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'TEA, 3a <br /> 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 /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Greg Lee, Director of Public Works <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 /> 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 /> 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 /> 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 /> 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 />