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MEMO TO: Mounds View City Cou ii 1111 FROM: Bruce K. Anderson , • r- iter Parks, Recreation yrs• •,. st y f DATE : June 6, 1985 RE : Groveland Park Playground Equipment During the past three months, City staff has been working with the Groveland Park Foundation to upgrade the existing playground equipment currently located at Groveland Park. The process was initiated in March of this year when tours were conducted with the Groveland Park Board of Directors to a number of local play- ground sites to observe first hand the variety of playground equipment that is available . Following the tour of five differ- ent sites, bid specifications were prepared and forwarded to seven major playground manufacturing firms located within the Twin Cities area. Four proposals were submitted and formally reviewed by the Groveland Foundation Board of Directors at a special meeting on Wednesday, June 5 , 1985. A schematic of the playground equipment that was selected by the Groveland Park Foundation is enclosed for your review and avail- able through GameTime and entitled Durascape+. The equipment is all aluminum, with redwood decks and , as can be noted , fairly extensive in nature , with five major slide beds and five large deck areas with an additional six climbing or entry points. In • addition to the major structure that is shown, a pre-school structure has also been proposed , which includes a space net, slide and deck area. In addition, the equipment will be complet- ed with three spring animals, two backhoe diggers and a redwood slat swinging bench. The total cost of the equipment is $15 ,000 including tax and delivery. As you are aware , the Groveland Park Foundation has been conducting a number of fundraisers during the past three years, and has been utilizing their funds to develop Groveland Park with new facilities including sand volleyball court, City park sign , shrubbery, landscaping and bench areas. The Groveland Park tot lot project is the first project that is being proposed under the Neighborhood Park Planning Fund and the Park Foundation has broached the Park and Recreation Commission in 1984 and 1985 for a $2 ,500 matching fund. The Park and Recreation Commission has approved the two Neighborhood Park Planning Fund grants, as they have met all the criteria outlined in the fund guidelines. Based on the approved $5,000 Neighborhood Park Planning Fund grant, and an additional match of $7 ,500 from the Groveland Park Foundation funds, the Foundation currently has $12 , 500 available for funding the project. Staff presented this issue to the City Department Heads at their regularly scheduled staff meeting , and City Administrator Pauley has indicated that the remaining $2, 500 could be funded from the proceeds from closing out the MSA bond fund , as it appears that the Administrative Aide position , which 1111 he had hoped would be approved , was not.