Agenda - Parks and Recreation Commission - 05/11/2023

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North Commons North Commons is a neighborhood park in southern Ramsey, at the northern border of The COR (the city's downtown), located north of CSAH 116 / Bunker Lake Boulevard and between CSAH 83 / Armstrong Boulevard and CSAH 56 / Ramsey Boulevard. Its playground was built in 2012. The playground uses engineered wood fiber for surfacing. Overall, the playground is in excellent condition. The playground consists of four components the main playset with an attached climbing wall and monkey bars, a metal swing set, and two spinners (one globe spinner). The swing set has two bays, one for bucket swings and one for belt swing, with each bay containing two swings each. The main play set has three slides one short and straight near the bottom, two long and winding near the top of the structure. One of the longer slides zig zags while the other turns 360 degrees. There are six points of entry one transfer surface; one chain -link ladder; one ladder with circular footholds rotated 90 degrees from one another; three stepping platforms; a ladder with two flat platforms directly on top of one another; and the monkey bars. The monkey bars consist of five triangular bars. The climbing wall is plastic with nine holds on the front side and seven holds on the back side and a hole near the bottom of the wall (on the right side when viewed from the front) that can serve as a hand hold or foot hold. The top portion of the structure is accessible via two separate ladders made from walls with two slots cut out for foot holds. The bottommost of these ladders may have accessibility concerns —although one can use the guardrails as handholds, there is not a lot of room to maneuver through the opening. Figure 41: North Commons Park Playground wide shot; Figures 42-44: (left to right) bridge connecting to upper portion of the playground structure, ladder in the background, climber with five orthogonal rings; monkey bars and climbing wall 20