HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-04-16 Planner Memo Re Brekke DNR Grant ADA Equipment CITY OF •
OAK PARK HEIGHTS IVIEMO
14168 North 57th Street
P.O. Box 2007
Oak Park Heights, MN 55082 A a 57
TO: Scott Richards, NW Associated DATE: April 16, 1996
FROM: Janet Robert SUBJECT: Brekke Park DNR Grant
Enclosed are photos of the two pieces of ADA equipment the Park Commission is proposing to
add to Brekke Park as part of the grant application. You may want to use these photos as
part of the grant. Kompan item #528 is the ramp for the Goods Wagon (we already have the
engine and the wagon) priced at $535.00. Item #M326 is Aladdin's Cave, priced at $1,895.00.
Include tax and 10% price increase for inflation for 1997 purchase. Add delivery charges of
about 7%. Also enclosed is Kompan's literature on Playful Integration as an ADA compliance
issue.
ADA and Safc!y Compliance •
On July 26, 1990 Public Law
101 -336 was signed into law.
Title III of this law, the
"Americans with Disabilities
' :g Act ", addresses both public and
x t w«'" private accomodations, and
`• states:
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,.: . "No individual shall be discrimi-
nated against on the basis of
disability in full and equal enjoy -
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�- ; ' E ities, privileges, advantages, and
� � , `� ° accomodations of any place of
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person who owns, leases (or
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leases to), or operates a place
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ADA and Your Our Children, is F G R P.: `
Playground Playful Integration,
At this time there are no ADA and ADA
design guidelines addressing Many designers of play area and Throughout this catalog, you
playground equipment. The equipment have mainly focused will find KOMPAN's PLAYFUL
Access Board of the Federal on "accessibility" in response to INTEGRATION symbol adjacent
Government is currently devel the passage of the ADA. How- to products that are best
oping the definitions for acces ever, this term only addresses the suited for accessible integrated
sibility which later will become individual's right to freely access play .
federal law for playground equip- the playground.
ment. Your local KOMPAN Play KOMPAN's Play Consultants
Consultant will stay up-to-date KOMPAN goes one step further, nationwide are highly trained
as these important issues and in the true spirit of the ADA to address the challenge of
develop. by emphasizing "PLAYFUL designing for PLAYFUL INTE-
Meanwhile, design standards are INTEGRATION ". KOMPAN's GRA.TION. They are available to
in place addressing the path of PLAYFUL INTEGRATION advise you on how to support the
access to the playground area, concept enables children with a play needs and interests of chil-
outlining issues such as sur broad range of abilities to play dren at different ages and stages
facing materials, grade of slope in a cozy playhouse, seesaw with of development, and designing
° and width of pathway, as well friends or caregivers, and manip- for a rich range of sensations and
as access to the play equipment. ulate with sand and water. We play opportunities.
do not believe that the population
o Contact your KOMPAN Play addressed in the ADA should be
o Consultant for a copy of such. asked to play on equipment that
"looks different ".
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Safety Cmpliance,CPSe Guidelines
and ASTM Standard
In the 1992 USCPSC Guideline,
one of the most important
changes from the 1981 Guideline
is the inclusion of the age group
under six years old.
The first and last paragraphs of
the introduction are particularly
noteworthy:
Atbi 1411
C "The U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission believes that
cp Guidelines, rather than a manda- , ' ' 4 ; . 3
Ems tory rule, are appropriate". , "°
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"Therefore the Commission is
not endorsing them as the sole ?
method to minimize injuries
associated with playground
equipment ".
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Another important distinction in
this latest version of Guidelines > _,
states that "Equipment Compo- `�'" --
nents intended solely for use by
the handicapped and necessarily
modified to accommodate such ""..
users safely are also not covered dr " *
by these guidelines ". ` '` ---::- ,_ /2
With these statements, the
Commission has made sure that This new standard adresses
the Guidelines do not stand in product design specification in
the way of further development relation to accessibility, and yet
and new applications of methods recognizes that this issue will
and materials. Just as important, become clearer after the criteria
it emphasizes that the obligation of the ADA as regards recreation -
to apply good code of practice al areas are published.
based upon previous experience
still remains the manufacturer's Please consult your local
ethical responsibility. KOMPAN representative on
these important developments.
In January of 1994, a new volun-
tary standard from the American All products featured in this
Society of Testing and Materials catalog have been thoroughly
was published (ASTM F -1487- evaluated for compliance with
93). All crucial requirements of the applicable guideline require -
the above mentioned CPSC ments, while still being subject
guidelines have been retained in
this new standard. Also, ASTM to professional judgement and ItY44- - - ...,,,,,
F- 1487 -93 covers a more compre application of relevant anthropo- b
hensive technical area of equip- metric measurements for chil- -Nil" . .
ment design. dren in both age groups 2 to 5 - `
and 5 to 12. , - x
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Goods Waggon
The Goods Waggon is ideal as a
working place with space for all
sorts of exotic goods or as an
excursion train with a dance
Cr floor. The Goods Waggon is also
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