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Parks update: Founders Park sand to remain, Monon Community Center operations and water‑park capacity explained
Summary
Parks officials said Founders Park will keep its sand play feature but will add fencing and replace safety surfacing; the Monon Community Center has covered operating expenses since 2010 (except pandemic year), and parks staff described lifeguard staffing and capacity limits at the water park.
Carmel parks officials told residents the sand feature at Founders Park will remain and that the parks department will add fencing and replace degraded safety surfacing to reduce wear from sand. Michael Klickstein, director of Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation (mentioned by Councilor Rich Taylor at the town hall), said professional engineers designed the playground and that sand was not identified as a safety hazard in prior studies.
"The sand has never been a safety issue," parks staff said, and added that abrasion from sand increases the wear on the rubber safety…
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