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Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting Minutes July 2, 2008 weeks prior to the delivery and I know that both Andy and I called him to receive those instructions prior to the equipment delivery, but never received them. Committee Member Harris stated the play structure for the 3 - 5 year olds is in place and appears to be great, but the merry-go-round is installed too high and something needs to be done with that as it is really not usable as it is for the group intended. It is however, the equipment the kids appear to gravitate to. The climbing wall did not get ordered in this phase, but hopefully will be ordered as soon as funding is available. Ms. Stephan suggested requesting funds from Dead Broke Saddle Club who were very generous with donations for the play structure in Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park. Committee Member Harris also stated that Mr. Palzer had told her there was a plexi-glass message board at Public Works which could be installed at the park for community messages. Ms. Stephan will talk to Mr. Patzer regarding this item. Committee Member Harris requested Public Works raise a few of the swings a couple of links. Ms. Stephan will pass this on. The basket ball hoop could use a coat of paint and a hoop. Council Member Lee volunteered to take care of this project himself. Hidden Sorint!: Park Mr. Mark Statz, City Engineer requested adding an item under updates regarding the rain garden draw- down test. He stated Mr. Palzer would have a memo summarizing the results of the test for the committee to review. Mr. Palzer emailed the following update: Monday, June 23, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. Chris Long (Bonestroo) and I filled the rainwater garden to the overflow outlet level. The weather was dry for two days and when I observed the rainwater garden on Wednesday morning at 9:00 a.m. and it was dry except for a small amount of water near the inlet that is lined with rocks and creates a small pool. The rainwater garden appears to meet the new rule of 48 hours for filtering and the plants that are located in the garden appear to be doing well. The following update was from Mr. Dallas Larson following the Wednesday, June 25, 2008 City Council meeting: The Council approved the Hidden Spring Park shoreline work, which was designed by Gregg Thompson and will be constructed by Natural Shore Technologies, Inc. Mr. Thompson will monitor the construction and Bonestroo will drop to the background, except to pay for the work. Mayor Capra had asked the committee to consider adding some type of pump to the spring at Hidden Spring Park so there would actually be sufficient water flow. Chairperson Seeley asked Committee Member Haiden if he would be willing to do research on what are the options available for this and report back to the committee. Committee Member Haiden said he would look into this. The committee would like to see the spring continue to be natural if possible and it was suggested Committee Member Haiden start by contacting Barett Well Drilling. Chairperson Seeley discussed with the committee many of the items that were on the City Engineer's punch list to be repaired at the park which have yet to be taken care of. The committee members are quite frustrated at the lack of action on some of these items such as the divots in the trail and parking lot at both Laurie LaMotte Memorial Park and Hidden Spring Park caused by the contractor and reported by Public Works since last August when the contractor's equipment was actually still at the 30f4