AKRON, Ohio - East Akron could be the first Akron neighborhood to get a spray park. Mayor Dan Horrigan has said he would like to install one spray park in each ward.

The park would be installed at Talbot-Whitney Park between Talbot and Whitney avenues.

To learn what residents would like to see developed there and to gather feedback, city officials will attend a Ward 5 meeting, hosted by Councilwoman Tara Mosley Samples.

The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m., Thursday, March 15, at the East Akron neighborhood Development Corp, 550 S. Arlington St.

The spay park would be designed to run for about 15 minutes and then would need to be restarted with a button if kids were still playing. It would be turned on and off in the mornings and evenings at set times each day.

The water feature could include jets coming out of ground and possibly from a frog or flower feature geared for kids, to direct the water. An arch above would spray the water all around.

"It's a place for kids to gather safely and requires no lifeguard on duty," said Deputy Public Service Director Chris Ludle.

The city would run 100 percent fresh, non-recycled water through the spray that would then return to the city's storm water system for treatment.

If the community wants the spray park, the city would put the project out for bids.

The park would be installed in conjunction with several components of the Akron Waterways Renewed! sewer project that are now being built in the East Akron neighborhood.

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