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A
A
C
Oh,
what
to
know
I
teach
at
dowling
catholic
high
school,
been
in
education
just
for
five
years
now,
new
to
the
des
moines
area.
Only
eight
years
lived
in
tempe
for
20
years,
but
grew
up
in
iowa
southeastern
iowa
and
have
kind
of
been
involved
with
all
things
des
moines
and
state.
Since
I
moved
back
looking
forward.
A
D
A
little
bit
more
grew
up
in
des
moines,
moved
to
the
des
moines
area.
My
dad
took
the
job
at
the
iowa
state
fairgrounds,
so
I
lived
on
a
very
big
park
in
the
city
and
then
went
to
east
high
graduated
worked
at
yonkers
for
a
long
time.
Then
now
I'm
working
for
polk
county
in
their
purchasing
area
and
in
my
spare
time
I
do
school
board
and
I've
been
a
school
board
member
for
10
years,
and
I
just
got
reelected
to
my
fourth
term.
D
A
F
A
A
A
E
Thank
you.
First,
we're
going
to
have
just
a
recognition
of
rebuilding
together
that
they
are,
quite
frankly,
a
critical
partner
of
ours.
In
these
tough
economic
times,
mil
meredith
and
kim
hansen
have
been
there
for
us
through
many
park
improvements,
but
they
they
come
kind
of
ancillary
to
what
they're
trying
to
do
in
the
neighborhoods.
I
want
to
thank
them
and
keep
hansen's
here
today,
I'll
point
out
she's
sitting
in
the
front
row
right
there.
E
He
would
wave
they
come
and
they
understand
that
when
they
improve
neighborhoods,
it's
not
just
improving
the
infrastructure
of
somebody's
house,
but
it's
improving
the
park.
They've
upgraded
several
parks
in
the
last
three
years.
They
just
did
another
great
project
at
columbus
park.
They
came
in.
They
did
some
things.
Last
year
this
year
they
added
a
new
playground
for
us,
at
literally
very
little
cost
the
city,
I'm
almost
99
with
their
costs.
I.
E
You
kim
for
all
you
do
and
understanding
what
important
role
parks
plays
in
the
neighborhoods
too,
so
we
want
to
play
a
little
video
of
their
event
that
ron
ward,
our
parks
manager
managed
this
week,
but
and
then
we're
done.
If
kim
you
like
the
same
thing,
we'd
love
to
have
you
say
a
few
words
and
again
on
behalf
of
my
office.
Thank
you
for
all
you
do
and
those
that
serve
in
the
friends
group
that
won
friends
of
the
parks
came
to
that
board
member
she's,
a
board
member
in
that
group
as
well.
E
A
G
Karen
nolan
and
members
of
the
des
moines
park
and
recreation
board
ron
ward
park
manager,
as
ben
said.
Besides
the
playground
which
was
ended
up
being
about
a
fifty
thousand
dollar
donation,
they
also
got
polk
county
to
help
out
polk
county
public
works,
did
the
site
prep
and
did
the
concrete
border
for
the
playground.
G
And
then
there
was
what
about
200
200
meredith
employees
there
for
the
day
on
october
3rd
for
the
work
day
installed
the
whole
playground.
They
also
did
the
rain
garden
planted
the
rain
garden
for
the
splash
pad
they
had
some
plants
left
over.
They
did
some
more
landscaping
at
the
bocce
ball
courts
and
they
they
painted
the
the
small
picnic
shelter
right
there
by
the
splash
pad,
besides
working
in
the
neighborhood
on
five
or
six
houses
yeah.
So
this
video
goes
real,
quick,
it's
it's
time
lapse
of
the
playground.
When
we
were
building
it.
G
D
G
E
As
you
can
see,
there's
a
ship
theme
in
the
spirit
of
columbus
park
playground
now
and
if
you
would
have
driven
by
this
park
three
years
ago,
you
would
have
and
then
again,
like
chairman
chair
susan
nolan,
said
it
looked
like
somebody
just
flipped
the
park
overnight,
it's
beautiful
now
and
it
has
all
new
amenities
and
they
use
it
all.
The
time.
I
K
L
Thank
you,
kimberly,
hanson,
executive
director
rebuilding
together
and
the
reason
why
we
had
to
move
as
quickly
as
the
clouds
is
because
the
year
before
it
rained
all
day.
So
that
was
one
of
the
reasons
why
our
organization
with
meredith
came
back
for
a
second
time.
The
second
year
in
this
park
was
not
everything
got
done
the
previous
year
and
I
have
to
tell
you
so
we
got
there
at
5
30
in
the
morning
to
get
started
and
about
6
30.
It
started
to
sprinkle
and
I
think
everybody
was
like.
L
Oh
no,
you
know
because
last
year
it
was
like
side,
side,
wind
rain
all
day,
but
this
the
group
of
meredith
volunteers
and
I
know
male
meredith-
was
going
to
try
to
make
it
today
truly
phenomenal
volunteerism
in
the
community,
and
this
is
their
12th
year
of
doing
a
fall
project
with
us.
So
certainly
a
big
component
for
rebounding
together,
but
also
a
big
component
for
the
parks,
because
we
try
every
year
to
have
a
parks
included
in
the
project.
L
A
E
Since
we
are
televised,
we'll
take
just
a
very
quick
opportunity
to
tell
you
that
you
know
the
resources
that
we
have.
We
all
know
that
they've
been
dwindling
as
far
as
the
city
resources
to
do
these
kind
of
projects
we
manage
76
parks,
numerous
playgrounds
and
right
now
we
have
enough
resources
to
replace
one
playground
per
year.
So
without
partnerships
out
there
we
wouldn't
succeed.
We
just
sent
a
letter
last
week
to
our
neighborhood
leaders
to
tell
them
that
you
know
we
have
rules.
We
must
follow
when
playground
safety
is
considered.
E
There's
national
accreditation
programs
to
make
sure
your
playgrounds
are
safe.
We
sent
a
letter
out
last
week
saying
that
12
of
them
did
not
pass
inspection
or
in
addition,
we
could
no
longer
get
replacement
parts
because
they
were
that
old.
So
our
crews
are
out
this
fall
through
ron's
team
to
remove
so
we
have
a
tremendous
need
to
find
more
partnerships
in
the
community.
E
F
Ben
being
somebody,
that's
lived
in
that
neighborhood
and
has
been
in
that
park
since
I
was
a
child.
Thank
you.
Thank
the
parks
department.
The
spa,
splash
pad
does
not
go,
there's
not
a
day
that
it
doesn't
go
by
an
hour
that
doesn't
go
by
that
there
isn't
somebody
using
that
the
park
is
beautiful.
It's
you
know,
the
neighborhood
just
loves
it
and
I
grew
up
there.
