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From YouTube: 11-27-18 Park Board Meeting
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Parks & Recreation Board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 in Des Moines, Iowa
C
B
C
A
B
Can
do
that
mr.
chair
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
serve
on
this
board
I've
been
on
the
Friends
Foundation
board
for
the
past
six
years,
served
as
treasurer
and
I'm
very
active
in
neighborhood
associations,
I'm.
Currently,
president
of
Easter
Lake,
Neighborhood,
Association
and
I
also
chair,
the
coalition
of
Southside
neighbor
associations
so
and
been
very
actively
with
the
county
on
Easter
Lake
projects
and
the
trails
around
the
lake
there
and
very
active
with
friends.
A
D
D
A
E
He
ropes
tremendously
well
with
our
team
to
make
sure
that
sculpture
garden
always
looks
just
top-notch
across
the
city,
so
how
it
works
today
is
the
city
owns
and
maintains
the
land
and
the
Art
Center
maintains
and
takes
care
of
all
the
Arts.
That's
just
a
brief
way
of
summarizing
this,
so
we
really
do
need
to
work
well
together
and
it
does
work
well
together
and
actually
the
police
helped
us
with
a
third
tier
of
security
involve
in
art.
F
Thank
you
so
much
Ben
and
thank
you
for
having
me
I
am
thrilled
to
present
the
newest
sculpture
in
the
Mary
and
John
Pappajohn
sculpture
park
per
our
agreements
with
the
city
of
Des
Moines
Iowa
Way
is
the
artist
he
is
considered
by
many
to
be
one
of
the
world's
most
significant
artists
working
today.
His
personal
history
is
extraordinary.
His
father
was
a
famous
Chinese
poet,
and
so
he
and
his
family,
including
I,
were
sent
to
re-education
camps
in
China
during
China's
Cultural
Revolution.
F
Since
that
time,
I
has
been
an
outspoken
critic
of
China's
civil
rights
records
on
the
world
stage,
so
much
so
that
the
Chinese
government
imprisoned
him
for
a
time
and
confiscated
his
passport
upon
its
return.
I
has
traveled
and
exhibited
widely
speaking
out
for
refugee
and
civil
rights
issues
around
the
world.
I
sculpture,
iron
tree
trunk
is
a
massive
cast
of
a
tree
from
the
shang
xing
province
of
china.
F
It
stands
16
feet,
high
3
feet
in
diameter
and
weighs
over
3,500
pounds
the
artwork
references,
both
the
chinese
cultural
tradition
of
finding
poetry
and
contemplation
in
the
natural
world,
such
as
trees,
rocks
and
mountains,
and
the
challenges
inherent
in
china's
rush
to
civil
authority
industrialization
eyes.
Use
of
iron
refers
to
the
tremulous
period
in
chinese.
History
called
the
great
leap
forward
when
families
were
encouraged
to
make
steel
in
their
homes
to
help
industrialize
the
country.
F
Most
of
this
became
unusable
pig
iron,
as
obviously
the
ability
to
make
steel
in
a
home
setting
it
was
problematic.
Thus,
the
tree
exhibit
ention
between
industrial
and
traditional
cultural,
china,
a
recurring
theme
and
eyes
work.
This
multi-layered
sculpture
as
significantly
to
the
collection
of
artworks
in
the
Pappajohn
scope
to
part
and
enhances
its
position
as
one
of
the
most
noteworthy
public
spaces
in
the
country,
something
I
think
we
can
all
be
proud
of.
So
thank
you
for
your
ongoing
efforts
in
support
of
our
project.
Thank
you
and
I'll
be
happy
to
answer
questions.
H
F
F
E
All
right
next
up
is
we
asked
Richard
if
you
come
up
with
hit
play
on
a
video
in
a
second
here,
but
as
Richard
makes
his
way
up.
I
know
many
of
you
already
know
about
the
recent
partnership
we
have
with
the
Knapp
family
and
the
GNAT
businesses,
as
well
as
des
moines
police
department,
to
rebuild
a
playground
at
Evelyn,
K
Davis,
and
we
want
to
show
you
the
results.
It's
a
longer
video
than
normal,
but
I
wanted
you
to
see.
Just
all
the
people
and
happy
faces
that
pulled
together.
E
This
project
I
want
to
remind
you
that
it
started
something
like
this.
We
want
to
thank
the
chief.
That's
why
we
invited
the
chief
here
tonight
is:
the
chief
has
had
a
great
relationship,
and
so
is
the
police
department
within
that
family
and
we've
had
a
weird
good
relationships
ourselves
when
it
came
to
Evelyn
Kay
Davis,
but
the
naps
have
traditionally
done
a
lot
of
things
with
the
police
department.
E
We
looked
at
our
playgrounds
and,
as
you
know,
we
didn't
have
any
money
for
playgrounds
last
year
and
the
oldest
playground,
which
was
installed
in
1988,
was
at
Evelyn
K.
Davis
and
it
was
no
longer
safe
to
keep
in
operations,
I
picked
up
the
phone
and
as
simple
as
that
to
be
able
to
pick
up
the
phone
and
call
colleague
and
I
said
yeah
chief.
Any
way
you
can
introduce
us
a
little
more
formal
to
the
Knapp
family,
and
not
only
did
he
do
it,
he
set
up
a
lunch
and
after
that
I
think
I.
E
E
So,
as
you
can
see,
it
started
out
with
a
simple
playground
rebuild
but
des
moines
police
and
an
ant
family.
Both
said
we
can
do
more,
they
said
what
else
do
you
need
more
trees,
more
refurbishment
of
some
of
the
park?
Shelter
features
the
basketball
courts,
the
park
furniture,
and
then
we
realize
it
was
an
early
out
on
Wednesday
that
if
we
didn't
have
all
this
work
done
at
a
certain
point,
these
kids
are
all
gonna
want
a
place.
We
had
to
bring
in
the
recreation
team
and
have
a
big
event
as
well.
E
A
Know
Ben
just
informed
me
that
a
lot
of
your
officers
worked
at
midnight
date
and
then,
when
they
got
off
at
8:00
in
the
morning,
came
out
and
helped
work
all
day
there
at
Evelyn
Davis
said,
speaks
very
highly,
while
you're
coming
up
chief
I
want
to
take
the
opportunity
to
thank
you
for
all.
You
do
for
kids
in
the
community,
and
that
involves
the
boxing
program
that
involves
the
after-school,
the
early
out
Wednesday
program,
coffee
with
a
cop,
the
PAL
laughs,
legalese
your
softball
police
tournaments
with
the
embracing
other
police
departments
around
the
state.
