The Project Playground rebuilding project has its first funding.
In a unanimous vote Monday, City and Borough of Juneau Assembly approved an ordinance to commit $1.3 million of insurance money to rebuild the playground, which burned down in April. The city’s agreement with Lexington Insurance Company states that Lexington will cover the costs to design and build a new playground in the same basic footprint of the previous one.
Three CBJ departments — Risk Management, Engineering and Parks and Recreation — are collaborating to make sure the city uses the money as efficiently and effectively as possible, according to the ordinance passed Monday. The design process is already underway and is expected to last through the winter, according to an October release from the city.
Any new changes outside the original footprint will have to be funded separately. As of mid-October the Juneau Community Foundation had received about $170,000 in donations for these changes, which will likely be in the areas of accessibility and safety.
