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Council gives OK for ADA playground to be installed at city park

Justin Addison Editor/Publisher
Posted 3/31/20

New playground equipment initially designated to be placed at Ricketts-Graham Lake will find a home at the Fayette City Park. The playground universal design playground equipment, purchased by the …

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Council gives OK for ADA playground to be installed at city park

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New playground equipment initially designated to be placed at Ricketts-Graham Lake will find a home at the Fayette City Park. The playground universal design playground equipment, purchased by the Howard County Health and Wellness Council with the help of a grant from the Special Services Board, has been in storage for several months while awaiting improvements at the lake.

However, it was discovered about a year after the city was awarded an RTP grant from the state that the city had grossly underestimated concrete costs in its grant application. The $141,000 grant did not come close to covering the expenses of the plan to pave the walking trail around the lake, install a new bathroom, and pave the parking lot. In February the council voted to give back the grant and abandon the project.

But the playground equipment had already been purchased and was awaiting installation. 

The Fayette Board of Alderman, during a special meeting Wednesday, March 25, gave unanimous approval to a plan by the Parks Commission to place the ADA playground equipment next to the lower shelter house at the Fayette City Park. It will sit between the shelter house and the existing playground on a flattened area of land near the southeast corner of the sand volleyball court.

Discussion at the parks meeting also included an ADA accessible bathroom. It was deemed too expensive to convert the existing bathroom and sidewalk to meet ADA requirements. For the short term, ADA port-a-potties will likely be used until a permanent solution is realized.

Fayette City Council

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