RIPON — The Mistlin Sports Park water tower was the site of this week’s Ripon Rotary Club’s noon meeting.There were some 30 members and guests who climbed the stadium-styled stairs in lieu of the elevator to reach the second floor where the Barnwood Restaurant catered the event with preordered box lunches.Ripon Public Works Director Ted Johnston spoke about the construction of the 2.5 million gallon water tower. He told of the uses of the four floors and their outside balconies – one of which was used for the lunch on Wednesday.Johnston noted that the planned softball project, that will include four diamonds circling the tower, has been sent out to bid for a second time. If those bids come in at an affordable level, the project is expected to get a go-ahead and will be funded by the generosity of Riponite Tony Mistlin after whom the sports park has been named.Owner of the Modesto Honda dealership of the same name, Mistlin has continued to support the Ripon community in buying land to expand the facility and paying for the construction of waterfall features within the city.