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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 2/24/2025 Item No.: 7.f. Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Proposed Capital Improvements to Rosebrook Park 1 2 Background 3 Rosebrook Park is an 8-acre park located at the corner of County Road C and Snelling 4 Avenue but is only accessible by vehicle via Fry Street. The park contains two full-size 5 lighted soccer fields, tennis courts, a gathering building with exterior bathrooms (opened in 6 2015), a mid-sized playground, and a 50 by 30-foot wading pool. It is identified as a 7“community park” in the Parks and Recreation System Master Plan, meaning that it has 8 recreational opportunities that will be of interest to the whole community, as opposed to 9 primarily the immediate neighbors. 10 In late 2023, staff discussed with the Council a couple of upcoming capital asset 11 replacements that were planned for Rosebrook Park in 2025. 12 The Rosebrook playground was installed in 2000 and was first planned for 13 replacement in 2021, but has been deferred due to condition and staff capacity. The 14 playground is now at a point where replacement is necessary, as plastic and metal 15 components are beginning to fail and parts can no longer be acquired for 16 replacement. It is identified for replacement in 2025 with a planned budget of 17$165,000. 18 The wading pool, currently the City’s only water-play feature, dates back to at least 19 the 1970s and still has many of its original components. It is well beyond its 20 expected useful life of 20 to 30 years. In 2009, and again in 2016, significant crack 21 patching was undertaken to keep the pool in usable condition (both were known to 22 be short-term fixes). These cracks have begun to reemerge and new cracking has 23 developed in the 50-plus-year-old concrete. City maintenance staff manually patches 24 the pool each spring, but the cracks are becoming too large to be repaired. It was 25 not included on the City's Capital Improvement Program until 2022, when it was 26 added with a "placeholder" replacement value of $500,000 planned for 2025. 27 At the 2023 meeting with the Council, staff proposed a very preliminary plan to explore: 28 Replacing the wading pool with a splash pad (as was preliminarily proposed in the 29 Parks and Recreation System Master Plan in 2010, but scuttled due to a lack of 30 funds \[attachment 6\]). 31 Installing a new playground at a slightly different location. Page 1 of 5 Qbhf!248!pg!354