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52is hoped that the Climbing Rock will be installed in time to coincide with the 53opening of the new park building this fall. 54D. Holt inquired into how the Best Value Process has been working. o 55Brokke responded that so far the process is working good and has brought 56contractors together, as it should.It is new to all so will continue to 57evaluate. 58Playgrounds at Howard Johnson, Langton Lake @ County Road C2 and Materion Parks 59Brokke shared pictures from the community celebrations at each park recognizing o 60the completion of the playgrounds. 61Tennis Court Renovation 62Work has begun on the courts at Howard Johnson and Pocahontas Parks. These o 63court projects will be using a process that reclaims some of the court surface for 64the base of the renovated courts. 65County Road B2 Sidewalk 66Concrete has been poured from Lexington to Victoria. o 67Skating Center Exterior Painting & Improvements 68Contractor has been secured and exterior painting is expected to take place in late o 69August. 70Nature Center 71Work has begunon the exterior. o 72Boardwalk is currently being built off-site and will be installed this fall and winter. o 73Lake Bennett Lighting 74Work will begin toward the end of August. o 75Field Improvements at Evergreen Park and Central Park Victoria 76Work is scheduled to begin next month on 2 fields at Evergreen and 4 fields at o 77Central Park. 78Disc Golf Improvements nd 79First nine holes will be worked on this fall with the 2nine being completed in the o 80spring. 81Natural Resources 82Contractor working on additional grants to help expand Renewal Program funding o 83for Natural Resource projects. 84Irrigation Improvements 85Staff will being bringing this package back to the Council at an upcoming meeting o 86due to the selected contractor not being able to work out an agreement because 87they were not able to secure the required 3-year bond. 88 CONSIDER TOUR in SEPTEMBER 896. 90Commission agreed to adjust their traditional meeting night to Wednesday, September 10 and 91meet earlier at 5:30pm to accommodate their annual park tour. 92 STAFF REPORT 937. 94Anfang reportedon recent communication efforts: 95Shared a draft copy of the sign that will be posted at each park building site. Sign will 96include sketch of building exterior, floor plan, contact information and web location for 97more information. 98Social Media Update. Recent Facebook posts have received good response and are 99demonstrating the potential to reach a strong number of community members. 2 posts 100added between July 31 & August 2 had reached over 1350 people.