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MINUTES <br />PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION <br />SEPTEMBER 6, 2018 <br />interested in taking steps to allow the parking lot to circulate within itself <br />by creating a drive through aisle. Ray asked if the parking lot was <br />upgraded if it would need to be brought into full compliance. The City <br />Engineer stated if the work was only to re-stripe the parking lot or do a <br />mill and overlay, the parking lot could stay the way it is. He explained to <br />allow the lot to circulate within itself, six parking spaces would be lost. <br /> <br />The City Engineer displayed an option to update the current parking lot, <br />saving as much existing concrete as possible. He explained the lot would <br />work best if it ran parallel to Eli Road. This would save the greenspace <br />near the park shelter. The City Engineer stated this would cost about 1.5 – <br />1.7 times more than building a stand-alone lot. <br /> <br /> <br />The City Engineer stated there are two existing play containers, which are <br />separated by a green area with two trees. He explained if the equipment <br />was going to be changed, it may be appropriate to change the container to <br />better fit the specifications of the new equipment. He explained there are <br />areas within the smaller container to the north that have a grade change of <br />more than 5%, which makes it not ADA accessible. He explained this may <br />be a reason to change the existing container. <br /> <br />The first option presented by the City Engineer was to fill in the green <br />areas to create one large play area. He noted the shape of the container <br />may result in unusable space or dead area with the new equipment. <br /> <br />The second option presented by the City Engineer was to keep some of the <br />shape of the original container, but fill the area out to more of an oval, to <br />create more usable space within the container. He stated this would most <br />likely cost about the same as building a new container. <br /> <br />The third option presented by the City Engineer was a new play container. <br />He stated this would allow the play area to be built to the equipment <br />chosen. <br /> <br />The City Engineer mentioned the play area currently has sand, which is <br />not ADA accessible. He explained engineered wood fiber would be ADA <br />accessible. This costs about $3/square foot and could be maintained by <br />Public Works Staff. The City Engineer stated poured in place rubber is <br />also ADA accessible. This costs about $15/square foot and would need <br />maintenance about every 10 years, which cannot be done by Public Works <br />Staff. The Community Services Manager stated the current slope of the <br />containers washes the sand out during rain events. He explained he has <br />been told wood fiber doesn’t wash out like sand. The Community Services <br />Manager noted he wasn’t convinced this was true. <br /> <br />SPOONER PARK <br />CONT. <br />PLAYGROUND