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Accepting Reconnecting Communities Grant
Mayor’s Office/TDOT
Jeremy Mikolajczyk (x1537) and Simon Nyi
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement to accept $28,497,650 for the Front/Main Reconnecting Communities project for improvements to Front Street and Main Street; authorizing the deposit, appropriation, and expenditure of said amount from the Capital Improvement Fund; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for the same; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This grant is from the Federal Highway Administration’s Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods grant program, via pass-through from ODOT. The grant will fully fund the Front/Main Reconnecting Communities project at 100% with no match requirement. The project will support major capital improvements to the Front Street and Main Street corridors and will improve safety, enhance accessibility, strengthen community connectivity, and enhance the quality of life for residents of Toledo's historic east side.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the Federal Highway Administration and Ohio Department of Transportation to support the Front/Main Reconnecting Communities project, in an amount not to exceed $28,497,650, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Transportation and the Director of Law.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to accept and deposit a grant from the Federal Highway Administration’s Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods grant program into the Capital Improvement Fund Code 540G-35000-8GA4525STDSTD, appropriating an amount not to exceed $28,497,650 from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Capital Improvement Fund to Account Code 540G-35000-8GA4525STDSTD, and authorizing the expenditure of same.
SECTION 3. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids and enter into contracts for the purpose authorized in Section 2, under such terms and conditions as may be acceptable to the Director of Transportation and the Director of Law.
SECTION 4. That the Director of Finance is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the above Account Code in an amount not to exceed $28,497,650 in payment of the above authorized obligations upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall be in force and effect from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety and property and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective to facilitate the Front/Main Reconnecting Communities project.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 12, nays 0.
Passed: September 11, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 12, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: September 11, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor