6. PR-Playground Equipment OptionsCommunity Center
Proposed
Playground
Equipment Options
City of Scandia Playground Equipment
Replacement Subcommittee –Sept. 27, 2021
Budget
Schedule
and
Assumptions
•City budget: $37,500 for
Ballfield Playground
replacement
•City budget for $57,500 for
Community Center Playground
replacement
•SPPER voted to designate all
playground equipment budget to
Community Center replacement
•Total Community Center
Playground Replacement
budget = $190,000
•$95,000 from City funds
•$95,000 from 50/50 matching
grant
•Original budget had ballfield
equipment replacement in
2021; community center
playground equipment
replacement in 2023
•Revised budget has $95,000
in City funds budgeted for
use in 2022 for replacement
of Community Center
playground equipment.
•Playground equipment area
will be the same, with some
opportunity for expansion.
•Minimal grading/earthwork
needed.
Playground
Equipment
Priorities
•Needs
•Shade
•Separate big kid/little kid
structures
•Min. ADA requirements
•Musical feature for little
kid’s play structure
•Balance component
•Continuous path for big
kid’s play structure
•Climbing component with
big kid’s play structure
•Tall tower for big kid’s play
structure
•Wants
•ADA accessibility for at least
half components
•Nature, “rural life” or barn
theme
•Play structure(s) red in color
•Playhouse/fort/imaginative
component for little kid’s
play structure
•Adult fitness component
•Water play feature for little
kid’s structure
Playground Vendor
Conceptual Layouts
Game Time –2 to 5 Year Olds
Hermitage Model PS15345 -$
Game Time –2 to 5 Year Olds
Around and Down Model PT16008 -$
Game Time –2 to 5 Year Olds
Puddle Pod Model PS19017 -$
Game Time –2 to 5 Year Olds
Symphony Sail Model PS21037 -$
Game Time –2 to 5 Year Olds
Forget Me Not Model PT21010 -$
Game Time –5 to 12 Year Olds
K2 Model PS21202 -$
Game Time –5 to 12 Year Olds
Epic Spire Model PS21051 -$
Game Time –5 to 12 Year Olds
Monolith Model PS21014 -$
Northland Recreation
2 to 5 Play Features:
•Playhouse with tunnel
•Log stepping stone
•Alligator balance beam
5 to 12 Play Features:
•8’ Tower
•Rock wall
•Bridges/balance bridge
Additional features:
•Sit and spin (ADA)
•New swings w/ ADA
•Stand-up spinner
Total ~$140,000 (doesn’t incl.
surfacing)
Ultimate Playgrounds –Concept 1
2 to 5 Play Features:
•Barn theme structure
•Rock climbing wall
•Alligator balance beam
5 to 12 Play Features:
•Small tower
•Added shade
Additional features:
•Water feature (ADA)
•Stand up spinner
•Loader bouncer
Total ~$127,000 (incl.
surfacing)
Ultimate Playgrounds –Concept 2
2 to 5 Play Features:
•Barn theme structure
•Rock climbing wall
•Alligator balance beam
5 to 12 Play Features:
•Small tower
•Added shade
Additional features:
•Water feature (ADA)
•Stand up spinner
•Sit down spinner
•Loader bouncer
•Horse tetter totter
•Adult fitness area
Total ~$190,000 (incl.
surfacing)
Ultimate Playgrounds –Concept 3
2 to 5 Play Features:
•Barn theme structure
•Rock climbing wall
•Alligator balance beam
5 to 12 Play Features:
•Large tower
Additional features:
•Water feature (ADA)
•Stand up spinner
•Sit down spinner
•Loader bouncer
•Horse tetter totter
Total ~$170,000 (incl.
surfacing)
Webber Recreation –Concept 1
2 to 5 Play Features:
•Playhouse with tunnel
5 to 12 Play Features:
•8’ tower
Additional features:
•Nature panels
•Grasshopper bouncer
•Sit down spinner
•Adult/child swing
Total ~$120,000 (doesn’t incl.
surfacing)
Webber Recreation –Concept 2
2 to 5 Play Features:
•Rock climbing wall
5 to 12 Play Features:
•5’ Tower
•5’ climbing net
•Avalanche slide
Additional features:
•Nature panels
•Grasshopper bouncer
•Sit down spinner
•Adult/child swing
Total ~$103,000 (doesn’t incl.
surfacing)
Discussion