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MINUTES PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION August 6, 2015 EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT other ways to encourage unlikely participants. Morelan said that sometimes the schools or social workers contact him and he would try to let them know about it. Darling asked who else made these scholarships possible. Morelan said the LCRA funds these scholarships as well as a subsidy to the overall costs of the program. Morelan also noted that if the City is looking for a donation for a bench or tree it is advertised in the Le Petit. The Park and Rec Department thanks the Behles Family for this generous contribution. Cory Huot appeared before the Commission at the May meeting, and reported that he is working on his Eagle project and is proposing the concept of erecting a shade canopy or sun shade over the picnic table area at Veterans Memorial Park. This month Huot had a design and budget prepared for the commission. The design featured a 14 foot square 8 foot tall pergola. The size includes a 2 foot overhang around the pergola. The budget factored in the cost of using pine, but Huot also had a more expensive option of cedar in case the commission thought it would be more beneficial. The pine would cost about $518 and the Cedar would be about $200 more. Sanders asked how this was designed. Huot said he used a program on his computer called Solidworks to construct the image and find the dimensions. Darling asked how the boards are notched. Huot explained each piece had to be notched to fit into the sides. Huot noted that he would have to make the notches, but was looking into an easier way rather than cutting out each board. Darling asked how the beams are held in place. Huot explained lug nuts hold the roof to the 4 by 4 posts and the other boards are kept in their notches with screws. Darling asked who will be a part of his team. Huot said that he would ask family, friends, and his troop as the date got closer. Maida inquired about the lifetime warranty Huot mentioned in the budget. Sanders noted this was probably the standard guarantee Menards has for all of its wood. The boards can be replaced at any time for free. Morelan said that the cost to replace the lumber would be minimal compared to the labor necessary to replace it. Sanders wondered how the picnic table would fit under the pergola. He also asked how the posts would be set into the ground. Huot responded he would use a concrete mixture to make a concrete cast in the ground, holding the post in place. Darling asked if this was a part of the budget and Huot said it was. Darling asked how Huot was planning to fund the project. Huot said that he would like to get at least some of the money from the City. He mentioned that the project was less than he thought it would be and felt that asking the City for at least half would be fair. Huot said that he would be able to fundraise the other half of the project if needed. Darling mentioned that she liked the design. Maida asked if the picnic table was leveled to the Memorial. He thought that if the pergola wasn't properly placed it would stand out in the newly designed area. Sanders noted that it would be fairly easy to adjust the height of the pergola. Huot agreed and mentioned he had chosen the width based on how the pavers are situated near the Memorial. Maida asked how Huot decided to go with wood instead of the vinyl. Although the vinyl 2