Minutes - Parks and Recreation Commission - 01/11/2024

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• Park and Recreation Commission Meeting Minutes date December 14, 2023 Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chair Barten; Commissioners Bennett, Sis, Ealaine, and Olson. Voting No: None. Abstain: Commissioner Leistico. Absent: Commissioner Arts. 5. COMMISSION BUSINESS 5.01: Playground Replacement Plan—Alpine and River's Bend Parks Parks & Assistant Public Works Director Riverblood presented background information on the City's playground replacement plan noting that they had begun to discuss plans for River's Bend and Alpine Park at the last meeting. He stated that if a recommendation is made by the Commission tonight,this would move forward to the City Council at the January 23rd meeting for the projects to take place this spring. He reviewed the existing playground conditions for both River's Bend and Alpine parks. He recognized that the scale of Alpine, as a community park and playground would be larger than neighborhood parks. He reviewed the playground area that was identified for contractors to include in their plans. He stated that three staff members reviewed the proposals in order to make a recommendation to the Commission on the Alpine Park playground proposals. He stated that group narrowed the proposals and presented those to the Commission for both options A and B. He reviewed the proposed costs for both the River's Bend playground refurbishment and new engineered wood fiber surfacing as well as the new playground for Alpine Park. He stated that would leave approximately $25,000 that could be used as contingency and for landscaping and would still be under the $200,000 budget estimate for the two projects. Commissioner Sis commented that this appears to be a sound method to proceed and agreed with the proposal that was recommended by the staff committee. Commissioner Bennett thanked staff for this approach to the process, recognizing that they have tried a variety of approaches and believed that this committee was a good method. He also supported the proposal recommended by the staff committee as it provides a large play value and expands the scope of the play area. Commissioner Leistico commented that she also agrees with the staff choice and believes that adding trees would provide more character to Alpine as well. Commissioner Bennett stated that he also agrees and noted that the last time the Commission visited the park it was noted that the current play area is difficult to see from the ball fields. He commented that this would open that up and provide better visibility which will be a benefit for families. He asked if there would be a potential to thematically coordinate the colors of the play equipment with the blue in the Alpine sign. Parks & Assistant Public Works Director Riverblood confirmed that colors can be selected as desired. He stated that perhaps a middle ground between the sky blue and middle blue would be a good choice. He stated that the staff committee also suggested creating a mowed strip around the swings to prevent the brush area from encroaching. Park and Recreation Commission/January 11, 2024 Page 2 of 7