You have been recruited by your neighbor, the president of the local homeowner association, to lead an effort to modernize a park in the neighborhood. The homeowner association will pay for all supplies and equipment but all of the labor will come from residents in the neighborhood. You’ve walked the park with your neighbor to scope the project and the two of you have put together the following information:
The wooden bandstand needs to be scraped and re-painted. Residents would like to have a portable audio visual system integrated into the bandstand to support a weekly movie night and other neighborhood social events. The president of the homeowners association has already asked a local AV expert and community resident to research and select an appropriate audio visual system. Based on the estimated equipment cost, the president has decided to delay purchase and installation of the audio visual system until a later date (i.e., it will not be part of this project). However, he wants to go ahead with any bandstand infrastructure modifications needed to support the selected system. A subsequent meeting with the AV expert reveals the following: (1) the bandstand already has electrical outlets; (2) pads for four speakers will have to be mounted to the bandstand; (3) the structure of the bandstand will have to be modified to enable mounting a removable movie screen and create a space for an audio visual control station; and (4) the base of the bandstand will have to be modified to include a secure storage area for audio/visual equipment when not in use.
The playground area for younger children currently has a six-seat A-frame swing set. There is a broken weld joint at the top of one A-frame member that needs to be repaired and the entire structure needs to be cleaned and repainted. All six seats and chains sets need to be replaced.
Residents would like to have a wooden play structure installed to replace a merry-go-round that had been removed a couple of years before. Residents would also like rubber mulch to be installed under and around the swing set and the play structure.