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0. <br />2007 PUBLIC WORKS DAY <br />FEEDBACK FROM TOUR GUIDES <br />Hi Debbie, I thought the event went amazi <br />appreciated the more of Tiny pe and n well a gain <br />location. I don't know how much this Impact fleet ® lees, this year, l roally <br />thoa� h1eN� a <br />movement perspective... I thought it was a great improvement. q a ~phi ~•w <br />" but r <br />a people <br />guide, I did not get an invitation to tour training. 1 may have missed repeat tour <br />would have been nice to note what the changes were and to remind me info, but it <br />specific things. For example, how long would an average tour take. o <br />including lunch? This info would allow me to gear my time better for urs <br />r the <br />Also, the key areas that we will be seeing or that are available. A r group. <br />there are recycling bins in the lunch area for use. (I didn't realize t <br />a suggestion from a parent that we have recyclin eminder that <br />told we already do this.) Specifically, I had a group that so I looked silly when I was <br />t his and it was <br />was only booked for 2 hours and the lunch box was checked ! NO but they inute <br />brought snacks which I did not know about until after we were into the tour. <br />None of which you could control, but I just wanted to share. It was nice to have <br />lunch provided. However, I saw some folks with muffins and was told that they <br />were available to all, but never told where. This may or may not have been true. <br />Also, Gail found cookies AFTER lunch ... not sure where. They were not with the <br />lunch line when I went through. Just better coordination of the communication <br />about food would be helpful - especially when we are tied to the front office. <br />Thanks for everything you and the committee did an this event. It was another <br />great experience. Kris Aanderud, PW Maint and PW POO <br />Hi Debbie: As always, support for the tour guides was awesome! The negative <br />comment I heard was why were their trucks to climb on and on a PW staff person <br />present. Teachers /parents didn't feel comfortable letting the kids climb on <br />vehicles unsupervised by City staff. As for me, I thought Tiny Park was under- <br />manned. There was two guys at the recycling 'booth' and that was it for 3 booths. <br />It would have been nice to have POS staff there to provide answers to questions. <br />Lunch was awesome! Thanks to all for another great PW Day. Tracy Calhoun, <br />PW Eng <br />I would second Michelle's suggestions about entertainment for the kids while they <br />are waiting for the trailer rides. I was with a group of 14. mostly 3 -4 year olds, <br />and I think we had the record wait of the day (35 minutes) which was a full 1/3 of <br />our total tour time and put some of those kids at the end of their rope. We had <br />some little girls laying down on the asphat, they were so tired of standing. How <br />about a basket of sidewalk chalk for the kids standing in line, so they can draw <br />on the asphalt while they're waiting (we could have them draw Public Works - <br />related pictures). We could hand out crayons and paper with PW- related <br />activities on them, and maybe have little mats they could sit on. We could have <br />some of the costumed characters come around and interact with the kids in line. <br />You'll never have a more captive audience the whole day than you do at the <br />trailer ride lines, so we should take advantage of it to get some messages across <br />while we have their attention! We could even move a couple of exhibits over <br />there (the compost/worm exhibit) so that they could go through that one group at <br />