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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 11, 2013 Page 9 At the request of Mayor Roe, Ms. Kelsey provided a brief description of universal design, providing home adaptations for aging-in-place (e.g. grab bars, ramps) and noted that a grant program would be offered to assist with those universal design projects as well. Ms. Kelsey noted the differences in universal design for newly constructed versus existing homes, and the needs to accommodate people at all states of their life as applicable. Discussion included how the twenty-five (25) homeowners were selected for uni- versal design grants; with Ms. Kelsey advising that it would be on a first come, first served opportunity through contact with the firm; and while one (1) home- owner had expressed interest through preliminary advertising, the intent was to kick-off the program at the Home& Garden Fair. Councilmember McGehee suggested that next year's fair provide an opportunity for radon test kits. At the request of Councilmember Laliberte, Ms. Kelsey advised that sponsors provided $750 each, and in addition to the marketing opportunities at the Fair, al- so received direct links to the Living Smarter website, and first opportunity to do workshops. Ms. Kelsey noted that over half of the sponsors didn't even do work- shops, but continued their sponsorship based on their commitment to the commu- nity and ability to provide marketing materials at the Fair. Mayor Roe noted that Councilmembers would be available at the Welcoming Ta- ble; and Ms. Kelsey noted that HRA Board Members would also be available to serve and engage with the community, with computer hook-ups for the Green Remodeling website and a multitude of other web pages. b. Parks and Recreation Renewal Program Parks and Recreation Director Lonnie Brokke presented ongoing evolution of the Renewal program, focusing on the public engagement strategy, implementation schedule, and park improvement meeting schedule, all detailed in the RCA dated February 11, 2013. Public Engagement Strategy Mr. Brokke noted the intent for this to remain an interactive process, with many larger projects requiring additional design, and community input sought to inform, consult and collaborate. Mr. Brokke noted that the southwest area of the commu- nity had been identified as an area needing more efforts to garner further infor- mation. Mr. Brokke noted that the meetings would be formatted to provide con- sistent information throughout the various projects and would be done based on a prototype of the Lexington Park meeting scheduled for tomorrow night. Mr. Brokke noted that the Renewal Program budgets had been defined, along with