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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 rin...
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