A
I
C
I
I
What
was
impressive
to
watch
was
the
planning,
the
layout,
the
organization
of
the
whole
thing
from
the
volunteers,
the
construction,
the
equipment
everything
was
just
laid
out
perfectly
and
all
we
had
to
do
is
provide
some
labor,
some
labor
to
that
to
that
project,
for
us
to
walk
in
and
do
that
and
then
watch
that
unfold.
No
stone
was
left
unturned
in
the
planning
of
this.
I
That's
when
you
have
that's,
when
you
have
a
department
that
that's
running
at
top
speed,
very
high,
highly
efficient,
very
competent
people,
Matt
ron
richard
director
page,
they
have
been
a
joy
to
work
with.
This
was
just
this
was
just
a
good
idea,
but
to
watch
them
pull
it
off
was
so
impressive
to
me
so
impressive
to
the
people
that
work
for
me
and
so
invaluable
to
that
neighborhood.
They
desperately
deserved
it.
So
I
want
to
thank
the
the
crew
at
the
parks
department,
first
and
foremost,
there's
a
lot
going
on
in
the
city.
I
I
can
tell
you
your
Parks
Department
is
is
ahead
of
the
curve
there
step
ahead,
they're,
always
thinking.
What's
that
next
great
idea,
but
I
will
commit
to
you
that
your
Police
Department
is
in
lockstep
with
them
anything
they
need
along
the
way
we're
gonna
be
there
for
them.
So
thank
you
for
your
service
to
this
board.
This
is
very
important
work.
It's
near
and
dear
to
my
heart.
You
guys
are
in
charge
of
fun,
I
really
like
fun,
but
it's
important
work
and
few
guys
to
take
time
out
of
your
day
or
evening.
I
E
Live
Des
Moines,
the
only
new
update,
there's
been
no
changes
of
the
document.
We've
incorporated
your
thoughts,
we're
on
track.
I
want
to
report
that
Richard
Brown
did
a
nice
job.
He
presented
to
the
Planning
and
Zoning
Commission
a
few
weeks
ago
now,
a
couple
weeks
ago
now
and
had
a
unanimous
recommendation
to
move
this
forward
and
make
it
a
part
of
the
overall
city
complan.
E
So
what
is
next
is
obviously
tonight
your
your
last
action
if
you're
so
choose
it
to
be,
and
then
we
have
a
workshop
with
the
City
Council
on
December
10th
and
then
the
meeting
after
that
would
be
final.
Adoption
by
the
City
Council
been
a
long
time
coming
a
lot
of
good
process
we're
proud
of
where
we're
at
today.
We
thank
you
for
all
your
input
reading
in
over
200
page
document
and
again
feel
public.
We
do
that.
You
get
to
do
this
during
your
time
on
the
board.
E
E
Let
us
email
you
from
Rebecca
location
time,
because
sometimes
it's
in
the
basement
of
City
Hall
time
they
move
them
upstairs
depending
on
crowd
size,
but
it
would
be
helpful
to
have
any
of
you
that
want
to
either
make
one
or
both
the
either
the
morning
workshop
or
the
night
that
they
actually
have
to
take
the
action
to
adopt
I've
personally
been
meeting
with
the
council
members.
We've
offered
them
all
one-on-one
meetings,
so
they
can
understand.
E
K
A
Thank
you.
'lord
action
passes
you're
going
to
Part
B
now.
This
is
always
ends
up
being
an
eight
to
seven
vote
or
you
know
something
of
that
nature.
This
is
the
cancellation
of
the
December
meeting
and
over
the
years
our
December
meeting
a
is
has
been
other
people
have
obligations
in
December,
I,
don't
know
what
it
would
be
and
oftentimes
we
don't
have
a
lot
of
business
to
conduct
during
the
December,
so
the
format
would
be
to
cancel
the
December
meeting
and
then
we
would
meet
again
in
January.
A
A
J
L
G
C
E
I'll
just
do
a
reminder,
so
at
the
last
budget
discussion
we
had
three
budget
items
for
you,
I'll
take
that
the
non
expense
side.
First,
we
had
a
revenue
enhancement
at
Grayslake
where
we
were
going
to
and
we
still
plan
on
having
a
request
for
proposals
on
what
concessions
could
look
like
if
the
private
sector
delivered
concessions.
Today,
that's
one
of
the
last
concession
operations
we
have
in
house
till
the
other.
Two
are
expense
related
items.
E
One
would
be
changing
the
hours
of
Grayslake
remember
to
open
till
midnight
during
those
six
months
and
summer
hours
and
it
would
reduce
back
to
10
p.m.
to
be
in
line
with
the
fall
hours.
So
we
would
have
a
consistent
closing
time.
We
would
not
have
a
consistent
opening
time
because
we
want
to
have
earlier
hours
of
Grayslake
and
the
Sun
rises
earlier
last
night,
which
has
changed
since
your
last
meeting.
You've
had
conversations
with
the
city
manager
was
the
reduction
of
the
wading
pool
program.
E
He's
listened
to
you
he's
decided
to
take
that
off
the
list
of
considerations
so
you're
down
to
just
two
items
tonight.
We
would
ask
for
your
support
on
the
to
graze,
like
items
again
to
summarize
the
RFP,
which
is
request,
proposals
for
concession
operations.
Again,
if
it
doesn't
clear
morning
we
make
today,
we
won't
do
it,
but
let's
see
if
we
can
and
see,
we
can
offer
better
services
and
to
the
reduction
in
closing
hours
at
night
during
the
summer
and
spring
hours.
A
Actually,
we
came
through
that
budget
process.
I
would
say
in
pretty
good
shape.
Considering
you
know
when
we
had
the
the
city
manager
agreed
with
many
members
that
wanted
to
keep
the
pools
are
not
pools,
but
the
wading
pool
structures
open
as
long
as
we
possibly
could
and
then
just
the
reduction
of
Grayslake
hours.
That
is
that's
a
pretty
good
budget
win,
I!
Think
for
our
department.
So
a
motion
for
Part,
C,
I'm,
okay,.
G
N
I,
just
I
just
want
to
relay
some
conversation.
We
had
an
executive
committee
meeting
about
the
budget
tonight.
I
talked
about
George
about
you
know,
concerns
expressed
in
sports
issues
with
a
long
term
impact
on
this
board
of
various
cuts
that
we've
seen
come
down
and
how
it's
affecting
operations
and
one
of
the
concerns
was
in
this
budget.
We
continue
to
see
our
aquatic
centers
operate
under
limited
hours
and
they're,
not
open,
then
open
early
as
they
used
to
they
don't
close
as
lazy
they
used
to
and
now
I
have
small
kids.
N
You
actually
see
the
impacts
of
some
of
those
things.
For
example,
you
know
hot
July
weather
trying
to
get
off
work
in
time
to
go.
Join
my
kids
at
the
local
Aquatic,
Center
and
air,
a
house
by
the
time
I
get
there
and
hop
in
the
pool
on
there
about
30
minutes,
and
they
close
and
you
got
to
go
home
well
know
we're
a
family
of
some
means.
We
we
have
other
options,
unfortunately
they're
not
part
of
the
park
system.
N
If
we,
we
need
to
swim
later
later
in
the
evening,
but
you
know
I
look
at
some
of
the
people
they're
there
they're,
obviously
folks
of
more
limited
means
and
I
think
tell
they're
there
to
escape
the
heat,
and
so
we
did
have
discussion
with
been
about
we'd
like
to
see
next
year's
budget
in
that
budget,
a
proposal
that
maybe
takes
another
look
at
taking
full
advantage
of
our
aquatic
facilities
and
having
them
open
for
a
longer
period
of
time.
I
believe
the
figure
is.
D
Maybe
just
echo
a
little
bit
of
what
Lloyd
said
and
it's
not
great
that
we're
limiting
some
of
the
hours
and
it's
hopefully
something
we
can
continue
to
look
at
and
increasing
some
of
the
budget
considerations
in
the
future
I
do
think
it's
a
good
compromise
based
on
what
was
presented
originally
and
I
do
plan
to
support
it,
but
it
does.
It
is
a
little
frustrating
when
each
year
there's
more
and
more
cuts.
D
A
It
was
a
very
good
meeting.
The
city
manager
was
there
and
Lloyd.
You
brought
up
some
very
legitimate
points.
I
do
want
to
let
everyone
know
that
we
are
part.
C
is
just
upon
this
year's
budget,
but
moving
forward
being
in
the
city
manager,
we're
gonna
get
together
and
do
a
study
on
you
know
the
impact
of
the
community,
the
impact
of
scheduled,
swim
lessons
that
we
run
at
the
same
time
regarding
personnel
staff
and
all
of
it
and
then
all
as
of
as
of
a
lot
of
things
are.
A
This
is
contingent
upon
the
sales
tax
program
in
March.
If
that
vote
comes,
and
so
it
is
in
the
works,
it
didn't
fall
on
deaf
ears
and
I
have
really
respect
been
in
the
city
manager.
For
agreeing
to
talk
about
this
moving
farther
down
the
road
and
also
Ben
is
going
to
do
some
summer
surveys
with
our
participants
into
pools
too.
So
absolutely
you
did
a
great
job
on
that
Lloyd.
A
J
E
J
H
Davis
members
of
the
Park
and
Recreation
Board
Matt
calcific
recreation
manager.
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
has
been
mentioned
to
give
you
an
update
about
the
Reno
memorial
dog
park,
relocation
to
orient
you
again
in
regards
to
the
location
of
the
dog
park
and
its
historical
or
traditional
spot,
just
south
of
Sargent
Park
near
the
intersection
of
Hubbell
and
Euclid
avenues.
H
H
One
of
the
other
aspects
of
this
initiative
was
looking
at
the
road
expansion
and
construction
in
regards
to
Hubbell
and
Euclid
avenues.
You
can
see
on
this
image
the
yellow
line
depicting
the
outline
or
the
fence
that
was
previously
located
identifying
the
3.7
acres
of
the
Reno
memorial
dog
park
and
in
this
early
picture
of
the
construction,
you
can
see
already
how
that
was
infringing
on
that
space
and,
if
you've
been
by
there.
H
Through
this
process
we
held
that
meeting
on
September
at
Grandview
golf
course,
and
we
were
seeking
input
at
the
time
about
the
location
of
the
dog
park
and
who
was
right
to
relocate
to
the
new
proposed
location
or
if
it
was
something
where
it
was
right
to
keep
it
at
its
current
location
or
where
it's
existed
and
have
it
be
potentially
modified.
We
talked
about
the
project
timeline
and
the
way
we
would
proceed
with
next
steps
and
we
feel
good
about
where
we
are
in
the
process.
H
H
This
next
map
highlights
really
what
the
proximity
of
the
new
facility
would
be
to
the
old,
so
toward
the
top
of
the
map,
where
you
can
see
again
the
historical
or
traditional
location
of
the
Rena
memorial
dog
park
that
3.7
acre
parcel
that
would
be
condensed
down
to
2.3
acres.
One
idea
about
maintaining
the
space
and
that
section
just
to
the
south
or
on
the
bottom
part
of
the
map
would
be
a
12.5
acre
parcel
that
was
previously
the
county
estates
village
mobile
home
park.
H
H
We
had
some
terrific
support
for
the
move.
In
addition
to
the
great
conversation
we
had
with
the
public
on
September
18th,
we
did
receive
support
from
the
Des
Moines
police
department,
who
were
encouraged
about
the
visibility
of
the
facility
and
the
sight
lines
to
keep
an
eye
on
interactions
and
activity
in
the
space.
H
We
also
received
positive
support
from
the
five
neighborhood
associations,
some
of
which
are
in
direct
contact
with
that
space
itself,
but
others
have
a
significant
population
that
we
think
would
have
interest,
and
we
heard
from
very
specifically
both
in
the
public
meeting
and
outside
of
that
meeting
about
how
the
dog
park
being
moved
to
that
location
would
impact
their
neighborhood.
And
most
of
that
feedback
was
positive
to
the
point
that
these
neighborhood
associations
each
gave
us
a
letter
of
support.
H
To
really
talk
about
some
of
the
very
specific
van
and
advantages
of
the
move.
First
and
foremost,
we
want
to
highlight
a
better
and
safer
access
for
pedestrian
connectivity.
Some
of
you
who
know
the
previous
location
of
the
dog
park
knew
you
had
to
park
across
the
street
for
the
parking
lot
designated
for
Sargent
Park.
There
was
still
a
high
traffic
flow
there
coming
out
of
the
Qt
and
down
the
way,
potentially
back
on
to
Euclid.
H
This
new
location
would
have
it
be
right
next
to
a
trail
and
closer
to
a
neighborhood
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
that.
In
a
moment,
it's
currently
not
a
space,
that's
in
use
by
any
other
user
group.
Many
of
you
know
some
of
our
parks
have
populations
that
are
based
there,
whether
it
be
for
a
youth
sports
program
or
a
contracted
program.
So
again,
this
was
a
rare
space
that
had
availability
to
absorb
a
potential
new
facility
like
this
one,
it's
already
under
city
ownership.
H
So
again
another
advantage
of
this
potential
change
and
then
the
existing
off
street
parking
I
just
mentioned
the
parking
situation
with
the
old
facility.
This
has
a
parking
lot
directly
next
to
where
what
would
be
I
guess
the
North
fence
in
a
potential
new
design,
and
it
does
not
require
a
crossing
of
a
major
street
to
gain
access
again.
H
The
proposed
new
location
would
still
be
a
three
acre
parcel,
which
is
very
sizable,
considering
the
use
patterns
and
the
need
that
have
existed
in
this
area
for
dog
parks
use
of
the
existing
hard
surface
for
a
walking
path.
The
other
great
advantage
there
is
with
maintenance,
it's
very
difficult,
sometimes
to
maintain
a
fence
line,
especially
in
an
environment.
That's
being
used
constantly.
So
we
a
value
and
appreciate
that
aspect
of
the
space,
higher
quality,
natural
setting,
including
trees
and
a
creek,
and
then
the
potential
to
serve
a
large
larger
population
of
users.
H
H
So
from
here
talk
a
little
bit
about
the
next
steps
we
actually
have
our
next
public
meeting
scheduled
next
Thursday
December
6th
at
6:30
p.m.
at
the
Eastside
library
we'll
be
contacting
those
people
who
joined
us
at
the
first
public
meeting.
But
again
we
welcome
all
people
who
are
interested
in
this
process
and
want
to
hear
more.
That
means
gonna
be
very
much
focused
on
talking
about
the
features
of
the
dog
park
itself
and
a
little
bit
about
the
visionary
process
of
coming
up
with
a
park
that
complements
what
we're
doing
there
in
that
space.
H
With
the
dog
park
from
there
we'll
be
developing
a
site
plan
here
internally
and
Jenny
Richman
and
her
team
lead
Wheelock
will
be
involved
in
that
process
as
well
about
laying
out
a
facility
that
then
will
actually
bring
back
to
your
next
Park
and
Recreation
Board
meeting
on
January
22nd
at
5:00
p.m.
right
here
in
this
room
at
the
MSC
and
we'll
be
inviting
people
again
at
this
meeting
we'll
have
next
week
and
then
through
some
other
public
notice
about
coming
to
this
meeting.
To
make
any
comments
about
the
proposed
site
plan
from
there.
H
We'll
be
looking
to
get
project
bids
and
potentially
the
spring
of
nineteen
and
then
plan
to
begin
construction,
and
now
this
is
for
the
dog
park
portion
only
in
the
summer
of
nineteen
park
features
again
that
will
be
part
of
this
planning
process.
Coming
up
would
be
pending
additional
approved
funding
and
we'd
be
going
through
our
traditional
process
of
allocating
funds
for
future
amenities
and
additions
in
that
space,
and
that's
the
report
here
tonight
I.
H
L
H
Say
it's
really
in
regards
to
what
the
future
vision
might
be
room
for
playground,
basketball,
court.
Some
of
these
other
things
that
might
be
part
of
the
discussion
in
our
public
meeting
I
can
tell
you
that
that's
definitely
still
a
consideration,
I'm,
not
sure
again
without
hearing
some
of
that
feedback,
and
maybe
getting
the
feedback
of
this
group
too,
if
it
would
be
warranted
to
occupy
the
majority
of
this
space
with
the
dog
park
footprint
without
thinking
about
some
of
those
other
amenities,
but
certainly
up
for
discussion
and
consideration.
I
think.
E
We're
not
locked
in
on
any
one
thing
or
size,
yet
we
want
to
go
to
the
public.
We
just
know
that
this
site
is
more
flexible
cuz,
it's
larger.
It
could
have
a
lot
more
things
in
it.
What
I
want
to
make
sure
one
message,
I
want
to
be
very
consistent,
is
the
money
that
we
have
is
only
enough
money
to
put
the
fencing
back
up
and
existing
things
that
we
lost,
but
we
realized
that
this
lends
itself
to
we'll
have
other
opportunities
that
little
dotted
line.
E
You
can
see
there
that
kind
of
crosses
from
north
to
south
is
the
Gaelic
Wilson
trail,
and
you
can
see
all
of
those
residents
to
the
east
side.
If
we
had
a
trail
connection
there,
we
think
that
would
be
very
popular
and
we
think
that
there's
a
shelter
possibility,
it
could
be
a
sports
court.
Well,
we
know
one
thing
for
sure:
I
think
you've
all
seen
this
is
parks
are
only
successful
when
their
community
is
going
to
use
them
tells
us
what
they
want
in
them.
H
One
other
thing,
I'll
add
in
regards
to
your
question:
this
design
is
very
circumstantial.
I
mentioned
one
of
the
benefits
of
having
the
paved
walking
path.
This
is
actually
the
point
where
that
turns
and
can
help
you
complete
a
full
loop,
so
again,
decision
made
at
this
point
based
on
what's
there
for
us
in
terms
of
existing
infrastructure,.
E
They
are
both
in
the
flood
zone.
Still
the
flood
way.
This
one
right
here
tends
to
have
less
damages
and
portions
of
this
property
and
the
other
property.
Does
the
good
news?
Is
your
green?
Your
green
way
plans
perform
I,
let
you
adopt
it.
Maybe
about
a
year
ago,
I'm
going
off
a
memory.
This
land
we've
talked
to
the
Polk
County
Conservation
they're,
willing
to
take
this
old
piece
and
put
it
into
their
Greenway
system
demand
to
manage,
maintain
in
the
way
that
the
county
maintains
that
a
conservation
land.
E
N
N
J
E
The
process
that
we
would
give
the
Polk,
County,
Conservation
and
they're
willing
to
take
that
okay,
yeah
they're
gonna
manage
a
bunch
of
spots
all
up
and
down
the
railway
with
the
city.
In
fact,
on
Monday
night
there
is
action
by
the
City
Council
being
proposed
to
spend
up
to
a
million
dollars
a
Polk
County
conservation
money
to
do
additional
buyouts
to
help
supplement
the
city
funds.
So
we
can
expedite
all
these
buyouts
that
we
should
have
happened
in
this
area.
E
E
May
get
a
quick
view
may
get
questions
or
comments
from
constituents
that
dog
park
passes
are
being
renewed
as
we
speak
for
next
year
that
runs
through
the
City
Clerk's
office
by
design
cuz.
She
needs
to
make
sure
they
have
all
their
licenses
and
spayed
neutered
that
type
of
thing.
So
we
did
not
change
our
fee
from
$20
to
reduce
it
because
we're
down
one
dog
park
we've
always
charged
that
20
on
our
feet
even
only
had
one
dog
park,
the
first
one
was
on
the
south
side
at
Ewing
Park.
E
E
Have
to
show
that
to
get
the
license
and
then
once
they
have
their
license,
then
we
have
what
we
call
dog
park.
Ambassadors
and
I'm
surprised
to
this
day
that
we
can
still
get
enough
people
to
volunteer
since
we
opened
the
first
one
seven
eight
years
ago,
I
think
Jim
would
know,
because
he
was
part
of
that
in
Ewing
Park,
and
so
we
use
the
dog
park
ambassadors.
E
C
C
C
H
To
Ben's
point
about
not
having
someone
out
there,
all
the
time,
I
can
tell
you
that
we're
in
we've
for
three
years
in
a
row,
we've
surpassed,
2,000,
passes,
sold
and
that's
access
to
any
of
the
three
dog
parks,
but
to
chart
daily
use.
It's
a
similar
situation
to
maybe
what
we
have
with
the
spray
grounds,
because
we
don't
have
a
dedicated
staff
at
the
facility.
Some
of
those
patterns
were
able
to
use
some
estimates
and
some
formulas
about,
and
certainly
that
2000
number
staying
strong,
certainly
shows
that
the
response
is
pretty
consistent.
H
One
other
note
about
this
location
in
particularly
this
has
been
the
lowest
used
of
the
three
to
Joel's
point
about
the
size.
We
certainly
don't
want
to
trivialize
that
I
think
the
access
off
of
Hubbell,
some
of
those
other
benefits,
could
bring
this
space
into
a
new
era
in
terms
of
approaching
the
use
of
the
other
two
locations
which,
even
though
we
haven't
been
able
to
chart
and
have
visibly
been
much
higher
in
previous
years,
I.
A
Think
the
parking
itself
will
make
a
big
difference.
Absolutely
I
are
any
of
these
breed
restrictive
dog
parks
in
general,
I,
don't
know
much
I
mean
you
must
have
a
license
correct
and
when
you
get
a
license,
doesn't
that
certify
that
your
shots
and
everything
are
up
to
date?
So,
basically,
you
just
need
a
license
and
then
your
membership
for
the
dog
park,
which
you
said
is
$20.
E
A
L
Dave's,
if
I
could
speak
to
that,
I've
got
a
pass.
I've
got
two
little
dogs
and
I
live
over
by
Easter
Lake,
so
I
use
the
Ewing
Park
dog
park
a
lot
and
there's
size
restrictions,
there's
big
dog
area
in
the
little
dog
area.
So
if
I
feel
like
there's
some
rowdy
big
dogs
I'll
take
my
little
dogs
to
the
little
dog
area
and
we've
not
had
any
problems
in
the
3-4
years.
I've
had
passes
if.
A
D
E
O
Davis
members
of
the
Park
and
Recreation
Board
Kali
Liao,
Kortright
parks
and
recreation
supervisor.
Our
story
takes
place
north
of
downtown
just
south
of
the
Des
Moines
River
and
north
of
the
VA
hospital
in
the
lower
beaver
neighborhood
LaVon
park
was
purchased
in
1959
with
adventures
on
this
land
began
long
before
in
1857,
the
park
property
was
formerly
and
owned
by
one
of
Des
Moines
pioneers,
George
smear
George.
O
Snare
was
a
business
person,
prominent
early
Des,
Moines
Civic
supporter
and
a
friend
of
Wesley
redhead,
who
you've
heard
about
before
he
farmed
the
property
outlined
here
in
yellow
where
the
parking
is
now
until
1860.
When
he
returned
to
the
city,
he
was
then
elected,
alderman
on
the
City
Council
city,
clerk
and
Street.
Commissioner.
He
had
a
green
fruit
provision
and
storage
business
in
1874
and
in
1877
he
was
elected
mayor
for
two
years.
At
this
time
there
were
no
sewers,
the
streets
were
unpaved
and
so
during
wet
season,
streets
were
nearly
impassable.
O
They
were
flooded
and
muddy.
Mayor
smear
was
a
very
important
in
making
Des
Moines
a
city.
He
helped
push
our
citizens
by
bringing
an
expert
engineer
in
from
Chicago.
This
engineer
drew
up,
elaborate,
paving
and
sewer
plans
and
property
owners
were
really
shocked
by
the
cost
of
what
that
would
be
would
be
for
their
City,
but
council
approved
his
plans
and
a
60
inch.
Brick
sewer
was
built
and
soon
after
paving
began.
Not
only
this,
but
Mayor
sneer
brought
thought
that
bridges
should
be
made
free
at
the
time
they
were
not.
O
The
facilities
for
crossing
the
rivers
were
really
inadequate,
and
people
living
in
the
city
didn't
think
that
they
should
be
taxed
to
build,
build
something
that
benefited
the
entire
county.
It
was
defeated
once,
but
he
convinced
them
it
was,
and
that
was
also
finally
passed
through
and
our
city
took
on
a
whole
new
life.
O
Meanwhile,
back
on
what
will
become
the
park
in
1882,
Charles,
C
Norris
and
his
wife
were
living
on
that
property
and
NORs
was
a
pioneer
lawmaker
and
an
Iowa
Attorney
General
and
a
state
judicial
judge,
but
around
1891
George
smear
passed
away,
and
this
opted
the
selling
of
his
lien.
As
you
see,
he
was
one
of
the
three
oldest
oldest
settlers
in
Des
Moines.
O
At
the
time
he's
buried
and
Woodland
Cemetery
as
time
goes
on
the
Norse
family
themselves,
to
the
Pickering
family
and
in
the
1930s
you
see
in
this
areal
here
the
yellow
box
again
showing
the
vicinity
of
the
park
in
the
Saylor
Township.
Prior
to
this,
it
was
called
the
Valley
Township
by
1939.
We
fast
forward
to
the
late
30s
and
zoom
out
a
little
bit.
O
We
see
on
the
City
Planning
and
Zoning
Board
recreational
facilities
map
the
relationship
of
the
park
to
where
Des
Moines
was
in
size
and
development,
and
you
see
it's
located
actually
outside
of
Des
Moines.
At
the
time
here
we
see
in
the
paper
in
November,
11th
1945,
the
property
the
park
will
be
located
on
is
part
of
the
new
beaver
airfield
for
several
weeks.
The
register
reported,
but
Beaverdale
residents
believe
they
were
witnessing
airplane,
forced
land
means
planes,
coasted
down
from
the
sky
and
disappeared
behind
the
trees.
Several
blocks
away.
O
They
soon
found
out
that
this
new
airfield
is
opening
and
the
new
hangar
accommodates
11
planes
and
is
nearly
complete.
So
Pickering
had
leased
it
leased
the
property
that
the
park
eventually
will
be
beyond
two
brothers
John
and
Richard
McDowell
and
their
brother-in-law
Walter
Siebert,
who
was
a
Grimes
farmer
the
next
year,
1946
Airways
Incorporated
purchases,
the
land
from
the
Pickering's
and
they
further
developed
the
beaver
airfield
research
shows
that
Larry
Farnum,
who
was
an
aviation
pioneer
and
inventor
of
the
fly
cycle,
was
possibly
running
the
operation
and
there
were
two
landing
strips
here.
O
You
can
see
the
hangars
to
the
left
and
the
future
park
property
to
the
right.
Even
before
we
were
a
park,
we
were
a
source
of
entertainment
and
community
gatherings.
