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ITEM #6 Can you explain the reasoning behind wood chips over sand in the playground? We have many young families upset over the chips. If they must remain, a suggestion has been made to at least have a small area designated as a sandbox for the little ones to play in. Banyan Park still has both of the playground areas with sand, and this was brought to our attention. It seems unfair that families would have to leave their neighborhood and drive to another park for sandbox play time. Please see tree artachea regarding erigioeereu wuou fiber and u nef' piaygr Bund suri'aces. ITEM #7 Regarding wood chips- we understand a certain % of a park needs to be wood chips vs. grass. Can you explain this to us? Comparing Kimber Park to others, it seems that we have an excessive % of chips vs. grass. We understand this measure was put in place due to the drought, however we question the location of the wood chips in some areas. We suggest adding grass around the gazebo/picnic area and moving those chips to the unusable gully area by the dog park and the church parking lot. in response to the drought and current state regulations, since 2012 staff has removed 70 acres of turf (out of 250 acres) from the District's park systems. Every potential property with irrigated turf (45 total), except three (Beyer Park — CVUSD property; Stagecoach Inn — 0.10 acres of lawn; and Crowley House — 0.02 acres of lawn), were affected and had turf removed. From this effort, as compared to other parks, Kimber ranks 28th out of 45 in the highest percentage of irrigated turf acreage converted to wood chips (1.86 acres converted out of 6.30 acres, or 29.52%) and is the 4th largest park with 4.44 acres of irrigated (non -sports fields) turf remaining. ITEM #8 We also have MANY dog owners that refuse to use the dog park that has been described as "an all dirt pee area with sharp objects that tear the pads on my dog" consequently, they use the grass area as an off leash park between Gam and 8am. We have had some elderly walkers with small dogs afraid of the off leash large dogs. What are your suggestions to bring the dog park up to an acceptable area for dog owners? Possibly a small grass area and wood chip area? We do appreciate the water that was added last year. The irrigation for the turf at the area of the existing Kimber Off Leash Area was turned off in late 20121early 2013 in response to the drought. At this time the area was not planned to be an off - leash area. After the community meetings in the Fall 2013, the area was determined and agreed upon to be a suitable for an off -leash area and to be as -is (no irrigation and a natural surface). The Kimber Off Leash area opened in early 2016, and after high usage, no rain, and no irrigation, the turf disappeared. CRPD staff has done quite a bit of research, contacted industry experts, and reached out to other agencies regarding off leash areas and, after numerous meetings over the past few years with Conejo Off Leash Area representatives (COLA), the District and COLA have been unable to reach an agreement on the next steps including surfacing alternatives and constructionlmaintenance responsibilities (both financial and physical). 31 Page