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Y <br />of Mounds View Staff <br />Item No: 9H <br />Meeting Date: October 9, 2017 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />Administrator Review: <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Don Peterson, Interim Director of Public Works <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 8845 Approving Playground Equipment <br />Replacement at City Hall Park. <br />Background/Discussion: <br />The National Playground Safety Institute recommends that play structures be replaced <br />every 12-15 years. <br />The City Hall Park playground equipment is 20 plus years old. Signs of aging include the <br />pealing of the equipment coating along with rust development on various components. <br />The City Council had directed Public Works along with the Parks and Recreation and <br />Forestry Commission to evaluate the City Hall Park campus, which would include a new <br />Playground and splash pad. <br />A proposed playground splash pad equipment layout was prepared by <br />Minnesota/Wisconsin Playground of Golden Valley, Minnesota. The layout was reviewed <br />by the Commission, and the Commission presented the new playground /splash pad <br />layout to the City Council at the March 6, 2017 Work Session. The City Council approved <br />the overall concept and layout of the City Hall Park and instructed staff to get cost <br />estimates. <br />Staff presented the estimated costs to Council, after review of the estimated costs the <br />City Council instructed staff search and apply for any grants that would help in offsetting <br />the costs of the playground/splash pad. Staff applied for a grant through Game Time, this <br />grant is for playground equipment only and does not cover the costs associated with the <br />installation or other components of a playground such as benches, and picnic tables. The <br />grant is as a matching fund, the equipment must be purchased and delivered in 2017. <br />Staff has received a quote from Minnesota/Wisconsin Playground for the playground <br />equipment and site furnishings for a total of $145,883.00. The City was awarded a grant <br />from Game Time in the amount of $65,178.00. With the awarded grant the cost for the <br />playground equipment and site furnishings is $80,705.00, not including the freight costs <br />of $9,710.66. For a total cost of $90,415.66. <br />Minnesota/1Nisconsin Playground is on the US Communities Government Purchasing <br />Alliance, (similar to the State Cooperative Venture) and has furnished and installed <br />