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Des Moines Parks & Recreation Board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 in Des Moines, Iowa.
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B
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E
A
Have
a
quorum:
okay,
let's
go
through
the
agenda
and
see
if
we
have
approval
for
the
agenda
as
written
all
those
in
favor.
Okay,
we'll
go
right
to
presentations,
but
before
we
do,
I
want
to
recognize
some
council
people
that
are
here.
Josh
mandelbaum
is
here:
bill
gray
is
here
Joe
Gatto
Linda.
Are
you
Linda
Westergaard
is
here
and
Connie
bosun
is
here,
so
we
had
five
council
people
that
braved
the
weather
and
and,
as
you
can
see,
josh
had
us
closed
the
blind.
So
you
can't
see
the
weather
outside
it's
sunny
and
70
degrees.
A
F
F
F
They
provided
assistance
to
thousands
of
people
in
need
picked
up
more
than
300
or
more
than
five
hundred
and
thirty
thousand
pounds
of
litter
and
debris
from
our
public
lands.
Volunteers
have
beautified
our
city
and
recorded
our
history,
built
spaces
for
us
to
play,
grown
food
restored,
habitat
and
so
much
more.
In
2018
we
had
more
than
4,500
volunteers
donating
over
34,000
hours
of
service,
but
even
bigger
than
that.
F
F
F
Experience
he
learned
real-world
applications
that
he
could
transfer
and
educational
opportunities
in
his
classroom.
Kevin's
energy
and
enthusiasm
were
contagious.
He
jumped
right
in
and
began
doing
online
training
to
prepare
for
his
summer
with
us.
When
the
externship
began,
he
mapped
existing
monarch,
habitat
and
identified
potential
habitats
for
future
conservation
planning
efforts.
Kevin
was
the
busy
guy,
as
you
can
see,
and
even
with
summer
heat
and
humidity
Kevin
took
the
initiative
to
go
above
and
beyond.
He
identified
milkweed
species
and
estimated
the
number
of
plants
while
walking
every
single
Park.
F
We
have
it's
no
small
feat.
His
intensity
and
dedication
took
the
monarch
habitat
project
further
than
we
could
have
ever
anticipated.
Helping
present
his
award
this
evening
as
parks
manager,
Ron
Ward.
Please
join
me
in
honoring
Kevin
atterberg,
with
the
2018
special
award
for
his
volunteer
conservation
work.
F
Stephens
hosts
volunteers
year-round
in
the
greenhouse
during
his
busiest
season
from
March
through
May.
He
has
volunteer
shifts
twice
a
day.
He
is
organized
prepared
and
committed
to
running
a
high-quality,
green
house
and
volunteer
operation.
He
has
taken
an
intense
growing
operation
and
made
it
as
efficient
and
fun
as
possible,
bringing
hundreds
of
volunteers
back
year
after
year.
Colt
welcomes
the
diversity
of
volunteers,
both
young
and
old
community
service
and
corporate.
He
uses
his
knowledge
of
plants
to
educate
transplant
errs
school
children,
youth
and
adults.
F
F
Playing
youth
sports
isn't
just
about
winning
and
losing
you
learn
so
many
life
lessons
in
coach,
Amon,
Douglas,
a
youth
basketball
coach
demonstrates
what
a
good
role
model
and
coach
should
be
on
and
off
the
court.
He
works
well
with
parents
and
kids.
Coach
Douglas
shares
words
of
encouragement
to
not
only
his
team,
but
opposing
teams
as
well
he's
often
her
complimenting
players
as
they
run
down
the
court.
Even
referees
comment
on
how
much
they
appreciate
his
positive
coaching
style.
Parents
appreciate
the
team
bond
he
creates
with
us
with
the
children
and
request
him.
F
Each
year,
coach
Douglas
teaches
kids
what
it
means
to
be
a
good
teammate
friend
and
citizen
helping
present
his
award
this
evening,
our
supervisor
Tim
Smith
and
coordinator
Jordan
Hildreth.
Please
join
me
in
honoring
him
for
his
outstanding
coaching
and
service
to
the
city.
As
the
2018
volunteer
coach
of
the
year.
F
This
past
year,
the
Des
Moines
police
department
has
contributed
throughout
our
community
in
many
ways.
They've
led
youth
and
Parks
and
Cemetery
volunteer
activities
donating
over
thirty
four
hundred
four
hundred
dollars
in
service.
They
teach
the
youth
skills
to
be
successful
in
their
school's,
their
community
and
their
homes.
They
are
role
models
that
even
have
taken
the
time
with
their
own
families
to
adopt
our
cemetery
and
decorate
our
veterans
graves.
F
The
police
department
has
built
strong
relationships
in
our
neighborhoods
they've
served
at
our
jinglebell
parties,
fall,
Family,
Fun,
Fest
and
free
flex,
movie
series
reaching
out
and
working
in
and
alongside
our
community
members
is
so
important
to
them
that
this
fall.
Some
of
them
worked
all
night
shifts
and
then
spent
the
entire
day.
Polly
mulch
planting
trees,
serving
food
to
the
community
painting
and
building
a
new
playground
at
Evelyn,
K,
Davis
Park,
most
specifically
the
more
specifically
this
year.
We
appreciate
their
leadership
and
volunteer
support
at
four
mile
Community
Recreation
Center
and
our
kids
vs.
F
cops
program.
Once
a
month
the
members
of
the
department
volunteered
to
play
and
various
activities,
including
basketball,
dodgeball
and
floor
hockey,
we
honor
them
tonight
for
their
work,
fostering
community
relationships
and
their
support
of
our
department
helping
present
their
award
as
recreation,
Superintendent
John
Haeger,
accepting
on
behalf
of
the
police
department,
is
chief
Dana,
Wingert
and
fellow
officers.
