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Community Services Committee
June 18, 2007
Ken Currier, Director of Operations
Tim O'Brien, Landscape Architect, ext. 2399
Bridgeport - Centre
May 14, 2007
CSD-07-051
COMMUNITY PLAYGROUND GRANT APPLICATION
ST. ANNE CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY
RECOMMENDATION:
That St. Anne Catholic Elementary School be awarded one-time community playground
grants totalling $1,500 in 2007 toward construction of new primary and junior creative
playground facilities to be located within the school campus.
BACKGROUND:
City of Kitchener Council in 1996 established a program whereby school and community groups
may be awarded one-time grants to assist with funding for community playground construction
projects. The program offers a maximum $750 one-time grant award for individual school
playground projects.
REPORT:
St. Anne Catholic Elementary School has simultaneously made two applications to the City of
Kitchener Community Services Department for one-time grant awards through the Community
Playground Grant Program. The school playground projects have the support of the Waterloo
Catholic District School Board, the school principal and school council.
St. Anne School has engaged in a number of fund raising programs to generate the funding
necessary to purchase and construct a variety of new playground features for the school
campus, and is now ready to proceed with the installations. The playgrounds will be available
for use by the general community during summer 2007.
In recent years, the Canadian Standards Association which establishes standards governing
playgrounds in Canada has advocated for separate play areas to serve primary grades aged
children and junior grades aged children. To assist with construction of these two distinct
playground areas at parks and schools, the City of Kitchener has in recent years considered a
maximum of two playground grant awards to a single applicant, one grant being awarded to
each of the primary and junior playground projects proposed.
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St. Anne School warrants that all aspects of the playground's design, fabrication and installation
will be constructed in accordance with current CSA safety standards. City of Kitchener staff is
satisfied that the grant application submitted by St. Anne Catholic Elementary School meets the
conditions and intent as described within the City of Kitchener's Community Playground Grant
Program policy.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
The one-time grant awards totaling $1 ,500 will be funded by index 674810: Plavaround Grants.
COMMUNICATIONS:
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CONCLUSION:
The City of Kitchener Community Playground Grant Program assists school and community
groups to raise funds for playground construction projects that benefit school students and the
general community.
Ken Currier
Director of Operations
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