F
So
I
really
do
appreciate
the
efforts
of
the
folks
and
it
was
gonna
rain
on
you,
but
you
got
lucky
and
we're
very
happy
to
have
it
down
there.
The
kids
are
really
enjoying
it.
I
mean
up
until
this
week.
I
was
in
that
park
every
night,
three
four
nights
a
week,
coaching
football
and
the
kids
were
just
crawling
over
it
like
monkeys,
moms
are
up
there
playing.
So
it's
you
know
a
beautiful
thing
for
that
neighborhood
and
it
keeps
us
rejuvenated
down
in
there.
So
thank
you
very
much.
E
M
M
It
started
with
a
couple
documents
planning
documents
over
the
years,
so
the
first
one
was
this
park
lands.
It's
a
1995
park,
recreation,
comprehensive
master
plan.
Parkland
has
recommended
the
construction
of
new
parks
in
residential
areas
of
the
city
that
are
not
presently
being
served
by
a
park
within
a
half
mile
of
the
center
of
that
neighborhood.
M
M
As
you
can
see
the
timeline
briefly
up
there.
It's
a
long
process.
The
plan
was
completed
in-house
by
park
planning
staff
a
lot
of
times.
We
hire
consultants,
but
this
is
one
of
those
that,
and
over
the
years
we
have
been
using
our
own
staff
to
save
money
and
I've
been
doing
some
of
these
projects
very
well.
M
There
was
a
lot
of
entities
involved
and
that's
the
reason
why
it
took
a
number
of
years.
A
steering
committee
was
created
and
established
with
members
from
the
school
district,
the
park
and
recreation
board
and
staff
jane
hein
and
jim
nahas
were
the
representatives
from
this
board
on
that
steering
committee.
M
There
also
was
public
and
steering.
Committee
meetings
were
held
inputs
from
the
neighborhood
school
representatives,
committee,
members
and
gatherings,
and
other
concept
plans
were
created,
and
then
everything
was
reviewed.
The
plan
also
had
to
address
the
needs
and
desires
of
the
neighborhood
as
well
as
the
school.
M
The
school
also
wanted
to
look
at
the
circulation
of
the
parents
and
the
buses
for
drop
off
and
pick
up
of
the
kids
there's.
Also
the
future
expansion
needs
of
the
school,
whether
it's
the
building
or
the
parking
lot,
and
then
there
was
also
the
school
activities
and
how
they
might
conflict
with
the
park
users,
and
so
all
this
had
to
be
taken
into
consideration.
M
M
I
would
be
a
little
remiss
if
I
didn't
have
a
little
history
with
these,
even
though
it's
the
newest
park.
Thanks
for
the
des
moines
public
schools,
I
gathered
most
of
information
off
their
website,
so
it's
a
great
site
by
the
way
joseph
brody
was
born
in
a
small
town
in
iowa
and
moved
to
des
moines.
As
a
young
boy,
a
graduate
of
east
high
and
grinnell
college
went
on
to
study
law
at
the
university
of
chicago
law,
school
practiced
law
in
des
moines
for
over
50
years
or
over
48
years.
M
M
A
basketball
court
complex
has
two
smaller
basketball
courts
and
then
one
large
collegiate
court
across
it
has
athletic
fields
that
allow
football
soccer
baseball
to
be
taken
care
of
recreational
trails
about
a
half
a
mile.
That
trail
also
is
used
by
the
track
and
their
gym
classes.
They
use
that
to
do
for
the
gym
kids
to
run
around
has
off
street
parking,
open
air
shelter
and
a
playground.
M
M
You
know
most
of
the
people,
don't
you
know,
aren't
on
the
campus,
and
so
it's
been
worked
out
very
well
after
hours,
a
lot
of
kids
are
having
their
soccer
practices,
football
practices
and
their
parents
are
using
the
trail,
keep
an
eye
on
everything.
I'll
leave
you
with
this
a
little
sight
plan
here,
it's
the
last.
It's
a
transformation
of
the
open
space
at
brody's
school
park
into
the
park.
It
is
today
and
the
great
amenity
for
the
neighborhood.
A
E
You
kevin
next
up,
kevin's
up
he's
sneaking
off
is
indiana
road,
as
you
know,
goes
through
one
of
our
largest
parks
ewing
park
and
there's
a
great
project
going
on
right
now,
the
city
and
there's
a
major
landscape
change
coming
up.
So
kevin
has
invited
the
city's
engineer
to
sign
the
project
here.
To
describe
some
of
this
and
talk
about
it.
Maybe
answer
questions
you
may
have
if
you've
noticed
what
the
landscape
changes
are
happening.
N
All
right,
chairman,
nolan
and
members
of
the
board,
my
name
is
dave
camp.
I'm
with
the
city
engineers
office.
I'm
the
project
engineer
on
the
indianola
road
project.
It's
a
it's
a
multi-phase
project
as
it's
running
from
east
14th,
all
the
way
down
to
army
post
we've
completed
two
of
the
four
phases
and
we're
currently
working
on
the
third
phase.
N
N
What
we're
trying
to
do
on
this
this
a
little
bit
more
closer
view
of
our
current
phase
that
you
maybe
see
them
working
out
out
right
now.
What
we're
doing
is
we're
tran,
reconstructing
a
two-lane
roadway
into
a
four-lane
roadway
with
bike
bike,
commuter
lanes
and
also
sidewalk
and
a
trail
so
we're.
N
Unfortunately,
it
takes
a
little
bit
more
space.
The
the
portion
going
through
ewing
park
is
actually
a
boulevard
section
if
you
just
look
up
up
up
north
of
where
we're
working
right
now,
we've
completed
a
portion
through
the
ewing
park
and
it
gives
you
a
really
good
picture
of
what
the
heck
is.
This
thing
going
to
look
like,
and
you
can
kind
of
look
up
there
and
see
exactly
what
it's
going
to
look
like.
N
So
this
kind
of
gives
you
an
overview
of
the
area
kind
of
gives
you
an
idea
where
the
soap
box,
derby
track
is
ewing
park,
easter
lake
drive
and
mckinley
avenue.
The
one
change
that
we
did
make
to
phase
three
is:
we
do
have
a
a
trail
running
along
indianola,
all
the
way
from
east
14th
down
to
roughly
the
dog
park
or
yada
creek
right
now.
We're
actually
gonna
instead
of
running
that
trail
along
the
side
of
the
road
which
is
kind
of,
would
have
caused
a
little
bit
more.
N
Grading
work
would
have
removed
a
few
more
trees
through
that
area.
So
what
we
did
is
we
kind
of
followed
the
path
of
the
existing
gravel
path,
which
is
called
harry
piper
parkway
back
through
there
gives
you
a
better
experience
as
using
a
trail.
It's
actually
a
trail,
get
it
away
from
the
roadway
and
and
actually
a
better
experience.