Please
join
me
in
honoring
our
Police
Department,
our
Police
Department,
as
the
2018
friend
of
the
year.
J
F
Walking
through
woodland
cemeteries
like
walking
through
des
moines,
rich
history,
from
famous
figures
to
soldiers
poppers
to
babies,
the
monuments
are
the
responsibility
of
the
family
family,
but
many
have
moved
away
or
can
no
longer
take
care
of
them
and
hundreds
within
the
cemetery
need
critical
attention.
Many
are
leaning
or
they've
fallen
over
thanks
to
Mike
Simonson's
leadership.
Donations
are
helping
to
lift
reset
and
restore
our
community's
history.
Simonsen
helped
establish
a
Woodland
Cemetery,
Memorial
restoration
pilot
in
2017,
with
buzz
Brittain.
F
They
raised
$25,000
matching
it
with
city
support
and
400
hours
of
volunteer
time
to
begin
cleaning
memorials
and
restoring
the
cemetery
in
2018
assests.
After
the
successful
pilot
Simonson
volunteered
to
continue
fundraising,
project
planning
and
overseeing
restoration
efforts,
and
in
2018
he
got
another
fifty
thousand
dollars
of
public
and
private
dollars,
including
his
own,
to
raise
and
reset
hundreds
of
stones.
In
addition
to
his
fundraising
dollars.
His
vision
now
includes
almost
two
hundred
volunteers
who've
donated
almost
twenty
thousand
dollars
and
support
continuing
to
hand
clean
stones.
F
K
Been
hidden
I'd
like
to
thank
my
partner,
Holly
esky
Hernandez,
for
having
patience
while
I
run
around
and
doing
special
projects.
I'd
like
to
thank
bus
breath
who
said
Mike
I
want
to
take
you
on
a
walk
students,
enter
ferry
and
show
you
how
we're
not
honoring
our
forefathers
and
not
doing
any
fault
recipients
of
the
thing
that
they're
the
stones.
But,
as
you
know,
this
is
such
an
old
cemetery
minions.
K
F
Joseph
Iowa
are
building
a
better
bridge
to
the
future.
This
comprehensive
substance
abuse
program
invites
people
to
a
better
life.
They
work
in
our
community
to
create
graduates
that
will
live
a
life
free
from
substance,
abuse
and
criminality,
becoming
contributing
members
of
their
families
and
society
and
working
to
explore
and
develop
their
individual
faith
along
their
journey.
This
is
the
sixth
year
of
our
partnership
with
bridges,
and
it
continues
to
grow
this
year.
F
F
Even
when
funding
was
tight
and
it
was
difficult
to
find
a
supervisor
to
bring
the
volunteers,
they
had
a
volunteer
of
their
own
step
up
to
bring
them
in
out
in
the
face
of
adversity,
bridges
of
Iowa
has
risen
to
the
commitment
they
are
unable
to
be
here
this
evening,
but
please
join
me
in
honoring
them
still
tonight.
As
the
2018
volunteer
group
of
the
year.
F
Knapp
properties
has
been
a
community
leader
for
decades.
They
step
forward
in
2018,
Jodi
Nina,
almost
$10,000
in
volunteer
time
and
$75,000
for
a
new
playground
to
improve
Evelyn
kee,
Davis,
Park,
Knapp
properties,
history,
with
the
park
begin
years
before,
when
Bill
Knapp
helped
his
longtime
friend
Evelyn
kee
Davis,
an
early
childhood
educator.
An
advocate
for
the
poor
helped
transform
the
property
into
a
city
park,
he's
generously,
supported,
Park
programming
and
amenities
over
the
years.
Helping
the
vision
for
the
park
in
the
neighborhood
become
a
reality.
F
Programs
have
included
daily
lunch
and
snacks
as
well
sports
and
special
events
for
kids
and
their
families
in
October,
Knapp
properties,
volunteers
stepped
up
to
transform
the
park.
They
even
pulled
in
many
of
their
business
partners
and
vendors,
resulting
in
numerous
donations.
They
donated
hours,
cleaning
the
site,
painting
the
shelter
and
gates
planting
trees,
operating
equipment,
organizing
recreational
family
activities
building
in
the
playground
and
placing
thousands
of
yards
cubic
yards
of
donated
playground.
Mulch
all
of
these
park
improvements
happen
thanks
to
the
hard
work
of
the
Knapp
properties.
Volunteers.
F
We
cannot
say
it
enough
how
much
we
appreciate
their
effort
to
make
our
parks
and
our
community
safe
fun
and
welcoming
helping
present
their
award
this
evening
as
manager
Jenny
Richmond.
Accepting
the
award
on
behalf
of
Knapp
properties
this
evening
are
Mary
Schaefer,
Jake,
Lundgren,
Chris,
Costa
and
Jerry
Nugent
join
me
in
honoring
Knapp
properties.
As
the
2018
corporate
volunteer
group
of
the
year.
F
A
Des
Moines
native
Archie
cook
has
volunteered
with
Woodland
Cemetery
tours
for
more
than
20
years.
The
Grandview
University
history
and
education
graduates
shadowed,
longtime,
volunteer,
guide,
Gerald
LeBlanc
until
taking
over
the
guided
walks
in
2013
Koch
leads
two
and
a
half
hour
walking
tours
from
April
to
October,
including
coordinating
reservations
this
year
for
350
participants,
the
tours
dive
into
the
city's
past
and
highlight
achievements
of
men
and
women
that
shaped
our
community.
