RES 18-30— City of Elk River
ver City Council
Resolution 18-30
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Elk River Authorizing the
Removal and Donation of Obsolete Playground Equipment
WHEREAS, the playground equipment at Deerfield Hill Park is 26 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 Deerfield Hill 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, City Council recently directed staff to replace the playground equipment
at Deerfield Hill Park; and,
WHEREAS, city staff and the Parks and Recreation Commission recommend that the
playground equipment at Deerfield Hill Park be removed because it does 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, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Elk
River, Minnesota, as follows: the City Council of the City of Elk River acknowledges that
the existing playground equipment at Deerfield Hill Park 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 21" day of May 2018
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Tina Allax , City Cletk
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