Submitted by Jennifer Peters on behalf of the Grounds Committee
Here are a few of the items that were discussed at the last grounds meeting.
We discussed the possibility of moving the partition about two feet to give more space in the shed which would make finding, putting away and keeping the shed organized much easier. It's in the early stages and still needs to be discussed further with other committees.
There is a broken swing at the playground that we have put on our list of items to fix as soon as possible. It is our goal to keep the playground safe and up to code for the kids in the co-op.
In Permaculture news we discussed a small project of using rain barrels and pallets for garden planters around the co-op, and finding out who would be interested and if this is something we could make into a bigger project depending on the interest from members.
We also discussed the ongoing issue of 3rd St with speeding cars and children's safety, especially with the weather hopefully getting warmer soon and summer around the corner and more kids out playing. We discussed some interim fixes of putting out more signs but the City could get involved if the need was there, so this is something that could take some more time and planning to get a proper solution, but the first steps have been made.
And lastly, the valve on 7 Ave in front of the sign has not been fixed as of yet and there have been no updates from the City.