Speaker 0: Great. Adam. 14.
Speaker 1: Report from Public Works, Parks, Recreation and Marine recommendation to adopt a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a contract with game time for the purchase of playground equipment for a total contract amount not to exceed 546,000 districts one, four, six and seven.
Speaker 0: Great. And this is item 38. I know we want to do a short staff report because this is pretty exciting for those councilmembers I know that are getting the the new toy lot so Mr. West Marine Knight.
Speaker 2: Good evening, Mayor. Members of the city council. Yes, this is an exciting time for us because it's been a while since we've been able to replace so many.
Speaker 0: But we get tech services to have the presentation and the front, please. Thank you. Perfect. Continue.
Speaker 2: So the item before you tonight, there are four actually five playgrounds that are receiving measure funding. And the item this evening is for additional playground equipment that was not covered through a grant process for a Drake Park, Los Cerritos Veterans and Whaley. We're excited about these projects because what we are creating with these four parks is actually unique. Destination parks within are playgrounds within our park system. So each one of these four will have a different theme, and we hope that they will attract people from throughout the community to come to the different destination parks. So the plans include put in place rubber, surfacing new sand and play areas, ADA accessibility upgrades and some miscellaneous site furnishings like benches, hydration stations, etc.. So I'll run through the playgrounds. Drake Park Playground is going to be a butterfly garden playground with unique butterfly themed panels, some shade structures that will be in the shape of butterflies , vine climbers, nature benches, flower pedal steps and a log balance beam. So the hope is that children will want to go to the butterfly playground at Los Cerritos Park. It's going to be a treehouse and woodland theme with tree swings. It's going to have a zip line, hillside way of slides and a treehouse motif at Veterans Park. We're excited about this one because it's really more of a challenge obstacle course combined with a playground. So it really encourages children to do fitness while they're playing. They'll be climbing that structures a traverse, a freshwater floating boards and sway steps. So it is play equipment that really challenges kids. And I think it'll be a really exciting element for that park and then it really park. As you know, we have our day camp at Whaley Park, which is our theater and our Music Day camp, and that's very popular. So we thought this would be a great place to have a music themed and science themed play structure with colorful play flowers, twisted climbing nets, xylophones and chimes and hand drums and other musical elements added to the play equipment. And in addition, although tonight's item does not include the Fifth Park that we will be doing to measure a funding is Jackson Park. And so we have a small playground there at Jackson Park, and we'll be able to replace that playground as well with the measure of funding Jackson Park. It's sort. I didn't hear. Oh, sorry, I didn't hear the question.
Speaker 6: At the end.
Speaker 0: People were just people asking about the location.
Speaker 2: Oh, sorry. The timing. Because we did not want to take any of these playgrounds down during the summertime because kids are out of school will be starting in September. So we have up there for our veterans and Whaley. The project timeline, the big award will be in September. Construction will begin in October with a winter completion and draken lo cerritos. Better word will be October construction, November and completion in the winter as well. That is our brief staff report here for any questions.
Speaker 0: I'm going to have a motion in a second. But to turn to them in a minute, because I just wanted to thank your work on this. These five playgrounds will be probably the best five playgrounds we have in the whole city. And it's a start of of that measure piece that we set aside to redo playgrounds across the city and kids from across the entire city are going to enjoy these, which are going to be spectacular play areas for kids. And so I just want to ensure that we are moving along so that the community can see the results of their of their taxes and ensuring, as construction happens, that we're adequately signing the park so that people know that that their dollars are being put to work on these projects as well. I know that's in the works.
Speaker 6: As well, so.
Speaker 0: Thank you for that presentation. Councilmember Superfan.
Speaker 6: Thank you. And thanks to every night for also providing that timeline. That's the number one question we get. So if you could just reiterate that it makes perfect sense that you didn't want to impact the summer programs, you didn't want construction going on in high use times of the park. So for Whaley, at least, it's a fall project for the construction, as I understand it.
Speaker 2: That is correct. Okay.
Speaker 6: Thank you.
Speaker 0: Fall as in this fall or the next fall?
Speaker 2: No, this fall.
Speaker 0: Okay, good. These are going to be next fall for sure.
Speaker 2: With our partners in Public Works, these are all scheduled to be completed by the end of the year.
Speaker 0: Okay, that's that's good. Councilman Gonzalez.
Speaker 1: Yes? I just want to say thank you for these parks. Playgrounds. I think this is fantastic for all of us. And the very first thing, of course, Willmore asked for is when is the playground coming in? So there's this great timeline, and I appreciate the work for both of you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Councilman Price.
Speaker 8: This is fantastic. I love that there's distinct play areas that all the different parks and I think it's going to be great for the city moving forward. Do we have a plan of what the next priorities are for playground equipment replacement?
Speaker 2: So we have several other playgrounds that are in the queue for replacement. We just received the the housing and neighborhood grant from the state, and that's going to allow us to do two more playgrounds. So we've identified our playgrounds from the perspective of our health and safety needs first. And so we have a playground at Peace Park in the First District that is desperately in need of a redo. And so we're going to be able to do that with a grant. We also have a playground at Martin Luther King Park that will also be accomplished with that grant. And then we are continuing to look for other funding sources. We do not have anything identified in the second year of Measure A, and I don't believe the third year either for any future playgrounds. So we'll be continuing to look for outside grant funding to help us with that.
Speaker 8: I think that's great. I think that's a really good idea. And we've we've talked a lot about making sure that we have kind of modern facilities throughout the city and modern amenities for all of the residents. So to the extent that we can, even if we need to put up some matching funds, I think that's really important . But of course, the more we can enhance the areas that need it the most, the better. But if we can look at it from a citywide perspective, I think that would be great because I know that in some of the districts we've had some of the playground equipment fall apart and we've kind of, you know, improvised. So there's pieces that don't really belong, but they're, you know, kind of tacked on to a slide and different color and everything. And so that starts to look a little shabby. So if we can try to no reflection at all on Prime, you guys do an amazing job. But if we can start to think about how we can enhance all the playground spaces, that would be great and maybe kind of how how much they're utilized. And and that that might be a factor that we put into the prioritization as well in terms of what park are being most utilized. So thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Orson.
Speaker 3: Yes. This report and item is music to my ears. We've been advocating and working very hard to get new playground equipment at North Cerritos Park and Jackson Park and other parks for some time to councilmember price point. I think once these playgrounds are are put in place, it's going to kind of push the council to have to do more in terms of improving the quality of our playgrounds, throughout in parks, throughout our parks, because these playgrounds are going to set a new standard for play equipment in our city. And so thank you. Look forward to having some world class parks and improvement on what we have. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And I think that it's a good you know, when the council starts discussing additional imagery dollars in the future. I also think I'm a I love putting money to playgrounds. I think that is one of the best uses we could do for emergency funds. And so we should talk about that, I think in the future. Any any public comment on this? Seeing none. Go ahead, members. Custer votes.
Speaker 1: Motion carries.
Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract with PlayCore Wisconsin, Inc., dba GameTime, of Fort Payne, AL, including any necessary amendments, for the purchase of playground equipment, in the amount of $520,000, and authorize a 5 percent contingency in the amount of $26,000, for a total contract amount not to exceed $546,000, inclusive of taxes and fees.  (Districts 1,4,6,7)