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Santa Monlca, caliJlllla, October 2, 1981
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OCT 1 :3 1982
TO:
~~yor and City Council
FROM:
Clty Staff
SUBJECT:
Donation of Senior Cltlzen Par Course Fltness Cluster
by Santa Monica Hospltal
~Introduction
This report requests Council acceptance and approval of the donatlon of two
Senlor Citizens Fitness Clusters by Par Course Ltd., and their installation at
the Senior Center in Palisades Park and at Lincoln Park.
Background
Santa ~onica Hospltal Medical Center, through Par Course Ltd., contacted staff to
develop plans for the installation of the senior citizen fitness clusters. These
clusters are designed to allow senior citizens to increase their physlcal fitness
through stretch1ng and ~ild physical exercise. They have been deslgned by Par Course
Ltd. specifically for seniors but may also be used by other citizens,
Santa Monica Hospital Medlcal Center had surveyed the Santa ~onlca area and determined
a great interest by seniors 1n this type of facility. The attached letter indicates
that the hospital wlll furnish and install these circuits at no expense to the C1ty.
The Recreation and Parks Commisslon has held a hearlng at the Senior Center concern1ng
th1S 1nstallation. h~ile support was not unanimous at the hear1ng, the COffiffi1ss1on
feels that use will answer the questions raised at the hearing,
The equ1pment w1ll be located adjacent to the southerly portion of the Senior Center
and east of the park office between the tennlS courts and ~iles Playhouse In Llncoln
Park. Each of the modules are 30' x 30'. These two sites were chosen because of the
senlors at the Center and the Senlor ~utrition Program at L1ncoln Park. Both will be
integrated into the regular exercise portions of the progra~s at these sites.
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OCT 1 3 1981
TO
~ayor and c1t~uncil
Santa Mon1ca, catltorn1a, October 2, 1981
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It 1S estimated that the value of the equ1pment and installat10n 1S $20,000.
Recommendat10n
Staff reco~mends Council accept the donation of the Santa Monica Hospital Med1cal
Center and authorize the 1nstallation of the circuits at the Senior Center and at
Lincoln Park.
Prepared by' Donald T. Arnett, Director
Recreat10n and Parks
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Complete Price
As of July t5th
$5200 00
$5500 00
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To obtain complete details or to
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PARCOURSE. LTD
3701 Buchanan Street
San FranCISco. CA 94t23
Toll free (800) 227-3323
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L.EONARD L.A BEL.L.A, JR
SANTA MONICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER
EXECU'TIVE VICE PRESIDENT
1225 FIFTEENTH STREET. SANTA MONICA. CALIFORNIA 90404. (213} 451-1511
September 29, 1981
Mr. Donald T. Arnett
D~rector
Recreation and Parks
City of Santa Hon~ca
1685 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Dear Don:
On behalf of Santa Monica Hosp~tal Medical Center and The Santa
Monica Heart Center, I want to thank you for your help during
our ~iscussions relating to the ~nstallation of the Parcourse
Systems for our senior citizens.
Th~s letter officially states our intent to donate and ~nstall
a SenIor Citizen Modular Parcourse in PalIsades Park and a
Sen~or Citizen 12 statIon Parcourse Recreational Walk~ng Circuit
in LIncoln Park.
Santa Monica Hospital MedIcal Center is pleased to be able to
donate these programs to the C~ty as a part of our 55 year h~s-
tory of community service to the citizens of Santa Monica.
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Sanderson J. Jeghers
Senior Vice President
SJJ:es
cc: Kathy Copeland
OWNED AND OPERA1"ED BY THE LUTHERAN HOSPITAL SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN CAL..I FORN1A
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Santa ~onica, ca1iAlllia, October 2, 1981
TO:
FRO~:
l~yor and City Council
Recreat~on & Parks COMm~ssion
SUBJECT' Par course Fitness Cluster
The Recreation and Parks Co~~ssion met in regular session on September 17, 1981.
A d~scuss~on was held on the lnstallation of the Par Course facil~ty_ At thlS
meeting the following motion was made.
Mr. Durst moved to recommend that the parcourse facility be installed in the area
adJacent to the sen~or center in Palisades Park, and that a s~milar facility
be installed at Lincoln Park. ~r. Powell amended the mot~on to request that a
packet of information on the facllity be presented to the Comm~ssion On Older
Amerlcans along with the date the ~tem ~s to appear before Councll, and that
the Cornmlss~on request input from other senlor groups and appear before the
Council at the time the item is presented. The motion was seconded by Linda Evans.
AYES: Durst, Evans, Guercio, Juarez, Llbuser, Powell
Motlon carried.
~OES: Verge
Respectfully submitted,
Donald T. Arnett, Secretary
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