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Because the surface is rubberized, the facility requires little maintenance and is perfectly safe. No lifeguards are required. “They're like a magnet “We’ve incorporated a lit- tle bit of everything,” he said. The cost per splashpad is about $100,000, with all funds coming from developâ€" ment charges. There’s no age restriction with regard to Splashpad use, Mr. Raycroft said but the overall play area is set up mainly to accommodate junior and senior aged chil- dren. Weather permitting, the courts will be flooded in win- ter for hockey. Added features include basketball courts, picnic tables, monkey bars, swings and slides. Splashpads are only in neighbourhood parks, Mr. Raycroft explained. “We combined the best features of everything we saw,” Mr. Raycroft said.~ The leisure services stafl, working in close co-opera- tion with the department of planning, viewed a similar facility in Ajax before giving Stouffville’s projects their stamp of approval. But on a per capita basis, Stouflville has more than most. According to Mr. Raycroft, splashpads are in use in other areas of York Region includ- ing Markham, Richmond Hill, Aurora and Newmarket. The splashpad is a system of sprinklers, activated when a child touches what is called a bollard, a small black ball atop a pole. This action gen- erates a computerized flow of water that continues for nine minutes unless re-acti- vated. According to Rob Ray- croft, manager of facilities and parks, others will be added as residential devel- opment warrants. A fourth is planned next month in the area of Tenth Line South and Durham Road 30. Stouffville sites include Millard Street, west of Wm- lane Drive and Hoover Park Drive at Mostar Street and Byers Pond Way. More than 2,000 have been installed across Cana- da and the United States, as well as Europe and the Far East, since thé company was founded in 1995. Dunng' luly and August, hundreds of children are doing just that. And they’re finding it. threeplaces in fact, some only a few blocks from where they live. They’re called splashpads, a type of playground para- dise engineered by Vortex Aquatic Structures Interna- tional Inc. of Montreal and sold through AB.C. Recre- ation Ltd. of Paris, ON. Splashpads hit with parents, kids coking for the cool- est place in town? Iim Thomas is a Smufiin'lle resident who has written for The splashpad is one. Visit a site and see for yourself. While residential devel- opment remains a source of imitation for some, others welcome it as a boon to new and vibrant recreational proâ€" grams. In another municipality where she lived, vandalism caused considerable dam- age. way.’ “My children love it," said Kate Rego, “and we don’t have to pay for all this fun.” She described the Byers Pond site as “a beautiful park". Mth regard to water temâ€" peratures, she said children can run in, then warm up and run back in again. “We never had this sort of thing when I was a kid,” she said. “I might just sneak in and cool off, too.” Jennifer Lehman glanced back in time when she was a child. She, like Mr. Mitchell, appreciates the safety aspect of the facility. “They’re wonderful,” said Kelly Krabi, mother of two, “and very clean." Glenda Reynolds, a grand- mother, called them “ideal”. “The water may be cold but children don't seem to mind. It's fun for them. They soon get used to them.” “It’s a great idea and very convenient,” said Franca Ioannou, also a mother of two. “My children love it.” “A healthy activity for kids," agreed Lida Kalbassi, mother of two. “Fantastic,” said Peter Mitchell, grandfather of three. “They’re safe and child friendly." “It’s whatever the public wants,” Mr. Raycroft said. The parents I spoke with are pleased. 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