The City of Hood River will hold a public meeting on the future of the Children’s Park on Monday.  City Councilors received a report from the public works department that the play structure on Hazel Avenue built by volunteers nearly 25 years ago will be closing due to safety concerns.  Mayor Paul Blackburn says the issue is rotting wood beams, noting they were only supposed to last 20 years, creating a liability issue for the City, but he adds they want to replace it.  He says current Councilor Mark Zanmiller was part of the original effort to build the play structure and will be an important resource, and there are modern material play structures that he believes can be built at the park.  Blackburn says an early rough estimate for replacement is 300-thousand dollars, noting modern liability issues make it difficult to use volunteer labor.  He says options to pay for it include using systems development charges and fundraising.  The meeting will be at six Monday evening at the Hood River Fire Hall.