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A
Welcome
to
this
edition
of
City
spotlight,
I'm
Mayor,
Frank
County,
and
here
we
are
at
Union
Park
at
East,
ninth
and
Thompson.
Today,
we're
going
to
talk
to
chat
and
half
fill
with
indigo
dawn
about
some
of
the
green
projects.
They're
doing
and
we're
also
going
to
talk
to
Kelly
layout
court
right
who's
with
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
and
we're
going
to
hear
what's
going
to
happen
with
the
trash
bash.
So
stick
with
us
we're
going
to
have
a
great
show,
we'll
be
right
back.
A
Welcome
back
I'm,
Mayor,
Frank
County,
and
it's
often
said
that
april
showers
bring
May
flowers,
and
this
is
true,
but
the
month
of
April
also
brings
environmental
consciousness
and
we
have
Earth
Day
coming
up
and
the
City
of
Des
Moines
in
partnership
with
other
organizations
has
taken
part
in
this
event
for
a
number
of
years,
and
with
me
now
is
Kelly
layout
courtright
of
parson
rubbers,
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
and
why
don't
you
tell
us
about
it?
Tell
us
a
little
about
what's
going
on
with
Earth
Day
this
year,
okay,.
B
A
B
B
A
B
Are
going
out
all
over
the
city
of
des
moines?
Originally,
we
had
started
downtown
and
we
expanded
to
grayslake
in
McRae
Park
a
couple
years
ago,
and
then
last
year
we
expanded
out
to
50
different
areas
in
Des
Moines
that
we
identified
with
the
Parks
and
Recreation
Department,
and
this
year
we're
even
expanding
further
and
we're
going
to
be
partnering
with
Polk
County
Conservation,
so
it'll
be
the
city
and
the
county
working
together.
They.
B
Well,
what
happens
that?
Are
the
volunteers?
Go
out
to
the
different
parks
and
areas
to
help
clean
up,
and
there
are
five
different
awards
that
they
can
compete
for
Finders
Keepers,
which
is
the
most
unusual
items
littlest
litter,
which
is
the
smallest.
They
also
compete
for
team
spirit,
so
corporations
businesses
organizations
can
decorate
themselves
where
corporate
t-shirts
or
whatever,
just
to
show
their
team
spirit.
There's
also
the
big
Buttowski,
which
is
finding
the
most
cigarette
butts
in
the
Science
Center
last
year,
picked
up
four
and
a
half
pounds
of
cigarette
butts.
B
We've
even
expanded
from
like
cleaning
up
litter
and
winter
debris.
To
now
we
are
out
there
helping
create
wildlife
habitat
by
removing
invasive
species
and
parks
such
as
grayslake,
so
we've
had
volunteers,
come
out
and
cut
out
weedy
trees
or
remove
species
that
I'm
compute
with
our
native
plants
for
a
space
and
food
and
water.
You.
A
B
B
And
so
then
they
handed
out
the
winners
from
that
were
judged
by
local
artists
in
the
community
and
they
brought
those
down
to
simon
estes
amphitheater
for
the
bash
portion
of
it
afterwards,
and
they
handed
those
out
is
the
five
awards,
the
finders
keepers,
the
big
Buttowski,
those
different
awards
that
people
compete
for
so
what
happens?
Is
everyone
goes
out
to
the
parks
they
help
clean
up?
They
collect
unusual
trash
for
their
entries.
B
A
B
Everybody
can
get
involved
if
you're
an
individual.
We
collect
individual
names
and
create
a
team
out
of
individuals.
We
also
can
accept
corporate
teams
and
what
they
want
to
do,
or
businesses
or
other
nonprofit
organizations
get
together,
decide
who's
going
to
be
a
co-captain
or
captain
of
your
team
and
register
online
at
DM
parks,
org
or
email
us
at
parks
volunteer
at
DM,
gov
org,
or
they
can
call
us
at
248
6380
to
sign
up
all.
B
I
came
from
Las
Vegas
is
very
different.
It
was
a
great
learning
opportunity.
I
originally
grew
up
in
Iowa
and
I
moved
out
there
and
decided
it
was
time
to
come
back
home
des
moines
had
changed
so
much
and
it
offered
wonderful
opportunities
for
business
wise.
