WARSAW — The Warsaw Parks And Recreation board met Tuesday, April 19, and discussed the future for Warsaw area parks. Due to the absence of  two members of the board, the remaining members were unable to vote on any of the issues brought to them.

The board discussed the Five Year Plan currently in development for Warsaw area parks. The plan is currently a month ahead of schedule, with the release of a public survey imminent. This survey would gather community input, allowing the board to properly measure public interest in planned features as well as public desires for the parks in question.

The board also discussed the options for new playground and adult exercise equipment in Lucerne Park. The board described several different options for playground equipment, including new swings sets, climbing bars and slides. Larry Plummer, the superintendent of the board, mentioned their multipurpose nature, allowing people to exercise on the bars as well allowing children to play on them safely.

Diane Quance, council representative, expressed her desire to have equipment specifically for smaller children. “Ever since we started to do disc golf, I’ve seen more kids who are too young to play disc golf around the playground,” Quance said. Due to a lack of a quorum the board postponed the decision until the next meeting.

The board then moved on to discuss the options for the adult exercise equipment. Plummer brought up a variety of options, including a design that involved five separate exercise machines, as well as a compact system called the Apollo. The Apollo is a multi-system piece of equipment, allowing several people to use it at the same time for different forms of exercise. However, due to a lack of a quorum, the board  postponed the decision until the next meeting.

Other Business:

• A request from Daniel Brown, which was postponed until the next meeting.
• A request from Warsaw Community Schools Food & Nutrition Services to offer free lunches at Center Lake starting no earlier than June 6 and ending no later than July 29. The board expressed a likelihood of approving the request, but were unable to vote, and so it was postponed until the next meeting.

The next meeting of the Warsaw Parks And recreation board will be at 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 3.