEE WHAT THEY HAVE TO OFFER. I STILL HAVE SAINT CROIX RECS DESIGNS COMING FOR NEXT MONTH, SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE. I HAVEN'T TALKED TO CHRIS A LOT ABOUT WHAT HIS DESIGN WILL LOOK LIKE.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE MEMO WE DID, WE DID. I DID HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS ABOUT THE INSTALL AT TRIANGLE PARK, AND HE SAYS IT'S A GREAT DEAL OF DIFFICULTY. THERE WILL COST A LOT MORE AND WE'LL GET A LOT LESS PLAYGROUND IF WE DO IT WITH OUR CURRENT BUDGET. SO HE RECOMMENDED. HE SAID IT'S BEAUTIFUL EQUIPMENT. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER PAULINA HAD PEOPLE REACH OUT TO HIM SAYING, WHY ARE WE REPLACING IT? I LOOKED AT IT, IT IS VERY NICE EQUIPMENT STILL, SO WE MAY NEED TO OR OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO PUSH THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT AND CONCENTRATE ON THIS STRUCTURE. AT PRAIRIE PARK, THERE IS THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT GOING IN OVER THERE, ACROSS THE WAY. THE TOWNHOMES HAVE BEEN ASKING HERE AND THERE FOR A PLAYGROUND IN THEIR LITTLE CIRCLE THERE, BUT IT'S NOT A PARK, SO WE DON'T FEEL THAT'S THE RIGHT STRUCTURE.
SO MAYBE IT IS THE RIGHT TIME TO PUT A LITTLE EXTRA INTO THIS STRUCTURE, SINCE YOU'RE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SERVICING SO MANY OF THE KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THAT'S WHERE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO PULL THE TRIANGLE OUT, PUT MORE MONEY INTO THIS ONE AND BUILD A NICER ONE THERE. SO I DO HAVE THE SAMPLES THEY DID GIVE US IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT THEM. YES, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT PRAIRIE PARK BEING LARGER. ARE YOU SAYING LIKE THE ACTUAL FOOTPRINT OF THE PLAY STRUCTURE AREA YOU'RE GOING TO. IT'LL DEPEND. I'M GOING TO GIVE THEM THE FREEDOM. I'M THE ONE THAT MINNESOTA, WISCONSIN PROPOSED HERE WAS IN THE SAME FOOTPRINT.
OKAY. IT'S A LOT BIGGER, TALLER AND YOU KNOW, A LOT MORE FEATURES IN THAT AREA. THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT HAS A FEW LIKE THE LITTLE ROCKERS AND STUFF THAT YOU STILL HAVE TO HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF FALL PROTECTION. AND HOW MUCH DO THEY REALLY PROVIDE? SO THEY, THEY TOOK THOSE OUT, OBVIOUSLY, AND THEN FILLED THAT SPACE WITH OTHER THINGS. OKAY. SOME OF THE FEEDBACK I'VE GOT SO FAR IS STILL ABOUT THAT PEOPLE LOVE SWINGS. THIS PARK'S BIGGEST THING WAS ABOUT SHADE, AND THE TREES REALLY AREN'T DEVELOPED IN THAT PARK QUITE YET. AND THERE'S NO, YOU KNOW, PICNIC SHELTER OR ANYTHING THERE WITH ANY, YOU KNOW, ROOF ON IT TO, TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE SUN. SO I DID ASK THIS COMPANY TO PROVIDE EVERYTHING WITH, YOU KNOW, EVERY LITTLE, YOU KNOW, PLATFORM HAD A ROOF ON IT TO PROVIDE THAT. SO. I'M TRYING TO
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THINK WHAT ELSE I THINK THAT'S KIND OF IT JUST GOING OVER THEIR QUOTES SO I CAN JUST GO TO THE BOTTOM. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW IT WORKS. EVERY ONE OF THEM CAME TO THIS 160,000. I KIND OF TOLD HER, LIKE I TOLD HER TO BUILD IT TO ABOUT THAT AMOUNT, LIKE A, BECAUSE THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED. SO IF WE, I MEAN, WE, IF YOU DECIDE TO GO WITH THE, THE GRANT, WE WOULD ACTUALLY SAVE 80,000 TOWARDS THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S HOW SHE CAME UP WITH THE 80,000. SO I FEEL THE STRUCTURE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT SAINTE-CROIX RECALLED DESIGN, DESIGN. IT'LL JUST BE COSTING THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, HALF, HALF THE AMOUNT. SO THE 160 IS THE PRICE BEFORE THE 100% OR THE 50% THAT THIS IS ALL THIS IS ALL IN. IT'LL ONLY COST US 80,000. YEAH. CAN YOU REMIND ME, REMIND ME THE FULL BUDGET. 160 IT WAS GOING TO BE 160 FOR THE TWO FOR BOTH OF THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH. I'LL JUST MOVE DOWN HERE TO SHOW YOU THESE OPTIONS. ALL THIS JARGON. BUT YOU CAN SEE, I MEAN, IT'S IT'S SIMILAR TO OTHER PLAYGROUNDS WE'VE DONE, BUT IT IS THE ACTUAL MAIN STRUCTURE IS QUITE A BIT BIGGER THAN A LOT OF THEM WE'VE DONE. YOU KNOW, NORMALLY WE'LL ONLY HAVE 1 OR 2 PLATFORMS AND ALL THAT. SO HERE'S JUST ONE OF THE OPTIONS. WHAT'S THE SURFACE THERE? THE AREA, THE GROUND GROUND. IT'LL STILL BE MULCH. YES. A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS DID SAY, OH, WE WANT THE RUBBER, YOU KNOW, FOAM, WHATEVER. AND I MEAN, THAT'S JUST SO EXPENSIVE. IT'S NOT EVEN, IT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE FOR US TO PUT IT IN. SO PLUS IT'S TOXIC IS TOXIC. YES. YOU KNOW, ALL OF IT. YEAH.ALL OF IT. SO AND I'M EVEN TALKING ABOUT THE EVEN THE SPONGY THAT TOO. THEY'RE BOTH.