N
We
will
still
be
constructing
a
sidewalk
five
foot
sidewalk
on
the
east
side
of
the
road,
so
that
that
will
stay
in
in
place.
We
will
be
upgrading
a
little
bit
of
the
sidewalk
between
porter
and
easter
lake
on
the
east
side,
up
to
a
10
foot
wide
path.
So
there's
going
to
be
a
lot
of
pedestrian
facilities,
a
lot
of
motor
facilities
through
this
corridor
there's
a
couple.
The
impacts
to
the
park
in
this
area
are
what
you
can
see
going
on
right
now
are
the
tree
impacts.
N
There
are
tree
removals
through
the
area.
What
we
did
do
is
work
with
parks
through
the
design
process
and
the
area
just
to
the
east
side
of
indianola
down
by
yada
creek
was
identified
as
native
forest
when
ewing
park
was
donated
to
the
city
of
des
moines.
So
what
we
did
is
we
flip
flopped,
our
sewer
project
or
our
sewer
alignment
to
the
other
side
of
the
road
to
reduce
impacts
to
that
native
forest.
So
we
did
impact
a
few
sycamores,
but
we
felt
it
was
more
prudent
to
preserve
that
nature,
the
natural
forest.
N
The
existing
driveway
or
access
out
to
indianola
does
not
line
up
with
easter
lake
drive,
which
kind
of
causes
a
little
bit
of
a
difficulty
when
you're
leaving
exiting
entering
so
easter
lake
is
proposed
to
be
a
trap,
have
a
traffic
signal
at
it.
So
that's
why
we
wanted
to
realign
the
access
90
degrees
back
up
with
easter
lake
drive,
so
our
new
entrance
will
be
a
little
bit
different.
N
N
The
piers
so,
but
so
all
in
all
this
is,
like
I
say,
a
the
third
out
of
four
phases.
We
will
be
you'll,
be
seeing
the
major
grade
and
pave
operation
next
summer,
where
we
actually
close
indianola
road
and
actually
do
the
major
grain
and
pave
so
you'll
see
most
of
the
construction
work
next
summer.
So
I
didn't
know
if
anybody
had
any
questions.
N
Where
they
are,
we
being
a
federal
project,
we
cannot
touch
anything
historic,
but
what
we
did
do
is
we
provided
a
new
sidewalk
down
to
between
the
piers.
So
now,
when
you're
walking
down
there,
you
can
actually
stop
and
see
what
what
they
say
on
the
sides
so
you'll
be
able
to
come
a
little
bit
closer
to
them
rather
than
just
driving
by.
N
O
N
E
It's
about
a
10
to
14,
day
period,
where
the
lilacs
were
in
full
bloom.
So
when
we
met
with
engineering
the
project
we
said
you
know
right
now,
that's
a
gravel
road
for
those
of
you,
who've
ever
been
on
that
road
and
we
figure
a
way
to
co-manage
vehicles
and
people
and
it's
an
improvement.
Because,
right
now
it's
gravel
and
we
talked
about
the
experience.
You'd
have
it.
E
We
had
plans
for
trails
in
that
part
of
town
and
we
talked
about
like,
as
david
said,
it
could
follow
the
road
or
he
could
bring
him
up
to
the
lilacs
much
better
in
my
opinion,
and
bring
them
up
through
the
lilacs
next
to
a
busy
road.
So
we're
getting
an
improvement,
that's
necessary,
I
think,
as
part
of
the
project.
O
N
It
right-
and
I
can't
remember
the
width
that
we're
putting
down
there.
We
actually
put
down
a
fairly
wide
sidewalk
down
there
and
we
discussed
a
little
bit.
Do
you
put
a
plaza
down
there,
providing
the
access
down
there
and
then
yes,
you'll,
be
able
to
you'll
be
able
to
actually
get
down
there
and
experience
those
a
lot
up
close
and
personal
and
as
parks
keeps
making
some
changes
out
here.
I
know
they
have
some
additional
master
plan
out
here.
They
may
want
to
say
you
know,
improve
that
area
as
they
move
forward.
E
The
rules
that
are
assigned
to
some
of
the
federal
funding
for
the
road
project
limit
a
lot
of
the
flexibility
we
have
as
the
city.
So
what
I
thought
we
would
do
is
let
the
project
move
through,
but
continue
with
our
plans
for
the
area
and
come
back
to
the
board
and
say
you
know
what
there's
probably
a
better
solution
here
at
the
end
of
the
day,
we're
all
city
money.
We
just
want
to
separate
the
project
because
we
have
to
and
we'll
evaluate
what
the
new
need
is.
E
Now
we
have
a
new
entrance
and
where
those
pillars
homes
for
the
future
may
lie
again.
We
have
to
unravel
this
because
there's
some
historic
issues
behind
it.
We
want
to
make
sure
everybody
feels
good
about
this.
So
we'll
separate
the
two
projects,
not
confusing
with
the
street
project
and
we'll
come
up
with
a
plan
that
I
think
everybody
on
the
board
can
support,
as
well
as
our
team
and
look
at
that
down
the
road.
N
O
N
N
Yeah
and
and
you'll
always,
and
that's
kind
of
we'll
we'll
get
you
in
and
out
as
we
need
to
early
in
the
season,
that'll
be
in
mayish
we're
going
to
be
up
on
the
road,
so
your
access
will
be
uninhibited
through
that
area
and
that's
just
a
constant
communication.
I
keep
having
with
parks
throughout
the
project
so.
E
They've
been
very
good
to
us,
and
we've
had
several
several
meetings
with
our
team
and
his
trying
to
design
the
best
fit
for
us,
knowing
that
we
don't
control
the
right-of-way,
but
we
control
the
access
of
the
park
and
we
have
the
partners
with
the
school,
the
renters,
the
folks
that
want
to
see
the
lilac
arboretum,
the
disc
golf
folks.
It's
a
lot
of
balls
juggle,
but
I
feel
confident
that
we
have
a
plan
and
we
have
their
support
to
make
sure
access
is
met
and
we'll
continue
to
work
on
that.
N
E
N
N
G
The
park
and
recreation
department
uses
prescribed
fire
as
a
lane
management
technique
in
nature,
fires
essential
to
maintain
the
integrity
of
native
prairie
and
woodland
species
in
a
park.
Setting
controlled
burns
offer
a
safe
way
to
use
the
benefits
of
fire,
which
include
increasing
the
wildlife
and
plant
diversity
and
improving
the
land's
ability
to
function
as
a
green
utility
for
the
city.
G
Now
we
have
postcards
that
we're
ready
to
mail
out
we're
waiting
to
have
the
burn
pit
burn
permit
in
hand.
Now
we
have
postcards
that
we
mail
out
to
residences
within
our
property
owners
within
1
000
feet
of
any
of
these
areas
and
then
we'll
also
do
press
release
the
day
of
that
that
we're
going
to
be
doing
any
of
the
burns.