F
They
promote
civic
pride
through
the
stories
of
who
our
parks,
our
streets
and
our
buildings
are
named
after,
including
the
remarkable
military
sacrifices
that
so
many
in
our
community
were
willing
to
make.
The
interactive
tours
are
free,
but
attendees
have
donated
more
than
four
thousand
dollars
over
the
past
several
years
designated
for
the
Woodland
Cemetery
restoration
efforts
cook
also
served
on
our
cemetery,
citizen,
Advisory,
Committee,
attending
monthly
meetings,
providing
input
and
historical
perspective
from
the
community.
F
He
also
explores
historical
documents
and
cemetery
archives
to
assist
families
with
genealogy
research,
some
somehow
he
still
finds
the
time
to
substitute
teach
and
spend
time
with
his
wife
of
40
years,
his
grown
children
and
three
grandchildren.
He
gives
his
valuable
time
and
knowledge
without
any
expectations
from
us
and
cares
deeply
for
the
preservation
of
our
cemeteries.
Helping
present
his
award
this
evening
is
cemetery
supervisor
Kadesh
camp
at.
Please
join
me
as
we
honor
Archie
cook,
as
our
2018
volunteer
of
the
year.
F
At
93
years
of
age,
Mary
P
Smith
has
continually
shown
herself
to
be
a
great
asset
to
the
city
of
Des
Moines
and
specifically
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department
Mary's
been
volunteering
at
the
greenhouse
for
over
a
decade.
She
has
donated
nearly
800
hours,
valued
at
more
than
nineteen
thousand
dollars.
Each
day
she
arrives
with
a
smile
on
her
face
and
a
sense
of
dedication
and
purpose
to
make
our
community
better.
Mary
has
always
performed
high
quality
work
and
encourages
others
to
do
the
same.
F
She's
helped
recruit
green
house
volunteers
through
the
years,
and
she
has
been
a
spokesperson
to
the
media.
Sharing
the
green
house
volunteer
story.
She
inspires
staff
and
other
volunteers
through
her
tireless
dedication
and
service
Mary's
passion
reaches
beyond
the
walls
of
the
city.
Greenhouse
she's
been
an
active
Master,
Gardener
and
neighborhood
volunteer
planting
and
maintaining
flower
beds
throughout
her
City.
We
appreciate
her
enthusiasm,
educating
the
community
about
Des,
Moines,
Parks
and
Recreation,
and
her
years
of
service
beautifying
our
city.
Please
join
me
in
honoring
Mary
P
Smith,
as
our
2018
volunteer,
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
winner.
F
Mayor
pro-tem
councilmembers,
chair
Davis,
members
of
the
Park
and
Recreation
Board.
Thank
you
for
your
continued
support
of
our
volunteer
program
each
year.
We
have
so
much
to
celebrate
tonight,
especially
we
thank
all
of
our
Award
winners
and
all
of
our
volunteers
that
have
made
this
past
decade
a
success.
I
will
leave
you
all
with
this
video.
As
we
celebrate
and
say,
thank
you
to
the
more
than
30,000
volunteers
that
donated
over
5.2
million
dollars
in
surveys
service
this
past
decade,.
N
H
I
think
volunteering
is
really
good.
I
mean
our
kids
in
high
school
they're
doing
you
know
silver
court
projects
so
that
they
can
kind
of
get
out
and
see
how
they
can
help
their
community
and
how
the
community
around
them
is
so
I
think
it's
just
a
good
opportunity
for
individuals,
whether
it's
my
neighbor
or
my
church,
member
or
somebody
who
needs
help
I'd
love
to
know
so
that
you
know
that
there's
an
opportunity
for
us
to
help
there's
a
lot
of
projects
that
need
this
type
of
attention.
M
You
don't
always
have
to
be
social
in
order
to
volunteer
I,
know
a
lot
of
people
shy
away
from
volunteering
because
they're,
not
social
people.
There
are
tons
of
opportunities
out
there
for
you,
there's
social
medias
that
you
can
check
out.
There
did
the
more
in
public
recreation
website
that
also
contained
all
of
the
volunteer
opportunities
within
the
city.
So
there's
a
lot
of
opportunities
to
go
boy.
It's
just
finding
your
passion
for
it
and
determining
what
it's
going
to
take
for
you
to
volunteer.
A
D
A
D
Q
Q
Q
The
staff
would
like
to
propose
that
the
pool
season
will
open
Saturday,
June
1st
and
run
through
Sunday
August
18th,
and
the
hours
of
operation
will
be
Monday
through
Saturday
1
to
6:30
and
Sunday
1
to
5
each
year.
One
of
the
three
aquatic
centers
is
designated
to
open
Memorial
Day
weekend
and
one
to
operate.
Labor
Day
weekend
staff
proposes
that
the
serum
Orioles,
a
Northwest
family,
Aquatic
Center,
will
be
open.
Q
May
25th
through
the
27th
and
teach
out
family
Aquatic
Center
will
be
open,
August,
24th
and
25th,
along
with
Labor
Day
weekend
of
August
31st
September,
1st
and
2nd.
The
three-year
rotation
is
in
place
with
Nahas
family
aquatic
senate,
allowing
equal
access
to
various
sections
of
the
city
and
all
facilities
in
the
rotation
are
a.da
accessible.
R
Chair
Davis
and
members
of
the
joint
Park
and
Recreation
Board
I'm
Tim
Smith
park
and
recreation
supervisor
I'm
here
to
talk
to
you
about
the
proposed
dates
of
the
2019
waiting
pool
season.
