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Department of Parks and Recreation
Reference: Resolution Authorizing the Signing of a Grant Agreement with Adams County for Grant Funding in the Amount Not to Exceed $550,000.00 for the “Downtown Plaza Park - Phase 1 Project”; Authorizing the City’s Matching Obligation of $725,000.00; Authorizing a 2018 Budget Amendment; Authorizing the City Manager to Sign and Execute the Grant Agreement; and Setting Forth Other Related Details.
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Philip Rodriguez, City Manager
Prepared By: Gary Wardle, Director of Parks and Recreation
Mark Heidt, Assistant Director of Parks and Recreation Development
Date Prepared: May 23, 2018
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 $550,000.00 for the “Downtown Plaza Park - Phase 1 Project”; authorizing the City’s matching obligation of $725,000.00; authorizing a 2018 Budget Amendment; authorizing the City Manager to sign and execute the Grant Agreement; and setting forth other related details.
STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA
Facilities, Amenities, and Open Space
BACKGROUND
The City of Brighton has been working with Brighton Urban Renewal Authority to create a park at the southwest corner of Bridge Street and Main Street in Downtown Brighton. This is a highly visible corner in Brighton. The property, which presently contains a large building, was purchased and is now sitting vacant. The goal for the site is to demolish the old vacant building and to create a new “plaza style” park in Downtown. The City hired Norris Design to develop a Downtown Plaza Master Plan with conceptual drawings for the site and this was completed in October 2017. After demolition of the site the preferred design of the Downtown Plaza Park was estimated to be over $2,300,000.00. For this reason, the project will be phased, with the greatest amount of cost in the first phase. The first phase is estimated to be $1,150,000.00; and includes mobilization and minor site preparation, landscape and soil preparation, drainage and irrigation, paving/edging/ground treatment, site furnishings, utilities and Wi-Fi to site, monumentation, masonry, signage, fencing, walls, and construction drawings.
The total cost for the “Downtown Plaza Park - Phase 1 Project” is estimated at $1,275,000.00. This Adams County Grant Application project is the combination of both this grant request and City’s matching funds. This Adams County Open Space Active Grant Application approved the City’s funding request for $550,000.00 (43.1% of total) and the City has a cash match of $725,000.00 (56.9% of total) budgeted in the 2018 Parks and Recreation Capital Improvement Fund.
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 $550,000.00 in grant funding for the “Downtown Plaza Park - Phase 1 Project”. The City’s match is already within the 2018 Budget. The 2018 Budget will be amended and appropriated for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2018 and ending December 31, 2018, in grant revenue account number 32-173100-03008-00131 and the grant expenditure account number 32-17-4520-72040-17016 as follows:
Parks and Recreation Capital Improvement Fund:
Revenues:
Grant Revenue - Adams County Open Space Grant $550,000.00
Total $550,000.00
Expenditures:
Grant Expenditures:
Project 17016 - Downtown Plaza Park $550,000.00
Total $550,000.00
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that City Council approve the Resolution authorizing the City of Brighton enter into a Grant Agreement with Adams County, for grant funding in the amount not to exceed $550,000.00 for the “Downtown Plaza Park - Phase 1 Project”; authorizing the City’s matching obligation of $725,000.00; authorizing a 2018 Budget Amendment; authorizing the City Manager to sign and execute the Grant Agreement; and setting forth other related details.
OPTIONS FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION
• Approve the Resolution, or
• Deny the Resolution.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution