City of Madison - File #: 23280

• File #: 23280
• Version: 1
• Name: To authorize the City of Madison to accept a playground from KaBoom! for Wirth Court Park in collaboration with the Goodman Community Center.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/13/2011
• In control: Parks Division
• On agenda: 7/19/2011
• Final action: 7/19/2011
• Enactment date: 7/28/2011
• Enactment #: RES-11-00662
• Title: To authorize the City of Madison to accept a playground from KaBoom! in collaboration with the Goodman Community Center for Wirth Court Park.
• Sponsors: Marsha A. Rummel, Mark Clear, Joseph R. Clausius, Paul E. Skidmore

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/19/2011	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt Under Suspension of Rules 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, and 2.25	Pass
7/13/2011	1	Parks Division	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT UNDER SUSPENSION OF RULES 2.04, 2.05, 2.24, & 2.25 - REPORT OF OFFICER

Fiscal Note
This resolution establishes a community supported (constructed) playground that will be in Wirth Court Park. KaBoom and Goodman Center will enter into a related agreement, and the City will simply accept the donation of the playground and agree to maintain it. The plan is for the City to share in the “community support” payment to KaBoom via Goodman. The total amount would be about $8,500, of which no more than $4,250 would be from the City. Funding is available in the Parks Division’s "People for Parks" Capital account (810400). No additional appropriation is required.

Title
To authorize the City of Madison to accept a playground from KaBoom! in collaboration with the Goodman Community Center for Wirth Court Park.
Body
Preamble

KaBoom! is a national non-profit organization dedicated to building playgrounds through local participation, and is willing to build a playground in the City of Madison’s Wirth Court Park. The Goodman Community Center, a community nonprofit organization, is willing to collaborate with KaBoom! as a Community Partner and Funding Partner in the construction of the new playground in Wirth Court Park.

Whereas, the City of Madison is the property owner of the Project site of the new playground at Wirth Court Park, and

Whereas, the City of Madison Parks Department supports this installation of playground equipment at its Wirth Court Park and will provide maintenance of the playground facility and supervision of its use.

NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Madison accepts this donation and approves the installation of the proposed playground equipment at its Wirth Court Park The City of Madison agrees to be the owner of the playground in its entirety, for the lifetime of the playground, including the equipment and/or safety surfacing purchased by KaBoom! and/or the Goodman Community Center.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the maint...