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WOODCREST PARK - REDEVELOPMENT <br />WOODCREST PARK IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK LOCATED IN THE SOUTHERN <br />SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY - 2.0 ACRES. THIS PARK HAS AN EXTREMELY <br />HIGH WATER TABLE AND UNSTABLE SOILS WHICH MAKES DEVELPMENT <br />RESTRICTIVE. IN 1987 THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION <br />REQUESTED NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE INPUT INTO THE <br />REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS PARK. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE HOCKEY <br />RINK BE REMOVED AND A GRASSY PLAY AREA BE PROVIDED INSTEAD. THE <br />HOCKEY RINK WAS TOO NOISY FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THE HOCKEY RINK <br />STOOD IDLE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE YEAR. THE REDEVELOPMENT OF <br />WOODCREST PARK IS AS FOLLOWS: <br />1. New playground equipment $21,000 <br />2. Removed the hockey rink and <br />lighting in-kind <br />3. Installed a sand volleyball court 1,200 <br />4. Constructed a drainage swale in-kind <br />5. Installed park amenities <br />- picnic tables <br />- benches <br />- grill and trash receptacles <br />- drinking fountain <br />- concrete sidewalk and patio 2,500 <br />6. Improvements to the park building <br />- new interior carpeting <br />- exterior and interior painting 3,469 <br />7. Parking Lot improvements 1,800 <br />Total redevelopment for Woodcrest Park $ 29,969 <br />