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A Playground Slide on the Green
A report and proposal by the Town of Arden Playground Committee
Dela Bryan, Mick Fitzharris, Jim Laurino, David Nordheimer, and Jeff Politis
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The Playground Committee
• From the Arden Book:
• The Playground Committee makes sure that playground equipment on the Arden and Sherwood greens is kept in good repair and safe condition.
• The group tours the greens every other month in the winter and every month in the summer, inspecting each piece of equipment.
• When needed, they replenish mulch around the swings, slides, and other installations in play areas
• and they recommend purchase of new equipment for Town Assembly consideration and approval.
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Our Motion
• Moved that the town approves installing an embankment slide on the South end of the Arden Green as shown in the drawings presented at this meeting.
• Approval is contingent on obtaining funding for the project without using land rent.
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An early view of the Green. It has changed many times over the years.
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Last year’s concept of a terrain or embankment slide
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The Committee Recommends a Terrain Slide for the Green
• A terrain slide is inherently safer
• A terrain slide will save money on maintenance
• A terrain slide is more fun
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The current proposal for a terrain or embankment slide
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Plan view of the proposed slide. It does not encroach on any trees.
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The replacement slide had to move
• We care a great deal about the health of the Fells Oak.
• The arborist’s rule of thumb is that the roots spread as far as the branches.
• Padding on the ground and foot traffic under the branches of a tree affect the roots.
• You can see in Ed’s plan how far the branches spread. We need the slide to stay out of there.
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We made this picture in an attempt to show what a free standing slide would look like moved out on the Green. Note that in a real installation the slide would be surrounded by a roughly 14X28 foot bed of wood chips.
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A Stand-Alone slide needs Wood Chips for Fall Protection
• The cost of maintaining the mulch bed for a stand-alone slide, according to our financial projection.
• The projected total cost of the mulch is $3400, for a conventional six foot slide for 26 years.
• The initial cost of $600 for mulch will be split with the state, the
maintenance cost will not be split with the state.
• Therefore, the mulch bed will cost the town $3100.
• Not having a mulch bed will avoid $3100 for mulch alone, in land rent, in today’s dollars.
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Estimated Cost of a free standing slide
• $4500 for the slide FOB manufacturer
• $1000 shipping
• $1500 installation of the slide
• $2000 creating fall area protection
• $3000 future wood chip replacement (no state aid)
• $12,000 equivalent cost
• Cost to town $7500 (after state match)
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The current proposal for a terrain or embankment slide
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Estimated Cost of a terrain slide
• $4500 for the slide FOB manufacturer
• $1000 shipping (same as free standing slide)
• $10,000 construction – using some volunteer labor, using low cost fill and dirt, volunteer planting, and donated rocks.
• $15,500 equivalent cost
• Cost to town $7700 (after state match)
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The Mock-Up, Close up
Following up on a suggestion from Bill Theis at the January meeting, the committee and some community volunteers worked on the green one afternoon to study a mock-up of our slide idea. Ed Rohrbach followed up, making two new drawings that reflect what we learned that day.
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The Mock-Up, From the Jungle Gym
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Examples
• We collected pictures of some fun slides from around the world.
• Terrain Slides are increasingly popular.
• A Terrain Slide is part of a Natural Playground
• Here is a quick tour.
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Fun for kids.
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Fun for all
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Main Conclusions
• A terrain slide is inherently safer
• A terrain slide will save money on maintenance
• A terrain slide is more fun
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Thank You
We hope you approve
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A Motion
• Moved that the town approves installing an embankment slide on the South end of the Arden Green as shown in the drawings presented at this meeting.
• Approval is contingent on obtaining funding for the project without using land rent.
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Respectfully submitted by your playground committee
• Dela Bryan, Mick Fitzharris, Jim Laurino, David Nordheimer, and Jeff Politis
• With help from many others, including Walt Borders, Ed Rohrbach, Bill Theis, Katrina Streiff, Carol Larson, and Al Marks. With our apologies to those whose names we forgot.