YEAH. YEAH. SO, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME COUPLE DIFFERENT LOOKS HERE. YEAH. OH NO. I WAS GOING TO SAY SINCE WE'RE ON THAT TOPIC, I NOTICED EACH ONE IS LIKE 17 GRAND FOR THE. YEAH.
AND THERE IS 12IN DEEP. IS THAT TYPICAL? YEAH. YEAH. REALLY. OKAY. SO WE FILL UP THE STRUCTURE UP TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE VINYL SIDING THAT WE NOW PUT AROUND THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THE FRAME. AND IT'S, IT'S BETWEEN 9 AND 12IN. USUALLY ON THIS ONE. WE DO HAVE A LOT OF MULCH. WE JUST MULCHED IT MAYBE TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO. SO WE PROBABLY WON'T NEED AS MUCH. IT IS EXPENSIVE TO HAVE IT WELL, ESPECIALLY TO HAVE IT INSTALLED, JUST KIND OF SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE OPTIONS HERE. I HAD A QUESTION AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE STRAIGHT LINES WITH IT. AS FAR AS THE SQUARE IT'S IN. YEAH. DOES IT HAVE TO BE SQUARE? NO. SO RIGHT NOW I PUT A TRIANGLE. WE HAVE IF YOU COME IN FROM THE WEST, YOU HAVE THE TRAIL THAT COMES RIGHT ALONG, AND THEN THE STRUCTURE IS RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THAT TRAIL. AND THEN THE TRAIL ON THE OTHER SIDE COMES OUT. SO, I MEAN, IT COULD BE EXTENDED FARTHER. IT COULD BE I MEAN, WE COULD TAKE SOME TRAIL. WHATEVER DESIGN COMES UP WITH RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST IN THAT 75 BY 75 FRAME, WHICH IS A GOOD SIZE. I MEAN, IT IS IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THAT PARK, IT'S A PRETTY GOOD FOOTPRINT FOR THE PARK THERE. BUT THAT'S A SAME PRICE. LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT, BUT IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY UP FRONT, YOU KNOW, TO THE FOR THE MAIN PART, BUT IT ENDS UP THE SAME PRICE. SO SHE WAS CONSISTENT WITH THAT. YES. YEAH, YEAH. I WAS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE YOU HOPING TO BRING THESE SET TO THAT MEETING AS WELL AS THE OTHER SET. SO WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT IN BETWEEN. OKAY. YES. I JUST BECAUSE OF TIMING AND I THOUGHT MAYBE WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THIS MORE. I WANTED TO GET IT IN TONIGHT JUST TO GET IT IN OUR MINDS. LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T I WASN'T LOOKING FOR ANY ACTION ON THIS. JUST, JUST TO GET LET YOU SEE AND THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DO WE GET THAT MUCH MORE FOR THE PRICE? DO WE WANT TO GO DO A SECOND TYPE OF PRODUCT, YOU KNOW, GO TO GAME TIME VERSUS BURKE A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT COMPANY WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT OUT THERE TO GET IT EVERYONE'S MIND ON IT. YEAH. I HAD TWO MAYBE QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT. I KNOW WHAT COMMISSIONER WRIGHT YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE GRANT. LIKE WHAT IS THE GRANT? WHO'S FUNDING IT AND WHAT'S THE STIPULATIONS? SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION I WAS KIND OF WONDERING ABOUT IS, SINCE COUNCIL MEMBER BLAINE HAS DONE A LOT WITH FUNDRAISING AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF, LIKE, IS THIS SOMETHING YOU THINK IS FOR US TO DO? YEAH. OR IT DEPENDS BASED ON THAT INFORMATION THAT WE FIND OUT OR WHAT'S YOUR THOUGHTS? IT MIGHT BE KIND OF TOUGH BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY TRYING TO GO ASK FOR MONEY. SO THE WAY YOU DESCRIBED IT, I MEAN, I KNOW THEY CALL IT A GRANT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A 50% OFF DISCOUNT FOR A FIRST TIME BUYER.
I MEAN, IF IT'S THE MANUFACTURER PROVIDING IT, ARE THEY JUST CALLING IT A GRANT?
