Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with the Columbus Zoological Park Association for transportation and admission for children from Recreation and Parks' playgrounds to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium as part of the Melvin B. Dodge Summer Zoo Days.
This special summer program will serve thirty city playgrounds and transport approximately 2,000 playground participants to the Zoo.
Melvin Dodge is the former Director of Recreation and Parks for the City of Columbus and a former board member of the Columbus Zoo.
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, through its Melvin B. Dodge Fund, will provide the following in-kind services:
Transportation $ 10,000.00
Admissions 1,500.00
Back Packs 4,500.00
Novelties 1,500.00
TOTAL $ 17,500.00
Emergency action is requested to be ready for the program to begin when playgrounds open.
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with the Columbus Zoological Park Association to provide transportation, shirts and novelties for children from Recreation and Parks' playgrounds to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium as a part of the Melvin B. Dodge Summer Zoo Days; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, this special summer program will serve thirty city playgrounds and transport approximately 2,000 playground participants to the Zoo to be a part of the Melvin B. Dodge Summer Zoo Days; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into an agreement with the Columbus Zoological Park Association for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety;...
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