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Playground update: bathrooms, budget and prefabrication remain under review
Summary
Committee members discussed playground and bathroom plans, current budget figures and the preference for prefabricated restroom units to control cost and schedule; staff to return with refined pricing before council action.
The committee reviewed the status of the Jennings playground project and the companion restroom work. Staff said the current budget figures under discussion include $800,000 noted for the playground bathrooms and a $1,000,000 allocation the council has set aside for the overall playground, though committee members noted these figures may shift before bids are finalized.
Committee members said staff will return with model options and pricing; staff said vendor proposals are being reviewed and that prefabricated restroom options were under active consideration as a cost and schedule control. “Prefab is the way we have to go,” one committee member said after comparing costs for custom construction seen in other municipalities.
Members discussed recent council comments that added items to the proposed playground scope; staff said the final package likely will come back to council for approval of the bid and any scope changes. The committee emphasized that several council members proposed modest additions but that major scope increases, such as complete reconfigurations requiring additional perimeter work, were not part of the committee’s recommendations.
Committee members also discussed competing cost figures reported to other organizations; a foundation representative had referred to a $1,500,000 figure as a current budget estimate, but staff said that number was likely an upper-end estimate or an imprecise reference. Staff expects to bring refined costs after pricing and bid preparation.
