Funding Fiscal Year: | 2012 – $157,240 |
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Project Number: | 00484 – 2012-2016 |
Project Budget: | $782,274 |
Funding Source: | $632,274 – 2010 Park Sales Tax $150,000 – 2015 Park Sales Tax |
Description: In 2009, the City of Columbia entered into an agreement for professional services with Gerald Morgan of Mexico, Missouri to conduct an ADA Facility and Structural Assessment to assist the City in ADA compliance. The list of facilities included recreation facilities and parks under the management of the Parks and Recreation Department. The report was completed in 2011. Over $800,000 in ADA compliance projects were identified for parks and recreation facilities. The projects ranged from lowering bathroom mirrors 1.5 inches to replacing sidewalks.
Project Manager: Gabe Huffington, Assistant Parks and Recreation Director, 573.874.6398opens phone dialer, [email protected]create new email
Project Notes: In September 2011, 33 reports ranging from 6-34 pages each for parks and recreation facilities were made available to Parks and Recreation staff. Staff analyzed the reports and will prioritize and schedule the projects based on need, usage, feasibility, and funding. Work on some of the projects will begin in 2012. Some of the smaller items may be funded out of the annual park maintenance operating budget.
The new Federal guidelines regarding pool lifts came after the consultant completed the ADA compliance report for Columbia’s park system. The request for more ADA sidewalks at Stephens Lake Park also came after the report. These projects will also be incorporated into the Park ADA Compliance project.
Project Status: See chart below for ADA renovations completed. Plans are to incorporate ADA items in conjunction with current and upcoming capital improvement projects.
Park / Facility ADA Report | Description of Work / Status | Year Completed |
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ARCopens PDF file | Completed two items: sidewalk repair and relocation of shelving unit near entry door. | 2013 |
Again St. Parkopens PDF file | Completed all ten (10) ADA renovation items. | 2012 |
Albert-Oakland Poolopens PDF file | Completed installation of ADA pool lift. Completed ADA restroom improvements. | 2013 2017 |
American Legion Parkopens PDF file | Replaced playground pea gravel with engineered wood fiber. | 2012 |
Raised lavatory in each restroom to 34″ a.f.f. to gain required clearance underneath. | 2014 | |
Completed ADA improvements for the archery range. | 2016 | |
Installed a new playground with improved ADA access. | 2017 | |
Completed ADA walkway improvements. | 2018 | |
Armory Sports Centeropens PDF file | Completed 29 items related to the restrooms, doors, and other areas in the building. | 2012 |
Bear Creek Parkopens PDF file | Installed ADA walkway to the playground and replaced pea gravel playground surface with ADA accessible playground surface | 2020 |
Cosmo Parkopens PDF file | Completed all nine (9) items for L.A. Nickell Clubhouse. | 2013 |
Steinburg Playground – Three exterior accessible route items. Also, a poured-in-place rubber safety surface was included in the renovation project to create an inclusive play area easily accessible for children with mobile disabilities. This aspect of the project is above the scope and in addition to the ADA items listed in the report. | 2015 | |
Replaced concrete pad at the Lamb Shelter drinking fountain for wheelchair access. | 2014 | |
Walkway improvements at Antimi Sports Complex | 2018 | |
Douglass Parkopens PDF file | Completed four (4) sidewalk items and five (5) parking items are no longer applicable with new parking plans for the Douglass Park Improvements Phase I Project. | 2014 |
Completed ADA walkway improvements to the the new shelter. | 2018 | |
Douglass Poolopens PDF file | Completed installation of ADA pool lift. | 2013 |
Downtown Optimistopens PDF file | Completed ADA walkways, added an ADA accessible picnic table and improved the wood fiber play surfaces (7 items total). | 2015 |
Fairview Parkopens PDF file | Completed four items related to exterior accessible routes. | 2015 |
Hickman Poolopens PDF file | Completed installation of ADA pool lift. | 2013 |
Indian Hillsopens PDF file | Installed new playground with compacted wood fiber surface. | 2017 |
Completed ADA restroom improvements | 2017 | |
New ADA walkways installs and repairs to existing walkways completed. | 2017 | |
Lions-Stephens Parkopens PDF file | Completed ten items related to the playground and trail/sidewalks. | 2012 |
LOW Poolopens PDF file | Completed installation of ADA pool lift. | 2013 |
LOW Recreation Areaopens PDF file | Added one wheelchair accessible picnic table at the pool and completed five (5) restroom items related to signage, mirrors, and dispensers. | 2015 |
McKee St. Park (not included in report) | Replaced playground pea gravel with engineered wood fiber. | 2013 |
MKT Trailopens PDF file | Installed a concrete pad for seating at the soccer field. | 2015 |
MLK Jr. Memorial at Battle Gardenopens PDF file | Completed nine items related to the restrooms. | 2015 |
Nifong Parkopens PDF file | Installed new concrete walkway from Cosmopolitan Breakfast Club Farm Animal Barn to the restroom. | 2014 |
Installed a new concrete shelter pad along with a shelter and completed ADA parking improvements. | 2016 | |
Paquin Parkopens PDF file | Completed three items related to the sidewalk. | 2013 |
Parkade Parkopens PDF file | Replaced sidewalk adjacent to the W. Craig St. curb ramp and corrected slope. | 2013 |
Rock Bridge Parkopens PDF file | Installed new contrasting truncated dome curb-cut at Marimar Lane and added a concrete walkway connecting to the play areas. Supplemented and compacted the existing wood fiber play surfaces in the playground area. | 2014 |
Shepard Blvd. Parkopens PDF file | Replaced playground pea gravel with engineered wood fiber. | 2012 |
Removed worn decking and replaced playground. | 2015 | |
Stephens Lake Parkopens PDF file | New ADA walkways completed. | 2012 |
Twin Lakes Recreation Areaopens PDF file | Completed 51 items in various locations, including the parking lot, restrooms, and bathhouse. | 2013 |
Valleyview Parkopens PDF file | New ADA walkways completed. | 2017 |
Completed truncated dome for entry to the park. | 2018 |
Related article:
- “Changes in parks enhance accessibility”
Columbia MIssourian – October 23, 2014