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DPYS Accepting $950,000 from the One Time Strategic Community Investments Grant Program
Parks and Youth Services
Joe Fausnaugh (x3884)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement and to accept a grant from the Ohio One Time Strategic Community Investments Grant Program in the amount of $950,000 to support the installation of a flush restroom facility and cover over the ice rink at Ottawa Park; authorizing the deposit, appropriation and expenditure of $950,000 in the Capital Improvement Fund for the restroom and ice rink cover; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for said project; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo, Division of Parks and Recreation has been awarded $950,000 granted by the Ohio One Time Strategic Community Investments Grant Program to support the installation of a flush restroom facility and an open-air covering over the ice rink at Ottawa Park. There are no matching funds required for this grant award. Ottawa Park is our largest and most visited city park but it currently lacks access to flush restroom facilities. The open-air structure to cover the ice rink is expected to increase the activation of the rink by approximately 33% through protection the natural elements and expansion of the operating season.
The remaining funding required to complete these projects have been allocated in the Toledo Recovery Plan through Ordinance 660-23 Parks and Recreation Infrastructure Improvements. Work will be completed in the summer of 2025.
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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 and accept and deposit a grant from the Ohio One Time Strategic Community Investments Grant Program in the amount of $950,000 into the Capital Improvement Fund Account Code 540G-40100-8GA8658STDSTD to support the installation of a restroom facility and covering for the ice rink at Ottawa Park.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation of $950,000 is authorized from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Capital Improvement Fund to Account Code 540G-40100-8GA8658STDSTD and the expenditure of same is authorized for the purpose authorized in Section 1.
SECTION 3. That the Mayor is authorized to accept bids and award contracts for the purposes specified above, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Parks and Youth Services and Director of Law.
SECTION 4. That the Finance Department is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the Account Code above in an amount not to exceed $950,000 in payment of the above-authorized obligations upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 5. That this Ordinance, being an emergency measure, shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the 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 to timely receipt and expend these funds.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 12, nays 0.
Passed: August 14, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 12, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: August 14, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor