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City outlines $92,000 Brookside Park playground, timeline and accessibility work
Summary
City staff presented final designs and a construction timeline for a new Brookside Park playground, described funding and accessibility features and said construction is expected to begin in September with roughly $150,000 invested in park improvements so far.
City staff presented final designs and a construction timeline for a new playground at Brookside Park during the Mayor and Board Commissioners meeting, saying the playground equipment will cost about $92,000 and construction is expected to begin in early to mid-September.
The project drew from a February town hall that city staff said had strong neighborhood turnout. "Brookside residents had a really, really good turnout," a parks staff member said, adding that the design team compiled resident input into the current plan.
The presentation described the playground’s planned location on the park’s west side near the Lookout Drive entrance, a 40-by-80 regulation basketball court already installed and a small baseball/softball warm-up area in the park’s northeast corner. Staff said the city has added three parking stalls on Lookout Drive and will add ADA-accessible sidewalks to connect the parking and playground.
On accessibility, staff reiterated that playground equipment meets ADA standards but acknowledged it is not fully "all-inclusive" and that additional access improvements are pending. "Every playground set of equipment we get is ADA approved," the parks staff member said, but noted that connecting sidewalks are still to be completed and that broader inclusive features could be considered in future budgets, including shade structures.
Commissioners and staff discussed the project’s broader costs. The presenter said the playground itself is about $92,000 and that "probably we probably got about a 150,000 or so that we've invested in the park so far," noting that the city acquired the land via donation and that neighborhood volunteers and the park board have been engaged.
No formal vote was required at the meeting; the item was presented as an update from the study session and staff asked commissioners for questions and feedback. Staff said construction should take about three months once it begins.
