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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2024 - 57 <br />By: Mayor Jones <br />A RESOLUTIONAUTHORIZING THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATIONAND <br />PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TO APPLY FOR A GRANT IN THEAMOUNT OF <br />$70,000.00 AS MAYBE AWARDED BYPLAY & PARK STRUCTURES, AS <br />THE SELLER AND, IF AWARDED, FURTHER AUTHORIZING THE <br />MAYOR TO ENTER INTOA PURCHASEAGREEMENT NOT TO EXCEED <br />$70,000.00 FOR PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT THE NORTH OLMSTED <br />CITYPARKS. <br />WHEREAS, Play & Park Structures Company, through its Healthy Kids Initiative, <br />develops playground products, programs, and services that promote physical activity, enhance <br />childhood leaming, child development, and build communities; and <br />WHEREAS, the Healthy Kids Initiative is designed to support the building of new <br />playgrounds or updating existing playgrounds across the country by offering additional funding <br />to expand local government budget; and <br />WHEREAS, Play & Park Structures Company has designed a marketing incentive to <br />promote its Healthy Kids Initiative and proposes to award discounted pricing, described as grant <br />funding of up to $70,000.00, to local governments and nonprofit organizations; and <br />WHEREAS, the Director of Recreation and Public Engagement recommends and <br />requests that City Council authorize him to file an application on behalf of the City of North <br />Olmsted to be granted up to $70,000.00 in grant funding or discounts from the Play & Park <br />Structures Company; and <br />WHEREAS, it is the desire of this Council to authorize the Director of Recreation and <br />Public Engagement to apply for the award of grant funding by the Play & Park Structures <br />Company and, only if awarded, to further authorize a Purchase Agreement in an amount not to <br />exceed $70,000.00 to purchase playground equipment for the North Olmsted City Parks. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />NORTHOLMSTED, COUNTYOFCUYAHOGA, AND STATE OF OHIO. <br />SECTION 1: The Director of Recreation and Public Engagement is hereby authorized <br />to make application for a Healthy Kids Initiative grant from the Play & Park Structure Company <br />in an amount up to $70,000.00 for the purpose of purchasing playground equipment at North <br />Olmsted City Parks and, if awarded, that the Mayor is further authorized to enter into a Purchase <br />Agreement, on behalf of the City of North Olmsted, subject to and conditioned by Section 2. <br />herein. <br />SECTION 2: That the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into a Purchase Agreement <br />with the Stay & Play Structures Company to purchase playground equipment for City of North <br />Olmsted Parks at a cost not to exceed $70,000.00, subject to and conditioned upon an award of <br />grant funding as authorized by Section I in an amount equivalent to the purchase price. The <br />