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<br />REQUEST FOR ACTION <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />T O I TEM N UMBER <br /> <br />Mayor and City Council 8.3 <br />A GENDA S ECTION M EETING D ATE P REPARED BY <br /> <br />General BusinessApril 15, 2013Michael Hecker, Parks and Recreation <br /> <br />Director <br />I TEM D ESCRIPTION R EVIEWED B y <br /> <br />Resolution Acknowledging the Removal and Donation of Cal Portner, City Administrator <br />Obsolete Playground Equipment <br />R EVIEWED BY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />AR <br />CTION EQUESTED <br />Adopt by motion the attached resolution acknowledging the removal and donation of obsolete <br />playground equipment. <br /> <br />B/D <br />ACKGROUNDISCUSSION <br />City Council directed staff to remove the playground at Orono Park on March 4. The weather has <br />prevented this from happening. Now the city has an opportunity to donate the playground to a nonprofit <br />organization for children in third world countries. We also have playground equipment at Baldwin Park <br />that the Parks and Recreation Commission recommended to remove due to safety reasons. <br /> <br />Staff is recommending donating the playground at both Baldwin and Orono Parks to a nonprofit <br />organization, KIDS Around the World. Their mission is to build playgrounds for children in <br />underprivileged locations outside the United States. The organization will dismantle and remove the <br />playground equipment at both locations later this week. Parks maintenance staff will assist by taking out <br />the playground footers with a loader after it is dismantled and removed by the organization. <br /> <br />The attached playground equipment donation agreement, including insurance requirements, has been <br />reviewed by the city attorney. Adoption of the attached resolution is required for the city to remove and <br />donate the equipment. <br /> <br />F <br />INANCIAL IMPACT <br />The playground equipment is a donation with no value. The cost to the city is the labor costs for parks <br />maintenance staff to assist in the removal of the playground footers. Overall, this method of a third party <br />donation and removal will cost less than the original plan of the city staff disposing and hauling the <br />equipment to the landfill. <br /> <br />A <br />TTACHMENTS <br /> <br /> <br />Resolution authorizing the removal and donation of obsolete playground equipment <br /> <br /> <br />KIDS playground equipment donation agreement <br />N:\Public Bodies\City Council\Council RCA\Agenda Packet\04-15-2013\Remove playground equipment RFA.docx <br /> <br />