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SO IT SOUNDS SO IT SOUNDS MORE OFFICIAL AND LIKE IT'S BETTER THAN, OKAY, WE'LL GIVE YOU 50% OFF. I DO HAVE A FLIER THAT GAVE ME ANY. YOU GUYS LIKE A QR CODE ON THERE? YOU CAN LOOK IT UP IF YOU WANT. I COULD SEND THAT TO EVERYBODY. PROBABLY JUST JUST READ IT. READ THE FINE PRINT. WELL, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SAY. YEAH. I HAVE LIKE A KIND OF OPERATIONAL LOGISTICAL QUESTION. SO GOING WITH A DIFFERENT COMPANY, WHAT'S THE BURDEN ON LIKE STILLWATER PARKS AND REC FOR WORKING WITH TWO SEPARATE COMPANIES FOR PLAYGROUND STRUCTURES? LIKE, DOES THAT ADD A LAYER OF COMPLEXITY WHEN THINGS NEED TO BE FIXED OR REPLACED? OR IS IT REALLY NOT THAT HARD TO KIND OF SWITCH GEARS RIGHT NOW WITH BURKE AND SAINT CROIX REC, A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL HAVE WHAT WE HAVE IN STOCK ALREADY, AND HE'LL JUST GO FIX IT FOR US. I DON'T KNOW THE AVAILABILITY AVAILABILITY OF THEIR PRODUCT WHERE IT'S EVEN AT, YOU KNOW, HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE TO GET. I DO KNOW THAT WHEN WE NEED SOMETHING FROM SAINT CROIX, IT COMES PRETTY QUICK AND MOST TIMES HE'LL JUST DO IT FOR US.OTHERWISE WE WILL EITHER HAVE TO PAY THEM UNLESS IT'S, YOU KNOW, A WARRANTY OR SOMETHING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET THINGS FROM THEM. AND HAVE THERE BEEN OTHER PARKS AROUND THE AREA, PARKS, DEPARTMENTS AROUND THE AREA THAT HAVE WORKED WITH THIS COMPANY, OR ARE THEY TRYING TO LIKE COME INTO A NEW MARKET? I GUESS LIKE THEY ARE OTHER PEOPLE ESTABLISHED FOR THEM, OR ARE THEY EVEN IN THE METRO AREA? I USED THEM, I USED I USED THEM, I USED THEM 40 YEARS AGO. SO, SO GAME TIME IS A BIG COMPANY. SO THEY'RE NOT JUST GOING TO DISAPPEAR TOMORROW. I GUESS THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF INSTALL SOMETHING AND THEN B AND EVERYTHING I'VE SEEN HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, THROUGH ONLINE OR IN MAGAZINES, WHATEVER. I MEAN, THE PRODUCTS ALL LOOK PRETTY SIMILAR. I MEAN, TO BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE USING THE SAME MATERIALS. AND I MEAN, THEY EVEN HAVE COLOR SCHEMES, THEIR NAME, THE SAME COLOR SCHEMES. OH, LIKE IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT THEY CAN REALLY COPY EACH OTHER THAT MUCH. YEAH. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM LITTLE TIKES. AND I'M TRYING TO THINK OF THE OTHER ONE. I FEEL LIKE IN LAKE ELMO, THAT FLAGSHIP OR WHATEVER IT IS, I CAN'T THINK OF WHAT THE COMPANY IS. IT'S LIKE DUAL SOURCING IS GENERALLY A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE VENDOR. BUT I MEAN, THOSE ARE ALL GOOD QUESTIONS. LIKE WHAT IS THE SERVICE LIKE, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FOR REPAIRS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? WHAT'S THEIR TURNAROUND TIME? YEAH. I CAN KEEP SCROLLING HERE. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF THAT SAME ONE. SEEMS A LITTLE TALLER, A LITTLE BIGGER. ONE THING I DID GET FEEDBACK. THEY WANTED A LOT MORE FOR THE SMALLER KIDS AT THIS PLAYGROUND. AND THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT PROVIDES A WHOLE LOT OF THAT. A LOT OF THEM, THEY ASK FOR A SEPARATE PLAYGROUND, WHICH ISN'T JUST IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, YOU KNOW, TO BUILD TWO PLAYGROUNDS. BUT AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY A DESIGN. I COULD ASK THEM TO DO LIKE SEPARATE IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I KNOW SAINT CROIX REC WILL DO THAT ALL THE TIME. MOST OF THEM THEY SEPARATE. SO THAT IS ONE THING I DID NOTICE WHEN I GOT THESE. I JUST GOT THEM ON FRIDAY AFTER WE SENT OUT THE PACKET. SO I MISSED GETTING IT TO YOU. BUT. SO A COUPLE THINGS TO POINT OUT FOR THIS ONE. SO FOR PRAIRIE PARK, LOOKING AT LIKE THE ASSESSMENT OF OUR PARK SYSTEM, THERE'S THE SHADOW MAPS OF LIKE WHERE ALL THE DIFFERENT PLACES THAT HAVE SHELTERS. SO WE MENTIONED ABOUT THERE, THEY WANT SHADE THERE, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST SHADE ON THE PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE ITSELF.
RIGHT? SO THERE'S A BIG GAP WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A SHELTER IN THAT WHOLE AREA ANYHOW. AND SO IF THERE IS GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE OVER THERE WITH THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT, SEEMS LIKE A SHELTER WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE'D WANT TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT PUTTING IN THERE. SO IF WE HAD SAVINGS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE SHELTER WOULD COST, BUT IF WE HAD SAVINGS FROM THIS, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO THEN PUT THAT INTO ACTUALLY GETTING AFTER A SHELTER. THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT QUESTION. SMALL SHELTER WITH A SINGLE PICNIC TABLES, 20 TO 25 000. SO THAT WOULD BE WITH AND IT WOULD FIT IN THE BUDGET. I MEAN, IT COULD FIT INTO THAT STILL, YOU KNOW. YEAH.
SO. ONE OTHER THING. THE OTHER PART IS SO I THINK TRYING TO GET SOME SHADE IN, IN A SHADE STRUCTURE WOULD BE A BIG PART OF THIS. YEAH. THE DESIGNS ARE GENERALLY SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT, BUT I STILL CAN FEEL LIKE WE'RE JUST BACK INTO THE SAME, LIKE SAME KIND OF STRUCTURES. AND SO LIKE THINKING BACK TO OUR MASTER PLAN OF LIKE HOW TO MAKE IT DIFFERENT WHEN THEY SAY THEY WANT SOME MORE SMALL KID STUFF. TO ME, A LOT OF THAT IS SOMETIMES JUST LIKE THE SMALL GROUND STUFF. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE. IT JUST NEEDS TO BE STUFF THAT THEY WANT TO TUMBLE OVER. YEAH, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I GUESS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE MORE CREATIVITY OF LIKE A THEME OF SOME SORT. AND IF THEY CAN, I MEAN, I WOULD GIVE THEM THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR PRAIRIE PARK. AND WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION, THE
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SALESPERSON AND I, AND SHE TOOK ALL MY NOTES DOWN. AND THESE ARE WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH. AND I DID BRING UP THINGS LIKE THAT. SO AND IF THAT'S THEIR CREATIVE, THAT'S. YEAH. AND I DID GET A FOLLOW UP, I WOULD, I GOTTA READ IT MORE, BUT IT, IT, YEAH, WE'LL WORRY ABOUT THAT NEXT MONTH. BUT YEAH, THIS SHE WAS GIVEN THAT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.SO WELL, I WAS THINKING, I THOUGHT THE SAME THING WHEN I SAW THE DESIGNS. THIS ONE, THAT'S WHAT I LIKE SEE BEST BECAUSE IT'S THE MOST. I KIND OF LIKE THAT LITTLE SQUARE AT THE END WHERE THE, THE LITTLE CIRCUIT THAT THEY DO. SO THAT WAS THE MOST. YEAH. BUT THERE ISN'T MUCH FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN THERE. YEAH. I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD COMING INTO THIS MEETING, AND YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS ALREADY, IS THAT IF WE'RE NOT DOING TRIANGLE PARK AND WE HAVE A LUMP OF MONEY, SHOULD IT ALL GO INTO THE PLAY STRUCTURE, OR ARE THERE OTHER AREAS OF NOT JUST PRAIRIE PARK, BUT OTHER PARKS THAT COULD USE AN UPGRADE OR THE MONEY? BECAUSE LIKE IT'S THINGS BREAK AND IT'S NOT TIME FOR IT TO BE RENEWED. BUT NOW WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY IN THE BUDGET. LIKE, ARE THERE OTHER PLACES THAT COULD USE THE MONEY MORE THAN JUST MAKING A BIGGER PLAY STRUCTURE IN PRAIRIE PARK RIGHT NOW? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY THAT WE NEED TO FIX. I LIKED YOUR IDEA ABOUT DOING LIKE A ARE WE? I KNOW IT'S TOUCHY TO WITH THE BUDGET, HOW WE CAN USE IT AND MOVE LIKE MOVING IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST SAYING OTHER OTHER PARKS OF PLAY STRUCTURES, LIKE IF SOMETHING WAS BROKEN OR. YES.
AND WE DO HAVE A OPERATING BUDGET TO REPLACE THINGS THAT BREAK. SO IF THEY DO, WE DID.
DID YOU HAVE THE SLIDE THAT TEDDY BEAR SOMEONE HAD THE SLIDE A TEDDY BEAR THAT HAD THE CRACK IN IT. SOMEONE HAD BROUGHT THAT UP IN THE PAST AND WE DID. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT REPAIRED. SO THAT WAS NICE, BUT DIDN'T HAVE TO REPLACE IT. YOU CAN MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR NEED, HAVE TO BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL JUST TO CHANGE THE BUDGET. IT'S NOT REALLY A BIG DEAL IF THAT'S WHAT YOU DECIDE TO DO. OKAY.
SHOULD I GO OPEN UP DOWN THE HOUSE? YOU CAN. YEAH, BECAUSE THE GATE'S PROBABLY THE GATE.
YEAH. I GET THE GATE OPEN AND GET THE BUILDING OPENED UP. YEAH. AND JUST SO MY LITTLE UPDATE, WHAT I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU. WE'RE LOOKING AT A SOFT OPENING THIS FALL FOR LIKE, YOU GUYS AND THE COMMISSIONS AND. MISS APRIL, THE LADY THAT DONATED THE MONEY, I ALREADY TOOK HER ON A TOUR, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER TOUR TO RECOGNIZE HER WITH THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN. OUR LEGISLATORS. THAT GOT US THE MONEY AT THE STATE TO DO IT, AND THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND WILD RIVER CONSERVANCY AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE. SO IT'S IT'S COMING TOGETHER. WELL, YOU KNOW, ALL THAT'S GOING ON. I DON'T EVEN NEED TO DO IT. IT'S YEAH, IT'S I THINK OF IT AS YOUR PARTY. SO AS FAR AS THE OPENING, BECAUSE I'M SUPPOSED TO DO IT. THAT'S MY JOB IS TO. WELL, YOU'RE A GREAT QUARTERBACK. I'M SUPPOSED TO DO THE GRAND OPENING. SO SO I'LL ORGANIZE THAT. SO BUT THAT'S COMING TOGETHER. AND THEN WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE PLAZA? THAT CHESTNUT PLAZA. WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THE ARCH THAT GOES THROUGH THERE. IT'S JUST WAY TOO. THAT'S THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING WE'RE DOING FOR CHRISTMAS, FOR THE CHRISTMAS FOR CHRISTMAS DOWN THERE. WE'RE SEAN AND I WERE TALKING THE OTHER DAY. WHAT DO YOU ALL HAVE, LITTLE KIDS? WHAT DO YOU THINK? LIKE A TEN FOOT HIGH TEDDY BEAR? LIKE A TEDDY BEAR? WOULD YOU THINK SOMETHING MIGHT BE COOL? WE'RE TRYING TO THINK OF SOMETHING NEAT. THAT WOULD BE NEAT. I MEAN, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT ARCH IS IT'S NOT. I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF COOL AT NIGHT, BUT IN THE DAY, IT'S BORING. BORING. YEAH, YEAH. SO SO YEAH, IT IS A LOT OF THE COST OF INSTALL. LIKE IT TAKES THEM ALMOST THREE, 4 OR 5 DAYS TO MAKE IT. YEAH. SO IF WE ELIMINATE THAT, IT'S GOING TO REDUCE A LOT OF THE, YOU KNOW, THAT BUDGET THERE. SO WE'RE ALREADY PLANNING THIS FOR A MONTH ALREADY. SO ANYWAY, THINK ABOUT IT. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. I KNOW HE'LL HAVE SOME IDEAS. SO WE TALK ENOUGH. SO BUT THE HOUSE IS I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY IMPRESSED WITH. WELL, YOU CAN UPDATE THEM ON THAT, BUT I THINK THEY'LL BE VERY IMPRESSED WITH WHAT'S PLANNED. YEAH, YEAH. LET ME LEARN. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FLAT HATS OUT THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERYTHING. OH YEAH. I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THEIR THE RANGER HATS, THE RANGER'S HATS ON FLAT HATS. I NEVER HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE. SO IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY A PRETTY. YEAH. I SAW NATE IN THE FLAT HAT. SO HERE'S THIS, YOU KNOW, HERE'S A BEARDED GUY AND HE'S, HE'S JUST REGULAR CLOTHES. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I SAW HIM. THEN I SAW HIM JUST WITH THE FLAT HAT AND JUST SO STRUCTURED. IT WAS JUST SUCH A CHANGE. BUT IT'S VERY COOL THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HAVING SOMEBODY AT THE, YOU KNOW, SOFT OPENING AND THE GRAND OPENING KIND OF BEING THE SYMBOL, BASICALLY, OF NATIONAL PARKS. AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT A,
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THEY HAVE A TRAILER WITH DOING NATURE PROGRAMS AND STUFF, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT BRINGING THAT IN LIKE DOWNTOWN STILLWATER AND PARKING IT DOWN ON THE WATERFRONT OR WHATEVER.WILD RIVERS HAS THE TRAILER CAMPER VAN. THEY KIND OF, THEY ALMOST THEY BOTH DO. THEY BOTH HAVE ONE NOW. WELL, NO, THEY'RE THEY'RE ALMOST INTERTWINE WILD RIVER. THEY WORK TOGETHER. THEY WORK TOGETHER A LOT. SO MUCH. THEY'VE JUST GOT LIKE THAT NEW MOBILE THAT THEY PAINTED UP.
