To:
From:
Re:
A. Motion:
Atiachiments:
City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: May 23, 2019
Nicholas Caggiano - Superintendent
Parks and Recreation Department
Purchase of Shade Canopies for the Jeff Morin Fields at Roby Park Playground.
To approve the purchase of shade canopies for the Jeff Morin Fields at Roby Park
Playground from Superior Recreational Products of Carrollton, Georgia through
the Buy Board Cooperative Purchasing Group for $58,759. Funding will be
through Department: 177 Park and Recreation; Fund: Grant; Account
Classification: 55 Other Services.
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The popular Roby Park Playground was installed in 2002. Cver the past 6 years or
so we have received a large number of resident concerns about the lack of shade
at the playground. We have looked into options to create shade, but have been
unable to secure funding for the project. Through discussions with the Morin
family over the past 6 months, they have agreed to fund the project through the
Jeff Morin Foundation. We received a check for $60,000 on May 10" and the
funds are going through the grant acceptance protocol with the Board of
Alderman. The purchase will be contingent on the City accepting the grant.
We have been working with the Morin family since 2011 when they met with us
and explained what they wanted to do in memory of their son Jeff who had passed
away. The two fields at the park were named after Jeff. The Foundation has
supported the Parks Department ever since with program scholarships, funding
for uniforms for the Biddy Basketball and Summer Camp Programs and funding
to produce the 4" of July Field Day event and the Special Olympics Field Day
Picnic. They also help fund improvements to the park.
Based on the acceptance of the grant, it is the recommendation of the Park &
Recreation Department to award the purchase to Superior Recreational Products
of Carrollton, Georgia through the Buy Board Cooperative Purchasing Group for
the amount of $58,759.
