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USDOT Reconnecting Communities Grant Match - $278,000
Mayor’s Office
Jeremy Mikolajczyk (x1537)
Revised
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Authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $278,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund for the Reconnecting Communities Grant match; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for the purpose of the grant; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City accepted a grant from the US Department of Transportation’s Reconnecting Communities Pilot Program in the amount of $1,107,700 through ordinance 475-25. The required grant match of $278,000 was appropriated through the 2026 budget. This Ordinance authorizes the expenditure of the match to help support planning, design, and community engagement activities for a multi-use trail along Swan Creek to reconnect Junction to downtown Toledo. This project has been identified as a priority in neighborhood planning efforts and will improve mobility, connectivity to jobs and opportunity, and quality of life for Junction residents.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. The expenditure of an amount not to exceed $278,000 is authorized from the Capital Improvement Fund Account Code 5040-35000-8CP2604SWNCRK for the required match portion of the Reconnecting Communities Grant.
SECTION 2. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids and award contracts for the purposes of the grant, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Law and the Director of Transportation.
SECTION 3. That the Director of Finance is authorized to issue warrant or warrants against the above-mentioned Account Codes in an amount not to exceed that authorized above in payment of the obligations authorized above by the terms of the grant upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 4. 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 this ordinance 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 in order to timely administer the grant.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas _____, nays _____.
Passed: _________________, as an emergency measure: yeas _____, nays _____.
Attest: ________________________ __________________________________
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: _____________________ __________________________________
Mayor
I hereby certify that the above is a true and correct copy of an Ordinance passed by Council ________________________.
Attest: ________________________
Clerk of Council