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CC Regular Session 7. 5. <br />Meeting Date: 02/24/2020 <br />By: Mark Riverblood, Engineering/Public <br />Works <br />Information <br />Title: <br />Adopt Resolution #20-034 Approving the 2020 Ford Brook Playground Capital Improvement Project <br />Purpose/Background: <br />Detailed planning for this 2020 Capital Improvement Project began in earnest with a Listening Session held at Ford <br />Brook Park in May of 2019. The meeting was attended by a couple dozen people, and in addition to wide-ranging <br />comments, and discussion on the neighbor's vision for the park's renovation, staff collected written cards from <br />residents enumerating their specific desires. <br />The following are the neighbor's 'list' of amenities and comments taken verbatim from those written statements: <br />. Need/Replace <br />o Baby Swing <br />o Tire Swing <br />o New Slide <br />o Tunnel/Jungle Gym <br />o Monkey bars <br />o Creative play centers <br />o Path from street to park <br />• Collaboration can be made to make this park `new'. There are numerous families that use this park <br />• Any concrete work, I work for a family owned union company: North County Concrete <br />• Also using recycled materials <br />• Willing to help with assembly <br />• Swings <br />• Slide <br />• Rock Climbing <br />Notification: <br />The playground project has been in the city's Capital Improvement Plan for more than a decade, and accordingly, <br />has been a part of many public hearings. Additionally, the project was the subject of a Listening Session at the park <br />in 2019—with the invitation and request for comments mailed to approximately 74 homes. <br />Observations/Alternatives: <br />Based upon resident feedback and consideration of the Park and Recreation Commission, the following project <br />elements and corresponding budget was recommended for approval at the Commission's February 2020 regular <br />meeting. <br />Playground equipment (shown in first attachment) consisting of 6 to 12 years of age components, Tot to 6 years' <br />play structure, four bay swing and large articulating balance beam —with installation = $21,000 <br />Playground boulder perimeter (275' feet) with bench(es) = 16,000 <br />Engineered wood fiber fall surfacing = $ 3,500 <br />