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Acting Chair Wozniak thought some photos of the new park at Cleveland and B <br />would be nice to see at the neat meeting. <br />Public Works Director Culver stated a community planting event is scheduled for <br />Saturday, September 15"' so they will be able to capture some photos then with the <br />rain garden and pollinator gardens. <br />Acting Chair Wozniak asked if the playground would be installed this year. <br />Mr. Culver indicated it would be installed in October 2018. <br />Mr. Culver updated the Commission on a new pipe valve turner device that eases <br />the opening and closing of pipes. <br />Acting Chair Wozniak asked what kind of valves the City is turning. <br />Mr. Culver stated the device turns water main valves. The ones the City is turning <br />now is between 12 and 20 inches. He stated the majority of the pipes the City has <br />are 6 or 8 -inch pipes. Once the City is done turning the larger valves then the <br />smaller valves will be turned which will take longer. <br />Acting Chair Wozniak asked if a homeowner should be doing on an occasional <br />basis. <br />Mr. Culver thought it was not a bad idea to make sure the homeowners main shut <br />off inside the house is working properly and can be shut off. <br />Mr. Freihammer continued his update on projects and maintenance activities in the <br />City. <br />Member Kruse asked if the County defers maintenance of medians to the City. <br />Mr. Culver stated he did pose the question to the County regarding who will <br />maintain the medians and what would be planting in the medians for the upcoming <br />County Road C project west of 35W. There are options the City can put in a median <br />that is lower maintenance with a lower profile. He noted it would be nice to have <br />something other than concrete in the median. <br />Member Misra asked how much impact the State Fair is having on activities around <br />the City. She noticed a lot of park and ride locations around the City. <br />Mr. Culver stated the park and ride lots are issued an interim use permit. These are <br />five-year permits that were obtained before the 2017 State Fair. He stated they are <br />on year two of five. Permits will need to be reviewed in three more years for <br />renewal. Park and rides have been used for many years in the City and there have <br />been many cycles of Interim Use Permit renewals. He noted sometimes the park <br />Page 2 of 11 <br />