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• • Park Board Meeting — July 5, 2011 Minutes All comments from returned surveys have been complied and were attached. (See packet for Exhibit D) Staff Comments /Analysis: Aesthetics — Typically these types of walls are placed along the periphery (or less visible area) of a park so only one side of the wall is visible to park users. Landscaping is often used to "soften" the view. Placing an 8' high x 24' wide tennis wall board adjacent to the 1/2 basketball court will certainly become a visual focal point to all park users and nearby residents. With the nearest house approximately 200 feet from the proposed tennis wall location, noise may also become an issue for adjacent residents. Maintenance — Maintenance would primarily consist of painting /sealing the plywood every two years. Any issues with vandalism /graffiti would also need to be resolved. Weed whipping around the posts would also be needed during mowing operations. Conflicting Uses — Since basketball players and tennis wall users may utilize the same paved area (50'x48') simultaneously, unsafe situations will most likely arise. For example, tennis balls might ricochet/bounce in the immediate vicinity where basketball is being played. There is less concern with tennis balls being hit into the open green space possibly disrupting park users. Signage would need to be considered to inform park users that multi -use of the paved area isn't permitted. (However this would be impractical to enforce, so are we creating potential for conflicts ?) In addition, having a solid wall adjacent to the basketball playing area (even though away from the basket) may increase the chance of injury (i.e. colliding with the plywood wall). Rick stated that after taking into consideration all aspects pertaining to this request, it is staff's recommendation to not install a tennis wall board at Clearwater Creek Park. He went on to say, however, if the Park Board decides to have the tennis wall board installed, park maintenance staff can probably begin the work mid -July. He said estimated material costs are around $500. After general discussion, Bill Kusterman made a motion to follow staff's recommendation to not build a tennis wall in Clearwater Creek Park. Motion was seconded by Richard Jensen and passed unanimously. 7. REVIEW RECREATION DEPARTMENT UPDATE: Rick reviewed the update included in the member's packets. He talked about t -ball, tennis, basketball camp, Cougar Soccer Camp, soccer fundamentals, the Princess Party and the Puppet Shows. He mentioned that there were two shows left, July 6 and July 20. Participants for the Super Hero Boot Camp dressed in their favorite hero attire and it seemed like they all had a blast. He said that staff was looking for a way to increase registration for the Super Hero Boot Camp. He told members that upcoming events include the New Family Corn Roast and • Community Night to be held on Thursday, July 28, at Sunrise Park. Staff will be doing a review after the event to see if it is something that we want to do again next summer. Rick said that Tanya has taken over the programming for the Senior Center this year. There have been two programs offered each month and registration for the Park Playground Program has been going well. Four of the eight sites are full and there are