RES 13-22RESOLUTION 13 ® 22
WHEREAS, the playground equipment at Baldwin Park is over 21 years old and the
playground equipment at Orono Park is over 25 years old and the typical life
span of quality public playground equipment is 20 to 25 years depending on
usage; and,
WHEREAS, the playground equipment at Baldwin Park does not comply with the ASTM
(American Society of Testing and Materials) consumer safety performance
specifications for playground equipment for public use; and,
WHEREAS, the playground equipment at Orono Park also does not comply with the
ASTM consumer safety performance specifications for playground
equipment for public use; and,
WHEREAS, City Council recently directed staff to remove the playground equipment at
Orono Park and replace it with a destination playground; and,
WHEREAS, city staff and the Parks and Recreation Commission recommend that the
playground equipment at Baldwin and Orono Parks be removed because
they do not meet either the ASTM or CPSC (Consumer Product Safety
Commission) playground safety guidelines; and,
WHEREAS, because the playground equipment does not meet current safety standards it
cannot be reused in the United States and therefore has no value other than
as scrap; and,
WHEREAS, the scrap value of the playground equipment is less than the cost of removal
of the equipment; and,
WHEREAS, KIDS Around the World, an Illinois not -for- profit corporation with the
mission to build playgrounds for children in underprivileged locations
outside the United States has offered to remove the playground equipment in
exchange for donation by the city of the removed equipment.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Elk
River acknowledges that the existing playground equipment at Baldwin and Orono Parks has
no value and authorizes removal of the playground equipment by KIDS Around the World,
and donation of the equipment to KIDS Around the World in exchange for the removal.
Passed and adopted this 15 `" day of April 2013.
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ATTEST:
Tina Allard, City Clerk
J n J. Di tz, May r