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35 Acting Chair Wozniak thought some photos of the new park at Cleveland and B <br />36 would be nice to see at the neat meeting. <br />37 <br />38 Public Works Director Culver stated a community planting event is scheduled for <br />39 Saturday, September 15"' so they will be able to capture some photos then with the <br />40 rain garden and pollinator gardens. <br />41 <br />42 Acting Chair Wozniak asked if the playground would be installed this year. <br />43 <br />44 Mr. Culver indicated it would be installed in October 2018. <br />45 <br />46 Mr. Culver updated the Commission on a new pipe valve turner device that eases <br />47 the opening and closing of pipes. <br />48 <br />49 Acting Chair Wozniak asked what kind of valves the City is turning. <br />50 <br />51 Mr. Culver stated the device turns water main valves. The ones the City is turning <br />52 now is between 12 and 20 inches. He stated the majority of the pipes the City has <br />53 are 6 or 8 -inch pipes. Once the City is done turning the larger valves then the <br />54 smaller valves will be turned which will take longer. <br />55 <br />56 Acting Chair Wozniak asked if a homeowner should be doing on an occasional <br />57 basis. <br />58 <br />59 Mr. Culver thought it was not a bad idea to make sure the homeowners main shut <br />60 off inside the house is working properly and can be shut off. <br />61 <br />62 Mr. Freihammer continued his update on projects and maintenance activities in the <br />63 City. <br />64 <br />65 Member Kruse asked if the County defers maintenance of medians to the City. <br />66 <br />67 Mr. Culver stated he did pose 'the question to the County regarding who will <br />68 maintain the medians and what would be planting in the medians for the upcoming <br />69 County Road C project west of 35W. There are options the City can put in a median <br />70 that is lower maintenance with a lower profile. He noted it would be nice to have <br />71 something other than concrete in the median. <br />72 <br />73 Member Misra asked how much impact the State Fair is having on activities around <br />74 the City. She noticed a lot of park and ride locations around the City. <br />75 <br />76 Mr. Culver stated the park and ride lots are issued an interim use permit. These are <br />77 five-year permits that were obtained before the 2017 State Fair. He stated they are <br />78 on year two of five. Permits will need to be reviewed in three more years for <br />79 renewal. Park and rides have been used for many years in the City and there have <br />80 been many cycles of Interim Use Permit renewals. He noted sometimes the park <br />Page 2 of 11 <br />