My
husband
transferred
here
with
Wells
Fargo,
and
it
was
a
great
place
to
raise
our
children
and
get
involved
in
the
community
and
so
we're
glad
to
move
back
to
Des
Moines.
You.
A
And,
of
course,
we
have
worked
so
hard
and,
of
course,
parks
has
been
a
huge
participant
through
the
years
and
making
the
change
in
not
only
in
finding
different
ways
to
to
handle
the
parks
and
have
native
grasses
and
native
plantings
and
all
those
kinds
of
things.
How
have
you
seen
those
kinds
of
things
you
said
it
was
noticeable.
What
transitions
did
you
notice
coming
back
here.
B
Well,
it's
transitions.
I,
like
you
said,
the
parks
department
is
looking
at
different
environmental
opportunities.
They've
expanded
my
role
as
parks
and
recreation
supervisor,
volunteer
programs
now
I
also
am
in
charge
of
supervising
our
environmental
education
programs.
So
we're
trying
to
offer
more
opportunities
for
the
public
to
learn
about
what
kinds
of
resources
that
the
city
has
to
offer
related
to
natural
resources
as
well.
So
we're
doing
many
things
from
managing
native
plants
and
prairie
areas
Savannah's
to
environmental
education
opportunities
such
as
John
Bissell.
B
B
We
are
planning,
thanks
to
our
sponsors,
such
as
Wells
Fargo
and
waste
management
and
Metro
Waste
Authority,
we're
planning
on
having
entertainment
at
the
bash,
which
is
after
the
cleanup.
The
cleanup
is
on
april,
twenty
second,
which
is
Earth
Day,
which
is
a
friday
afternoon.
It'll
start
at
one,
and
it
will
go
to
about
five
o'clock.
The
entertainment
will
and.
A
B
A
A
Welcome
back
I
hope
you
found
something
on
the
community
calendar
that
is
inspiring
for
you
and
your
family
and
found
something
to
do
in
and
around
Des
Moines.
This
month
with
me
now
is
Chad
in
half
fill
from
indigo
dawn,
chadon,
welcome
to
City,
spotlight
and
you've
been
so
active
in
so
many
of
the
green,
especially
in
the
building
sector
and
in
remodeling
sector
movement.
Let's
talk
a
little
bit
about
that,
and
and
maybe
some
of
your
current
projects,
I'm.
C
Glad
to
thank
you,
obviously,
the
current
project
is
green
in
Maine,
I,
think
prior
prior
to
that
I
helped
co-found
the
center
on
sustainable
communities
but
and,
of
course,
helped
build
awareness
for
green
building
and
green
remodeling
in
them
in
the
metro
area.
Think
it's
very
important
to
me
has.
C
Than
the
other
man
I
think
I
think
everything
is
a
process
and
the
trick
is
being
patient
if
to
watch
it
unfold.
It's
taking
some
time,
I
mean
you
know
there
are.
There
are
people
there,
rightly
just
right
in
behind
it,
there's
others
that
are
cautious
and
and
and
there's
a
lot
of
information
to
be
conveyed.
Yet
in
terms
of
practices,
best
practices
within
the
renovation
process,
I
think
homeowners
or
start
slowly,
starting
to
pick
it
up
as
an
interest
in
and
I
think,
there's
a
lot
more
awareness
towards
both
the
item.
C
A
That,
specifically,
what
is
it
that
that
you
think
that
our
viewers
in
the
citizens
of
the
city
of
des
moines,
in
our
metro
area,
need
to
know
about
green
living,
energy
efficiency,
those
kinds
of
things?
What
aspects
go
into?
What
you
do
that
makes
it
different
than
the
old-time
conventional
model
of
last
40
years
collections.
C
The
more
we
one
thing
can
impact
lots
of
other
things,
and
that's
what
I
mean
by
lots
of
systems
that
overlap
and
work
together.
I
think,
knowing
that
the
decisions
we
make
to
change,
one
thing
can
have
a
great
impact
in
the
house
and
if
we
know
that,
then
we'll
understand
that
when
we
have
weed
me
purchase
something
or
when
we
renovate
something,
we
have
to
really
be
begin
to
understand
how
the
building's
going
to
work
and
what
kind
of
impacts
we
might
have
that
make
sense
to
you.
