PHASE 1
NALA PLAYGROUND REOPENING
Nevada
Association of Latin
Americans Child
Care Center
323 N. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas
NV 89101
On November 3, 2006 the Southern Nevada Health District did
a comprehensive survey of the NALA
Child Care
Center playground and
officially shut it down. The following is the minimum of what must be done to
get it reopened. Please keep in mind that this is a temporary solution since
much of the equipment will have to be disposed of and can not be replaced in
the short time period.
GENERAL PLAYGROUND
- We
need to have a mason come in and regrout some of the joints in the wall to
remove finger entrapment issues.
- Also
of issue were the existing handrails at the exit doors from the building.
We will need to have perforated metal sheeting painted and welded to the
outside of the existing handrails. This will eliminate the potential for accidental
strangulation.
- Lastly
we need to install plastic inserts in the existing chain link fence to
make it unclimbable. There are also some adjustments required to the
existing gate to reduce all open sizes to maximum of 3”.
PLAY EQUIPMENT
We will need to have the existing play structure demolished
and removed from the property. This includes all of the concrete foundations.
Once removed we can re grade the existing sand to cover the holes and to cover
the shade structure bases up to 9”. Now that the play equipment is gone in this
area it becomes a level sandy play area.
SWINGS
The support structure
for the swings is in good shape. The swings themselves must be removed and
destroyed. We can install 1 new toddler swing and 5 new child swings on this
structure. We will also have to remove from the property the 3 existing metal
toy cars. In addition we will have to cut and demo some of the existing
concrete slab to meet the protective use zone requirement.
SHADE ISSUES
- The
new shade structure was finaled by the SNHD during the inspection on
Friday. There only comment was that the column bases must be covered with
9” of sand.
- The
existing shade structure must be maintained. The wooden cover will need to
be sanded and repainted or stained.
With the existing
shade structure and the trees they are essentially compliant at this time.
During this inspection we discussed various other issues and
options that we will need to address when we submit the plans for the new
playground equipment under Phase 2