Tigard’s Universal Plaza Splash Pad was closed for the summer after its plan review application was not approved by the Oregon Health Authority (OHA). At a June 24 city council meeting, Tigard Parks and Recreation Manager Rick Gruen said they were in the process of seeking contractors to modify the splash pad to meet OHA standards.
“The quick and dirty of it, mayor, is we discovered that the prior property project team did not engage with the Oregon Health Authority prior to the start of construction, to go through what’s called a plan review,” Gruen reported at the June 24 city council meeting. “You’d think about it as kind of like a building permit.”
At their June 24 council meeting, councilors were updated on the state of the splash pads by officials from parks and recreation and community development. The agenda item was added by Tigard Mayor Yi-Kang Hu, who explained that “community members had questions about it.”…