TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kristoff Bauer, ICMA-CM-Deputy City Manager
FROM: Rob Stone, P.E. Director of Engineering and Infrastructure
Tracey Broyles, Budget and Evaluation Director
DATE: June 26, 2017
RE:
Title
Adoption of Capital Project Ordinance 2017-56 to Appropriate a Grant Award from the Golden LEAF Foundation for the Spruce Street Drainage Project; and, Adoption of Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance 2017-10 to Appropriate a Grant Award from the Golden LEAF Foundation for Debris Removal in Multiple Creeks
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
Council District(s)
Districts 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
b
Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 1: Safe and secure community
Goal 3: High quality built environment
Goal 4: Desirable place to live work and recreate
Executive Summary:
On June 7, 2017, the Golden LEAF Foundation awarded the City two grants, totaling $1,866,871.50, for Hurricane Matthew recovery projects. The first grant provides $873,871.50 to replace the undersized storm drainage infrastructure at Spruce Street. The second grant provides $993,000 for removal and disposal of trees and debris from multiple creeks.
Capital Project Ordinance (CPO) 2017-56 will appropriate the $873,872 of grant funding for the Spruce Street Storm Drainage Project. Special Revenue Fund Project Ordinance (SRO) 2017-10 will appropriate the $993,000 of grant funding for the Multiple Creek Tree Debris Removal project.
Background:
The Disaster Recovery Act of 2016 (S.L. 2016-124) provided funds to the Golden LEAF Foundation to provide grants to local governments for repair, replacement, or construction of new infrastructure (including water, sewer, sidewalks and storm drainage) and other, similar projects that provide assistance for recovery from Hurricane Matthew, the western wildfires, or Tropical Storms Julia and Hermine.
Spruce Street Storm Drainage Project:
The stormwater system in the Forest Hills neighborhood was overcharged by hi...
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