G
G
E
E
Protocols
involved,
I
want
you
to
know
as
a
board
that
we
we
get
not
only
our
permits.
We
talked
to
the
city's
risk
manager
and
we
have
had
some
experience
doing
this
in
the
past,
so
we
we
don't
make
any
chances
or
risks
with
this.
We
make
sure
it's
a
very
safe
protocol
for
us
and
we
don't
want
to
lose
the
ability
to
do
this,
because
it's
a
very
efficient
way
for
us
to
maintain
these
landscapes.
E
J
Chair
nolan
members
of
the
park
and
recreation
board
richard
brown
park,
planner
three,
I'm
excited
to
announce
tonight
that
we
as
the
park
and
recreation
department,
recently
received
approval
from
the
department
of
natural
resources
for
300
thousand
dollar
reap
grant
through
the
resource,
enhancement
and
protection
program.
It's
a
program
that
has
been
very
successful
through
the
dnr
in
enhancing
local
parks
and
recreation
facilities,
building
trails,
protecting
land
and
we've
been
recipient
of
multiple
grants
over
the
years.
J
So
we're
really
looking
forward
to
this
project
and
we
expect
that
design
of
the
the
trail
will
start
this
winter
and
do
a
little
bit
of
ecological
planning
work
to
see
how
we
want
that
restoration
to
go
with
implementation
in
2014.
So
we're
very
very
excited
about
this,
and
this
actually
is
a
result
of
the
natural
resource
inventory
which
we'll
be
talking
about
about
10
minutes.
E
This
is
our
second
reap
grant
in
this
many
years
and
it's
a
very
competitive
process,
there's
only
so
many
dollars
and
there
is
a
lot
of
need
in
the
state
of
iowa
for
recreational
dollars
and
park
improvements,
and
I'm
very
proud
talk
about
the
scoring
too,
that
our
team-
as
you
know,
we're
all
all
very
proud
of
them,
but
they're
very
good
at
grant.
Writing
they're
very
good
at
articulating
the
needs
so
what'd.
You
tell
us
about
the
scoring.
J
Yeah
we're
very
excited
about
this.
The
dnr
scores
these
grants
through
a
whole
series
about
10
different
criteria
from
the
population,
will
be
impacted
to
the
environmental
impacts,
the
recreational
qualities
to
impacts
to
disability
peoples
with
disability
across
the
entire
spectrum.
We're
very
excited
that
was
ranked
the
number
one
grant.
So
we
didn't
actually
have
to
worry
about.
J
We
were
going
to
get
funded
or
not,
but
one
of
the
things
with
the
reprogram
is
that
they're
authorized
through
the
state
to
have
a
certain
funding
level,
but
the
authorization
each
year
is
actually
up
to
the
legislature
itself.
So
there's
always
projects
if
they're,
fully
funded.
That
could
be
funded,
that
don't
so
we're
very
excited
that
we
weren't
even
close
to
that
line.
So
was
it
very.
E
E
Well,
he's
pulling
us
up
a
while
back.
We
had
some
requests
to
look
at
union
park.
It's
got
a
lot
of
streets
as
you
can
see
from
the
map
and
there's
a
lot
of
different
attractions
within
the
park.
One
of
the
concerns
was,
you
know
for
safety.
Should
there
be
some
kind
of
street
addressing
inside
there,
because
it
wasn't
at
the
time
for
9-1-1
purposes,
etc,
as
well
as
when
you
want
to
have
a
family
gathering?
J
Yeah
so
about
a
year
ago,
like
ben
said,
we
received
a
letter
through
councilman
mahaffey
that
he
received
a
request
from
the
neighborhood
union
park,
neighborhood
association,
that
police
and
fire
and
people
just
couldn't
find
their
way
through
the
park
because
they
couldn't
really
describe
other
than
like
ben
said.
There's
a
large
tree,
there's
a
shelter,
there's
a
playground.
So
upon
receiving
that
request,
we
actually
worked
with
our
e-911
police
and
fire
department
to
put
together
a
street
naming
scheme
that
would
work
for
union
park.
J
J
The
circle
south
of
thompson
avenue
is
union
park
circle
over
on
the
west
hand
side
here
we
wanted
to
stay
with
the
typical
street
grid.
So
this
is
north
union
street
because
just
north
of
park
is
north
union
street
same
on
this
little
spur
that
comes
off
union
park
circle
here.
This
is
actually
east
8th
street,
which
ties
into
the
street
grid,
and
then
we
actually
had
the
ability
to
give
this
street
here
that
comes
from
the
circle
crosses
thompson,
goes
up
to
the
carousel
and
back
down
to
thompson.
J
We
had
the
ability
to
give
it
whatever
name
we
wanted.
So
we
came
up
with
carousel
drive,
so
once
we
got
all
those
streets
named,
we
actually
was
determined.
It
didn't
need
to
go
through
the
city
council's
naming
policy
because
it
was
in
accordance
with
all
the
existing
naming
conventions
and
street
grids
out
there,
and
so
that
we're
named
those
streets
they
all
tie
into
the
e91
system.
Just
to
give
you
an
example,
you
know
all
the
streets
and
addresses
are
based
off
of
street
grids.
J
So
if
it's
on
the
east
side
of
the
street,
it's
an
even
number,
it's
the
west
side
of
the
street.
It's
an
odd
number
same
with
the
east
west
streets.
So
we
wanted
to
make
sure
that
when
you
call
911,
they
could
find
you
and
you
know
how
they
know-
how
to
get
out
there
and
help
you
and
assist
with
that.
The
one
tricky
thing
that's
kind
of
unique
to
this
is
the
circle.
J
How
do
you
address
the
circle,
and
so
we
actually
had
several
meetings
and
the
best
way
we
could
describe
what
happened
out
there
is
that
it's
a
really
large
boulevard,
so
think
of
polk
boulevard,
only
just
one
big
circle,
so,
on
the
right
hand
of
union
park
circle
as
you're
going
east
and
north,
it's
an
even
and
if
you're
going
south
and
west,
it's
an
odd,
so
just
think
of
union
park
circles,
a
really
large
boulevard.
Now.
J
Darling
shelter
is
actually
just
off
the
map
right
about
here
where
my
arrow
is
at,
so
we're
wet,
that's
west
of
sailor,
sailor
road.
So
once
we
are
able
to
get
that
taken
care
of,
we
actually
got
a
series
of
street
signs.
Most
of
them
are
up.
Now
we
got
to
make
a
couple
changes
to
some
existing
stop
signs.
But
if
you
go
out
there
now
you
will
see
signs
that
look
like
this.
It's
a
union
park
circle
and
so
that
the
police
or
people
can
identify
we're
at
and.
J
Have
one
extra
one,
so
you
can
kind
of
feel
what
they
look
like
in
real
life,
so
typical
street
sign,
but
because
it's
a
park
and
recreation
road,
it's
brown
in
color!
