The Parks and Recreation Board moved to bring back a mural contest for schoolchildren, with board members asking staff to prepare paperwork and outreach to local schools.

Board members said the contest had last been run in 2017 and described a plan in which elementary and intermediate students submit drawings and high‑school students do the actual painting in park facilities, such as concession stands and the Dixon restroom. "I motion to bring back the mural painting contest for the parks," said Ashley (last name not specified), Parks and Recreation board member, who made the motion.

The board discussed logistics and timing. One board member proposed opening submissions to kindergarten through fifth grade or to intermediate grades, then having high-school volunteers paint the selected designs. A board member said the last contest in the records was from 2017 and recommended targeting 5th grade and below for submissions. Staff and board members suggested priming walls this spring before painting and asked whether middle-school art students could help with cleanup or priming days.

Members discussed a proposed schedule: issue contest materials to schools in mid‑February, request entries by the end of March, and schedule high‑school painting days around spring break. "We'll start the contest mid February, end it right that spring break," one member said. Another added, "Let's give them up 30 days" for submissions.

A board member said they would locate the old paperwork and make copies to distribute to schools; another said they would prepare the outreach graphic for distribution. The motion to revive the contest was seconded and received recorded "yes" responses during roll call from several members, though a full final tally was not recorded in the transcript.

The board did not specify exact park locations for each mural beyond referencing concession stands and the Dixon restroom, nor did they identify any external funding or formal adjudication panel in the meeting record. Board members discussed volunteer capacity and suggested capping volunteer helpers during painting events to avoid overcrowding.

The board directed staff to prepare the contest paperwork and outreach materials; specific dates, formal judging criteria and a final painting schedule were not finalized in the discussion.