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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 1-26-15 <br />Item No.: <br />14.c <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Park and Recreation Renewal Program Natural Resource Restoration Project <br />Update and Accept Grants <br />BACKGROUND <br />1 <br />As a component of the approved Park and Recreation Renewal Program(Renewal Program)there is a <br />2 <br />$1.5M Park System Natural Resource Restoration effort.Staff is working with Ecologist Paul <br />3 <br />Bockenstedfrom Stantec Inc. to implement the program. The work began in the spring of 2014 and <br />4 <br />. <br />will continue through 2016 <br />5 <br />6 <br />Part of the agreement withStantec, Inc. is for them to pursue appropriate grants and other potential <br />7 <br />outside funding sources for identified core and non-core projects in order to leverage as much of the <br />8 <br />approved budget and implement as much of the outlined program as possible. <br />9 <br />10 <br />The following two grants are part of outlined work program, have been awarded and are requested to be <br />11 <br />accepted: <br />12 <br />13 <br />1.A Department of Natural Resources Conservation Partners Legacy Grant in the amount of $120, <br />14 <br />966 for Natural Resource Restoration at Reservoir Woods and Central Park Lake Bennett.The <br />15 <br />total project budget is $483,864 with a city match of $362,898 proposed to be taken from the <br />16 <br />approved $1.5M Renewal Program budget. The grant agreementis attached. <br />17 <br />18 <br />2.ACapitol Region Watershed Grant in the amount of $22,410 for Natural Resource Restoration <br />19 <br />at Villa Park.The total project budget is $24,900 with a city match of $2,490 proposed to be <br />20 <br />taken from the approved $1.5M Parks and Recreation Renewal Program Budget.The grant <br />21 <br />agreementis attached. <br />22 <br />23 <br />All projects in the Renewal Program have a two year maintenance agreement. After that, the site <br />24 <br />maintenancewill be the responsibility of the city through the Capital Improvement Program. This is <br />25 <br />anticipated to be an ongoing discussion and effort by the city. Once the initial project and two years of <br />26 <br />maintenance is complete,if kept up, less extensive effortswill be anticipated. <br />27 <br />28 <br />Mr. Bockensted and staff will be at your meeting to provide you with an update on public outreach <br />29 <br />efforts, volunteer/community engagement events, project progress and status, grant and outside funding <br />30 <br />status and discuss the proposed 2015 work plan. <br />31 <br />32 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />