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January 24th

February 28th – Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz – talk about Grassy Island; Chris Delaney New district 6 councilman; Steve Day City Architect with new Parks Commissioner. A full agenda and hopefully a packed “house”!!

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October 24th

November 28th

December – No meeting

 

 

 

The next meeting of Visions of Cullen Park is set for Wednesday, February 24, at 6:30 p.m., at CrossPoint Community Church at 4212 Onondaga. Police Chief George Kral will be a guest. The intent is that the chief be made aware of the accomplishments, volunteerism, works in progress and future plans to improve the Point Place area. There will be a report on plans for the Biggest Week in American Birding coming up in May. A committee has been meeting since December 8 to schedule events related to birding and nature. The plan is to continue more activities throughout the year. The calendar will appear in the Point & Shoreland Journal when complete. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, call Vee Stader at 419-729-3044 or Dale Rupert at 419-727-9343

Visions of Cullen Park
Will have their 5 year anniversary Meeting
March 25-2015

Please note that this Meeting will start at 6pm instead of the usual 6:30 starting time due to the many items on the agenda for the evening.

An “Educational Outreach Program on the Health of Lake Erie” will be presented.

Troy Gaberal of Ohio Sea Grant will be guest speaker, who will address Toledo drinking water which was compromised by a cyanobacteria call microsystin. He hopes to spark an interest within the Point Place-Shoreland community in regard to the polluted water.

The meeting will also include a review of the design for Cullen Park (the area is roughly in what is now the “grassy” area north of the parking lot) in regard to the EPA Grant that we received, with work scheduled to begin in July.

The fifth anniversary of Visions of Cullen Park will also be recognized.

The meeting is open to the public to participate. For more information, Call Dale Rupert at 419-727-9343 or Vee Stader at 419-729-3044.

Meeting is at CrossPoint Community Church, at end of Onondaga off Lehman and 283rd Street.

This month special guest will be Denny Garvin, Commissioner of parks and recreation. Mr Garvin will be retiring the 28 of February, so we thought we would like to express our deep gratitude for all that he has helped Visions of Cullen Park over the past 5 yrs in the transformation of Cullen Park! Please join us in wishing Mr Garvin a healthy and long retirement!

The next Visions of Cullen Park meeting will be held Thursday, November 20, at 6:30 p.m., at CrossPoint Community Church on Onondaga off Lehman and 283rd Street. This change from the normal meeting date of the fourth Wednesday ofthe month is due to the Thanksgiving holiday. There will be a guest speaker. The meeting is open to the public.

The newly built kayak dock (and apparently fisherman’s dock) was installed Friday August 1st! A long 3-1/2 months of volunteers, laboring daily to provide this one of a kind kayak dock that has incorporated a boat slip, which will ease the access and exiting of kayaks, especially newer paddlers.

Volunteers were not only from Visions of Cullen Park, but also a team of NorthWest Ohio River Runner kayakers participated. The dock was built at a remote site along the Maumee River, provided by a local Point place businessman, who also provided/donated  many hours of welding, structural material and even installed it for us!

The dock consisted of donated:

      35 floats and steel side rails

      over 1500 nuts and bolts

      $1500 in cash donations

     2 fabricated stainless steel hand rails

      Walk ramp provided by City of Toledo

      Over 400 man hours of volunteerism

The floating dock is 16′ by 20′, with the slip 3′ by 8′, which is connected to shore via 6′ wide and 24′ long walkway!

The Visions of Cullen Park, a subcommittee of the 501C3 Legacy Foundation, in a continuing effort to improve Cullen Park, decided with the surge in paddle sports in recent years, public accessibility for kayakers and canoers is very limited, especially in an area surrounded by water, For example, with Walbridge park being 8 miles upstream, HP Landing 6.5 miles on the Ottawa River and Maumee State Park 6 miles away all via water. Cullen Park makes paddling to Turtle Island, Wood tick point beach for example a short and simple jaunt for example.

This kayak dock is to replace the existing stationary wood structure that is about 3-5 feet above the water, thus not making it usable or safe for canoes or kayaks, more of just a fishing pier.  The need is there- “Build and they will come”, Visions of Cullen Park built and we shall see them paddle! This dock will affect the economics of Point Place by bringing light to this undiscovered recreation area and to the many existing and new business in Point Place!

 The new low setting floating dock was designed with canoes and kayaks in mind at 6” above water for safety and convenience of the paddler. (compared to 18-24” for power boats)  The overall dimensions are 16 feet wide by 20 feet in depth. This dock provides a uniquely safer entering and exiting method for paddlers by means of a “Slip” in the center of the dock that measures 32” wide by 9’ deep, where by paddlers can “roll” out of a kayak or canoe, thus reducing that 90% chance of capsizing or rolling their craft that occurs at the dock. The dock is comprised of 35 floats held together by a steel welded frame work, covered by #1 pine decking that is pressure treated to resist rotting and moisture for these conditions.

 The floating dock is connected to shore via a 24 foot long by 6 foot wide steel ramp which includes handrails. This used and slightly damaged walk ramp was provided to the Visions of Cullen Park by the City of Toledo Bridges and Streets & Harbors last fall. The ramp was repaired and completely revamped with new wood decking and a coat of epoxy paint.

 The walk ramp is then mechanically secured to the existing sloped concrete ramp via 2 large custom fabricated pivot weldments, which are anchored in cement and reinforced with re-bar.

 Volunteers from Visions of Cullen Park and the NorthWest Ohio River Runners (a Point Place based canoe and kayak group) have over 450 man hours in fabricating this dock and the refurbishing of the walk ramp by utilizing new and used donated materials. The goal Visions of Cullen Park was to build this for under $2,000 which has been successfully accomplished, due to the generosity of many donors of materials and dollars towards this project.

 Statistics: 200 lbs of steel added for reinforcement, 1,600 nuts and bolts, 3.5 gallons of epoxy paint, 400 board feet of treated lumber, over 100 sticks of welding rod and the priceless hours of love for the community

 

Donors of money, material and of Labor

Wohleb Socie Co -Ken Socie                  Lost Peninsula Marina – Bill Tabbert

Brighten Best Bolts – Rick Finau              Goggle Hardware

Harrison Marina – Don Smith                   Michael Pulhuj

Dave Zobler                                               Len Syrek

Doug Danyko                                          Gene Kidd

Jeff Jablonski                                           Lance Weheir

Gary Eff                                                    Joseph Ravary

Bob Pulhuj, Visions of Cullen Park Project Coordinator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Meeting open to public all welcomed!

there will be up date on the progress of the Kayak dock project, and the closure of the park after labor day!

Don’t forget our next our next meeting is Wednesday 6:30 pm , June 25, 2014

This month’s meeting will have information on the latest grant for the wet land area!

update and pictures on the progress of the Kayak dock.