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, It <br />EN HILLS <br />MEMORANDUM <br />DATE: September 19, 2011 <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilme e <br />FROM: Patrick Klaers, City Administrator <br />SUBJECT: Disposal of Old Playground Equipment <br />Background/Discussion <br />Mayor Grant requested that this item be on this work session agenda. This discussion <br />item is the disposal of old City playground equipment that is being replaced. Attached <br />are parts of two League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) e-mails on this topic (one is fiom an <br />LMC staff member and one e-mail is from Terry Maurer that tells me what an LMC staff <br />member told him). <br />In 2011-12 the City plans to replace the playground equipment at Valentine Park. <br />Michelle Olson will be at this work session and can review with us the playground <br />equipment that will be available. Typically the City would require that the vendor that <br />gets the bid for the new playground equipment be responsible for the removal and <br />disposal of the old playground equipment. In this situation, Mayor Grant has asked if it <br />was possible for the old equipment to be donated to a Church (or a City?) that has a need <br />for equipment for its playground. <br />As you can tell be the LMC responses to our question, the donation of old equipment is <br />legal but the City should get a "sign -off' on any liability concerns. Additionally, the City <br />should not have any cost for this type of donation. A complicating factor could be if <br />more than one non-profit group requests the same equipment. <br />City Council Meeting <br />C:1Userslsonja.klingberglDcsktoplPlayground Equipment.doc <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />