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SECTION 11. PLAYGROUND DESCRIPTIONS
<br /> Alpine Park
<br /> Alpine is a larger community park located in central Ramsey along the south side of Alpine Drive,
<br /> approximately 1 mile east of Ramsey Boulevard and 1/3 mile west of Sunfish Lake Boulevard. Park
<br /> amenities include four baseball diamonds and batting cages, off-leash area, as well as a skate park.
<br /> Its playground was completed in 2000. The playground uses engineered wood fiber for surfacing.
<br /> The playground consists of two components, a wooden swing set and a wooden composite play
<br /> structure. The swing set has two sections, one section with a single plastic chair swing and the other
<br /> section with two normal belt swings. The playground structure consists of one plastic slide with
<br /> parallel ramps. A metal, vertically curved set of six parallel monkey bars is connected to the rest of
<br /> the set via a low transfer surface. Opposite the monkey bars is a wooden ladder with two steps that
<br /> connect to the rest of the structure.
<br /> There are five means of entry the aforementioned transfer surface and ladder, a wooden staircase,
<br /> a chain link ladder(with four parallel chains) with metal footings, a chain link ladder on the interior
<br /> of the structure which three rubber tires serving as steps, and a wooden climbing wall (sloped
<br /> roughly 60 degrees with the ground) with six wooden steps and a rope for balance. The bottom of
<br /> the climbing wall is worn, likely due to use as an additional step. The protective covering on the
<br /> rope is worn and the metal inside of the rope is exposed in places. The rope has also been stretched
<br /> considerably.
<br /> The entire surface of the structure is wooden with the exception of a bridge, which has a rubber mat
<br /> for a surface. The bridge is sloped slightly(less than 15 degrees) from one end to the other,however
<br /> there are four peaks on the rubber surface with thin wooden planks on top. The rubber surface is
<br /> somewhat worn and there are cross slopes in some places that are unrelated to the design. The chains
<br /> for both ladders are in fairly good condition. The wood throughout the structure ranges from okay
<br /> to poor condition visually. The wood on the supports for the tallest portion of the structure (i.e. the
<br /> area withthe wooden climbing wall)is in the poorest condition with several of the planks making up
<br /> horizontal and diagonal supports being splintered. The playground also has talk tubes (metal
<br /> megaphone toys through which children may communicate with one another through opposite ends),
<br /> which are both in good working condition.
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