8.a4 PRC-Playground Equipment Options_City Council
Community Center Proposed Playground Equipment Replacement
Scandia City Council – November 16, 2021
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Project Activities to Date
Online Survey 10/21/20 – 11/20/20
Great feedback, positive community interest
Developed Sub-Committee Group (SPPER)
Toured local playgrounds
Reviewed online survey results
Developed list of project priorities
Met with playground vendors
Researched grant opportunities
Selected 2 preferred playground layouts
PRC selected preferred playground option to present today
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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.
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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
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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
~$120,000 for equipment
~$15,000 for curbing
~$5,000 for ADA sidewalk to playground entrance
~$50,000 for surfacing (combination of rubber/woodchips)
Total = $190,000
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Next Steps
Apply for Grants
Minnesota DNR Outdoor Recreation Grant Program
Osceola Community Health
Contact local businesses for sponsorships/grants
Team with watershed?
Develop project engineering details
Looking to get funding finalized/equipment ordered Spring 2022
Removal/Installation Summer 2022
Ready to play! Late summer/fall 2022
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