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Meeting #4 Minutes February 12, 2019 Page 2  Liked concrete tunnels  Suggest swinging bridge or suspension walk going up hillside, kids love swinging bridges, like the natural look of them but likely they have manufactured elements  Potential lawn games behind future small shelter location  Plyometric route using boulders, logs, elevation climb. This could be a beginner and more difficult route, could be incorporated into overall play area and not necessarily a stand alone route. Using boulder walls, platforms, could be in a stair pattern  Plinko wall with tree cookies near younger kid areas – group likes  More sand near younger kid area or a geo-dig that’s more dry south of the existing sand area. How to maintain the items that are placed here.  Suggest at the large boulders at entrance to also have a tunnel beneath it, more visible from the parking lot  Mini-zipline, look at Bassett Creek Park, up the hill on the suspension walk and down the zipline to the end  Discussed water element at the highest elevation of the play area, furthest away from the parking lot, adds element of surprise to find it as a kid.  Benches throughout to be made from natural materials using tree trunks, boulders  Tall grasses for mazes or material for younger kids, utilize dwarf trees for hobbit garden Play Area and Trail Surfacing Comments  Engineered wood fiber is used in play areas for safety on impact, reduce areas of wood chips  Bituminous trail is preferred over concrete, due to cost  Discussion about groundcovers (non-native lawn, no mow non-native grass, native grasses, dirt): only lawn will hold up to the foot traffic on this site so wood chips is suggested for play areas.  What is the best groundcover for the scrambling walls / plyometric routes? Possible Donation Items from Community  Boulders – many throughout the park, how to move them, moved by contractor or donated by local supplier  Sand  Benches – made of tree trunks  Concrete culvert pipes for tunnels, 48” or 60” diameter, 8’ in length  Contractor could also use stockpiled materials on-site that are collected by the community