So
that's
how
you
can
always
identify
it's
a
park.
Road
they'll
be
brown
in
color
like
this,
similar
to
other
signs
that
are
brown.
If
it's
a
street,
it's
green,
a
public
street.
Otherwise
it's
a
park
road.
J
E
B
A
E
On
your
to
your
receiving
file,
section
cemetery
fees,
as
you
know
that
we
have
been
really
cognitive
to
make
sure
that
we're
always
reviewing
our
fees
and,
as
we've
brought
to
you
in
the
past,
we
went
through
a
major
overhaul
of
cemetery
fees
and
I
do
not
want
to
confuse
you
what
we
have
in
front
of
you
now
is
new
product
options.
It's
not
changing
things
that
you
already
vote.
You've
already
voted
on
last
year
or
back
in
april.
E
Excuse
me
so
new
new
options
and
new
products
here,
cemetery
advisory
committee
has
done
a
great
job
of
reviewing
the
staff
recommendation.
They've
authorized
that
recommendation
forward
to
you
for
the
new
board
members.
When
we
set
fees,
it's
quite
the
process.
We
take
two
meetings
with
you
to
make
sure
the
public
income
and
the
city
council
has
at
least
two
meetings
on
fees.
They
look
at
our
fees
and
they
review
them
and
have
a
public
input
process
there.
I
feel
very
good
about
our
process,
so
we've
vetted
it
strongly
and
I'll.
H
E
E
We
have
a
goal
of
seven
percent
that
we
believe
will
hit
in
here
in
the
near
future.
So
in
a
in
a
two
year
span,
you
can
see
that
we've
put,
we
put
together
a
very
impressive
reduction
in
what
we've
used
to
have
for
a
subsidy
of
the
cemetery
operation,
and
I
thank
you
for
pointing
out
marlene
she's
done
just
a
tremendous
job.
We
have
a
great
staff
and
I
appreciate
the
board
when
you
mention
that,
because
she's
done
above
and
beyond
work
to
get
that
turned
around
in
short
order.
A
A
E
E
We
know
that
right
now
that
the
green
infrastructure
that
we
do
provide,
reduces
flooding,
impacts
and
cleans
air
and
cleans
water,
so
these
things
are
very
necessary
just
for
the
basic
human
quality
of
life
that
we
have
here
in
des
moines.
We
also
know
that
our
parks
do
many
things
as
far
as
improve
economic
values
of
our
community
and
improve
the
lives
of
people
by
having
them
just
a
free
space
to
recreate
and
improve
their
health.
E
J
Especially
for
everyone-
that's
new
here
on
the
board,
but
in
general
we
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
of
how
we
got
to
this
point.
Getting
through
a
natural
resource
inventory
is
a
project
in
a
process.
That's
really
started
several
years
ago
for
us.
We
also
want
to
look
at
some
of
the
major
findings
and
conclusions
that
we
found
in
when
we
conducted
this
inventory
and
finally,
now
that
we
have
an
inventory,
how.
K
J
A
little
bit
about
the
history
about
five
to
seven
years
ago,
we've
really
started
through
our
park
and
recreation
board
and
our
urban
conservation
advisory
committee
looking
at
ways
to
have
a
more
sustainable
landscape
through
our
park
and
open
space
system.
We're
managers
and
stewards
of
nearly
4
000
acres
across
the
city
of
des
moines,
from
parks
that
are
just
a
couple.
Acres
in
size
to
parks
is
as
large
as
ewing,
which
is
nearly
350
and
thousands
of
contiguous
acres
of
land
along
the
two
rivers
in
des
moines
and
addition.
J
Additionally,
beyond
that
we
started
looking
at
how
can
we
decrease
some
of
our
inputs?
That
means
put
less
pesticides
down
less
fertilizers
down
and
and
really
look
at
ways
that
we
can
decrease
our
irrigation
across
the
park
and
open
space
system
and
also,
at
the
same
time,
we
want
to
look
at
other
ways
to
increase
the
natural
vegetation
across
the
park
and
open
space
system,
that
being
the
prescribed
burns.
That
ron
talked
about
looking
at
shoreline,
restorations
we've
done
some
great
work
at
graves.
Lake
are
working
at
greenwood
pond.
J
Now,
looking
at
reforestation
for
the
since
2008
or
excuse
me,
since
2006,
we
planted
nearly
4
000
trees
across
our
park
and
open
space
system
to
replace
and
encourage
new
growth
across
our
forests.
And
finally,
we
started
to
look
at
restoring
land
areas
like
mcrae
park.
We've
done
some
restoration
and
prescribed
burning
out
there
we're
looking
at,
and
we
have
done
some
implementation
of
prairies
across
our
park
and
open
space
system.
J
So
we've
we've
really
done
a
lot
of
changes
here
in
the
last
five
to
seven
years,
but
it
was
really
one
project
to
kick
this
all
off.
There
came
a
proposal
from
the
army
corps
of
engineers
and
after
the
floods
of
2008
that
they
wanted
to
rebuild
the
berlin
levee.
At
the
same
time,
we
said
it
would
be
really
great
if
we
could
do
a
new,
accessible
trail
connection
between
mchenry
park
and
the
riverview
area
down
below.
J
Just
for
the,
if
you're
not
familiar,
there's
about
a
60-foot
grade
change
between
the
top
of
mchenry
park
down
to
where
riverview
is
at
the
old
trail,
that
used
to
be,
there
was
pretty
much
almost
a
straight
up
and
down
vertical.
Probably
20
grade
there,
so
we
said:
is
this
an
opportunity
to
do
something
better
with
the
trail?
What
we
found
out
there
is
actually
in
order
to
do
that.
We'd
have
to
change
the
face
of
mchenry
park
and
cut
down
about
150
mature
trees.
J
K
J
We
selected
the
most
qualified
person
out
there
out
of
a
selection
of
six
different
people
that
submitted
proposals
in
april
2011,
the
city
council
hired
dr
tom
rosberg
from
drake
university
to
complete
the
natural
research
resource
inventory
for
us
what
we
found
out
through
this
process
that,
even
though,
has
sat
on
our
our
urban
conservation
advisory
committee.
We
didn't
realize
what
a
gem
we
had
sitting
right
there.
J
J
What
were
we
actually
asking
him
to
do?
We
asked
him
to
take
an
in-depth
look
at
our
natural
resources.
We
didn't
ask
him
to
go
out
and
count
every
tree.
We
didn't
ask
him
to
come
down
every
flower,
but
we
asked
him
to
take
an
inventory
of
the
trees
and
the
flowers
and
what
plant
communities
did
those
things
together
create.
We
asked
him
for
data
to
make
informed
recommendations
and
decisions,
so
we
could
stand
up
here
in
the
front
of
the
park
and
recreation
board
in
the
city
council
and
make
recommendations
based
on
solid
data.
