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-3- 1989 • 1. General skating - Greenfield Park. When Greenfield Park was recently renovated , the general skating area which was locat- ed on the west end of the park was relocated to the southeast • corner. The Greenfield Park skating facility serves both the Oakwood and Greenfield Park areas. The $8 ,000 is to regrade the site and place permanent light fixtures at the facility to serve the residents in the northeast quadrant of the City. This project ranked extremely high on both safety concerns; as well as fulfilling a void of pleasure skating in this quadrant of the City. 2. Oakwood Park multi-purpose court. This item was ranked high due to the major community void centering around multi- purpose courts. We currently do not have a multi-purpose court other than Greenfield Park. Multi-purpose courts provide a variety of recreational activities including bas- ketball , four-square, hop scotch and other hard court surface activities. We feel that Oakwood Park , with its high concen- tration of young people, is an ideal location to develop our first City multi-purpose court. Woodcrest Park regrading. Woodcrest is currently in the worst condition of any of the existing parks and is greatly in need of general regrading and turf establishment. It is the recommendation of the Park Commission that the storm • sewer ditch currently running adjacent to the park on the west and southern boundaries would also be completed at this time with S.W.M. funds to give the park a more finished look. The site is currently an eyesore and in need of general land- sca ing and turf establishment. 4. Ardan Park playstructure. This is an item that has been requested by residents for a number of years due to the lack of any type of park activity for young people in the area. We feel that a small wooden play structure (above ground ) would fit well into the park area and will serve the immedi- ate needs of the residents. In addition, the Park Commission feels that site has been used exclusively for the City-wide compost program and some type of facility for local residents would be beneficial. 5. Building ' improvements at four sites. As you are aware, we purchased three used school classroom facilities four years ago and have been utilizing them extensively for not only our winter skating program, but also our summer playground pro- grams. It is our recommendation that the buildings be upgraded from an energy conservation standpoint to include the replacement of the existing single pane windows, caulking of the frames, and installation of new windows at Woodcrest Park. In addition, we would purchase a permanent floor sur- face for each of the buildings to serve both the winter skat- • ing and summer usage. It should also be noted that City recreation staff is now utilizing the buildings on a year- round basis with a pre-school program at Groveland Park.