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10 Voting Voting Precinct 2 is at Falcon Heights United Church of Christ, 1795 Holton. The building is accessible. The parking lot, located across the street, has the required number of accessible parking spaces, but there are no marked accessibility lanes or van accessible stalls. The ramp up and over the sidewalk is not ADA compliant because it is almost three times the allowable steepness, and the ramp from the street to the church sidewalk is too steep as well. Parking spaces with accessible lanes could be added on the street or accommodation accomplished by posting visible signage that voters may request curbside voting. See Appendix C for full details. Parks and Recreation Falcon Heights’ parks maintenance is complicated because only one of the four parks in the city is owned by the city - Curtiss Field. The large Community Park on Roselawn and Cleveland, is owned by the University of Minnesota with a 20-year lease by the city of Falcon Heights. If the land becomes available, Falcon Heights would pursue dedication of the park acreage to the city (2040 Comprehensive Plan). Presently, the University is not considering land changes. Grove Park is also owned by the University of Minnesota with a yearly lease renewal. A significant study was done in 2014 by Julee Quarve-Peterson, Inc. auditing safety and accessibility of play equipment in the parks. It is undetermined whether any follow-up was done. Grove Park The playground is not accessibly compliant and needs significant updating. The one on-street accessible parking space does not have a hard surface access aisle. One of the ramps to playground equipment is dangerous because of a heave in the ramp. Curtiss Field Built in 2004, it is accessible and has an accessible portable toilet on the flat parking lot surface. It has designated accessible parking. Wood chips were replaced in the summer of 2021. Community Park The playground has accessible usable equipment, but it is not ADA compliant because the wood chip base has deteriorated making equipment steps and surround curbing too high for accessibility. There is no accessible restroom. It cannot be determined if there is compliant accessible parking because parking lot striping has worn off. The Park building, which contains restrooms, is unusable and locked. An attempt last year to get state bonding money for a new building failed. The city is currently in negotiation with the University of Minnesota for replacement consideration. As of this writing, rebuilding is not included in a Capital Improvement Plan, but Falcon Heights is looking at financing options. See Appendix D for full details.