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Department of Parks and Recreation
Reference: Resolution Authorizing the Signing of a Grant Agreement with Colorado Parks and Wildlife for Grant Funding in the Amount Not to Exceed $110,470.00 for the “CFRT (Colorado Front Range Trail) - Erger’s Pond Open Space Section Project”; and Authorizing the City Manager to Sign and Execute the Grant Agreement.
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Manuel Esquibel, City Manager
Prepared By: Gary Wardle, Director of Parks and Recreation
Mark Heidt, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation
Date Prepared: June 12, 2015
PURPOSE
A Resolution authorizing the City of Brighton to enter into a Grant Agreement with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, for grant funding in the amount not to exceed $110,470.00 for the “CFRT (Colorado Front Range Trail) - Erger’s Pond Open Space Section Project”; and authorizing the City Manager to sign and execute the Grant Agreement.
BACKGROUND
The “CFRT - Erger’s Pond Open Space Section Project” is located adjacent to Erger’s Pond and east of the South Platte River from Ken Mitchell Park to the Southern Street Trailhead. The CFRT is the planned trail alignment along the Front Range of Colorado from the Wyoming border to the New Mexico border. Brighton lies within the “Prairie trail section” of the CFRT and will connect to the Adams County Fairgrounds and Denver.
Recently, the City of Brighton applied for and received notification that it was awarded a State Trails Grant from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Division of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources. The total cost for the “CFRT - Erger’s Pond Open Space Section Project” project is estimated at $110,470.00. The City will provide a cash match of $73,650.00 in the 2016 Recreation Capital Fund budget toward this project.
The grant funding from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife of the $110,470.00 is the last funding needed to construct the CFRT along the South Platte River. This Erger’s Pond Open Space Section of the CFRT is the northern section of a larger trail project along the South Platte River. The larger trail project is $2,611,530.00 in cost and has already been funded, except for this Section Project, through previous grants $950,000.00 from GOCO (Great Outdoors Colorado), $983,650.00 from Adams County Open Space, and the City’s cash match toward this project of $567,410.00 (which includes the match for this grant funded project).
The City Attorney has reviewed as to form the Grant Agreement and confirms that it is the Colorado Parks and Wildlife - State Trails Grant standard agreement and that the terms are reasonable. The attached Resolution allows the City of Brighton, through the City Council, to enter into the Agreement with Adams County and to allow the City Manager to sign and execute the Grant Agreement.
CRITERIA BY WHICH COUNCIL MUST CONSIDER THE ITEM
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Signing the Grant Agreement with Colorado Parks and Wildlife will allow the City of Brighton to receive $110,470.00 in grant funding for “CFRT (Colorado Front Range Trail) - Erger’s Pond Open Space Section Project”.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that City Council approve the Resolution authorizing the City of Brighton to enter into a Grant Agreement with Colorado Parks and Wildlife, for grant funding in the amount not to exceed $110,470.00 in grant funding for the “CFRT (Colorado Front Range Trail) - Erger’s Pond Open Space Section Project”; and authorizing the City Manager to sign and execute the Grant Agreement.
OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
• Approve the Resolution, or
• Deny the Resolution.
ATTACHMENTS
• Resolution