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Item No. 10B <br />Meeting Date: July 26, 2004 <br />Type of Business: CB <br />WK: Work Session; PH: Public Hearing; <br />CA: Consent Agenda; CB: Council Business <br />City Administrator Review _______ <br /> City of Mounds View Staff Report <br /> <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works <br /> <br />Item Title/Subject: Resolution 6313 Dedicating Park Dedication Funds <br />in the 2005 Budget for the Greenfield Park <br />Playground Equipment Replacement Project <br /> <br />Background: <br />In the fall of 2003 the Parks and Recreation Commission preformed a “Needs <br />Analysis” for all City parks. Based on the analysis, the Commissioners developed <br />a list of desired changes and improvements to the City parks system. This list <br />was divided into three components; Short Term Items (items that could be done <br />without budgeting), Intermediate Items (items that needed to be budgeted for) <br />and Long Term Items (item that were capital expenditures and several years <br />out). <br /> <br />During this process a neighborhood group requested that something be done <br />with the Greenfield Park play equipment. They requested at minimum, new play <br />equipment for smaller children be added to Greenfield Park. <br /> <br />As part of the ”Needs Analysis” the Commissioners recommended an <br />expenditure of $5,000 in 2005 to add new additional play equipment for smaller <br />children. The Commissioners also recommended that all of the playground <br />equipment at Greenfield Park be replaced in 2010 at an estimated cost of <br />$50,000 to $55,000, plus the cost of fiberfill, which was estimated to cost an <br />additional $8,000. <br /> <br />On April 22, 2004, the neighborhood group for Greenfield Park requested to <br />address the Parks and Recreation Commission. The neighborhood group <br />requested that the playground equipment be entirely replaced at this time. They <br />stated that the Greenfield Play equipment does not meet consumer product <br />safety and League of Minnesota Cities requirements. They also stated that <br />Greenfield Park play equipment is the oldest play equipment in the City and <br />should be replaced. <br />