Waiting
pools
are
located
in
eight
parks
throughout
the
city
and
our
free
and
convenient
way
to
stay
cool.
During
the
summer
months.
The
staff
is
proposing
that
waiting
pools
open
on
June
3rd
and
closed
August
7th
the
day
before
the
State
Fair
begins.
We
also
proposed
that
seven
of
the
eight
pools
operate
Monday
through
Friday
from
10
a.m.
to
4
p.m.
R
Staff
is
proposing
that
the
four
splash
pools
open
on
Memorial
Day
weekend,
Saturday
and
May
25th,
and
that
Ashby
and
unions
flash
pools
remain
open
through
August
21st,
while
Kivar,
oh
and
Martin
Luther
King
remain
open
through
September
eighth.
We
also
propose
that
the
splash
pools
operate
10:00
to
7:00
Monday
through
Friday
and
weekends,
from
noon
to
six.
R
R
R
Staff
is
proposing
that
spray
grounds
operate
from
9:00
a.m.
to
8:00
p.m.
May
1st,
through
September
30th,
depending
on
the
weather,
no
matter
at
the
time
of
day.
The
spray
grounds
are
always
filled
with
happy
kids
before
concluding
I'd,
like
two
things
of
friends
of
Des
Moines
parks,
for
their
continued
support
of
our
aquatics
program.
We
are
very
grateful
for
the
2008
team
donation
in
the
amount
of
twenty
two
thousand
one
hundred
and
seventy
dollars.
This
year's
funds
will
once
again
be
used
to
provide
scholarships
for
swim.
R
A
A
A
Any
discussion
regarding
this
any
motion
on
this
been
moved.
Do
we
have
a
second
okay?
Hey
all
in
favor,
aye
passes,
okay,
we'll
go
to
board
action
C
and
the
board
action
C
is
regarding
our
subcommittees,
which
are
at
the
bottom
of
your
page,
and
we
have
term
limits
as
far
as
how
long
we
serve
on
these
individual
subcommittees
so
going
through.
We
won't
take
if
you'll
look
down
to
the
bottom,
we'll
start
with
the
urban
conservation
committee.
Heather
anderson
has
asked
to
leave
because
it
conflicts
with
her
school
board
assignments,
she's.
A
Also
a
member
of
the
school
board.
That's
why
she
isn't
here
tonight,
so
Vicki
fat
go
and
so
listen.
This
is
all
going
to
intertwine,
so
Vicki
facto
has
agreed
to
serve
on
the
urban
Conservation
Committee
because
she
is
terming
out
on
the
trails
and
greenways.
So
we'll
take
these
individually,
so
they're
urban
conservation
committee
recommendation
with
your
approval
would
be
Andrea
and
Vicki
moving
forward
motion
so
move.
G
A
In
favor,
thank
you,
then
we
go
to
citizens.
Golf
committee,
Sam
Pugh,
who
is
not
here
tonight
you
look
at
me
with
it
might
screw
enough.
Okay,
Sam
Pugh,
who
is
not
here
tonight,
is
terming
out
on
the
golf
committee
and
so
bill.
Massive
still
is
on
the
committee
right
now
and
Steve
Ville
main.
If
you
remember
he
was
with
a
citizen
group
part
of
that
committee,
but
he
has
turned
out
of
that.
So
we
are
recommending
to
appoint
him
as
the
other
board
member
on
this
citizen
golf
committee.
A
O
A
You're
doing
a
great
job
he's
already
part
of
that.
So
that
doesn't
require
a
motion.
We
have
one
representative.
Then
we
come
to
trails
and
Greenway,
and
so
you
have
to
talk
to
several
people,
because
it
requires
an
element
of
time
on
these
subcommittees
and
so
right
now
we
have
mr.
Ballard
and
Sarah
Lowe
Meyer
that
have
agreed
to
serve
as
new
people
and
new
terms
on
that
committee,
because
vicki
has
turned
out
and
Heather
Anderson,
as
is
leaving
because
of
the
school
board
commitment,
so
that
recommendation
would
be
Jim,
Ballard
and
Sarah
Lamar.
A
O
A
D
You
very
much
and
thank
you
for
your
commitments
to
be
on
subcommittees
as
well,
just
a
simple
assignment
of
being
on
this
board.
You
all
helped
out
a
lot
in
many
different
ways,
and
we
appreciate
it
next
up.
Wiener
dog
park
and
Lee
Wheelock
I
do
want
to
point
out
that
again,
council
member
of
Westergaard
is
here.
She's
had
great
interest
in
this.
It
has
been
very
helpful
working
with
our
neighborhood
associations.
D
T
Sher
Davis
members
of
the
board,
Lee
Wheelock,
Park
planner
tonight's
presentation
is
the
culmination
of
a
six-month
public
process
to
improve
Reno
memorial
dog
park.
This
process
began
in
July
of
2018,
just
after
the
flood
of
that
year
destroyed
the
former
Reno
memorial
dog
park.
The
process
has
included
an
assessment
of
the
damages
to
the
park
due
to
the
flood
two
public
meetings
to
gain
insight
into
the
needs
of
the
dog
park
users
and
to
measure
the
public's
opinion
on
relocating
the
dog
park.
D
T
T
T
September
of
last
year,
during
the
first
two
public
meetings,
the
idea
of
a
new
location
for
the
dog
park
was
presented
to
a
crowd
of
31,
mostly
dog
park
users.
