The

Peachtree City Recreation Commission voted at its regular

monthly meeting to recommend the allocation of $5,000 for

playground improvements at Peachtree City Elementary

School.

This action

was taken under a relatively new city policy that directs

the Recreation Commission to consider each request for

city funds for such projects, forwarding recommendations

to the City Council for approval or denial.

A school

group may request no more than $5,000 during any

five-year period. Upon completion of the project, the

playground must be available to local residents during

after-school hours.

Jane

Langley, vice president of the PTO at Peachtree City

Elementary, said that her organization has $9,500 in

savings and has recently added more than $8,000 due to a

fund-raiser.

The

Recreation Commission's recommendation is contingent upon

the PTO obtaining the rest of the money needed to

complete the first phase of the project. A contract

between the city and the PTO will be entered into, as is

standard procedure under this new policy.

Commissioner

Dan Wright noted that he was not aware of any funding

from the school system for this project. Langley replied

that there is none, because the school system does not

fund projects such as this outside the school building

itself.

She added,

however, that many groups like hers are picking up the

slack and providing in what she feels is a much-needed

and neglected area of children's school life.

Leisure

services director Randy Gaddo said that, due to the

requirements for after-school availability, the agreement

is "a win-win situation for the city."

In other

business, it was announced that the bubble will be placed

over the two pools at Kedron between Oct. 4 and Oct. 16.

The pools will reopen a day or two later for the winter.

A plumbing

problem at the Kedron field house also will be addressed

during that time. The staff hopes that the field house

will be able to remain open, albeit without running

water, during the repairs, but that is not certain yet.