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2 Wood Playground BandimerePark CITY OF CHANHASSEN 7700 Market Boulevard PO Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 Administration Phone 952,227.1100 Fax 952,227.1110 Building Inspections Phone 952.227.1180 Fax 952.227.1190 Engineering Phone 952.227.1160 Fax 952,227.1170 Finance Phone 952.227.1140 Fax 952.227.1110 Park & Recreation Phone 952,227.1120 Fax 952.227.1110 Recreation Center 2310 Coulter Boulevard Phone 952.227.1400 Fax 952.227.1404 Planning & Natural Resources Phone 952.227.1130 Fax 952,227.1110 Public Works 1591 Park Road Phone 952.227.1300 Fax 952.227.1310 Senior Center Phone 952,227.1125 Fax 952,227.1110 Web Site wwwci,chanhassen,mn,us ;)... - MEMORANDUM TO: Park and Recreation Commission Todd Hoffman, Park & Recreation Director ~ FROM: DA TE: March 14, 2005 SUBJ: Recommendation to Remove and Dispose of Wood Playground Structure, Bandimere Heights Park In January of 2004, the Department completed a safety assessment of the ten wood playground structures located at various parks within the city. For the purpose of this assessment, the following fifteen hazard categories were identified: · Non-designated flat play surface larger than 2 square inches. · Head, neck and torso entrapment. · Entanglement Hazard: User's clothing or items around user's neck can become caught on play component. · Pinch, crush, shear point: User could suffer contusion, laceration, abrasion, or amputatìon. · Protrusion Hazard: A projection, when tested against requirement standards, is found to have the potential to cause bodily injury. · Partially Bound Opening: An opening in a piece of play equipment that is not totally enclosed by boundaries on all sides, so that the perimeter of the opening is not continuous. · Completely Bound Opening: Any opening in play equipment that is totally enclosed by boundaries on all sides. · Stainless Steel Slide: User could suffer bums on hot, sunny days. · Worn, weathered, cracked, splintered, rotted redwood. · Rotted, decayed and cracked playground border. The City of Chanhassen · A growing community with clean lakes, quality schools, a charming downtown, thriving businesses, winding trails, and beautiful parks A great place to live, work, and play Park & Recreation Commission March 14, 2005 Page 2 · No accessible path or transfer station. · Exit height is too high in proportion to the overall height of the slide. · Worn or damaged play equipment. · Head and/or body impact hazard. · Frost is moving the footing, causing unleveled post and decks on structure. The Bandimere Heights play structure exhibits 16 areas of concern with multiple head, neck and torso entrapments and partially bound openings. This structure, along with the other nine wood playgrounds located within the city's park system; need to be removed to ensure the safety of park users. With two new play structures located in Bandimere Community Park, just up the hill from Bandimere Heights Park, it does not make sense to replace the playground at Bandimere Heights Park. The two parks are physically joined on three sides and the new playgrounds reside 900 feet from the old wood structure. To ensure that neighborhood residents were aware of the city's plan to remove and not replace the playground, staff completed a neighborhood mailing on March 2, 2005. Since the mailing, I have received two inquires: · One resident wanted to know what would remain after the structure is removed. We will clear the site and plant grass. · A second resident preferred that we leave the old structure in place. With the number of safety concerns present on the structure this is unfortunately not an option. RECOMMENDA TION It is recommended that the Park and Recreation Commission recommend that the City Council approve the removal and disposal of the Bandimere Heights wood playground structure. ATTACHMENT 1. Resident letter dated March 2, 2005 c: Dale Gregory, Park Superintendent G:\PARK\TH\Bandimere playground disposaLdoc CITY OF CHANHASSEN 7700 Markef Boulevard PO Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 Administration Phone 952227.1100 Fax 952,227.1110 Building Inspections Phone 952,2271180 Fax 952,227.1190 Engineering Phone, 952,227.1160 Fax 952.227.1170 Finance Phone 952,2271140 Fax 952,227.1110 Park & Recreation Phone 952.227.1120 Fax 952,227.1110 Recreation Center 2310 Coulter Boulevard Phone 952.227.1400 Fax 952,227.1404 Planning & Natural Resources Phone 952,2271130 Fax 952,227.1110 Public Works 1591 Park Road Phone 952,227.1300 Fax 952.227.1310 Senior Center Phone 952,227.1125 Fax 952,227.1110 Web Site wwwcichanhassen,mn,us March 2, 2005 Dear Resident: In January of 2004, the City of Chanhassen Park and Recreation Department completed a wood playground structure safety assessment. Ten separate structures, including the one located at Bandimere Heights Neighborhood Park, were evaluated. These structures were manufactured in the 1980's by Landscape Structures, a play equipment company headquartered in Delano, Minnesota. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) began publishing a "Handbook for Public Playground Safety" in 1981. This manual is updated periodically. All of the wooden playground structures located within the city's park system do not meet the current minimum CPSC guidelines for safety. The following areas of concern were identified on the Bandimere Heights Playground: ~ Multiple Head, Neck and Torso Entrapments ~ Multiple Partially Bound Openings ~ Stainless Steel Slide (known to cause bums on hot, sunny days) ~ Protrusions ~ Multiple Areas of Worn, Weathered, Splintered and Rotted Wood ~ Multiple Non-Designated Flat Play Surfaces ~ Multiple Completely Bound Openings ~ No Accessible Path or Transfer Station In response to the report, the city's Park and Recreation Commission recommended that all ten of the wooden playgrounds be removed. Two structures were removed in the summer of 2004, and the remaining eight are scheduled for removal this spring and summer. With the presence of two new playground structures in Bandimere Community Park, the City is not planning to re-build a playground at Bandimere Heights Parks. The distance between the old and new playgrounds is 900 feet. However, prior to removing the wooden structure, the Commission would like to give the neighborhood an opportunity to comment on this plan. If you have specific comments or concerns concerning the city's intent to remove the wooden playground structure at Bandimere Heights Neighborhood Park, please attend the March 22, 2005, Park and Recreation Commission meeting. These meetings are held in the City Council Chambers at City Hall starting at 7:30 pm. If you are unable to attend the meeting, but would like to comment, March 2, 2005 The City of Chanhassen . A growing community with clean lakes, quality schools, a charmlllg downtown, thriving buslllesses, winding trails, alld beautiful parks, A great place to live, work, and play, March 2, 2005 Page 2 please contact me directly at 952-227-1129 or bye-mail at thoffman @ci.chanhassen.mn.us Sincerel y, Todd Hoffman Park and Recreation Director c: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager City Council Park and Recreation Commission Dale Gregory, Park Superintendent G:\Park\th\Bandimere Heights Park BARRY A & HARRIET F BERSHOW 9271 KIOWA TRL CHANHASSEN MN 55317 ",...... 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