The
option
to
relocate
was
discussed
and
the
former
Country
Estates
village
mobile
home
park,
located
at
3325
Hubbell
Avenue,
was
selected
as
the
future
location
for
the
dog
park.
T
T
At
the
second
public
meeting
held
on
December
6th,
the
night
of
the
Iowa
Iowa
State
basketball
game,
a
similar
crowd
suggested
the
new
amenities
for
the
relocated
dog
park
and
then
rank
them
in
order
of
importance.
As
you
can
see
from
this
list,
access
to
water
on
site
was
highly
ranked,
as
was
seating
and
hard
surface
trail.
T
T
T
This
plan
improves
the
existing
parking
lot
of
21
spaces.
The
benefit
of
this
parking
arrangement
over
the
old
Perino
site
is
that
this
parking
lot
is
on
the
same
side
of
the
road
as
the
dog
park.
So
no
more
crossing
Douglas
from
the
Sargent
Park
parking
to
the
dark
part
new
shade
trees
will
be
planted
where
the
former
mobile
home
park
building
was
located
and
the
rest
of
the
trees
on
site
will
be
cleaned
up
and
the
deadwood
on
site
will
be
removed.
T
The
dog
park
will
have
a
similar
entrance
area
as
the
old
Reno
dog
park
have
a
closer
look
at.
The
entrance
shows
that
the
existing
fence
has
been
moved
back
off
of
the
edge
of
the
parking
lot
to
give
some
space,
and
the
gated
entrance
is
the
same
as
the
old
Reno
dog
park
at
the
dog.
Waste
tank
will
be
relocated
to
the
new
site
and
will
function,
just
as
it
did
on
the
old
site
to
meet
the
top
item
on
the
prioritized
list
that
was
generated
at
the
public
meeting.
T
T
Seating
was
also
a
top-rated
item
on
the
list.
We
are
still
working
through
the
estimate
for
the
project
and
are
trying
to
include
a
small
shelter
if
the
funding
allows
along
with
the
dog
park,
relocation
project,
a
new
paved
neighborhood
trail
connection
is
being
looked
at.
This
connection
would
allow
greater
access
for
the
Sheridan
Gardens
neighborhood
to
the
gala
Wilson
trail
and
the
newly
relocated
dog
park.
T
At
this
point,
our
next
steps
include
going
out
for
bid
in
February,
beginning
construction
in
July
and
tentatively.
Opening
the
dog
park
in
July
I
would
like
to
thank
John,
heckler
and
other
members
of
Park
and
Recreation
staff
for
their
assistance
in
this
process.
That
concludes
the
presentation
on
the
design
for
the
future
park.
A
B
A
U
Be
specifically
addressing
the
new
facility,
okay,
chair
davis,
members
of
the
park
and
recreation
board,
Matkal
civic
recreation
manager.
Thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
share
with
you.
These
proposed
rules
for
the
upcoming
new
Lord
sin
skate
park.
We
went
through
what
I
would
call
a
very
detailed
process
to
come
to
this
point.
To
present
these
rules
to
you
this
evening
started
with
some
research
by
our
Park
and
Recreation
staff,
looking
at
things
on
a
local,
regional
and
national
level
in
terms
of
rules
and
function
of
skate
facilities
around
the
country.
U
We
also
involved
several
other
city
departments,
including
Des
Moines
police,
our
city
legal
office,
City,
Risk,
Management,
additional
members
of
the
Park
and
Recreation
team
to
come
up
with
what
we're
sharing
with
you
here
tonight.
As
it's
highlighted
in
the
communication,
this
will
be
as
with
many
of
our
rules,
especially
when
we
initially
introduced
them
and
assessment
of
how
these
function
I
know
our
teen
is
feeling
very
good
and
very
confident
about
how
these
will
help
us
facilitate
programming
or
even
just
daily
drop-in
use
at
the
facility.
U
V
U
Many
of
the
members
of
the
Lord
s'en
skate
park
group
were
consulted
and
we
had
some
point
people
that
were
part
of
our
assessment
and
offered
us
some
great
insight
in
terms
of
the
skating
population
and
the
way
they
would
read
and
interpret
and
use
some
of
these
rules
during
the
function
of
the
facility.
Also
from
a
legal
standpoint.
I
certainly
won't
overstep
my
bounds
with
and
here
to
offer
her
insight
about
why
we
landed
on
what
we
did
and
I'd
be
happy
to
defer
to
you
in.
W
Did
have
a
question
with
interacting
with
people
in
the
skateboarding
community.
Some
have
expressed
concern
with
that
skateboard
I'm.
Sorry,
the
the
part
of
skateboarding
is
a
high-risk
port,
not
necessarily
that,
but
the
accident,
injury
or
death
I
think
it
was
more
of
the
death
that
was
concerning
to
them
and
they
just
some
of
the
skateboard
members
sent
me
some
basic
information,
I'm
kind
of
like
the
Tony
Hawk
model
that
this
is
kind
of
modeled
off
of
it,
and
there
are
other
cities
they
don't
have.
X
U
So,
to
your
point
and
about
the
sign
itself,
certainly
were
accentuated
and
highlights
and
things
that
are
directly
extracted
from
the
rules.
What
will
be
part
of
the
code?
But
we've
emphasized
some
things
there
that
are
certainly
part
about
to
Anne's
point
educating
the
entire
community
about
what
could
be
a
potential
challenge
of
engaging
in
the
facility.
They'll
be
certainly
user
groups
that
have
a
high
comfort
level
and
there'll
be
others.
That
will
want
to
recognize
this
as
a
unique
opportunity
to
be
more
cautious
but
and
obviously.
D
What
we
start
off
with
is
the
state
gives
immunity
to
certain
things
that
yes,
validates
do
through
recreation,
and
our
base
goal
is
to
make
sure
we
preserve
that
immunity
without
the
immunity
there
is
no
safe
way.
So
I
always
tell
the
story
like
this
there's
the
rules
that
get
codified
to
Municipal
Code
process,
which
it
has
the
legalese
to
it,
and
then
there's
how
you
communicate
those
rules.
X
That
that's
correct
the
immunity
under
the
Iowa
Code
comes
from
the
design
and
the
construction
of
it
being
within
the
then
current
standards.
That's
for
the
immunity
under
the
code
comes
from,
so
the
warning
on
the
sign
is
is
just
to
put
us
in
a
position
of
really
deciding
how
we
want
to
sort
of
inform
the
public
that
this
is
a
different
situation.
If
they're,
if
they're
new
Adam,
for
instance,.
P
W
I
don't
think
when
I
mean
this
is
not
a
new
kind
of
Scot
concept.
It
is
new
to
Des
Moines
but
kind
of
the
model
that
it's
it's
based
on
it.
It's
kind
of
like
a
hinderance
to
get
involved
at
least
that's
how
they
feel
not
sure
people
are
aware.
Tony
hawk
is
but
no
professional,
skateboarder
okay.
So
these
are
the
skateboarding
folks
and
they
they
see
that
as
not
welcoming
so
I
think
it's
just
that
word.
I
D
It's
a
unsupervised
facility
at
least
blow
it
opens
so
these
rules
and
I'm
not
making
the
case
for
against
the
word
death
or
are
basically
enforced
by
the
users.
Hopefully,
and
so
the
rules
are
there
to
make
sure
we
again
preserve
mmunity.
We
stated
the
rules,
we
everybody
what
we
expected.
We
the
use
of
this
facility
again
I'm
open.
Oh.
Y
I
guess
I'd
be
curious
if,
if
you
have
people
that
have
died
at
skate,
boarding
and
I,
can't
imagine
or
haven't
been
okay
I
mean,
certainly
if
you're
not
wearing
a
helmet.
The
risk
of
a
head
injuries
got
to
be
pretty
high.
I
mean
I
would
hate
to
see
that
language
go
frankly,
I
mean
somebody
told
me
that
nobody's
ever
died
in
a
skate
park.
I
think
I'd,
be
you
know,
probably
more
I,
guess
receptive,
but
but
I.
C
U
Divided,
it's
a
broad
scope
again,
that's
why
we
wanted
to
start
the
way
we
did
on
really
searching
far
and
wide.
We
worked
again
with
a
group
that
we
did
both
internally
and
externally,
to
really
try
and
put
together,
at
least
in
terms
of
our
recommendation
to
you
what
we
thought
met
our
specific
need.
We
did
look
at
what
was
presented
by
the
Tony
Hawk,
Foundation
and
other
skate
entities
to
contribute
on
top
of
what
other
municipalities
we're
already
using.
So
it
it's
a
percentage
exists
in
certain
places
around
the
country.
U
Now
nothing
was
a
consensus
and
it
was
very
specific.
Some
designs,
I,
I,
think
going
through
our
process.
I
could
have
seen
municipalities
decide
that
certain
verbage
or
certain
regulations
were
right
for
them
and
the
way
their
facility
existed
to
Ben's
point.
This
is
not
an
unsupervised
facility.
There
were
a
lot
of
rural
examples
that
were
supervised
facilities,
so
it
was
hard
to
draw
a
direct
parallel,
at
least
in
terms
of
our
jumping
off
point
I'd.
D
D
U
U
I
think
our
starting
place
here
has
a
tighter
regulation
than
some
of
those
other
facilities,
but
again
to
Ben's
point.
We
don't
know
what
we
know.
I
think
we'd
err
on
the
side
of
caution
in
terms
of
just
regulating
things,
in
a
way
that
if
we
were
to
lessen
them
down
the
road,
seeing
the
function
dictate
that
that
was
the
right
call,
it
would
be
easier
than
to
ratchet
something
up
to
the
point
of
trying
to
enforce
it.
When
we
don't
have
that
key
into
Ben's
point
about
our
manpower,
it's.
D
They're,
actually
a
really
decent
route
to
work
with
Eric.
Well,
our
experience
have
been
really
positive
there.
They
they
clean
up,
they
do
side
things
for
us.
They
self-regulate,
there's
probably
have
as
they
one
of
the
other
push
to
snow
off
the
thing
we
make
and
use
it
during
wintertime.
Again,
my
best
recommendation
for
you
to
consider
would
be
to
let
it
run
and
come
back
to
you
in
a
year
and
say:
hey
we've
learned
some
lessons
till
we
will
undoubtedly
learn
some
lessons.
D
O
C
O
D
So
we've
had
those
conversations
too
I
just
kind
of
need
to
see
what
this
is
gonna
bring,
and
you
know
the
biggest
thing
we
can't
tell
you
is
numbers
of
people
that
come
that's
what
insurance
is
based
off
of
at
this
level.
You
add
this
at
this
level.
We
had
alcohol.
You
add
this
yet
sponsors
that
have
this
kind
of
signage
out
there.
You
add
these
things,
so
we're
gonna
kind
of
fumble
our
way
through
some
of
those
things,
but
I
feel
confident.
We
know
how
to
do
it.
D
A
Two
questions
regarding
your
bullet
points
that
you
sent
out
yes
to
Cindy's
comment
about
required.
If
you
go
down
I,
don't
know
if
you
all
have
this
sheet
regarding
the
bullet
points,
but
down
toward
the
end.
The
second
to
the
last
bullet
point
that
says,
shirt
and
shoes
are
required
on
the
I
wonder
if
we
should
make
that
then
shirt
and
shoes
are
recommended,
but
I
mean
would
that
be
because
required
makes
an
enforcement
thing
and
anthem?
A
You
can
address
this
and
then
the
last
bullet
point
children
under
the
age
of
six
years
old
or
not
allowed.
How
do
we
come
up
with
that
age
number
because
I
think
that
might
be
a
concern
with
some
parents
that
bring
you
know
we
have
some
pretty
advanced
five
six
year
olds
or
whatever
in
today's
world.
So
I
guess
I
want
to
throw
this
back
to
either
matter
and.
D
I'll,
take
this
shirt.
I
think
we
want
the
shirts
required.
They
can
we'll
start
off
with
a
potential
of
intimidation.
Sometimes
when
some
people
show
up
and
they're
trying
to
show
off
some
things,
and
we
don't
want
that
to
be
an
issue
shoes
shoes
are
almost,
you
have
to
have
them
skateboarding
away.
Maybe
you've
watched
the
sport
I,
don't
know
you
could
skate
those
shoes.
Suddenly
my
first
comment
and
then
six
is
it
that
came
from
their
recommendations.
Looking
at
other
cities,
it
was
somewhat.
U
Of
the
highest
percentage
again
collecting
information
of
where
that
threshold
landed.
For
us,
there
was
everything
from
nothing
listed
up
to
about
ten,
but
that
six
number
stuck
out
on
more
of
the
examples
we
research
than
any
as
again
a
place
that
was
good
for
us
to
maybe
assess
from
the
beginning
and
that
could
be
moved
up
or
down
depending
on
again
the
volume
of
use
and
what
other
experiences
we
have
in
a
first
full
cycle
of
assessment
and.
X
The
age
looking
at
an
age
threshold
was
my
recommendation.
Just
because
I'm
you're
gonna
have
a
mix,
you
know
just
because
the
activity
you'll
have
a
mix
of
people
using
it
that
that
may
be
certain.
You
need
a
certain
level
of
competence
to
be
able
to
be
safe,
while
you're
on
the
facility,
even
if
you're
they're,
speeding
one
at
a
time
again.
U
An
example
of
just
the
again
even
the
assessment
process
being
a
broad
spectrum
of
research
and
assessment.
We
didn't
necessarily
have
an
age
on
there.
Initially,
that
was
the
user
groups
interest
again
on
having
as
much
inclusion
and
opportunity
to
interact
with
the
facility
as
possible
and
and
bringing
her
insight
to
the
table
allowed
us
to
land
on,
at
least
from
a
numbers
standpoint
what
we
saw
as
again,
the
greatest
representation
across
the
sample
that
we
collected
I.
G
G
D
D
D
W
D
Go
back
next
month,
no
matter
what
okay,
so
they
can
come
to
the
next
meeting
and
the
reason
we
started
now
is,
quite
frankly,
we
just
get
busy
in
the
summer
time
right
and
this
facility
is
anticipated
to
open
in
August.
If
everything
goes
as
planned,
you
know
how
construction
goes.
We
wouldn't
have
time
to
robot
it
now,
so
we
wanted
make
it
be
ahead
of
that
curve
that
way,
everything's
ready
to
go
and
cut
the
ribbon
and
let's
open
this
facility.
So
we
have
another
month.
V
A
C
D
What
we've
been
told
so
I
know
that
you
know
sometimes
staff
gets
told
a
different
story.
We
met
with
them
a
couple
weeks
ago
on
a
fried
and
they
told
us
everything
looks
great
that's
what
we
were
doing,
otherwise
it
wouldn't
be
on
your
agenda
from
my
office.
That's
why
you've
got
it
so
I
thought
what
we've
done.
We
don't
bring
you
anything.
We
don't
feel
it's
already
slam
dunk
by
design
whenever
we
can
so
there's
a
disconnect
somewhere,
then
potential
a
couple
words
that
are
not
changing.
Let's
figure
it
out.
D
W
A
We,
when
we
bring
it
to
this
board
and
the
staff
did
a
great
job,
but
you
know
I
do
appreciate
that
the
staff
scrutiny
on
this,
because
it's
going
to
you,
know
your
death.
Your
statement
on
the
Deaf
thing.
Interestingly,
I
had
an
email
in
the
neighborhood
where
a
person
sent
me
an
email
and
they're
very
concerned
because
they
want
to
change
the
language
on
dead-end
streets.
I
mean
so.
Language
is
a
very
important
thing
today
with
a
lot
of
people.
A
It
really
is
so
it's
not
falling
on
deaf
ears,
but
initially
I
feel
that
that
they
they've
done
a
very
good
job
and
if
we
receive
and
file
this
I
mean
obviously
there's
little
tweak
points
that
each
one
of
us
might
have,
but
I
think
out
of
the
gate
been
you'd
said
earlier
that
you
know
you
thought
it
would
be
a
slam
dunk,
but
out
of
the
gate,
I
think
it
is
a
slam.
Dunk
they've
done
great.
You
had
to
encounter
500
different
things
and
I'm
sure
you've
met
with
500
different
people.
Well,.
U
U
But
the
lens
we
like
to
look
at
things
through
is
in
terms
of
safety
maintenance,
some
of
those
things
so
some
of
the
rural
verbage,
at
least
in
regards
to
the
code,
really
highlights
that
we're
trying
to
preserve
things
for
both
them
and
the
facility
itself
to
emphasize
some
time
things
in
a
best-case
scenario
and
there's
others
who
can
probably
reference
this
a
little
better
than
me.
