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Playground Equipment
The Park and Recreation Department is in the process of renovating playgrounds and replacing playground equipment across the city of Wichita to enhance this community resource and address safety concerns associated with current configurations. To date, the City has invested $964,160 in playground renovation and equipment replacement at the following park sites: Aley, Sunset, Brownthrush, Lincoln, Henry, Hope, Prospect, Lynette Woodard Recreation Center, College Hill, Cypress, Rivera, Schweiter, Sycamore, West Douglas, West Millbrook, Planeview, Southview, Emery, Piatt, Woodland, Evergreen, Harrison, Boston, Cessna, Sleepy Hollow, Edgemoor, McDonald and Eastview.
On August 6, 2002 the City Council authorized the initiation of $800,000 in the 2002 and 2003 Park Capital Improvement Program to rehabilitate park playgrounds in various locations.
The City’s Request for Proposal (RFP) was developed to select one vendor to design and construct various playground improvements. A pre-proposal conference was held on October 28, 2002 to allow all interested companies to view each of the playground sites and ask questions.
The City received seven responses to the RFP. The Screening and Selection Committee comprised of city staff and community volunteers evaluated each of the proposals and developed a short list of three companies which made presentations to the Committee. The Committee evaluated proposals based on aesthetics (10%), durability (40%), play value (30%), and cost and installation capability (20%). Based on the criteria, Athco, L.L.C. was selected for the playground design and construction.
The proposal includes renovated playgrounds with full ADA accessible play structures at the following park locations: Evergreen, Minisa, Osage, North Linwood, South Linwood, McAdams, Murdock, Emporia, Skyline, Hyde, and Watson – East and West sites. Additional play equipment will be added to Schweiter, Sycamore, Boston and Planeview Parks as recent renovations were modest and play equipment is limited at these park sites.
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McAdams Park |
Osage Park |
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