Here
you
see,
subject
to
weather
40
school
children
will
be
given
free
rides
in
a
blimp,
and
a
man
will
go
to
1500
feet
in
altitude
and
jump
out
with
a
parachute.
The
blimp
was
in
town
as
part
of
an
advertisement
for
Continental
Baking
Company
the
same
year,
a
world
war,
two
Goodyear
airship
takes
off
from
the
beaver,
airfield
and
flies
over
the
Iowa
State
Fair.
O
Unfortunately,
by
1948.
Mr.
McDowell
is
involved
in
a
plane
crash
in
Kansas,
resulting
in
four
deaths,
including
his
own
and
by
1949.
The
wives
of
the
plane
crash
victims,
sue
mrs.
McDowell
for
the
plane
crash
by
the
1950s.
We
see
here,
the
airfield
is
gone
and
we
also
see
in
the
1950s
that
the
McVicker
freeway
known
now
as
I
235,
was
being
built
that
cut
through
town
and
it
cut
through
trolley
routes
which
changed
the
way
that
the
city
developed.
O
Here,
the
Des
Moines
Register
shows
May
24th
1952
an
article
on
the
left.
This
is
prior
to
the
park
being
developed,
but
tells
us
where
the
name
Woodlawn
comes
from.
The
school
district
board
members
adopt
the
name,
wood
line
for
the
new
elementary
school
at
lower
beaver
and
Madison
Avenue,
and
it
was
a
nod
to
the
former
East
woodland
and
West
woodland
schools.
Woodlawn,
referring
to
the
wooded
area
surrounding
the
park,
will
also
adopt,
though
named,
will
on
seven
years
later
after
this.
O
O
On
a
side
note,
the
picture
on
the
right
is
the
former
East
woodland
school,
which
was
just
torn
down
this
year,
a
hundred
and
ten
years
after
it
was
closed
in
1908,
because
the
Register
reported
it
had
lack
of
attendees
people
are
keeping
their
kids
home
to
husk
corn
and
dig
potatoes
by
1954.
Airways
Incorporated
sells
only
entire
and
wood
sales
and
by
1955
we
see
that
the
mercury
coach
corporation
plant
catches
fire.
O
They
end
up
rebuilding
in
six
weeks
in
in
1956,
156
acres
around
that
area
are
annexed,
including
where
the
park
property
was,
but
the
property
where
the
plant
was
was
not
annexed
and
that's
just
the
property
just
to
the
west
of
the
park.
In
1957,
almost
a
hundred
years
after
mayor
George
sneer
owned
the
property.
We
see
one
of
the
developers
Ron
Greenwood,
who
lived
in
the
neighborhood
named
this
area,
Deborah
Heights.
After
his
daughter
Deborah,
our
park
properties
not
shown
yeah,
but
a
couple
years
later,
we'll
be
on
the
south
end
of
this
diagram.
O
19:58
the
new
woodland
school
finally
opens,
and
this
article
shows
the
new
deborah
heights
development,
which
will
have
300
to
400
new
homes
to
the
south
in
the
photo
in
the
lower
right
hand
corner
you
can
see
the
empty
land
that
will
soon
become
the
park
of
note
to
this
year.
Mercury
trailer
plant
closes
because
the
highway
commission
won't
let
trailers
over
8
feet
wide
move
on
Iowa
highways.
O
Mercury
coach
finally
sells
in
1959
and
it
is
annexed
by
Nick
1960.
The
park
was
purchased
in
March
1959
from
the
Northwest
Development
Corporation,
who
developed
that
Deborah
Heights
area.
An
internal
document
seated
at
the
park,
sometimes
is
known
as
a
playground,
not
a
park
because
of
the
lack
of
trees.
Another
big
thing
in
the
news
that
year
was
that
Merle
hay,
mall
I
was
first
big
shopping
center
opens
nearby
and
the
suburbs
start
booming.
O
Here
you
see
in
the
picture
development
continuing
to
the
north
of
the
park,
there's
still
a
strip
to
the
north
and
the
east.
That's
undeveloped,
and
this
area
remains
undeveloped,
actually
for
the
next
50
years
on
the
left-hand
side
of
the
register.
Here
you
see
in
March
a
1960
heavy
winter
snow
delays,
the
park
work
for
the
park
getting
opened
the
same
time.
The
residents
are
petitioning
for
a
skating
rink
and
the
1960
annual
report
says
later
in
the
fall
the
park
is
completed.
O
It
includes
a
shelter
house,
a
wading
pool
play
equipment,
a
lighted,
softball
diamond
and
a
skating
rink.
They
actually
had
over
1600
skaters
in
the
first
six
weeks
that
they
opened,
so
they
got
what
they
had
asked
for.
Woodland
Park
has
a
summer
play
programs,
you
see
here
with
supervised
activities
and
in
1967
we
see
on
this
recreational
facilities
map
in
the
paper
Woodland
Park
up
in
the
northwest.
O
As
you
see
in
all
areas
of
town,
there
are
large
parks,
except
for
on
the
northwest
side
of
town
in
1967,
the
Park
and
Recreation
Board
asked
the
city
to
purchase
ten
acres
of
land.
It's
the
last
wild
area
to
add
to
Woodlawn
board
president
mrs.
Luthor,
Hill
jr.
urges
this
is
one
of
the
few
remaining
native
wooded
areas
in
Des
Moines.
The
board
argues.
If
the
city
doesn't
purchase
this
land,
it
will
be
a
loss
to
residential
development
and
the
asking
price
at
that
time
was
fifty
thousand
dollars.
O
So
the
council
voted
no
against
it
and
park
board
asked
for
it
to
be
condemned
and
they
voted.
No
again,
there
are
many
articles
in
the
paper
this
year,
because
residents
fully
supported
the
purchase
and
expansion
of
the
park,
but
we
see
here
on
the
top
left
by
the
end
of
the
year,
the
land
was
cleared
for
development.
The
land
owner
claims,
the
city
didn't
negotiate,
even
try
to
negotiate
with
her,
and
she
would
have
liked
to
see
it
be
a
park
too.
O
In
the
1970s
we
see
more
development
surrounding
the
area
and
an
inventory
in
the
70s
shows
we
have
basketball
and
horseshoe
horseshoe
jungle-gym
merry-go-round,
slides,
a
shelter
house,
tetherball
tennis
courts,
wading
pool
and
spring
animals,
but
by
this
time
it
says
that
there
is
no
longer
a
baseball
diamond.
It
had
been
removed.
This
drawing
is
from
a
1973
newspaper
of
what
the
park
layout
would
have
looked
like.
O
Unfortunately,
by
1976.
This
letter
to
the
editor
says
the
park
is
an
eyesore
and
full
of
litter.
It
is
unsafe
for
children,
it's
been
about
nine
years,
since
the
park
board
proposed
the
expansion,
but
again
in
the
1976
park
plan
we
called
for
another
five
acres
of
land
to
be
purchased
in
the
park
to
be
expanded,
possibly
that
property
to
the
west
in
1977.
The
neighborhood
is
still
complaining
that
their
youth
drinking
beer
in
the
park
after
hours
and
they've
asked
for
extra
park
patrols.
O
The
Parks
and
Rec
read
recreation
director,
William
Foley
recommends
to
the
park
board
that
a
new
9:00
p.m.
curfew
be
imposed
for
small
neighborhood
parks.
They
had
been
closing
it
at
the
time.
He
also
said
the
parking
lot
should
be
barricaded
at
9
p.m.
and
he
recommended
a
park
patrol
unit
as
part
of
the
police
department,
but
City
Council
rejected
this
idea,
saying
it
would
be
too
costly.
The
next
day
this
ad
ran
in
the
paper
for
all
these
supervised
activities
available
in
the
park,
including
youth,
tennis
and
recreation
programs
on
the
summer
for
free.
O
In
addition
to
this
all
these
programs
that
were
going
on,
we
see
in
the
register
here
they
were
also
offering
5
mile
in
longer
15
mile
bike
trips
for
kids
in
July.
It
shows
the
kids
rode
from
Woodland
Park
to
Living
History
Farms.
It's
hard
to
imagine
the
youth
today
taking
on
such
an
adventure
in.
G
O
1980S,
we
continue
to
see
supervised
play
in
the
park
with
winter
recreation
and
summer.
Recreation
such
as
tennis,
but
by
the
mid-1980s,
the
Des
Moines
Register
reports
that
woodlands
play
equipment
is
getting
mediocre
marks
because
would
play
equipment
is
now
in
the
90s
park.
Evaluation
shows
that
the
shelter
and
bathrooms
have
holes
in
the
roof
and
the
walls.
The
play
equipment
and
picnic
tables
still
need
to
be
replaced.
The
basketball
court
has
been
trims
and
the
tennis
nets
do.
We
need
to
be
tightened,
so
there's
a
lot
to
be
fixed
in
the
90s.
O
We
also
see
that
the
recreational
programs
have
changed
and
we
have
a
traveling
carnival.
Crew
programs
were
less
supervised,
playgrounds
are
gone
in
so
our
tennis
lessons,
unfortunately,
in
the
park
in
1994,
the
Woodlawn
shelters
heavily
damaged
by
fire,
possibly
from
a
cord
on
an
air
monitoring
device
installed
by
staff,
but
run
up
swing
because
by
2002
were
listed
as
one
of
the
top
seven
favorite
parks
in
Des
Moines.
We
see
the
neighborhood
becoming
more
organized
and
involved
in
the
planning
and
the
programming
of
the
parks,
and
with
that
Neighborhood
Association
we
helping
us.
O
We
see
the
park
begin
to
transform
groups
such
as
Latino
dreams
are
using
the
open
space
for
play
and
the
teens
say
it's
like
therapy
for
them
in
2006,
following
the
waiting
for
closure
in
the
previous
year,
we
have
a
new
water
future
installed
in
this
spray.
Future
is
the
first
of
its
kind
for
us,
as
it
didn't
rely
on
any
type
of
staffing.
Unfortunately,
in
the
same
year,
arsons
burn
our
portable
restroom,
enclosures
and
tables.
O
O
We
have
open
space,
tennis,
courts,
soccer
fields,
baseball,
I'm,
sorry,
basketball,
courts
in
the
heart
of
the
park,
I'm,
the
water
future
in
the
shelters
and
the
playground
on
the
eastern
edge
of
the
park
and
by
2014
we
have
park
redesigned
plans
in
2014,
a
full-size
basketball
court
was
added
a
DA
sidewalks
benches
and
portable
restroom
enclosure,
and
by
2015
we
have
a
new
park
sign
and
our
tennis
courts
are
resurfaced.
All
of
these
amenities
still
exists
today.
O
So
maybe
it's
not
diving
off
of
blimps,
but
it's
really
still
a
fun
gathering
space
for
our
community
as
it
has
been
for
more
than
70
years.
The
open
space
has
been
used
on
and
off
for
Northwest
soccer
for
the
last
15
years,
and
this
year
marked
five
years
of
a
community
Easter
egg
hunt
in
the
park.
We
also
still
have
free
flicks
in
the
park
and
many
other
cleanup
events
hosted
by
the
lower
beaver,
Neighborhood
Association.
O
As
they've
adopted
and
cared
for
the
park
for
years,
so
although
this
park
is
one
of
our
newer
parks,
it's
rich
in
history
and
can
be
tied
to
the
earliest
pioneers
and
builders
of
our
great
city,
we
hope
it
continues
to
be
a
play
area
for
our
future
leaders.
Charity
Vista
members
of
the
park
board.
Thank
you.
Do
you
have
any
questions?
I.
E
H
H
First,
we
start
with
our
pool
passes.
This
is
an
exciting
opportunity
for
people
to
do
something
this
time
of
year
that
you
wouldn't
actually
be
thinking
much
about,
but
it
is
a
tremendous
savings
and
we
think
something
great
to
put
out
there
to
really
remind
people
about
what's
out
there
coming
soon
during
this
very
chilly
time,
but
you
can
see
a
breakdown
of
our
fees
and
that
holiday
special
is
one
that
really
is
significant.
So
this
deal,
this
special
is
only
available
online.
H
So
we
direct
people
to
our
website,
DMP
org,
again
engagement
with
that
opportunity
for
the
fact
that
we
do
our
swim.
Let's
swim
lesson
registrations
through
that
come
that
time
of
year,
and
we
really
want
to
get
people
into
the
habit
of
going
to
that
site
to
look
for
their
information,
so
the
holiday
special
pricing
is
a
limited
time.
It
started
already
I'm
happy
to
say:
we've
actually
already
sold
27
passes,
so
we're
off
to
a
tremendous
start
and
people
being
interested
in
this
unique
opportunity.
H
We've
actually
extended
the
deadline
past
what
we
have
in
traditional
or
in
the
past.
We
used
to
go
up
to
Christmas
Eve
and
it
was
a
gift
idea,
but
we
thought
it
was
right
to
extend
it
out
through
the
end
of
the
year,
so
December
31st
that
aligns
with
some
other
registration
timelines
and
specials
that
were
running
this
time
of
year
so
certainly
wanted
to
give
that
opportunity
to
people
if
they
wanted
that
other
special
pricing,
the
time
frame
we
have
is
really
the
month
of
April.
H
It's
our
early
bird
special
and
again
a
breakdown
there
of
how
those
fees
change
and
then
always.
We
want
to
mention
the
grass
program
and
you
can
see
the
significant
savings
we've
talked
about
that
several
times.
