Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to submit a grant application to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Real Estate and Land Management, for funding for the development and improvement at park facilities under the Nature Works Fund.
Grant funding will be used for the Georges Creek Park Development Project including land acquisition, play equipment, picnic tables, benches, landscaping and walkway/trail. Georges Creek Park is located in southeast Columbus near Gender Road and Winchester Pike.
The required local match of $64,633.00 will be provided from the Recreation and Parks Capital Improvement Program dollars.
Fiscal Impact:
$257,332.00 in grant funding is being applied for and will be used for the Georges Creek Park Development Project.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to submit a grant application, in the amount of $257,332.00, to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Real Estate and Land Management, for grant funding under the Nature Works Fund for the Georges Creek Park Development Project. ($257,332.00)
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WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Real Estate and Land Management, is accepting grant applications for funding under the Nature Works Fund for Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, the Recreation and Parks Department desires to submit an application for the development of Georges Creek Park; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to submit a grant application in the amount of $257,332.00 to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Real Estate and Land Management, for funding under the Nature Works Fund for the development of Georges Creek Park.
Section 2. That this ordinance authorizes an application only and is not a commitment ...
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