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Amending the financing and spending plans in the Department of Parks and Recreation in the amount of $639,275 to reflect additional 2025 funding expected from Como Friends.
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WHEREAS, Como Friends is a registered not-for-profit organization formed to promote, support, preserve and enhance the Como Zoo and Marjorie McNeely Conservatory; and
WHEREAS, the Como Friends' mission is to advance Como Park Zoo and Conservatory as a destination where people from all walks of life can gather, learn and enjoy the natural world; and
WHEREAS, Como Friends is donating an additional $639,275 to support and enhance the Japanese Garden and the Como Zoo and Marjorie McNeely Conservatory; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation wishes to establish new budgets in the Grant Fund to receive the projected contribution and donation revenues of $15,000 for the Animal Care and Welfare, $75,000 for the Aquatics Building Phase 5 Planning - Conservation Space, $2,450 for the Bair Hugger, $3,000 for the Miscellaneous Vet Supplies, $10,000 for the School Program Scholarships, $15,000 for the Camp Scholarships, $15,000 for the ASB Outdoor Holding Concrete, $20,000 for the Aquatics Building Interp Interactive, $15,000 for the Chloe Sloth's Habitat Barrier, $2,700 for the Bamboo fence around gorilla forest, $50,000 for the Children's Garden Update Planning, $4,000 for the Portable Anesthesia Machine, $80,000 for the Aquatics Sound, $240 for the Tribit Bluetooth Speaker StormBox Blast 2, $12,000 for the Nature Walk Staffing Support, $20,000 for the Grow light replacements for Orchid House, Compartment 133 and partial bay 2, $10,000 for the Plant Material, $30,000 for the Monkey Natural Lighting, $40,000 for the SPPS Program Expansion, $2,000 for the Apprentice Friends & Family Recognition Event, $23,190 for the Wyoming Toad Hibernaculum, $6,000 for the Como Harbor Medical Pool False Bottom, $5,000 for the Animal Enrichment, $1,000 for the Zoo Veterinary Library, $2...
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