J
We
got
from
him
and
finally,
we
asked
him
to
give
us
appropriate
data
that
will
allow
us
to
work
with
the
star
community
rating
system.
This
is
a
nationwide
program
that
is
seeking
to
rate
cities
on
their
sustainability,
such
as
lead
program
does
for
buildings.
So
we
wanted
appropriate
data
that
would
help
us
to
rate
the
city's
sustainability
when
it
came
to
natural
resources.
J
One
of
the
things
is
we
had
to
ask
ourselves
why
this
is
important
to
us.
Our
park
system
sees
millions
of
visits
each
year.
We
know
that
from
our
trail
counts
to
our
counts,
at
gray's
lake
and
the
other
76
parks
we
have
across
the
city.
We
found
from
surveys,
citywide
surveys,
but
also
park
and
recreation
surveys-
that
users
want
more
ability
to
get
out
into
our
park
and
open
space.
They
want
to
get
past
the
playground
they
want
to
get
past
the
paved
trail.
J
They
want
to
get
out
and
experience
it,
and
only
15
percent
of
that
4
000
acres
is
actually
mowed,
so
you
have
nearly
85
of
the
park
and
open
space
system
that
can
be
explored
by
users
and
also
we
want
to
really
assess
the
natural
resource
health.
What
condition
are
our
natural
resources
in?
Are
they?
Are
they
very
pristine?
Are
they
very
degraded?
We
didn't
know
that,
and
so
we
really
needed
to
get
an
assessment
of
that.
So
we
can
really
move
forward
and
manage
our
park
and
open
space
system
correctly.
J
What
are
we
trying
to
do
as
part
of
this?
We
are
trying
to
reduce
our
maintenance
costs,
we're
finding
that
overall,
managing
these
natural
areas
actually
reduces
our
maintenance
costs
through
the
prescribed
burns.
Ron
can
take
care
of
a
lot
of
land
with
a
prescribed
burn
every
three
to
five
years
versus
having
to
mow
it
25
25
times
a
year
and
paying
a
contractor
every
single
time.
J
We
found
very
historic
and
culturally
significant
landscapes.
For
example,
this
is
mcrae
park.
We
just
talked
about
getting
the
reef
grant,
but
you
can
see
it's
right
in
the
shadow
of
downtown
and
it's
been
projected
for
nearly
120
years.
It's
a
remnant,
it's
a
cultural,
historic
landmark
that
dates
back
to
when
the
city
is
founded.
J
We
also
actually
can
provide
ecosystem
services.
Like
ben
said,
we
can
absorb
more
water
with
with
well-managed
landscapes,
and
we
actually
increase
passive
recreation
opportunities,
such
as
mountain
biking,
walking,
hiking
wildlife,
viewing
areas
that
get
you
off
the
beaten
path
into
our
park
system
and
really
can
really
take
in
the
beauty
and
the
awesomeness.
That
is
our
parks
wrong
way.
Sorry.
J
J
J
J
He
was
able
to
go
out
and
get
some
of
the
original
survey
maps
from
before
the
city
was
founded
right
after
the
city
was
founded
in
the
1850s
to
see
what
the
original
landscape
looked
like
here,
he
was
able
to
get
historical
aerial
photos
from
the
1930s
all
the
way,
through
the
day
today,
to
see
what
this
landscape
looked
like,
how
it's
changed
over
the
years
he's
also
able
to
get
soils.
Maps.
Soils
maps
are
one
of
the
key
indicators
of
what
actually
these
landscapes
looked
like
when
the
city
was
founded.
J
After
that
he
went
out
and
walked
all
these
spaces
three
times
in
one
year
he
went
out
and
did
a
spring
survey
a
summer
survey
and
a
fall
survey
to
really
get
a
full
context
of
what
these
landscapes
look
like
and
what
they
actually
were
and
how
they
acted
out
there.
Afterwards,
he
mapped
every
single
one
of
these
spaces
gave
us
gis
data
so
that
we
can
work
with
our
field
staff.
We
can
work
with
public
works
department.
J
J
Once
he
compiled
that
data,
he
was
able
to
start
doing
assessments
on
the
overall
ecosystem
health.
He
gave
him
scores
based
on
the
different
species
he
found
out
there
and
is
preparing
management
recommendations
for
each
one
of
these
areas.
Some
we
may
want
to
take
back
to
how
they
looked
historically,
when
the
city
is
founded,
others
we
may
want
to
manage
for
more
diversity
and
different
tree
species
based
on
future
pests.
We
might
predict.
J
Some
of
the
major
conclusions
he's
found
is
that
the
city
of
des
moines
park
and
open
space
system
has
substantial
ecological
quality.
For
example,
here
this
prairie
trillium
was
found
at
prospect
park
and
he
only
found
one
of
them
and
I
actually
haven't
been
able
to
find
it
since
he
founded
that
one
year,
but
it's
the
farthest
west
he's
found
in
the
state
of
iowa
and
the
first
time
it's
actually
been
found
in
polk
county.
So
within
our
parks
there
are
great
ecological
quality.
J
J
Basically,
what
he's
saying
is
17
of
all
the
species
that
he
found
in
our
park
and
open
space
system
will
only
grow
in
areas
that
I
can't
take.
A
lot
of
disturbance
are
very
high
quality
ecologically,
so
we
have
great
areas
out
there
in
our
park
and
open
space
system.
This
photo
here
is
taken
from
mcrae.
So
mcrae
is
you
know,
just
in
the
shadow
of
downtown
a
great
biological
jewel
we
have.
J
Additionally,
you
know
we
owe
a
lot
of
this
to
previous
park
boards
and
city
councils,
that
back
in
the
early
1890s
they
protected
about
600,
acres
of
which
is
our
current
park
and
open
space
system,
and
it's
because
of
that
that
they
purchase
that
land
and
put
it
in
public
protection
that
most
of
these
areas
are
still
here
today.
Grandview
this
park
photo
was
done
from
the
early
1900s
and
you
can
see
some
of
these
big
trees
that
were
out
there
in
the
early
1900s
that
are
still
out
there
today.
J
Across
the
entire
system
he
found
about
80
different,
diverse
ecosystems,
and
he
broke
them
down
into
six
different
categories:
grasslands,
shrublands,
savannas
woodlands,
forests
and
wetlands.
Just
to
give
you
example
of
the
work
he
did
from
a
mapping
standpoint,
this
is
a
example
of
the
mapping
that
he's
done
through
our
gis
system
of
the
park
and
open
space
system.
I
didn't
want
to
do
the
whole
thing,
but
just
give
you
a
feel
this
is
mchenry
park
at
the
top
right.
This
is
the
old
riverview
area
des
moines
river
and
prospect
park
here.
