Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2022 03 03

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9. Discussion on Recommendations for Capital Improvement Projects • Funds approved for 2022 to cover the following projects i. Park Rule Signs: Ellen: will these be unique per Park, so they can include the Park name, or will they be generic? Dean and Ember: Under discussion — to be considered will be a concept in tandem with trail signs. ii. Equipment Repair/Replacement (mowers, chipper) iii. Community Park Irrigation Mainline Replacement ($500K): Replacing PVC piping with HDPC piping which is more flexible and much longer lasting. iv. Playground Replacements v. Site Furnishing Replacements ($25K): picnic tables, trash cans, benches, etc. vi. Park Landscape Renovations ($50K): landscape areas such as out of the way shrub beds — changes to design to better support organic practices. vii. Median Improvements ($300K) 1. Patricia: What kind of upgrades were slated before the fire? Was the plan to complete planting in 2022? 2. Dean: Conceptual plans were put in place; design phase was completed. Focus became maintain what we have, fix what we can as funding was cut during Covid. Removal of struggling trees, improve landscaping and repair irrigation. We had not moved into a planting planning phase. 3. Ellen: Key concept is maintenance. Can these concepts lead to areas that can be maintained? There were also historical discussions around the use of turf grass in medians, the pros and cons with upkeep using water, mowing, spraying, etc. Think about how the medians could look with less turf grass. 4. Shelly: Will the money be a "use it or lose it" or will we be able to hold onto these funds to give enough time to complete this project. Dean: It will be best to use the money this year. The fire did burn some median shrub beds. Still researching if there will be any FEMA funds to mitigate burned landscape. 5. Laurie: Original concepts also included colorful plantings. John: supports the use of color in medians and other Parks. Dean: Big pots of color at the medians can support this concept. 6. Kurt: There is a master plan for the medians around 3 years ago: does the master plan represent a good consensus for the medians? Ellen: There may have been a change in public opinion especially regarding turf grass and larger scale removal of failing trees. Board is looking forward to re -visiting the master plan and discussion around ash trees, especially as the ash borer moves through. 4