But
again
people
have
the
opportunity
to
take
advantage
of
that
program.
It
is
significant.
H
Next,
we
have
our
2019
season
golf
passes.
The
process
for
this
opportunity
is
to
really
purchase
a
gift
card
at
blank
golf
course,
and
that's
our
course
that
stays
open
year-round
essentially
again
to
remind
people.
When
we
talked
about
golf
fees.
I
know
we
mentioned
that
if
it's
40
degrees
and
no
snow,
blank
off
course
is
open
for
business.
Waveland
and
Grandview
have
shut
down
for
the
season,
but
the
clubhouse
there
at
blank
is
operating
as
normal
people
would
go
there
to
purchase
a
gift
card.
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That
would
then
be
converted
into
a
badge
or
a
pass,
as
we
call
them
synonymous
terms
there
for
their
in
their
first
visit
of
the
season,
and
we've
listed
a
breakdown
of
the
opportunities
people
have
there
with
the
par
badge
which
actually
has
card
included
and
the
price
there.
We
have
individual
badges
and
you
can
see
the
price
range
on
those
a
couples
badge
senior
for
those
golfers
over
62,
and
then
our
junior
pass
or
a
junior
badge
for
anyone
under
18
and
a
reminder.
All
badges
passes,
include
Waveland
blank,
Grandview
and
now
jester
park.
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H
Next,
we
have
our
holiday
wreaths,
and
this
is
a
service
at
our
Des
Moines
cemeteries,
thanks
to
our
cemetery
manager,
Ganesh
Ganpat,
for
providing
me
with
this
information.
This
is
a
program
we've
run
before,
but
certainly
want
to
promote
it
again
during
this
time.
These
are
fifty
dollars,
each
and
they're
handmade
here
in
the
US.
These
are
24
inch
wreaths
with
easel,
and
even
though,
all
that
we
have
this
year
for
purchase
or
that
we
have
available
at
this
time
already
in
the
season
are
artificial
or
synthetic.
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They
do
come
with
natural,
pinecones
and
holly
berries.
Ganesh,
provided
me
a
great
picture
there
of
that
decorating
that
Monument
in
particular
free
placement
at
all
of
our
Des
Moines
municipal
cemeteries,
and
you
can
see
to
order.
You
would
just
need
to
call
that
number
on
the
screen
to
finalize
your
payment
and
place
your
order
and
your
specific
instruction
about
placement.
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Next
we
have
our
iconic
Park
and
Rec
t-shirts.
This
is
a
program
that
we
started
a
few
years
ago
with
our
partner
from
twin
forks
trading
company,
and
you
can
see
a
couple
of
the
latest
designs
there.
We've
included,
but
they're
up
to
probably
about
somewhere
between
ten
and
fifteen
different
designs,
specific
to
our
Parks
and
Rec
system.
Cost
is
about
26
to
36
dollars
started
back
in
2017.
These
are
a
product
of
Iowa.
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One
of
the
great
benefits
of
a
purchase
here
is
the
10%
of
sales
go
back
to
Des,
Moines,
Parks
and
Rec
and
I'm
happy
to
report
that
we
have
had
some
significant
sales.
So
that's
a
win-win,
but
again,
if
you're
interested
in
seeing
the
whole
selection
there's
the
website
there
for
you
on
the
screen
twin
forks
trading
code
comm
and
you
click
on
the
Des
Moines
link.
Now
that
Des
Moines
link
includes
several
other
iconic
features
in
the
city,
but
all
of
our
Park
and
Recreation
specific
t-shirts
are
listed
under
that
subheading.
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And
then,
finally,
we
wanted
to
give
a
mention
to
the
Friends
of
Des,
Moines
parks
and
perhaps
the
gift
of
membership.
We
have
obviously
a
tremendous
relationship
with
the
friends
and
wanted
to
mention
that
their
memberships
start
at
$50.
If
you
or
anyone
you
know,
is
really
looking
to
get
active.
I
mentioned
the
number
of
nearly
a
million
dollars
in
project
contributions
and
I
can
let
Sarah
speak
a
little
bit
more
to
how
that
is
connected
throughout
our
system
here
shortly.
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But
if
somebody,
you
know,
is
really
interested
in
finding
out
more
details,
I
would
recommend
them
contacting
Sarah
specifically
and
our
email
address.
Is
there
on
the
screen
or
check
out
their
new
newly
updated
website?
Add
friends
of
DM
parks,
org
and
you
can
actually
see
their
new
logo
part
of
their
branding
campaign
here
that
they
started
recently
on
the
screen
as
well,
and
those
are
just
some
images
of
places
where
the
friends
have
contributed
to
our
system,
whether
it
be
with
some
physical
amenities,
playgrounds,
additional
features
to
the
parks.
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We
have
our
access
for
a
great
lake
for
the
boat
rental
swim,
lessons
contributions
to
events
themselves
like
trash
bash.
The
friends
are
very
active
on
in
several
places
on
several
fronts
and
our
system,
and
we
certainly
wanted
to
mention
that
there
anything
else
you'd
like
to
add
specifically
just.
K
H
D
Had
met
the
week
before
Thanksgiving
had
an
update
from
Richard
on
the
live
DSM
proposal,
which
everyone's
heard
about
and
then
also
the
Des
Moines
River
Trail,
face
to
Easter
Lake
and
how
that
will
eventually
connect
County
fields
with
the
Easter
Lake
loops.
So
that
will
hopefully
be
very
an
exciting
update,
we'll
get
at
the
board
level
at
some.
M
M
L
Cemetery
committee
met
Wednesday,
November
7th,
and
we
discussed
the
exciting
update
of
City
chapter
34,
along
with
the
exciting
update
of
Iowa
Code,
section
523,
which
I
do
believe
they're
going
through
and
working
on
to
make
sure
the
cemetery
code
is
in
line
with
city
code
and
state
code.
Our
next
meeting
is
December,
5th
cemetery
fees
are
going
to
or
they
might
have
already
gone
to.
They
already
went
to
the
board,
excuse
me
City
Council,
and
they
were
approved.
L
C
A
E
A
Are
very
nice
and
very
beautiful,
we
always
get
those.
Those
are
very
nice,
hey,
I'm,
listen
I
am
I,
just
want
to
say
that
I'm
pleased
to
be
part
of
this
group,
because
I
think
we
all
have
a
mission
and
a
you
know,
thoughts
of
on
things
and
and
I
hope
everyone
that
sure
brings
their
thoughts
and
ideas
because
we
all
have
an
individual
patient,
whether
it
be
spring
rounds,
whether
b-ball
diamonds,
regardless
I,
think
everyone
brings
their
passion
and
I
and
I
want
everyone
to
express
their
passion,
moving
forward
and
stuff.