08-04-2021 Park Board Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

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The Park Board discussed the 19 different name suggestions that were submitted for Centerville/Birch Park and the 8 different name suggestions for City Hall park. They had shown some interest in park names such as “Firefighters Memorial Park”, “Hero Park”, ‘First Responder Park” however it was mentioned that naming the park with a name like those may imply or push for a memorial statue in the park area which there are currently no plans for. The area will just have the hard surface courts as of right now and will most likely just continue to be a park in the future. After lengthy discussion the Park Board decided to move forward with the following names for the survey: Centerville Road & Birch Street Park (1750 Birch Street) • Tower Park • Blue Heron Park • Water Tower Park City Hall Park (1189 Main Street) • Old City Hall Park • Main Street Park 7. PARKS UPDATES A. Tennis & Pickle Ball Courts Update Rick DeGardner, Director of Public Services, informed the Park Board that erosion control measures are in place and general earthwork and storm water ponds development have started at the Birch/Centerville tennis and pickle ball courts location. He stated that the aggregate sub-base of the courts has been placed with sampling/testing being conducted with sub-cutting of the parking and trail areas and storm sewer installation scheduled for next week. He detailed that the project had encountered some significant delays to manufacture lead times involving the fence fabric. The revised completion date for the project is September 30, 2021. B. Lino Park Renovations Rick DeGardner, Director of Public Services, informed the Park Board that the large playground structure, swings, independent play events, concrete edging, bike rack pad, and engineered wood fiber and bottle filling station have all been installed at Lino Park. He identified that the Parks Department is still waiting on delivery of the 2-5 play structure and that the ornamental fencing material is projected to arrive mid- August. He detailed that additional concrete work is scheduled for the week of September 1st with benches and tables expected to be delivered mid-October. C. Clearwater Creek Playground Replacement Rick DeGardner, Director of Public Services informed the Park Board that the plan is still to remove and replace the Clearwater Creek playground area this Fall. DeGardner added that the City had made arrangements with a local contractor to