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Observations: <br />TITTERUD PARK PLAYGORUND REPLACEMENT <br />By: Mark Riverblood, Parks Supervisor <br />CASE # Z. <br />Background: <br />As the Finance Committee may recall, the City continues to replace older play equipment <br />at a rate of about one park per year — with new structures that meet Consumer Product <br />Safety Commission guidelines, as well as the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). <br />For 2006, this is Titterud Park; with the Capital Improvement Program showing a <br />$55,000 allocation for replacement of the 20 -year old play equipment. The funding is <br />recommended to come from depreciated earnings at $48,000, with the balance of $7,000 <br />from the Park Trust Fund. Titterud Park's play equipment replacement will be the <br />second to last required - with only Ford Brook Park remaining; thus bring all our <br />playgrounds into safety and ADA compliance. <br />The purpose of this case is to approve this 2006 Park's Capital Improvement, and to <br />declare the old play equipment surplus property so that it may be sold or scraped. <br />Earlier this year the Park and Recreation approved a Request for Proposal (RFP) for this <br />project, and this fall, four prominent area playground vendors were sent the Titterud <br />Playground RFP, with two proposals received. <br />On Thursday, November 9 2006 the Park and Recreation Commission reviewed the <br />proposals submitted, and unanimously recommended that St. Croix Recreation be <br />awarded the project. This work would be completed before May 18 2007. Other <br />aspects of this project include the planting of 96 Anna Belle Hydrangeas to form a <br />flowering hedge along Ramsey Boulevard (which was completed by volunteers this <br />summer). In addition, the following elements with funding allocations are below: <br />• Primary Play Structure <br />• Swings <br />• Rock'n Cross <br />• Spica <br />• Curved climbing wall <br />• 120 cubic yards of Woodcarpet resilient surfacing <br />• Containment border (e.g. concrete curb) <br />• ADA path to connect play area to parking • <br />(e.g. crushed granite or pavers) <br />• Interpretive and informational signage <br />(Sub total) $45,000 <br />$3,500 <br />$2,500 <br />$4,000 <br />Total $55,000 <br />