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Fernley accepts donated playground for CRRC amid debate over artificial turf
Summary
The Fernley City Council unanimously accepted playground equipment donated by the Boys & Girls Club for the Community Response and Resource Center (CRRC) on July 2, 2025, while public speakers and some council members raised safety and cost concerns about installing artificial turf and shade structures.
The Fernley City Council voted 4–0 on July 2 to accept playground equipment, a shade structure, picnic tables, benches and artificial turf offered by the Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows for the Community Response and Resource Center (CRRC).
Deputy City Manager Lydia Altek told the council the donation includes equipment, a 20‑by‑20 shade structure and artificial turf; the city would pay for related site work, concrete pads and grading. Altek said a change order to remove previously planned landscaping and install the playground area would be about $72,093, and staff expects the net cost of the added site work to be within that credit.…
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