Explanation
Background: This legislation authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention, for improvements to Spindler Road Park. The total cost of the project is estimated to be around $150,000.00. A match of $75,000.00 is required from the Recreation and Parks Department. The local match in the amount of $36,000.00 will be provided by the Recreation and Parks Capital Improvement Program and $39,000.00 will be provided by the Berliner Action Team for Sport (BATS) organization. The funding will be used to purchase equipment such as a tractor with a front end loader, dump truck, 18 foot trailer, spreader, Klegg Meter and about 600,000 pounds of crum rubber. Crum rubber is made from recycled automobile and truck tires and will be spread initially on the athletic fields at the Spindler Road complex. The crum rubber will create a healthier turf and longer life for the fields and will likely reduce the stress on the backs, knees and hips of players and those who serve the Department in their official capacity.
Fiscal Impact: $150,000.00 in Grant, Bond and Special Purpose funding will be used for the improvements to Spindler Road Park. The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund unappropriated balance by $75,000.00. The expenditure of $150,000.00 is budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund, CIP Fund and Special Purpose Fund.
Emergency action is requested in order to have the funding available for necessary expenditures.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $75,000.00 and enter into agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention for improvements to Spindler Road Park, to authorize the appropriation of $75,000.00 from the unappropriated balanc...
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