Explanation
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 the Recreation and Parks playground program to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium as part of the Melvin B. Dodge Summer Zoo Days.
This special summer program will serve 30 city playgrounds and transport approximately 2,300 playground participants to the 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 $ 5,000.00
Novelties $ 2,000.00
TOTAL $ 18,500.00
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Fiscal Impact: N/A
Emergency action is requested to be ready for the program to begin when playgrounds open.
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 the Recreation and Parks playground program to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium as a part of the Melvin B. Dodge Summer Zoo Days; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, this special summer program will serve 30 city playgrounds and transport approximately 2,300 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 so the program will be ready when playgrounds open for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with the Columbus Zoological Park Association for playground participants to be a part of the Melvi...
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