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Waukesha board approves Minaka Park playground purchase with added shade and enclosed tower
Summary
The Waukesha City Parks, Recreation and Forestry Board unanimously approved purchase of playground equipment for Minaka Park and directed designers to add a shade canopy and an enclosed back tower, keeping the project within the $235,000 budget.
The Waukesha City Parks, Recreation and Forestry Board on June 16 approved the purchase of playground equipment for Minaka Park, asking designers to add a shade canopy and increase enclosure on the back tower while keeping the project within the board’s $235,000 capital-improvement budget.
The purchase price for equipment is $117,719, Parks staff said during the meeting; surfacing and site work will be bid separately. The board’s vote to approve the equipment purchase with the specified design changes was moved by Jennifer Wallner and seconded by Alderman Camacho. The motion passed unanimously.
Melissa Lipska, Parks and Forestry Operations Manager, told the board the design draws on input gathered at a recent public meeting and that the layout increases accessible components such as an ADA-friendly climber, adaptive swings, musical play…
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