Board approves Gates Park playground surfacing change order after consultant briefing

The St. John Park and Recreation Board voted to approve Change Order No. 1 for Gates Park to install a pour-and-place playground surfacing and to match the adjacent surface. Consultant Glenn Peterson joined the meeting remotely to explain the photographs and to justify matching the existing surfacing; board members had no further substantive questions before approving the change order by roll-call vote (4–0, Vice President Eric Velisa absent).

The amount for the change order was read in the meeting transcript as "$22,7612." That figure appears to include a transcription or formatting error; the transcript printout shows the amount as read on the record. The board did not add further funding beyond approving the change order as presented. "This is what we talked about at the last meeting," Peterson said when explaining the photos and the need to match the surface.