City Poised To Approve Purchase Of Ocean View Park Playground Structure

Authorizing City Manager Laura Snideman to purchase a playground structure for is on the Consent Calendar for approval at tomorrow night’s 7 p.m. meeting.

The total cost of the new playground structure from , including installation, totals $59,000.

The Coastside Mothers’ Club (CMC) and the Half Moon Bay Rotary Club will donate funding in the amount of $49,000. The City has allocated an additional $10,000 from the 2010-2011 City Council contingency fund.

The Coastside Mother’s Club in partnership with the Half Moon Bay Rotary Club began fundraising efforts in March of 2011 to replace the Ocean View Playground structure, located in Half Moon Bay’s Alsace Lorraine neighborhood off Kelly Street. The original structure was nearly two decades old and deemed unsafe last February by inspectors due to rust, uncovered bolts, and spacing concerns in proximity to other equipment.

The CMC solicited input on the design of the playground through a community workshop that was attended by park users, neighbors, families, and children.

The construction of the new playground will also include community participation and is tentatively scheduled for late September.

Tomorrow's city council meeting will be held at 7 pm at the at Shoreline Station.

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