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Parks director reports four playground renovations approved with ARPA funds
The Parks and Recreation director told the Parks Board that the City Council had approved four playground renovations using American Rescue Plan Act funds, at Sanborn Park, Thompson Park playground No. 4, Glenwood Park and Benton Park, ranked the highest priority by park maintenance, and said the spending deadline was about 2024. The council awarded the Benton, Glenwood and Sanborn replacements on February 22, 2022 and the Thompson Area 4 replacement on July 12, 2022; those awards do not state the funding source.[1][2][3][4][5]
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Michael Kashuba, Director of Parks and Recreation (as recorded in the board minutes): The October 13, 2021 Parks Board minutes record: "City Council approved four additional playgrounds renovations using the ARPA funds: Sanborn Park Playground, Thompson Park Playground #04, Glenwood Park Playground, and Benton Park Playground. These playgrounds are standing at the highest priority for renovation, per park maintenance." Asked about a deadline, the director said it was "approximately 2024." In December 2021 he described the four parks as "the under-served locations." [1][2]
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The council's February 22, 2022 consent agenda, approved 5-0, awarded turnkey playground replacements at Benton Park (Child's Play, Inc., $149,969.76), Glenwood Park (Exerplay Inc., $152,247.25) and Sanborn Park (Kraftsman Commercial Playgrounds and Water Parks, $129,450.21), among ten parks. The July 12, 2022 agenda lists the Thompson Area 4 playground replacement to Kompan Inc. for $159,174.48, with funding "allocated in Project # 411703"; the Parks Board was told on July 13 that the council approved it. None of these documents names ARPA as the funding source. [3][4][5]