J
Every
one
of
these
areas
he's
walked
and
surveyed
found
all
the
plants
defined,
what
the
actual
communities
are
based
on
the
soils
and
the
plants
and
the
trees
that
he
found
and
then
mapped
them
all
out
and
is
actually
providing
assessment
and
management
recommendations.
So
you
can
just
see
from
here
the
great
amount
of
work
that
he
went
to
to
really
tell
us
what
we
had
out
there.
J
One
of
the
things
he
noted
and
was
one
of
the
key
recommendations-
or
I
guess
key
conclusions-
is
that
we
have
an
issue
with
invasive
species
and
as
kind
of
targeted
in
his
report.
Invasive
species
are
designed
as
a
species
that
are
non-native
to
the
ecosystem
under
consideration
and
whose
introduction
causes
or
is
likely
to
cause
economic
or
environmental
harm
to
human
health.
J
So
using
his
definition
that
he
used
in
the
inventory
he
found,
12
species
pose
the
greatest
threat
to
the
ecological
health
of
our
park
and
open
space
system,
and
this
is
just
plant
species.
This
isn't.
This
is
in
talk
like
the
emerald,
ash,
borer
insects
or
anything
like
that.
This
is
just
plants,
and
these
12
plants
are
actually
threatening
the
overall
integrity
of
our
parks,
ecosystems,
and
they
have
been
found
in
just
about
every
one
of
our
parks.
For
example,
here
here's
three
of
the
biggest
offenders-
this
is
garlic.
J
Mustard
that
is
found
in
a
lot
of
our
areas,
is
starting
to
grow
into
more
and
more
areas.
But
greenwood
park
is
an
example
where
it
has
a
lot
of
garlic,
mustard
and
once
it
takes
over.
It's
pretty
much
the
only
species
out
there.
This
is
tree
of
heaven,
probably
the
best
offender.
Offending
example
of
this
is
actually
at
wave
on
golf
course
at
55th
and
university
at
the
northwest
corner
of
the
golf
course
there.
J
That's
all
there
is
is
tree
of
heaven
and
it's
basically
taking
over
that
entire
corner,
and
this
is
a
japanese
naoid
that
is
taking
over
smaller
areas,
but
could
threaten
a
lot
much
larger
area
eventually
if
it
takes
foothold.
So
these
are
just
three
of
the
defenders
that
could
really
take
over
and
threaten
our
park
system.
J
Beyond
that,
he
noticed
that
we've
all
heard
and
we've
had
presentations
about
the
emerald
ash
borer.
That
is
starting
to
slowly
creep
its
way
towards
des
moines,
but
he
didn't
look
at
it
from
the
fact
that,
but
he
noted
that
the
green
ash
is
the
most
prevalent
species
we
have
in
our
entire
park
and
open
space
system
between
flowers
and
grasses
and
shrubs
oak
trees.
Maple
trees,
you
name
it.
J
The
green
ash
is
the
most
prevalent
species
we
have
out
there,
which
means
that
when
it
does
get
here,
the
emerald
ash
borer
will
cause
significant
ecological
disturbance
to
our
park
system.
It
will
change
the
face
of
our
park
system
and
how
it
looks
and
how
it
feels.
So
it's
something
that
we
have
to
be
prepared
for,
and
we
are
working
with
the
municipal
arborist
david
yan,
to
address
that
and
plan
for
that's
impending.
We
expect
the
the
board
to
get
here
eventually.
J
J
When
ben
and
I
were
preparing
for
this
presentation,
we
actually
had
an
opportunity
to
sit
down
with
the
city
manager
and
he
still
remembered
that
we
had
taken
them
out
into
the
park
system
two
years
ago
to
look
at
some
of
these
trees
and
kind
of
look
at
some
of
these
areas
that
we
don't
normally
get
to.
So
it
does
make
a
difference.
J
That's
why
we
targeted
greenwood
park
and
mcrae
park
for
priorities
when
we
wrote
reef
grants
we're
using
the
data
in
the
inventory
to
help
track
and
implement
some
of
our
green
infrastructure
projects.
We
can
use
this
data
as
a
baseline
for
what
these
ecosystems
look
like
in
2011
and
12,
and
as
we
start
to
improve
and
restore
these
areas,
we
can
actually
go
back
and
see
the
difference
that
we're
making
and
actually
have
solid
data
behind
it
and,
like
we
talked
about,
we
actually
can
use
this
data
to
write
grants
and
receive
grants.
J
One
of
the
things
that
we
found
is
that
higher
diversity
of
plants
and
trees
actually
will
increase
the
amount
of
water
that
gets
absorbed
into
the
ground.
That's
less
water
that
erodes
into
the
ponds
the
creeks
and
the
rivers.
We
can
minimize
some
of
the
sediment
in
our
ponds.
We're
spending
a
lot
of
work
out
at
greenwood
pond
to
try
to
improve
the
watershed
above
that,
so
that
we
can
slowly
erosion
down
and
keep
that
sediment
out
of
the
pond
and
preserve
that
as
a
recreational
opportunity.
Additionally,
we're
looking
at
minimizing
flooding
impacts.
J
When
we
look
at
reducing
our
maintenance
costs,
we
are
looking
at
prescribed
burns
as
we
get
some
of
these
landscapes
under
control.
It's
one
of
iran's
most
effective
tools.
To
do
that,
we
like
to
a
lot
of
times
we
like
to
show
off
the
big
fire
picture
when
we're
burning
a
prairie
out
of
grey's
lake,
but
when
we
are
kind
of
drafting
this
presentation,
lauren
lyon
at
polk
county
says:
don't
do
that.
It
kind
of
scares
people
from
the
fire.
J
This
is
what
most
of
our
fires
actually
look
like:
they're,
very
slow,
creeping
fires
across
our
woodlands
that
basically
just
burn
up
the
leaf
litter
and
we're
finding
they
actually
stimulate
natural
tree
regeneration
where
we've
burned
at
mcrae
park.
This
bottom
photo
here
we're
actually
seeing
tons
and
tons
of
new
oak
trees
that
are
being
stimulated.
J
That's
less
money.
We
have
to
actually
spend
on
purchasing
trees
and
planting
in
our
park
system.
We're
getting
this
for
free
just
by
burning
these
areas,
so
a
great
way
to
to
save
on
actually
purchasing
trees
and
it's
from
the
native
stock.
That's
here
and
overall,
we'll
end
up
with
a
more
resilient
landscape.
One
that
is
healthier,
stronger,
absorbs
more
water
and
can
be
protected
and
be
around
for
a
long
time.
J
J
Here
within
the
city
of
des
moines,
it's
a
unique
opportunity
that
most
cities
do
not
have
here.
Woodlands
as
well
is
kind
of
a
transition
between
there
and
forests
prairie
areas.