The
function
of
the
skate
park
will
start
sometime
in
2019
again
looking
outside.
U
Today,
you
know,
weather
can
affect
things
very
quickly,
so
we'll
see
a
portion
of
the
year
have
function.
How
much
we'll
be
able
to
assess
in
that
time,
I'm
not
sure
again,
we'd
like
to
give
it
a
full
cycle,
seen
all
of
the
seasons
and
the
way
that
the
traffic
patterns
develop
before
we
make
any
other
significant
changes
past
the
acceptance
of
these,
but
going
back
to
again
some
of
the
specific
things
that
were
cited
here.
U
I
can
tell
you
that
the
staff
ran
the
gamut
as
far
as
what
was
maybe
the
right
thing
to
present
to
you,
and
it
is
very
much
one
of
those
things
where
one
aspect
of
the
rules
is
dominated
by
one
section
or
one
department
over
another
and
it's
a
give-and-take
in
terms
of
balancing
things
in
the
way
that
we've
shared
with
you
tonight,
but
certainly
from
a
staff
standpoint,
and
it's
been
emphasized
and
emphasized
we're
willing
to
do
whatever.
We
need
to
do
to
bring
clarity
to
anything.
That's
still
not
quite
in
the
right
position.
U
D
What
the
board's
asked
us
to
do
so
far
the
one
clarification
that
I
spot
we
won't
be
able
to
make
any
recommendation
or
make
a
change,
would
be
with
skatepark
users
on
Cindy's
coming
I'm,
not
saying
it's
wrong
for
them
required
equipment
was
a
deal
breaker
for
them
and
recommended
was
fine.
So
that's
a
little
more
and
I
can't
bring
you
back
without
good
direction.
Tonight,
I
wonder.
V
Make
out
that
this
kind
of
it's
some
workers
are
expressing
some
hesitation
about
not
requiring
helmets
that,
if,
if
when
it
comes
to
board
action-
and
it's
still
the
same
dand
to
just
recommend
but
not
require
helmets,
I
just
think
somebody
should
be
making
any
more
compelling
case
about
it.
And
just
you
know,
we
really
thought
this
through.
We
talked
a
lot
of
people
and
we
think
this
is
the
best
response.
D
V
G
Also,
it
might
be
more
difficult
to
impose
a
stricter
rule
later
than
start
out
that
way
and-
and
you
know
see
how
it
goes,
I
think
would
be
hard
to
go
the
other
way
with
rules,
it's
better
to
start
out
pretty
firm,
and
this
is
the
expectation
we
want
you
to
be
safe.
We
want
everybody
to
be
safe,
whose
net.
S
No
I,
I,
guess
I
think
the
inputs
been
there,
but
I
I
don't
feel
like
I
know,
statistically
have
injuries
occur
on
skateboarders
or
I,
see
them
all
over
downtown
Des,
Moines
and
I,
don't
see
them
with
helmets
or
pads
or
anything
on
and
hey,
so
I
I
just
don't
know
statistically
how
how
dangerous
it
actually
is.
So
that's.
D
Our
best
expert
was
actually
the
designer
California
State
Parks
I.
Tell
the
story
like
this
and
I'll
be
brief.
Is
cities
are
always
subject
to
allow
rules
when
you
go
to
build
something?
But
if
we
were
not
subject
to
rules-
and
you
said
Ben
money's
not
an
object
and
you
go
pick
the
best
skatepark
designer
we
would
have
picked
California
state
bucks.
It
doesn't
always
happen
like
that
when
you
build
things
for
city
government,
so
we
said
to
them.
D
They
built
skate
parks
all
in
the
world
and
they're
building
the
first
ever
Olympic
course
by
the
way
from
livings,
so
they
already
top
the
top.
In
my
opinion,
we
asked
him
look
at
these
rules.
They
said
these.
They
give
us
good
feedback.
We
they
made
some
changes
for
us.
So
here's
some
things
we
see
and
look
their
last
draft
I
said
that's
a
good
set
of
rules.
That's
the
I
mean
after
that
I
don't
know
else.
We
would
talk
today
have
a
higher
level
of
expert
for
you.
D
Y
D
Y
D
Be
just
like
all
the
other
parks
will
be
a
standard
and
then
we'll
have
to
make
sure
that
we
make
it
keep
up
with
that
work
and
work
order.
Just
like
Grayslake
I'd
say:
that's
a
very
good
comparable
when
the
lights
are
down
the
trail,
we
fix
them
as
fast
as
we
know
about
them.
So
the
lights
go
out
at
10
o'clock
or
yeah.
U
G
W
D
D
D
Report
for
the
calendar
year,
2018
all
the
fee
waivers
for
codes
or
make
our
report
tonight.
We
entertain
any
questions
last
year
that
we
had
this
conversation
with
the
board.
There
was
a
good
direction,
so
we've
even
further
dialed
back
any
questions
you
have
on
any
of
these.
This
is
the
fee
waiver.
We
also.
O
A
Those
in
favor,
well,
we
got
through
what
times
we
start
five
we
got
through
in
an
hour
and
a
half
and
I
think
that's
tremendous
and
I
want
to
tell
you
guys.
Thank
you
for
being
here.
I
think
it's
important
and
I
will
tell
I
will
also
say
Thank
You
Ben
for
encouraging
to
keep
it
going.
Because
can
you
imagine
if
we
would
have
postponed
trying
to
get
all
the
support
and
everything
back
here
have
another
date,
so.