YEAH. RIGHT. AND THEN NATIONAL PARK BASICALLY SAID IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THEIRS TOO. SO THEIR STUFF. YEAH. RIGHT. SO THAT'S SO ANYWAY, THEY WANT TO BRING THAT DOWNTOWN TO PROMOTE COMING TO THE, THE LUMBERJACK LANDING PARK. SO IT'S REALLY COMING TOGETHER. YEAH, I WOULD SAY IT WAS KIND OF LIKE MAINLY VERIFYING WHERE WE ARE WITH EACH OF THE DIFFERENT GROUPS AND HOW QUICK. AND IT WAS REALLY KIND OF IMPRESSIVE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED AND WHAT'S TO COME. AND I THINK ONE, ONE THING OUR JOB IS, IS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT, THEY'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THERE AND LOOK AT SIGNAGE. SO IT'S ALL YOU, YOU KNOW, ALL UNIFIED. AND SO WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOUSE AND KIND OF WHERE SOME OF THE SIGNAGE AND PHOTOGRAPHS WOULD GO. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S ONE THING I'M GOING TO LOOK AT WHEN I GO DOWN THERE. SO I'M GOING TO GO OPEN IT UP FOR YOU AND MAKE SURE YOU GET DOWN. I GOTTA GO THROUGH ALL THOSE COMBINATION LOCKS. JUST HOLD MY PHONE WORKS. YOU HAVE YOURS. I DO, ALL RIGHT. JUST IN CASE.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR ANYTHING YOU WANT TO LEAVE WITH ON THE PLAYGROUND STUFF. I MEAN, YEAH, I JUST I'M CURIOUS. SO I JUST REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE DOING THE, THE CIP FOR THE PARKS, I'M PRETTY SURE THAT BROWNS CREEK IS COMING UP SOON WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT LIKE, IF WE'RE ENCOUNTERING A GRANT LIKE THIS, IF LIKE THIS IS THE PRIORITY PARK OR IF THERE'S LIKE A BETTER USE FOR A LARGER SUM OF MONEY FOR A MORE DESTINATION PARK. I MEAN, I THINK OF THIS, I GUESS AS MORE OF LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD POCKET PARK. I DO SEE THERE'S LIKE, THEY'RE GOING TO MATCH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN. THEN YOU WANT TO PUT IN MORE TO GET MORE OUT OF THE MATCH. WELL, RIGHT, RIGHT. TO LIKE END UP UTILIZING ALL OF OUR BUDGET AND THEN GETTING MORE RIGHT AND THEN PRIORITIZING THAT DESTINATION PARK THAT HAS THAT ACCESS TO BROWNS CREEK TRAIL. YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S MORE PRIORITY RIGHT THERE. YEAH, RIGHT IN THAT SPACE THAN THERE IS IN. I MEAN, I REALIZE THOSE DEVELOPMENTS ARE GOING IN AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT TOO. BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YEAH. AND WHEN WE DID THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, WE EVEN TALKED ABOUT THOSE SPACES THAT WE MAY HAVE TO EVEN PUSH OUT NOT DOING TWO A YEAR CHANGING FROM OUR ORIGINAL PLAN BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT BIGGER PARKS. YEAH. WE TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY IT WAS PAIRED OF SMALLER PARK WITH A LARGE PARK IN THE BUDGET.
COULD, YOU KNOW, FLOW TOWARDS THAT? YEAH. SO I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THE BAD THING IS THOSE PARKS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE TOO RIGHT NOW. YEAH. WE'RE CATCHING UP. RIGHT. WE ARE. YEAH. WE KNOW WE'RE CATCHING UP. YEAH. JUST JUST TO BUILD OFF OF THAT, I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING ABOUT BOTH OF THOSE PARKS IN WHETHER OR NOT THERE COULD BE A CASE MADE FOR A BIGGER, LIKE BIGGER THAN WE NORMALLY DO JUST BECAUSE OF THE USE OR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PRAIRIE PARK AND BROWNS CREEK. YEAH. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GOOD OR BAD. I JUST IT WAS KIND OF COMING TO MY MIND INITIALLY. THERE'S A LOT OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS GOING IN ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN. AND RIGHT NOW THE, THE BROWNS CREEK PLAYGROUND FOOTPRINT IS ACTUALLY PRETTY SMALL. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY CONCRETED IN AND THEY MADE A, YOU KNOW, A PERMANENT STRUCTURE THERE. BUT THERE'S LIKE THE AREA FOR THE LITTLE KIDS. AND THEN THERE'S THE AREA FOR THE BIG KIDS. SO THERE'S LIKE KIND OF TWO. YEAH, YEAH. I THINK THE HARD PART WITH BROWNS CREEK ONE IS THAT IF WE WANTED TO DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT OTHER THAN JUST A, IF THE GRANTS JUST FOR A STRUCTURE, WHICH I THINK IT IS RIGHT. AS, AS PRESENTED TO ME, IT WAS THE OVERALL PROJECT BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE WE MIGHT WANT TO DO SOMETHING MORE THAN JUST A STRUCTURE. AND ACTUALLY YOU ARE CORRECT. SORRY THAT IT IS THE STRUCTURE. THE INSTALL IS WHAT IT IS. OKAY, SO WE'D HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER CONTAINER IF WE WANT TO MATCH CONCRETE. YEAH. OR NOT. OR TAKE IT OFF. SORRY. YEAH, YEAH. IT'S REALLY JUST A THOUGHT OF LIKE, IF, IF THIS IS THE BEST, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WELL, WE WOULD HAVE TO PIVOT SUPER FAST BECAUSE BY THAT DEADLINE TO GET THESE DESIGNS AND GET THEM ALL APPROVED, I DON'T THINK WE CAN MAKE THAT DEADLINE IF WE'RE PIVOTING PARKS AT THIS POINT. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I REALLY DON'T. YEAH, I DO SEE WHAT YOU MEAN. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS TONIGHT. I DIDN'T WANT TO HOLD THIS A HALF HOUR, BUT
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IT JUST GOT BROUGHT TO ME. YEAH, A WEEK, NOT EVEN TWO WEEKS AGO. YEAH, I GUESS I HAVE ONE MORE THOUGHT. I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A LONG TERM THOUGHT. JUST SO THIS PRESSURE IS NOT ON YOU IN THE FUTURE. I'M KIND OF WONDERING ABOUT AN RFQ OR AN RFP THAT THAT WAY IT'S KIND OF ON YOUR TERMS ON HOW IT'S STRUCTURED TO MAYBE HELP A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE I CAN'T THINK THIS IS KIND OF GIVING YOU GIVING US A CURVE BALL A LITTLE BIT AND MAKING IT EVEN MORE DIFFICULT. BUT YEAH, JUST A THOUGHT WITH THAT, JUST TO HELP YOU. YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO HELP ME, I APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. IT'S A LOT TO PROCESS AND THINK ABOUT FOR US HERE. YEAH. AND THEN HAVE A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH SAINT CROIX REC ABOUT, OH, I'M NOT GOING TO SHOW THEM ANY NUMBERS OR ANYTHING, BUT TELL THEM I'VE ALREADY TOLD THEM THAT WE HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. SO WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH THEMSELVES. I HAD AN EMAIL FROM THEIR CORPORATION THAT TALKED ABOUT A 40%, 40% DISCOUNT. SO. WE'LL SEE. WE'LL KNOW MORE NEXT MONTH. BUT WE DID. WE HAVE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE. MOST OF IT IS ABOUT THE PARK. THEY WANT A SPLASH PAD AND. WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT FROM THAT COMMUNITY. YES. SO THE POSTCARDS WORK BECAUSE I DEFINITELY KNOW WHEN THEY WENT OUT BECAUSE THAT LIKE NEXT THAT WEEKEND, I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE GOT THEM LIKE A TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND WAS JUST A BUNCH OF THEM. WE DIDN'T GET THAT MUCH FROM THEM, FROM THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, MAYBE WE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT'S GOOD. WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK. SO CHRISTIE, YOU ARE RIGHT. SO AFTER TRIANGLE AND PRAIRIE WAS BROWNS CREEK AND RAMSEY. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE ESTABLISHED THIS PLAN, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY YEARS AGO, BUT YOU GO TO RAMSEY, THAT ONE'S IN NICE SHAPE TOO, LIKE A LOT OF THEM ARE GETTING TO NOW. THEY ARE IN BETTER SHAPE. EQUIPMENT BETTER AND LASTING LONGER. YEAH. WELL, IT'S BEEN DONE ONCE YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEWER TYPE OF EQUIPMENT, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY LASTS A LOT LONGER THAN THE OLD, YOU KNOW, WOOD OR WHATEVER WAS BEING USED BEFORE. I JUST HAVE ONE MORE THOUGHT JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE SHELTER PIECE, JUST BECAUSE THAT SEEMS KIND OF LIKE AN UNKNOWN. LIKE, IS THERE ANY WAY THEY CAN? AND I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYONE'S FEELING ON THIS, BUT LIKE REDUCE THE AMOUNT. SO IT'S LIKE UNDER, LIKE BOTH COMPANIES HAVE TO DO 130 OR WHATEVER IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SHELTER COMPONENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR I GUESS WHERE, BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY NEED MORE GUIDANCE ON THAT. IS THAT CORRECT OR NO? WELL, THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS IS WE'D BE SPENDING 80. THERE'D STILL BE 80 IN THE BUDGET, NO IDEA WHAT THE OTHER DESIGN AND WHAT THAT NUMBER IS GOING TO END UP. WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. YOU KNOW, WE SPLIT IT USUALLY 6040, THE BIG PARK, THE SMALL PARK. OKAY. I DID TELL THEM THERE'S ONLY ONE PARK. SO I MEAN, YOU COULD GO DESIGN A $130,000 PARK. CAN WE PUT THAT, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURE IN? SO IT'S IT I CAN HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM. OKAY. FOR SURE. AND I KNOW THEY HAVE STRUCTURES TOO THAT AREN'T AS PERMANENT. THEY'RE KIND OF LIKE PLAYGROUNDS, BUT THEY HAVE THE CANOPIES AND STUFF LIKE THAT THAT COULD PROBABLY TIE INTO THE DESIGN MAYBE TO GIVE THEM, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME SHADE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAYING SHAY, THEY'RE REALLY SAYING, LET'S HAVE A ROUGH WITH PICNIC TABLES UNDER IT. IS THAT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT VERSUS SOMETHING INTERESTING? I THINK I THINK BOTH BECAUSE THAT DOES HELP THE KIDS. YOU KNOW, THEN THEY'RE NOT SO HOT BECAUSE A LOT OF TALK IS ABOUT THE HOCKEY. BUT I DO ALSO THINK THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING OUT IN THE PARK, YOU KNOW, SO YOU CAN COME HAVE A PICNIC AND NOT, YOU KNOW, BLAZE BY THE SUN. SO IT IS A BIG WIDE OPEN AREA, RIGHT? THAT WHOLE PARK. SO, SO FAR, THE TREES AREN'T HELPING TOO MUCH, BUT TREES CAN ONLY HELP SO MUCH ANYWAY. YEAH, BUT. CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT MONTH. YOU KNOW ONE THING, CHAD, THAT WOULD BE MORE HELPFUL ON SOME OF THESE IS JUST TO PUT LIKE, WHAT WAS THE DESIGN CRITERIA FOR A, B OR C? LIKE THEY LOOK SIMILAR TO ME, BUT I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I ASKED FOR LIKE THREE PRETTY UNIQUE OPTIONS, SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HAVE
