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(1) Hear Public Comment on Option 1 and Option 2 for the Veterans Memorial Park Age 5 - 12 Playground Equipment Replacement Project; and, (2) [If Desired] Make a Recommendation to the City Council Regarding the Preferred Playground Equipment Option to Install at the Park.
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Meeting Date: August 1, 2017
Contact Person/Dept: Patrick Reynolds/PRCS Department
Phone Number: (310) 253-6471
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [X] Attachments: [X]
Public Notification: (Email) Meetings and Agendas - Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (07/26/17); (Email) Parks, Recreation & Community Service Department Updates (07/26/17)
Department Approval: Dan Hernandez, PRCS Director (07/26/17)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission (PRCSC) (1) hear public comment on Option 1 and Option 2 for the Veterans Memorial (Vets) Park Age 5 - 12 Playground Equipment Replacement Project; and, (2) [if desired] make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the preferred playground equipment option to install at the Park.
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
On February 13, 2017, the City Council (1) accepted $195,030.35 in Los Angeles County Proposition A Maintenance and Servicing Excess (M&SE) Funds awarded to the City of Culver City; (2) approved a budget amendment to appropriate $187,000 of the funding for Veterans Memorial Park 5 - 12 Playground Equipment Replacement Project; and, (3) approved a budget amendment to appropriate the remaining $8,030.35 to partially fund the Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Haynes Custodial Contract for the Culver City Senior Center.
At the time that this Agenda Item was presented to the City Council, staff had planned to hold at least one Community meeting in May to gather public input on the choice of playground equipment. Due to other pressing duties, that Community meeting was postponed and staff planned to hold it at a later date. In July, staff was informed by the funding Agency, the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District (RPOSD), that the Veterans Memorial Park Age 5 - 12 Playground Equipment Replacement Project was time-sensitive and must be completed as soon as possible. In order to comply with the County’s directive, staff is bringing this item directly to the PRCSC to gather the community’s and the Commission’s input and then taking it to the City on the next available meeting date, August 14, 2017. Even with a compressed timeline, the most optimistic completion dates that staff could provide to the RPOSD are late February 2018 for the completion of the installation of the Age 5 - 12 Playground equipment and early May 2018 for the administrative closeout.
Veterans Memorial Park Age 5 - 12 Playground Equipment Replacement Options A and Option 2 are provided as Attachments 1 and 2, respectively.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
There is no fiscal impact associated with the discussion of this Agenda Item.
ATTACHMENTS
1. 2017-08-01 - ATT 1 Option 1 - Vets Park 5-12 Playground Equipment
2. 2017-08-01 - ATT 2 Option 2 - Vets Park 5-12 Playground Equipment
MOTION
That the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Commission:
1. Hear public comment on Option 1 and Option 2 for the Veterans Memorial Park Age 5 - 12 Playground Equipment Replacement Project; and,
2. [If Desired] Make a recommendation to the City Council regarding the preferred playground equipment option to install at the Park.