HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - AGENDA ITEM - 03/05/2013 - RESOLUTION 2013-018 SUPPORTING THE GRANT APPLICATDATE: March 5, 2013
STAFF: Craig Foreman
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
FORT COLLINS CITY COUNCIL 23
SUBJECT
Resolution 2013-018 Supporting the Grant Application for a School Play Yard Grant from the State Board of the
Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund for the Completion of Linton Elementary Playground.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The City, in cooperation with Poudre School District, is applying for a Great Outdoors Colorado School Play Yard
Grant for the completion of the playground at Linton Elementary School. The City is eligible to sponsor Poudre
School District for this grant application and Great Outdoors Colorado requires this resolution expressing City Council
support to be submitted as part of the grant application package. No City funding is needed for this grant.
BACKGROUND / DISCUSSION
Great Outdoors Colorado requires a resolution indicating the City’s support for the project since the City will be
sponsoring Poudre School District’s grant request. The School District will be supplying matching funds for the grant.
City funds will not be used on the project. This GOCO grant cycle does not compete with other GOCO grant
opportunities that the City may apply for.
If the grant is successful, the City will enter into a grant agreement with GOCO and an intergovernmental agreement
with Poudre School District obligating the School District to meet GOCO’s requirements for this project. The School
District will provide grant matching funds for the development of the playground enhancements, ensure the land for
the project is owned by the School District, and agree that the project will be maintained in a high quality condition.
The playground will include ADA-accessible items such as swings, slides, climbing apparatus and other traditional,
school-age play features.
FINANCIAL / ECONOMIC IMPACTS
The project continues the strong and effective partnerships between the City and Poudre School District.
Design, construction, operation and maintenance funding for the playground enhancements will be in the School
District’s budgets.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of the Resolution.
PUBLIC OUTREACH
The Linton School staff, students and parents have been involved in the design process for the development of the
playground enhancements.
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Linton Elementary School
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RESOLUTION 2013–018
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
SUPPORTING THE GRANT APPLICATION FOR A SCHOOL PLAY YARD GRANT
FROM THE STATE BOARD OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS COLORADO TRUST FUND
FOR THE COMPLETION OF LINTON ELEMENTARY PLAYGROUND
WHEREAS, the City’s Park Planning and Development Department, in partnership with
Poudre School District (the “District”), is applying for a School Play Yard Grant from the State
Board of the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund (GOCO) to fund the construction of
playground improvements at Linton Elementary School (the “Project”); and
WHEREAS, School Play Yard projects must be proposed through a partnership between
a local government and a school or school district, as local governments are the only entities
eligible to apply for GOCO Local Government Grants; and
WHEREAS, if the grant request is approved, the amount of the grant could be up to 75%
of the Project’s eligible costs, not to exceed a maximum of $100,000; and
WHEREAS, the District will provide any required matching funds for the Project, so that
no City funds will be spent on the Project; and
WHEREAS, if the Project is funded by GOCO, then GOCO will require that the play
yard be open to the general public daily, when school is not in session, and the Project budget
must include funding for signage that informs the community of the days and hours the play yard
is open to the public; and
WHEREAS, all property on which GOCO-funded projects are located must be owned by
or under control of the applicant; and
WHEREAS, the Project will be constructed on property owned by the District, so GOCO
would also require the City to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the District
governing the District’s construction and maintenance of the Project over its useful life, and
granting the City a license to enter on the Project property to complete the Project requirements
should the District fail to do so; and
WHEREAS, as part of its grant application process, GOCO requires that the governing
body of any entity applying for grant funds approve of and show its support for the grant
application through a resolution of the governing body; and
WHEREAS, should the City receive a GOCO grant for the Project, staff will ask the City
Council, by a separate resolution, to authorize the City to enter into a Grant Agreement with
GOCO and to enter into an IGA with the District.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS, that in light of the forgoing, the City Council hereby supports the City’s application
for a GOCO School Play Yard Grant, in partnership with Poudre School District, for playground
improvements at Linton Elementary School.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
5th day of March A.D. 2013.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk