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PYS 2024 Schneider Park Mini-Pitch Purchase - $70,000
Parks and Youth Services
Joe Fausnaugh (x3884)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into a grant agreement with the Toledo Celtics, Inc. for the purpose of contributing $70,000 towards the cost acquisition of mini-pitch soccer fields at Schneider Park; authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $70,000 from the Capital Improvement Fund; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the City to enter into a grant agreement with the Toledo Celtics, Inc. for the purpose of contributing to the cost of the acquisition of modular soccer mini-pitches for use at Schneider Park. The proposed project will provide accessible soccer facilities for individuals who are not able to utilize the traditional grass fields this park. Funds for this purpose are allocated in the 2024 Capital Improvement Plan budget and are being supplemented by $55,000 in donations and grants. Upon receipt of the materials, a community build event will be conducted in coordination with the building trades to construct the pitches. The Toledo Celtics will complete the purchase of the mini-pitch materials and the completed project will be the property of the City of Toledo subject to the existing lease between the City and the Toledo Celtics, Inc. for Schneider Park.
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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 with the Toledo Celtics, Inc. for the purpose of contributing $70,000 towards the cost acquisition of mini-pitch soccer fields at Schneider Park upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Law and the Director of Parks and Youth Services.
SECTION 2. The expenditure of an amount not to exceed $70,000 is authorized from the Capital Improvement Fund Account Code 5040-40100-8CP2430ADAFLD for the purpose authorized in Section 1.
SECTION 3. That the Finance Director is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the above Account Code in payment of the above authorized obligations in amounts not to exceed $70,000 upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the same 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 improve the accessibility of the park.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Passed: July 17, 2024, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Carrie Hartman
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: July 17, 2024
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor