Parks staff told the Franklin City Parks Board that the planned replacement playground at Payne Park will be reduced in size so it fits the available footprint and that three trees on the site will be removed.

The board heard that the project team met the vendor on site and discovered the initial plan was too large for the space. "They're redoing the dimensions, so it's gonna look the same, basically, but he has to shrink it into the dimensions we have available," said Speaker 3, a parks staff member. The staff member also said the three trees "can are coming out" and that the trees will likely be moved to Province Park or another nearby site.

Board members asked about timing and learned the project will not be immediate. "It probably won't be done till this fall sometime. If I was a guessing guy, October," Speaker 3 said. Staff said they are in the final stages of design and will provide the board updated drawings before the next meeting.

The board did not take any additional formal action beyond receiving the update. Staff said they will notify the board when the playground vendor provides revised dimensions and when removal of the trees is scheduled.