Project Description Country: USA Location: Fairbanks, Alaska Total Budget: $60,000 Area of Focus: Economic and community development Activity Type: Community Development: General Summary: The goal is to build a Rotary Park on a peninsula in the Tanana Lakes Recreation Area with pavilions for picnicking and small playgrounds with equipment for all ages encircled by a natural walking trail with benches along the route. This is a multi-year project to build a fully accessible Rotary Play Park in Fairbanks for all ages. The park will be on a peninsula of land across from the swim beach in the non-motorized portion of the Tanana Lakes Recreation Area between South Lathrop Street and South Cushman Street. The park will preserve the natural conditions of the area as much as possible, including a nature walking path with benches. The final park will have approximately 4 pavilions/gazebos for picnics and parties as well as 13 individual playgrounds with equipment for all ages. The main walking path down the middle that connects the gazebos and playgrounds will be fully handicap accessible. There will be 21 parking spaces and 2 ADA spaces with a new gravel parking lot at the front of the park. This area is part of the new Tanana Lakes Recreation Area that is currently being developed in sections and we will be partnering with the Fairbanks North Star Borough. There is not currently a park in Fairbanks that provides picnic, playground, and trails for all ages all in one close area, especially with swimming and non-morotized boating also available. The new parking area is much needed to move current parking off the roadside. The plan is to complete the park in 4 phases. Phase I will be completed in 2015-2016 and include the parking area, all the dirt work and clearing for the trails, gazebos, and playgrounds. Rotarians and friends will do all the labor, including operating the equipment, clearing the area and underbrush for the trails, playgrounds, and gazebos, and spreading the gravel and recycled asphalt for the parking areas and main trail. As much as possible, the cleared brush will be chipped and used as the surface for the nature walking trail. The project funds will be used to purchase the recycled asphalt for the main trail and the playgrounds, the signage, the D1 gravel for the parking lot, paint, and pipe for storm drainage. It is anticipated that some of the materials will be donated and that we can raise some funds with bench sponsorships. Project Contact Person District: 5010 Rotary Club of: Fairbanks Primary Contact: Aisha Tinker Bray Email: jabrayak@gmail.com Project Status Completed This project is "Completed". This means the project has been implemented and the report was accepted by the district leadership. The project will stay listed on this website as a testimony of the achievements of the project partners. Project listed for the 2015-16 Rotary Year.

Proposed Financing Existing Contributions Towards This Project Date Cash DDF Total Fairbanks (5010) 13-Apr-15 $55,000 $5,000 $60,000 Total $55,000 $5,000 $60,000

Project Supporting Documents Alphabetical with icons By date with icons Alphabetical list format By date list format [22-Aug-16] Final Report P-823 [4-Mar-16] Play Park Phasing & Plan Outline [22-Aug-16] Receipt for Culverts [11-Aug-16] Receipt for site clearing [22-Aug-16] Receipt for Timbers [22-Aug-16] Receitpt for Sign [13-Apr-15] Rotary Play Park - Master Plan [22-Aug-16] Sign Drawing 2 [22-Aug-16] Sign Drawings 1 [13-Apr-15] Tanana Lakes - Site Concepts Summer Use [13-Apr-15] Total FMV Cost Estimate Phase I

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History Log Entries 13-Apr-15 System Entry Creation of project page. 31-Jul-15 System Entry Project sent for club signatures. 31-Jul-15 System Entry Project signed by Aisha Tinker Bray. 8-Aug-15 System Entry Project approved by the District Approval Committee. 11-Aug-15 System Entry Check for DDF payment issued by Foundation Treasurer. 19-Aug-15 by Aisha Tinker Bray Play Park final permitting is in process. Clean-up day is September 19, 2015 at 9:00 am. 4-Mar-16 by Aisha Tinker Bray The master plan is finally approved within the wetlands permits, with the phases outlined. See attached document. Phase I will consist of mostly infrastructure put in this summer. We are now looking for the materials and equipment for Phase I. 29-Jun-16 by Aisha Tinker Bray Due to permitting delays, we are behind schedule. We hope to break ground on the parking area around July 11th, weather permitting. Once the contractor is on-site, we hope to be able to purchase the culverts and any other items needed for the parking area to complete the 2015-2016 grant requirements by the end of July or August of this year. 22-Aug-16 by Aisha Tinker Bray In anticipation of the weather finally allowing the parking area to be completed, the culverts, timbers, and entrance sign have been purchased for installation with the construction of the parking area, expending the balance of the 2015-2016 grant funds for Phase I of the Rotary Play Park. 22-Aug-16 by Aisha Tinker Bray System Entry: Project has been implemented and final report uploaded. 24-Aug-16 by Denise Ringhand System Entry: Final report approved by the District Approval Committee.