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2006 San Francisco Playground Report Card Park Grade Park Grade 24th Street Mini Park Closed McCoppin Square A Adam Rodgers Park A McKinley Square B Alamo Square C Merced Heights Playground B Alice Chalmers A Alioto Mini Park B Michelangelo Playground C 2006 Alta Plaza Park Closed Midtown Terrace Playground C Argonne Closed Miraloma Playground C Balboa Park and Pool D Mission Dolores Park B San Francisco Bay View Playground and King Pool A Mission Playground/Pool A Bernal Heights Mini Park B Mission Rec. Center A Bernal Heights park and Rec. Center A Moscone Playground East F Playground Boeddeker Park and Clubhouse C Moscone Playground West A Brooks Park A Buena Vista Park A Mountain Lake Park C Report Card Bush/Broderick Mini Park C Noe Valley Courts B Cabrillo Playground C North Beach Playground and Pool B Cayuga Playground B Oceanview Playground and Recreation Center B Chinese Playground D Palou Phelps Mini-Park B Chinese Recreation Center F Panhandle C Civic Center Plaza D Parkside Square B Clement Mini Park F On February 11, 2006, the Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) hosted the Love Your Playground Parque Ninos Unidos B Coleridge Mini Park C event to raise awareness of and bring attention to the needs of San Francisco's playgrounds. The Coronado Playground B Peixotto Playground A Cow Hollow Playground & Clubhouse D Portola (Palega) Playground & Rec. Center D event was held at four locations around the City, one in each city quadrant. Volunteers that Crocker Amazon Playground @ Geneva B Portsmouth Square A participated in the event received training for a survey tool developed by NPC in conjunction with the Crocker Amazon Playground @ Italy F Potrero Hill Mini Park C Recreation and Park Department (RPD) based on a survey created by the National Program for Douglass Playground A Potrero Hill Playground & Rec. Center F Duboce Playground @ Noe B Precita Park D Playground Safety. Volunteers then signed up to complete surveys in their own neighborhoods, with Duboce Playground @ Waller D Presidio Heights Playground & Clubhouse C the ambitious goal of completing a survey for each playground in San Francisco. The Report Card is Eureka Valley Playground & Rec. Center A Randolph Bright Mini Park A Excelsior Playground A an attempt to create a baseline for the state of our playgrounds as well as provide RPD with Franklin Square F Richmond Playground A necessary information to direct their limited resources for maintenance and improvements. Fulton Playground C Rochambeau Playground B Garfield Square/Pool A Rolph Nicol Playground (Eucalyptus Park) A George Christopher Playground A Rossi Playground F Gilman Playground A Saint Mary’s Square F Glen Canyon Park B Saint Mary's Playground & Rec. Center F Golden Gate Heights Park C San Francisco Playgrounds DistrictDistrict PlaygroundPlayground Grades Grades Selby/Palou Mini Park C Golden Gate Park -Fulton & 8th Avenue C Seward Mini Park B Final Grades 2006 Golden Gate Park -Sharon Meadow Closed Sgt. John Macauley Park C A's 58% Golden Gate Park - Lincoln & 45th Ave B District 1 D 64% Sigmond Stern Grove (including Stern Grove Annex) B 25% B's District 1 Grattan Park F District 2 69% Silver Terrace Playground C 27% C 69% Hamilton Recreation Center D District 2 South of Market Rec. Center B District 3 67% Hayes Green B District 3 C 67% South Park D District 4 C 63% Hayes Valley Playground C 65% South Sunset Playground Closed District 4 Hayward Playground C District 5 C 73% Sunset Playground F 73% Helen Wills Playground A District 5 66% States St. Playground D District 6 C Herz Playground B Sunnyside Playground C District 6 C 68% 66% Hilltop Park F District 7 Tenderloin Park and Rec. Center B Closed Holly Park A DistrictDistrict 7 8 72% 86% Upper Noe Rec. Center A 4% B Hunters Point Rec Center D 79% 86% Visitation Valley Playground A DistrictDistrict 8 9 B Huntington Park D F's Walter Haas Playground B District 10 76% 81% Hyde-Turk Mini Park B 7% C's District 9 B Washington Hyde Mini Park B 24% District 11 59% India Basin/Shoreline Park C District 10 D 76% Washington Square and Marini Plaza C J.P. Murphy Playground and Clubhouse F 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%61% 80% 90% West Portal Playground B D's District 11 Jackson Playground A West Sunset Playground F 13% James Rolph Playground D 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Woh Hei Yuen Park C Julius Kahn Playground & Clubhouse C Youngblood Coleman Playground & Rec. Center C Junipero Serra Playground C Figure 1: The above pie chart indicates that just over half of Figure 2: When looking at average scores by Supervisoral Juri Commons B San Francisco's playgrounds received a grade of an A or B in District, no District scored an A in the 2006 Report Card. Only Kelloch/Velasco Park C Grades: What it all MEANS: the 2006 Report Card. three districts received an average of B and District 11 Kid Power/Hoff Street Park B A = 88% - 100% A Congratulations on having a safe and received a D average. Kimball Playground A B = 75% - 87% well-maintained playground. Please Koshland Park A continue to maintain this excellence. C = 62% - 74% Lafayette Park D D = 51% - 61% Your playground is on its way to This Playground Report Card was made possible through the generous support of the Larsen Park D B F = 50 and below providing a safe environment for children. Laurel Hill Playground & Clubhouse A Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Lee Recreation Center B C Additional work is needed to create a and the Lessing Sears Mini Park A safe and well maintained environment for Lincoln Playground F children. Little Hollywood Park B Improvements are needed. Louis Sutter Playground B D F Please make improvements immediately. Issues that DON'T MAKE the GRADE in San Francisco Playgrounds (in order of reporting priority) Rules posted regarding 25% expected behavior Wooden Play structure is 41% thoroughly painted Equipment is free of rust, 42% corrosion or rotting All “S” hooks are closed 52% Equipment is free of splinters 54% Playground has sufficient 56% lighting 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% % of city parks in compliance Figure 3: The above chart indicates the most frequent areas of concern for San Francisco playgrounds. t is important that S-Hooks found on a playground I are closed at least to the width of a dime. This is a Of all issues reported national standard that helps prevent serious injury to children that can result if drawstrings on children’s clothing get caught in open S-Hooks. through in 2005, playgrounds topped Issues that MAKE the GRADE in the list as an issue of San Francisco Playgrounds concern! Supporting structure is 98% securely anchored to ground Children can be easily viewed 93% Reported Issues of Major Concern to the San Francisco Park-going Public on equipment 2005 Platform guardrails are 92% Playgrounds 27% securely in place Athletic Courts 17% Equipment fasteners are all 91% Restrooms 11% tight Playground is free of visual 89% Gates/Locks/Fences 8% impairments Recreation Center Exteriors 8% Suitable surfacing materials 89% Drinking Fountains 7% provided Garbage Containers 6% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Picnic Areas 6% % of city parks in compliance Signage 4% Lights/Lighting 3% Dog Play Areas 1% Some wooden play structures that were put in place before % of city-w ide reports 1991 contain arsenic due to pressure treated lumber. RPD seals these play structures by thoroughly painting them on a Copyright Neighborhood Parks Council 2006, All rights reserved. regular basis. .
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