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ROSEVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION CDBG GRANT APPLICATION ATTACHMENT "A" DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT The Roseville Parks and Recreation Department is seeking funds to install playground equipment as well safety and accessible surfaces for two children's play areas that will provide easy and independent access for physically handicapped children thereby achieving integration of the handicapped and non-handicapped individuals. The children's play areas in this proposal are each located in heavily used areas of Roseville's Central Park. The first area is located in the Marie Slawik section of Central Park and was constructed in 1983. This space contains specifically designed play apparatus that integrates experiences for able bodied and physically challenged children, that includes ramps, decks, slides, upper arm climbing apparatus and diggers. This apparatus is designed for use by children in wheelchairs, on crutches or those that are physically non-disabled. The play area is adj acent to a barrier free picnic shelter, a wheelchair exercise course and is near a fishing dock that accommodates wheelchairs. The city of Roseville and the Central Park Foundation paid over $100,000 for the original development of this area. Unfortunately, the technology at that time did not provide for a surface that was safe and at the same time accessible for individuals using wheelchairs and crutches. Modern advances in safety surfacing resulted in the development of a poured acrylic surface that is both resilient for safety needs and at the same time provides a firm base for access of handicapped individuals. A portion of this proposal is to provide this safety accessible surface under the existing play equipment. A second portion of the proposal is the area of Central Park just east of Lexington Avenue. This play area near the amphitheatre is in need of repair and is not accessible to physically challenged youngsters. A new play area is being designed for this section of the park that would be accessible to the handicapped and would also have the accessible safety surface described in the other portion of the project. Central Park is a 220 acre recreation and open space sight located in Roseville in the west Central section of Ramsey County. Generally, the sight is bounded by Dale Street on the east (there is a small portion that does extend on the east side of Dale street), Transit Avenue on the south, County Road C on the north and Lexington Avenue on the west. The sight is mid-way between Interstate 35W and Interstate 35E and is just north of Trunk State Highway #36. Although not part of the Metropolitan Regional Park system, Central Park attracts visitors from the entire Metropolitan Area. The site has a service area of 139 square miles. (approximately five mile radius) with an estimated population of 339,365 (1990 Census). The