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installation of furniture and a concrete ring around the play equipment. Those items will be done either in-house or through a more economical contracting service. The Parks and Recreation commission held a neighborhood meeting on March 4 to discuss the proposed developments. Some of the neighbors requested that the boardwalk trail and the small trail head parking lot off of Arthur street, shown on the Master Plan, be eliminated from the Master Plan. This item is not part of the current project. A second neighborhood meeting was held on 111lay 5 and the Parks and Recreation commission unanimously recommended that these two items be eliminated from the master plan. Some of the neighbors also requested that the grater flow into the north section of the lake r be improved. This is also not part of this project. The Engineering Department has made a na re l i m i review of this item and has stated that to remove or lower the pipe would oast p rY several hundred thousand dollars. The Parks and recreation Commission has recommended that if the Council is interested in this request from the neighbors that moneys be appropriated for a consultant to study the issue and recommend a solution with cost estimates. In April, the City submitted a grant to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Outdoor Recreation Program. We recently received notice that the city was awarded a $50,000 rant for the project. This will allow the city to complete a majority of the project- with less City funds than budgeted. If approved, the construction of the park would take place beginning in ,.duly. �F a POLICY OBJECTIVE The osa l ro to complete ete Langton Lake Park is consistent with the following pol i ci e s F p p Parks and Recreation Systems Plan Langton Lake Master Plan Pans and Recreation Infrastructure Committee Recommendations FINANCIAL IMPLICATION The planned cost of the completion of Langton Lake Park was $350,000. The current recommended project ect cost is $316,400 plus a $23,000 contingency fund. Additional projects total! approximately $45,000 are planned as part of the overall Langton Park probe �f development. These additional items will be brought to the council later this summer include new la equipment and the irrigation system. The city monies for the proposed Mn play development evel o .neat would be taken from the Parks and Recreation Infrastructure Fund and would combined with the $50,000 rant from the State. Tyre overall affect because of the be corm � successful p rant application is a reduction of $1 5,000 to the city. � STAFF RECOMMENDATION Based on the recommendation of the Parks and Recreation Commission, the Parks and Recreation Infrastructure committee and the consistency with the Langton Lake Park Master Plan, the staff recommends the authorization to accept the bid of central 2