AGREEMENT TO RELEASE AND HOLD THE CITY OF CRESTWOOD HARMLESS

Please read this section carefully and be aware that in participating in the City's Program(s), specified above, you are expressly assuming the risk and legal liability and releasing all claims of injuries, damages, or loss which you, or your minor child, might sustain as a result of participating in any and all activities associated with the Program(s). By signing this Agreement, you as an adult, or as a parent or legal guardian of a minor, are acknowledging that you are aware of the risks associated with the Program(s) and that you are freely assuming those risks.

In exchange for the City sanctioning the Program(s), providing City-paid staff members to supervise the Program(s), and permitting my participation in the Program(s), I agree as follows:

I hereby acknowledge that I understand the nature of the Program, and believe that I am, and/or my child(ren) are, qualified and in proper physical condition to participate in the Program. I further agree that if at any time, I believe participation in the Program is unsafe with respect to me or my child(ren)’s physical condition, the equipment, or facilities, it shall be my responsibility to immediately discontinue participation in the Program. 
I further acknowledge and agree that I am aware that participation in the Program involves the risk of illness, serious bodily injury (including the possibility of permanent disability, paralysis, or death), which may be caused by (a) my, or my child(ren)’s, own actions or inactions, (b) the actions or inactions of others participating in the Program, (c) the condition of the equipment and/or facilities at which the Program is located, or (d) the actions or inactions of the Releasees identified below; and I fully accept and freely assume all such risk and all responsibility for losses, costs, and damages I and/or my child(ren) may incur as a result of participation in the Program. 
I, for myself, my child(ren), and my personal representatives, release, forever discharge, and waive the right to pursue any and all claims against, the City of Crestwood, its Board of Aldermen, agents, officers, employees, and others acting on the City's behalf (collectively, "Releasees”), of, from, and against any and all claims, demands, causes of action, suits, and/or legal liabilities for any personal injury, death, damage or loss to property, liability or expense, including attorney's fees, arising out of the below-named participant's participation in the above Program(s), even if such damages, injuries, or death are alleged to be in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, the fault of or caused by the negligence or carelessness of the Releasees, including, without limitation, claims arising out of the dangerous condition of City property, the negligence of City employees in the operation of motor vehicles or motorized vehicles, or a COVID-19 infection arising before, during, or after participation in the Program. 
I, for myself, my child(ren), and my personal representatives, agree to defend, indemnify and hold the Releasees, harmless from and against all claims for personal injury, death, damage or loss to property, liability or expense, including attorney's fees, arising out of the below-named participant's participation in the Program(s), notwithstanding any possible negligence, (whether sole, concurrent or otherwise) on the part of the Releasees.
I do hereby grant and give the City of Crestwood the right to use my or my child's photograph or image for any publications or promotions of the activities or facilities of the City of Crestwood.