{"id":85628,"date":"2025-03-31T08:26:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=85628"},"modified":"2025-03-31T08:26:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:26:19","slug":"women-who-lead-work-toward-sunrise-park-improvements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=85628","title":{"rendered":"Women Who Lead work toward Sunrise Park improvements"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By ALICIA FEYERHERM<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Women Who Lead presented a park improvement plan for Sunrise Park during Thursday\u2019s City Commission meeting. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group\u2019s plan is broken down into two phases. The first phase focuses on the ballfields, basketball court and disc golf holes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the two ballfields at the park frequently floods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt currently doesn\u2019t get a lot of play action on it because it\u2019s not level,\u201d Board President for Women Who Lead Ruth Ruder said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director of Parks Jeff Boyle agreed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ballfields have been in bad shape for years,\u201d Boyle said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

M&D Construction has agreed to give the group a discount on the ballfield repairs. As part of the improvements, M&D will bring in red dirt which will help the fields dry out faster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The current basketball court is a junior size and Boyle said the park could benefit from a larger court. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor years we\u2019ve said that that park needs a basketball court,\u201d Boyle said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the court costs $30,000 and so the project has continued to be pushed off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The park also contains a six-hole disc golf course. Ruder said this would be expanded to a nine-hole course and a kiosk with disc golf maps. The group would also secure solar lighting for the park and purchase trash cans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total cost for the first phase is $49,150, however, the group is only seeking approval for the projects – not funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe wonderful piece of this, not only all the improvements, but the bottom line is you\u2019re not asking the city for the money,\u201d Jacobs said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacobs continued by saying that the generous donations have made these much-needed improvements feasible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor us to look for $50,000 in the budget to do this in one park would be very, very difficult,\u201d Jacobs said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, the improvements will not result in significant upkeep and maintenance from Parks Department staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese are all standard things that are really low maintenance,\u201d Boyle said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second phase of the project will be replacing the playground equipment. The upgraded equipment is expected to cost between $100,000 and $200,000 so Women Who Lead would be pursuing fundraising and grants for that phase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commissioner Alaina Cunningham applauded the work of Women Who Lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe parks and their sustainability has been on the top of my mind since I joined the commission,\u201d Cunningham said. \u201cWithout groups like you guys coming forward, it makes it really difficult for us to do upgrades and replace things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other items from the meeting included:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • A citizen brought up a concern that backyard chickens are not allowed in the City of Hays<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Approval of building code updates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The next City Commission meeting will be at 4:00 p.m. in City Hall on April 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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