Label
DPU081622SCHNEIDERPARKGI
Environmental Services
Abed Semaan (x3951)
Revised
Title
Authorizing the mayor to execute all necessary grant award documents with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Grant; authorizing the mayor to accept and deposit grant proceeds in the amount of $600,000 into the Operation Grants Fund; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of said grant proceeds for the Schneider Park Green Infrastructure project; authorizing the mayor to accept bids and execute necessary contracts to administer the grants; and declaring an emergency.
Body
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo has been awarded funding and is invited to enter into a grant agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for a Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Green Infrastructure in Shoreline Communities Program grant in the amount of $600,000 to be used for the Schneider Park Green Infrastructure (GI) Project. This ordinance authorizes the mayor to accept, deposit, appropriate and expend up to $600,000 in grant proceeds from the EPA.
Summary
NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the mayor is authorized to execute all necessary Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant documents with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Schneider Park Green Infrastructure Project upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Public Utilities and the Director of Law.
SECTION 2. That the mayor is authorized to accept and deposit grant proceeds from the EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grant in an amount not to exceed $600,000, into the Operation Grants Fund, Account Code 2016-38000-6G00311STDSTD.
SECTION 3. That the appropriation from the unappropriated grant proceeds in an amount not to exceed $600,000 is authorized from the Operation Grants Fund into Account Code 2016-38000-6G00311STDSTD; and further authorizing the expenditure of same for the Schneider Park Green Infrastructure Project.
SECTION 4. That the mayor is authorized to accept bids and execute necessary contracts related to this grant upon such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Director of Public Utilities and the Director of Law.
SECTION 5. That the Director of Finance is authorized to issue warrant or warrants against the account code above in an amount not to exceed $600,000 in payment of the obligations incurred pursuant to the above-authorized contracts upon presentation of proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 6. That this Ordinance is declared to be an emergency 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 of the city and for the further reason that this ordinance must be immediately effective in order to implement this program within the Environmental Protection Agency’s designated time schedule.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 12, nays 0.
Passed: August 16, 2022 as an emergency measure: yeas 12, nays 0.
Attest:
Gerald E. Dendinger Matt Cherry
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: August 16, 2022
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor