Unidentified Speaker 1, a presenter, said the site now has the shell of a bandstand and new trees are being planted as part of a park that will include a children’s play area themed around fire trucks and signage on the community’s firefighting history.

"This is going to be a park, of a children's play area part of the park, and it's all got a theme of fire trucks," the presenter said, adding that the project includes signage with a picture of the old fire station and local history.

The presenter traced the site's earlier use to a cemetery that began around 1879. He said neglect by the 1940s left the site overgrown and that a local hardware store owner, identified in the meeting as Mike Dysdah, offered to pay to relocate remains on the condition that the church deed the property to county control so it could become a park. "There were 4 bodies left," the presenter said, noting those relatives signed papers preferring the remains stay in their original place.

The remarks placed the park project in a local continuity of civic work: the speaker said the park planning and tree selection occurred after the speaker had left the council three years earlier and praised the finished work while noting he would have made different decisions about signage placement in the children's area.

The presenter emphasized that the project provides both recreation and a historical display, and said the park sits near other community amenities including transit access. He offered to share his presentation and materials with attendees after the meeting.

The meeting did not record any formal vote or direction on the project in the provided transcript; questions about records, deeds and any remaining cemetery documentation were referred to the city manager or local historian for verification.