Yeah.
A
C
Well,
I
think
health
health
is
one
of
them
comfort,
as
animal
people
don't
buy
necessarily
on
energy
efficiency
or
some
they
might
be
at
it
made
by.
They
might
make
a
decision
on
cost
of
savings
in
terms
of
weatherization
or
in
terms
of
improving
the
efficiency
of
a
home,
but
I
think
ultimately,
they'll
make
a
decision
on
comfort.
You
know
improving
air
flow
in
a
house
so
that
they're
less
cold,
for
example,
indoor
air
quality
or
health
is
I.
C
Think
we're
really
important
and
that's
why
I
was
talking
about
the
systems
because
in
older
homes
and
I
think
des
moines
I
mean
Des.
Moines
is
a
general
rule.
Has
it
older
housing
stock?
It's
not
a
suburban
housing
stock.
So
when
we
look
at
old
houses
in
this,
in
with
from
the
neighborhood
were
in
now
today,
here
union
park
or
whether
it's
break
or
whether
it's
a
Southside
all
these
houses
more
built,
you
know
20
30,
40
50
up
to
100
years
ago,
and
each
era
has
different
issues.
C
And
so,
if
you
change,
if
you
change
something
in
a
combustion
furnace,
I
mean
in
the
house
tighten
it
up,
for
example,
to
make
it
more
efficient.
But
you
have
a
combustion
based
furnace.
You
have
safety
issues,
you
have
health
issues.
If
you
I
mean
there's,
that's
what
I
mean
by
you
make
you
change
here.
It
has
impact
over
here
and
understanding
what
those
impact
on.
So
I
thought
I
guess.
C
At
the
end
of
the
day,
a
homeowner
is
going
to
want
to
know
about
safety
they're
going
to
want
to
know
about
health
they're
going
to
want
to
know
about
the
impact,
the
long-term
financial
impact.
Not
does
it
cost
X
now,
but
will
it
cost
less
to
operate
the
house
or
are
there
potential
pitfalls?
One
of
the
other
things
that
I
think
people
don't
realize
is
that
you
make
a
change
and
you
think
it's
the
silver
bullet
and
in
fact
it
might
cause
other
problems.
C
If
you
don't
do
it
properly,
I
mean
like
types
of
insulation
solutions
that
may
create
water
problems,
and
that's
water
is
one
of
the
more
devastating
for
not
devastating,
but
it
can
have
negative
impacts
on
the
house,
vapor
drive
and
it
will
get
too
technical
for
today's
Joe,
but
I
mean
it's
I.
Think
it's
very
important
to
understand
that
one
solution
doesn't
always
solve
all
problems
and
they
can
create.
They
can't
potentially
create
more
problems.
Is.
A
I
go
out
in
the
neighborhoods
and
we
talked
to
neighbors
and
town
hall
meetings
or
neighborhood
meetings
individually.
Everybody
seems
to
be
somewhat
excited
about
doing
something,
but
at
the
same
time
they
seem
to
be
somewhat
concerned
about
affordability.
How
do
I
do
this?
You
know
what
I'm
trying
to
make
my
house
payment
I'm
trying
to
make
my
insurance
payment
I'm
trying
to
put
food
on
the
table.
A
C
D
C
C
What
kind
of
it
is
really
do
with
more
pressure
and
I
approve
I
get
too
technical
thing,
but
it's
stack
effect
and
just
the
basic
physics
of
a
house
is,
if
you,
if
you
do,
you
want
to
have
something
that
controls
air,
hot
air
and
just
moving
up
as
a
result
of
just
pressure
differentials
between
the
basement
and
the
top
floor.
Okay,
so.
C
A
C
C
Okay,
before
you
start
looking
at
a
furnace,
because
it
might
be
that
that
optimizes
mechanical
system,
you
know,
obviously,
if
a
mechanical
system
is
in
bad
shape,
it
needs
to
be
replaced,
but
going
you
know
what
they're
finding
as
I
understand
it,
that
a
lot
of
the
existing
systems
are
in
good
shape,
they're
just
running
very
and
efficiently,
okay,
and
so
sometimes
it's
a
matter
of
just
improving
or
up
recalibrating.