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OVER THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF DESIGNERS AREN'T THAT CREATIVE OR I MEAN, IT HAS DIFFERENT MODULAR AND THEY JUST LIKE, YEAH, CLICK THREE THINGS. AND THAT'S WHAT IT IS, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAY, THEY'RE ALL KIND OF SIMILAR. I MEAN, THEY ARE ONLY SO MANY THINGS YOU CAN FIT IN A VENDING MACHINE, RIGHT? I GUESS SO, BUT I MEAN, THAT BECOMES THE QUESTION. DO WE NEED TO GO OUTSIDE OF THIS RESOURCE TO GET SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, UNIQUE? AND THE ONLY REASON WE ASKED FOR THREE IS JUST, JUST TO HAVE A VARIETY. SO IT'S NOT JUST THEY JUST BOOM, YOU GET ONE. OH, THIS IS WHAT IT IS. YEAH. DECIDED THAT OF, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, LIKE GIVE US SOME OPTIONS, BUT SOME THINGS CAN BE TWEAKED.OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE WORKED WITH SAINT CROIX REC RIGHT IN THEIR OFFICE AND THEY MOVED THE THINGS AROUND, LIKE WHEN WE CAME BACK LAST YEAR AND WANTED A FEW THINGS. AND IT'S KIND OF NEAT TO WATCH. YEP. GOOD TO HEAR. THEN ON THAT, WE'LL BRING THAT NEXT MONTH. I DIDN'T BRING ANY OTHER UPDATES FOR YOU OTHER THAN BECAUSE IT'S TRYING TO KEEP IT SHORT FOR YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OF ANYTHING GOING ON THAT'S LINGERING OUT THERE.
LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE PLAY IT FORWARD CANCELED KIND OF LAST MINUTE WAS UNFORTUNATE. SO I THINK SOME PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, BUT MAYBE IT WAS NICE NOT TO HAVE AN EVENT ON THE WEEKEND. SO IT WAS QUIET, SORT OF QUIET WEEKEND FOR MYSELF. WE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE LOCKS AT TEDDY BEAR PARK. THEY RANDOMLY JUST LOCK AND AUTOMATICALLY LOCK. WE DON'T KNOW WHY AND IT'S IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING, BUT WE DID FIND OUT THAT WHEN IT DOES IT, WE CAN JUST PUNCH IN FOUR NUMBERS, ANY FOUR NUMBERS, AND IT'LL RESET AND THEN IT'LL BE OPEN AGAIN. SO WE HAVE THAT POSTED NOW. WE DID WE WE LOOKED AT IT FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS THIS MORNING. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE REPORT WHERE IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S OPEN, CLOSE, OPEN, CLOSE, OPEN, CLOSE. AND SOMETIMES IT'D BE LOCKED, LOCKED AND WITHOUT BEING OPEN. SO WE THINK THE READER IS THINKING THAT THE DEADBOLT WENT IN WHEN IT DOESN'T. AND THEN IF YOU JUST PUNCH IN SOME NUMBERS, IT MUST MAKE IT THINK AGAIN AND THEN IT OPENS BACK UP. IT'S NOT OUR CODE. OUR OUR CITY CODES WERE GIVEN THEM AND IT WORKED. SO.
WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT REPLACING ALL THOSE, WHICH IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT JUST A HEADACHE THAT JUST ON SATURDAY MORNING AT 930, GET CALLS AT. BATHROOMS ARE LOCKED.
NO, THEY ARE, BUT THEY'RE NOT. SO THOSE ARE REAL. NOBODY'S BEING LOCKED IN THEM. SO THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. SO AND IF IT'S SOMEONE'S IN IT, IT'S IT'S GOT THE DEADBOLT WHEN YOU'RE IN THERE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LITTLE READER THING. SO IF SOMEONE HITS THE BUTTONS AND IT ON LOCKS, IF IT'S DEADBOLT THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING IN, SO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR PRIVACY, IT'S JUST A WAY TO RESET THE LOCKS. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER REPORTS? ANY
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OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT. I'M THINKING WE'RE GOING DOWN THE LUMBERJACK LANDING SO WE COULD TALK ABOUT THAT ONCE WE GET THERE. JUST I DID PULL TRIANGLE OFF, SO MAYBE WE CAN SPEND MORE TIME DOWN THERE AND THEN GO TO PRAIRIE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I FIGURED SINCE WE WEREN'T GOING TO DO ANYTHING, MAYBE WITH TRIANGLE, THEN WE JUST SPEND SOME MORE TIME DOWN THERE.THREE PARKS IS PROBABLY TOO MANY ANYWAY. SO ARE WE DRIVING RIGHT IN? YEP. SO THAT'S WHY MIKE WENT ON TO OPEN THE GATE. AND THERE'S ROOM FOR THIS MANY PEOPLE TO PARK DOWN THERE. THE ROAD ISN'T FINISHED. IT MIGHT BE. WELL, IT HASN'T RAINED, SO IT'S DRY AS CAN BE. SO WE SHOULD BE GOOD WITH THAT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.