He
found
that
actually
prairies
are
one
of
the
most
underrepresented
landscapes
we
have
in
the
city
of
des
moines
as
compared
to
when
the
city
was
founded
in
the
1850s.
J
And
finally,
he
said,
there's
areas
of
wetlands
that
we
could
protect
and
preserve
and
even
restore
and
create.
A
good
example
is
the
area
behind
county
soccer
complex.
We
own
about
200
acres
out
there,
but
a
small
portion
of
it's
actually
used
for
the
soccer
complex.
The
rest
of
it
at
various
times
has
either
been
farmed
or
is
just
left
to
flood.
But
he
said,
there's
an
area
you
could
restore
and
make
a
very
nice
wetland
out
there
that
could
really
absorb
a
lot
of
water
before
it
reaches
the
river.
J
J
We're
going
to
start
to
take
this
inventory
we're
going
to
prioritize
everything
that
dr
rosberg
has
said,
look
at
the
needs
and
how
we
move
forward,
we're
going
to
start
budgeting
for
the
implementation
of
that
we
have
limited
capital
dollars,
but
we're
just
getting
started
on
our
capital
budgeting
process.
Now
it
also
is
an
opportunity
for
us
to
seek
alternative
funding
such
as
the
reprogram
another
key
tenant.
Is
we
want
to
look
at?
Should
we
hire
the
expertise?
J
We
need
to
manage
these
landscapes
in
the
form
of
a
natural
resource
superintendent,
so
we're
investigating
that
possibility
right
now,
but
then
we
also
want
to
look
toward
our
friends
at
the
des
moines
parks
to
help
us
with
volunteers
or
fundraising,
or
just
even
getting
the
message
out.
They're
they're
great
advocates
for
us
and
will
be
great
advocates
for
moving
this
land
management
and
the
results
of
this
inventory
forward.
J
We
actually
stole
this
quote
from
a
presentation
that
marlene
did
a
few
years
ago
with
don
tripp.
I
thought
it
was
really
good
and
related
to
what
we're
doing
here.
Essentially,
it
says
city
dwellers
need,
above
all
things
to
renew
frequent
contact
with
soil
and
growing
things
to
engage
in
activities
that
are
different
from
the
daily
routine
of
living
and
working.
K
O
J
No,
it
really
is
a
combination
of
maintenance,
maintenance
and
management
techniques.
Once
we
get
some
of
the
invasive
species
under
control,
it'll
actually
help
us
to
control
them.
One
that
I
didn't
put
up
there
is
honeysuckle
is
a
large
shrub
that
really
creates
a
green
wall
against
most
of
our
our
forested
areas.
Once
we
get
like
kind
of
initial
cutting
through
that
burning
will
help
to
keep
that
in
check.
So
it's
a
combination
of
techniques.
It's
it's
going
to
be
really.
O
E
Yeah
we
we
stopped
playing
the
emerald
ash
tree
green
ash.
Several
planting
cycles
will
go
just
because
we
knew
this
was
coming
down
the
pipe
right
now,
the
future
of
the
ash
and
how
we
will
treat
it
will
resolve
with
the
city
or
mississippi
arborist
he'll
make
that
recommendation
he's
looking
at
all
angles.
I
mean
you've
seen
the
newspapers
where,
even
as
close
as
johnson
iowa,
they
just
said
we're
just
going
to
get
rid
of
them.
There's
a
variety
of
ways
to
do
it.
E
Some
people
want
to
try
to
preserve
some
of
these
majestic
ash
trees
to
see
if
they
can
save
them.
So
we're
going
to
look
at
maybe
a
hybrid
but
again
we'll
wait.
Till
dave
john
bites
an
opinion
on
it
and
give
it
to
us.
But
it
is
it's.
It's
imminent.
It's
coming
and
we
were
shocked
to
see
that
that
was
the
most
prevalent
species
we
had
in
our
system.
So
that
means
expenses
coming
down
the
pipe.
K
Dick
richard
as
a
great
report-
and
I
would
just
like
to
try
and
emphasize
you
know,
ecosystems-
I
guess
what
do
they
call
it
way
back
when
I
was
in
school,
you
know
the
photosynthetic
process
or
something
one
of
the
real
problems
we
have,
and
you
realize
it.
I
think,
and
hopefully
dr
rosberg
will
is
that
none
of
this
happens
without
water
and
we
have
a
horrible
problem
confronting
us
with
water.
A
Any
other
questions
richard
this
gives
us
such
a
great
basis
for
moving
forward
and
what
potential
the
city
really
has
in
the
parks.
The
city
council
was
very
appreciative
of
the
report
monday
morning
and
I
have
to
thank
richard.
He
did
an
incredible
job.
Thank
you
and
also
the
urban
conservation
come
in
and
he
came
back
and
made
lots
of
comments
for
a.
J
J
J
A
A
One
thing
that
maybe,
if
anyone
has
anything
for
the
good
of
the
the
board
or
the
community,
if
you
have
anything
you'd
like
to
announce
you
can
take
that
at
this
time
we
are
still
for
all
new
members.
We
are
still
looking
for
a
new
member
for
the
cemetery
committee,
so
any
of
you
that
are
not
serving
on
a
committee
or
would
like
to
join
that,
for
we
are
looking
for
someone
for
the
cemetery
committee.
So
keep
that
in
mind.
E
One
new
initiative,
I'd
like
to
request
some
assistance
from
the
board
on
is
quite
often
we
get
invited
to
neighborhood
meetings
to
talk
about
what
they'd
like
to
see
in
their
park,
and
I
think
it'd
be
helpful
to
have
a
few
of
you
on
call
to
attend
the
meeting
with
us
from
the
perspective
of
a
park
board
member
over
time
in
the
next
few
months.
You'll
get
a
really
good
knowledge
101
on
our
budget,
and
it's
it's
not
that
I
want
you
to
come
there
to
say
that
you
know
we
can't
afford
this.
E
I
just
want
you
to
re-emphasize
that
you
know
that
we
would
love
nothing
more.
It's
just
tight
financing
that
you
have
to
get
in
line
so
to
speak,
and
we're
going
to
do
our
best
to
juggle
all
the
needs
in
the
city,
but
I
think
it
helps
staff
to
go
there
to
have
the
parkour
members
with
us
to
say
that
here's,
the
message
from
us
you
can
listen
to.
You
can
keep
us
in
check
and
you
can
also
help
the
neighborhood
understand
what
we're
trying
to
do
with
all
the
limited
resources
we
do
have.
E
I
don't
think
we
needed,
maybe
an
official
group
unless
you
really
wanted
to
go
that
way.
I
just
would
love
to
have
two
to
three
of
you
per
time
and
we
do
about
four
of
these
a
year
and
they're
using
the
evening,
and
we
can
do
it
specific
to
the
area
that
you're,
representing
from
that
part
of
town,
but
it'd,
be
great
to
have
more
help
on
those
meetings.
So.