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My tour involed preschool age children and only allowed for about 1:15 minutes. <br />We hit the highlights - sat on a mower, park, bug city, trailer rides the off for <br />snack. Having the purrell was outstanding again this year. The teachers really <br />appreciated it. The parents were very impressed with PW activities. All the kids <br />had a great time and were beat from the action.... Kudos to this years committee <br />members! The overall layout improves each year ... The area for radio, swat, <br />police was way too cramped. It needed to be spread out so the visitors flowed <br />around better. At peak time, not many tours visited because of how crowded it <br />was .... Tiny Park - the move to the main yard was great improvement. It opened <br />the area up... However, I'd like to see it more visible from the entire yard. It was <br />located too far around the corner, almost out of the way. Waterworld seemed <br />spread too thin. Jackie Hallett, PW POS <br />My group loved PW Day. Kevin Foerstler and I split Meadowlark Elementary first <br />grade class and Mayor Piercy hung out with us. The only negative feedback I got <br />and also experienced is the bottlenecks in bldg 2, the fleet section, and wagon <br />rides. It is frustrating to the kids and volunteers to have to wait, sometimes 15 <br />minutes, in a line. Some of the teachers were feeling rushed trying to scoot their <br />students along so the next group could step up. I don't have a solution but felt the <br />need to share it as it was mentioned to me a few times during our tour. I <br />appreciate EVERYONE who contributes and know how hard you work. Thanks <br />for making this yet another successful PW Day! Karen Loy, PW Admin <br />I too thought the event was well done. I liked the move of Tiny Park it reduced <br />the bottle neck going into Tiny Town. I too know the frustration of long lines and <br />the angst of the children. I have a couple of suggestions. It seems like all the <br />"cool" things the kids like are all in one area. The photos and police displays <br />seem to be a hit and all the kids and they get stuck in line waiting for them. <br />Maybe we could move the police display somewhere in the middle to spread the <br />kids apart. This year as in years past most of the schools arrive close to the <br />same time in the a.m. We have 90% of the kids pass through by 11:00. Is there <br />a way to schedule some of the older kids that have school all day in the <br />afternoon? The place was practically empty after 12:00. One thing I found very <br />gratifying was Vicki from Willamette Christian School of my tour took the time to <br />speak to her class about the respect and need for public works employees and <br />the work we do and also the same respect for our police force. The school was <br />very grateful for all of us taking the time for the event, I see it as a worth while <br />event. I think the event was very well done. Great job. Wayne Masoner, PW <br />Maint <br />Debbie, my experiences were much different between my morning group and the <br />afternoon one. The 9:00 group arrived on time, but since many 8:45 groups were <br />late, there was a significant log -jam at the beginning of the tour and the layout <br />only provides a couple of optional routes (we need to either stagger the times <br />more or provide more alternative routes). The afternoon group was much better <br />with shorter waiting times, less conflict with other groups and the ability to spend <br />more time answering their questions and pointing out major Public Works <br />practices to parents and teachers (what I feel to be the most important elements <br />