Playground Equipment Options_PRCCommunity Center
Proposed
Playground
Equipment Options
City of Scandia Parks and Recreation
Committee–November 1, 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 –
Subcommittee
Recommendations
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)
Discussion