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The Plan
Key Messages
• We Can Do It — We've Done Our Homework
• 3-Phase Plan — Phase 1: Safe to Open by Thanksgiving
• Future — Maintenance, Improvement, and Replacement
Summary To Date
• Built in 1985
• Minimal maintenance, if any
• Closed Spring of 1999
• Safety Audit, Summer of 2000
• Group formed to reopen playground, 9/21/00
• Proposal for Reopening, 10/3/00
Safety Audit
• No significant structural defects
• Maintenance Issues:
- wear and tear
- weathering
• Many safety issues, all can be accomplished
Proposal- most bring structure to guidelines that did not exist in 1985
- clear directions for repair/adjustments
Three-phase plan:
- Safety First, reopen
- Continue Maintenance
- Improve and Plan Future
Phase 1: Safety First, Reopen
• Address all Safety issues in Safety Audit #1-3 and some #4
- key items are subsurface cushioning, entrapment/entanglement areas
• Repair broken apparatus
- ex. Suspension bridge, swinging platform, horse
• Remove
three-four pieces that are not cost effective to make safe:
- tire cubes, tot slide and tire chains and nets
Phase 2: Continue Maintenance
• More #4s (mostly guardrail height extension)
• More board replacement
• Retrofit and reopen swing areas
• Begin thorough inspection plan and routine repair
Phase 3: Improve and Plan Future (Summer/Fall 01)
• More board replacement
• Additional sealer coat, as needed
• Inspection
• Assessment of life expectancy
• Initiate plan for replacement (TM 2002)
• Parking lot expansion/relocation
Funding
Our budget analysis for repairs and maintenance is:
Phase 1: $12,000
Phase 2: 4,000
Phase 3: 2,000
TOTAL: $18,000
We understand there is $4,000 or more in a town budget that is earmarked exclusively for this playground — the money raised by the original community group. This is the balance of approx. $7,500 less the $3,000 for the safety audit.
Our fundraising plan is to immediately solicit donations and to sell engraved bricks and boards plus T-shirts and sweatshirts, and possibly professional photo portrait packages.
We think the following is attainable
Current Balance for Park $ 4,000
Donations: 7,000
T-shirt/sweatshirts: 2,500
Brick/Board sales: 3,000
Photo sales: 2,000
TOTAL: $18,500
What We Need Tonight:
• Commission approval to proceed
• Recreation/Highway agreement to provide limited manpower, machines, trucks, disposal, as available
• Agreement on repair schedule and level to meet safety guidelines
• Minimal ongoing weekly maintenance by Rec. Dept. as with other parks (rake chips, cut grass)
• Agreement to call us immediately with any report of broken apparatus, etc.
• Regular report schedule to P&R Commission; semi-annual review/discussion
This site is an independent effort of concerned citizens.