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Request for Action <br /> <br /> <br />To Item Number <br />Mayor and City Council 8.4 <br />Agenda Section Meeting Date Prepared by <br />General Business June 5, 2017 Tim Sevcik, Parks Maintenance Superintendent <br />Item Description Reviewed by <br />Barrington Park Playground Replacement Michael Hecker, Parks and Recreation Director <br />Reviewed by <br />Cal Portner, City Administrator <br /> <br />Action Requested <br />1. Adopt, by motion, a resolution acknowledging the removal and donation of obsolete playground <br />equipment. <br />2. Approve, by motion, the purchase and installation of playground equipment for Barrington Park <br />through Flagship Recreation. <br /> <br />Background/Discussion <br />The existing Barrington Park playground is one of the oldest within the city and is beyond its serviceable <br />life. The city has the opportunity to donate the playground to a nonprofit organization, KIDS Around <br />the World, for children in third world countries. The city previously partnered with KIDS Around the <br />World in 2013 for the removal and donation of the Orono and Baldwin Park playgrounds. <br /> <br />Staff recommends donating the playground at Barrington Park to KIDS Around the World to help <br />support their mission to build playgrounds for children in underprivileged locations outside the United <br />States. This organization would dismantle and remove the playground equipment with support from <br />Parks Maintenance Division staff in July of 2017. <br /> <br />The new playground would be installed in August of 2017 utilizing an assisted installation process, which <br />includes a combination of parks staff and certified installers from Flagship Recreation. This installation <br />process will maximize funds, allowing for more playground equipment while minimizing installation <br />expenses. The new playground equipment would be purchased from Landscape Structures Inc. through <br />Flagship Recreation, the state contract vendor. <br /> <br />In addition to the playground installation, staff will install an ADA accessible sidewalk from Auburn <br />Street to the play structure; install wood fiber impact surfacing; conduct site preparations and restoration; <br />increase LED lighting to the playground and basketball court; and install a new sand play feature. <br /> <br />Financial Impact <br />The budget for this project was $80,000 from the Park Improvement Fund. Staff recommends the <br />purchase and installation of playground equipment from Flagship Recreation in the amount of <br />$75,802.58. With savings in other projects, staff recommends increasing the budget from $80,000 to <br />$96,000 in order to allow for the purchase of materials for additional site improvements to include the <br />sand play area, impact surfacing, increased LED lighting and an ADA accessible sidewalk. <br /> <br /> <br />