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Albany staff recommend ForeverLawn surfacing and cooperative purchase for Deerfield playground; council to consider Wednesday
Summary
Parks staff proposed buying playground equipment through a purchasing cooperative and recommended ForeverLawn artificial turf (with in‑house repair) over pour‑in‑place rubber, citing lower maintenance and a 15‑year warranty; council will vote on entering the cooperative at its Feb. 12 meeting.
Kim Ladeyn, parks director, told the City Council on Feb. 10 that staff plan to buy playground equipment and surfacing for Deerfield Park via a purchasing cooperative (NPP) and recommended an artificial turf product (ForeverLawn) for surfacing.
"My recommendation is to go with the Forever Lawn," Ladeyn said during the presentation, and staff included cost and warranty comparisons in the council packet.
The nut graf: The proposal covers equipment, surfacing and installation. Staff favor ForeverLawn for lower maintenance, on‑site repairability and a 15‑year warranty; councilors discussed health and environmental tradeoffs between the turf and a traditional pour‑in‑place rubber surfacing that uses recycled tire crumb.
Parks presented two…
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