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Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chair Bennett, Commissioners Mobry, Trappen, Logan, Fyten, and <br />Logan. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Troy. <br />5. COMMISSION BUSINESS <br />5:01 Appoint Vice Chair <br />Motion by Commissioner Mobry, seconded by Commissioner Trappen to nominate <br />Commissioner Logan as Vice Chair of the Park and Recreation Commission. <br />Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chair Bennett, Commissioners Mobry, Trappen, Logan, Fyten, and <br />Logan. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Troy. <br />5.02: Recommend to City Council the Final Approval for the 2016 Parks Capital <br />Improvements <br />Parks & Assistant Public Works Superintendent Riverblood reviewed the purpose of this case is <br />to recommend three of the 2016 Parks Capital Improvements for City Council consideration. The <br />three projects that are ready for implementation at this time are the drinking fountain (with <br />misting station), the large filtration system for The Draw's irrigation, and expanded parking at <br />Central Park. The Park Improvement Trust Fund would be the funding source for each of the <br />aforementioned capital improvements. <br />What is it? <br />The Netafim Auto flushing filter system is specially designed for surface water containing algae <br />and other organic materials such as reservoirs, canals, rivers and wastewater applications. <br />Why it's needed? <br />The system will help cut down the amount of staff hours used in maintaining the irrigation <br />system as well as help with the ascetics of the park. <br />How does it work? <br />A filter element (spine) contains a stack of compressed discs with an overlapping <br />Series of grooves that force the debris to move through <br />The numerous trap points. As debris in the filter increases, the backflush process is initiated <br />reversing the flow of water and discharging it back into the pond. <br />Without the Netafim filter system: <br />Presently in any given year 24 zones of irrigation containing 851 heads (of 2000) have to be <br />cleaned of algae and other organic materials. This process entails a full time staff member as well <br />as a seasonal staff member approximately 72 hours cleaning debris form each irrigation head <br />with a wire brush one by one. This cleaning process has to be done at least twice annually at an <br />estimated total of $5,160 on each occurrence. <br />Park and Recreation Commission/August 17, 2016 <br />Page 2 of 5 <br />