REQUEST FOR DECISION
DATE: April 16, 2021 Report No. P&R-21-001
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Rick Daykin, Acting Director of Parks and Recreation Services
SUBJECT:
Title
Hither Green Park Playground Contract Award and Park DevelopmentEnd
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
That Council award Suttle Recreation Inc. a contract valued at $158,922 (excluding GST) for the supply and installation of a playground for Hither Green Park
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RELEVANT POLICY:
Financial Plan Bylaw 2020-2024 No 2986
Purchasing and disposal Bylaw, 2014, No 2845
STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:
Healthy, Livable and Diverse Community
Enhance opportunities for Parks and Recreation
BACKGROUND:
Hither Green Park has an underdeveloped playground which is utilized sparingly due to its current lack of play equipment. Council approved $225,000 in capital funding to improve Hither Green Park with a new playground and to make it more attractive and fun for children in the area. A request for proposal to provide up to two nature inspired playground designs from playground suppliers closed on February 1, 2021 with 10 submissions from 7 different companies. A nature inspired playground incorporates elements such as logs and boulders into the design. A staff panel evaluated and scored the submissions based on the program criteria as set out in the request for proposal and the top 5 designs were presented to the community on our website for voting and comments.
This park serves as a utility corridor to service the English Inn property and 1032 Bewdley. With the development of additional housing units on the English Inn property, Aragon intends to upgrade the underground water, storm sewer and gas services in the next 3 months. After Aragon installs the underground services, re-grades the land and reinstates the drainage and irrigation systems within the park, park development can begin.
ISSUES:
1. Rationale for Selected Option
At the April 15, 2021 Parks and Recreation A...
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