The
system
you
have
in
your
house
and
you
can
get
more
bang
for
your
dollar
for
improving
the
efficiency
of
the
justification.
Vallabh.
C
About
that,
okay,
well,
you
know
it's
interesting
in
comparison
to
something
as
a
simple
solution,
because
we've
chosen
a
different
route,
which
was
we
were
striving
to
set
an
example
at
a
high
level
of
efficiency.
So
it
would
be
more
of
a
gut
rehab
sure,
where
we
completely
take
the
entire
building
envelope
or
building
closure
and
and
optimize
it
to
be
as
efficient
as
possible.
C
Before
we
add
the
mechanical
systems
before
we
add
their
things,
and
so
that's
a
much
more
comprehensive
approach,
but
since
the
building
was
sitting
empty
and
and
the
building
is
from
1933
and
didn't
really
have
any
insulation,
that
was
a
priority
for
us,
so
so
that
that
building
is
has
kind
of
multiple
purposes.
For
me,
it's
it's
about
taking
an
old
building
in
an
urban
center
and
revitalizing
it.
It's
trying
to
help.
C
Well,
there
was
originally
a
grocery
store.
Okay,
in
fact
it
was.
There
was
a
Victorian
originally.
If
you
want
to
go
back
to
the
turn
of
the
centre
of
last
century,
it
would
have
been
a
Victorian
has
started
out
as
a
grocery
store
on
the
front
porch
and
then
1933.
They
added
the
storefront,
which
is
the
building
to
stand
there
now,
and
then
they
tore
down
the
Victorian
and
in
building
the
addition,
we've
been
digging
that
out
the
last
few
weeks
we
actually
had
to
escalate
the
old
foundation
from
the
Victorian.
C
In
fact,
if
I'd
thought
about
I
would
have
brought
you,
the
original
I
had
a
sill
plate
from
from
from
the
window
that
the
guy
who
crafted
the
window
storefront
the
old
storefronts,
still
there,
and
so
eventually
in
the
next
few
months,
will
actually
open
the
wall.
The
wall
up
on
the
front
and
you'll
see
the
old
window.
Storefront,
ok,.
C
Just
moving
forward
now,
the
intended
use
is
moving
it
into
more
of
an
office
space.
It
would
be
a
women's
clinic,
so
the
idea
being
that
retail
probably
isn't
going
to
hold
well
in
an
in
a
residential.
Most
people
are
going
elsewhere
for
retail,
but
we
thought
in
office
or
a
service
of
that
sort
would
work
well
in
that
that
unit
would
still
keep
the
residential
part
upstairs,
because
it's.
C
A
C
On
there
very
much-
and
that's
always
been
a
very
high
importance
to
us
and
we've
started
a
class
last
month
and
we
ran
in,
we
just
had
a
presentation
last
week
and
we've
been
in
this
particular
series-
we're
partnering
with
Center
on
sustainable
communities,
to
do
a
presentation
both
on
the
the
techniques
of
green
remodeling
and
using
the
backdrop
of
green
and
Maine
to
talk
about
them
with
okay
and
those.
Last
week
we
talked
a
lot
more
about
historic
preservation
and
and
funding
a
project
like
this,
which
is
it's
a
very
comprehensive.
No.
C
A
C
C
If
you
go
to
the
main
street
National
Main
Street
conference,
it's
coming
to
Des
Moines
here
in
May,
and
that
des
moines
will
be
a
host
for
that
will
be
on
the
Sherman
Hill
walking
tour
that
week.
So
the
project
will
visit
about
three
projects
are
as
being
one
of
them
and
it'll
be.
Midstream
will
have
the
walls
up
to
the
addition.
We'll
probably
have
the
window
open,
which
is
one
of
our
goals,
will
have
everything
goes
well,
we'll
have
a
vegetated
roof
on
top,
so.
A
A
Chadon,
thank
you
so
much
I'll
date
night
for
everything
that
you're
doing
to
turn
this
city
grain
and
let
people
know
how
they
can
do
it
themselves.
My
pleasure
believed
Orton.
Thank
you.
Well
that
wraps
up
this
edition
of
City,
spotlight,
I
hope
you'll
stick
with
us
and
until
next
time,
I'm
Mayor,
Frank
County,
and
this
is
City
spotlight.