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REGULAR
COUNCIL MEETING
Date
March 25,2014
Agenda 6 ■ l l
Number:
To: Dave Callister, City Manager
Prepared by: Dan Heitke, Park & Forestry Manager
Reviewed by: Diane Evans, Director of Parks & Recreation
1. ACTION REQUESTED:
Item: Authorization for the Purchase and Installation of a New
Playground at Plymouth Creek Playfield, PRK40014
Adopt resolution authorizing the purchase and installation of a new playground at Plymouth
Creek Playfield, PRK40014.
2. BACKGROUND:
The Plymouth Creek Playfield playground, installed in 1994, is one of the most popular facilities in
the park system. The playground is 20 years old and showing significant wear, rust and weathering.
The 2014 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) includes the replacement of this playground.
Staff reviewed plan proposals from six different playground equipment suppliers for the
replacement of the playground. After review, staff determined that the proposals from Little Tikes
and from Flanagan Sales best fulfilled our specification guidelines.
PROJECT BUDGET VENDOR
COST
Playground Little Tikes Commercial/Flannigan Sales
$200,000
Additional Equipment Minnesota Wisconsin Playgrounds
$35,992
Landscaping, Fill, etc
$4,000
3. BUDGET IMPACT:
The 2014 CIP includes $240,000 for the replacement of the Plymouth Creek Playfield Playground
from the Park Replacement Fund. The City is purchasing the equipment through the National
Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA); a City of Plymouth authorized cooperative purchasing alliance
similar to the state contract.
4. ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION No. 2014-102
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF A
NEW PLAYGROUND AT PLYMOUTH CREEK PLAYFIELD
CITY PROJECT N0. PRK40014
WHEREAS, the City Council has authorized the receipt of bid for the purchase and
installation of playground equipment for Plymouth Creek Playfield; and
WHEREAS, specifications were prepared and distributed and bid proposals were
received and reviewed for Plymouth Creek Playfield Playground Equipment and Installation; and
WHEREAS, six different equipment suppliers provided playground designs valued at
$200,000; and
WHEREAS, Little Tikes Commercial/Flanagan Sales Inc., with bid proposal shown
below was selected as the playground design that provided best fulfilled our proposed budget and
specification guidelines; and
Bid Price
Little Tikes Commercial/Flanagan Sales Inc $200,000
WHEREAS, the Plymouth Creek Playfield playground replacement and installation will
be financed by the Park Replacement Fund;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF PLYMOUTH, MINNESOTA, that the attached resolution authorizing the purchase and
installation of a new playground at Plymouth Creek Playfield from Little Tikes Commercial Flanagan
Sales Inc is hereby approved.
APPROVED this 25th day of March, 2014.