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Department of Parks and Recreation
Reference: Adams County Grant Agreement for the Northgate Park Design and Construction Project
To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Manuel Esquibel, City Manager
Prepared By: Gary Wardle, Director of Parks and Recreation; and
Mark Heidt, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation
Date Prepared: November 10, 2014
PURPOSE
A Resolution authorizing the City of Brighton to enter into a Grant Agreement with Adams County, for grant funding in the amount not to exceed $180,000.00 for the Northgate Park Design and Construction Project, and authorizing the City Manager to sign and execute the Grant Agreement.
BACKGROUND
The Parks and Recreation Department Staff applied for and received grant funding from Adams County Open Space for the design and construction of Northgate Park. Presently, he City has Park Impact Fees (PIF) collected from the developer of the Northgate subdivision in the amount of $428,000. $425,000 of that amount will be used as a City match within the grant application to address design and construction of the park.
The Northgate subdivision is completely built out and all PIF for the park have been collected by the City. Over the past six years, the Parks and Recreation Department has received numerous requests from the neighborhood to build a park at the site. Presently, the park site is a vacant lot adjacent to the Foundations Charter School that is surrounded by homes that all face the vacant lot. The Adams County Open Space Grant is for the design and construction of the park and will include: concrete and crusher fines paths, shade shelter, picnic tables, benches, bike rack, trash receptacle, monument sign, interpretive sign, drinking fountain, playground with poured in place safety surfacing, trees, shrubs, turf, irrigation, and additional landscaping.
The total cost for designing and constructing Northgate Park is $605,000.00. $180,000.00 (29.75% of the total project) was funded through Adams County Open Space for the design and construction of Northgate Park. The City of Brighton will cover the remaining costs through the collected PIF of $425,000.00 (70.25% of the total project) for this project.
The City Attorney has reviewed as to form the Grant Agreement and confirms that it is Adams County's 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.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Signing the Grant Agreement with Adams County will allow the City of Brighton to receive $180,000.00 in grant funding for the Northgate Park Design and Construction Project.
OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
· Approve the Resolution, or
· Deny the Resolution.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that City Council approve the Resolution authorizing the City of Brighton to enter into a Grant Agreement with Adams County, for grant funding in the amount not to exceed $180,000.00 for the Northgate Park Design and Construction Project, and authorizing the City Manager to sign and execute the Grant Agreement.