File #: RES-11:197    Version: 1 Name: Contract with AHTD for Recreational Trails Grant
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/1/2011 In control: Public Services Council Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/6/2011
Title: A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH THE ARKANSAS HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE RECREATIONAL TRAIL GRANT
Sponsors: Grants
Indexes: Contract, Grant
Attachments: 1. Contract
Related files: RES-12:051, CON-038
Title
A RESOLUTION TO ENTER INTO CONTRACT WITH THE ARKANSAS HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE RECREATIONAL TRAIL GRANT
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro Grants Department applied for the 2010 Recreational Trails Grant; and
 
WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro was awarded $80,000 to match with city funds for the project - Job #100757; and
 
WHEREAS, the City of Jonesboro will use the funds ($103,730) to construct Section VI of Phase I of the Jonesboro Greenway; and
 
WHEREAS, the Recreational Trails Grant is an 80/20 matching grant with the 20% match, in the amount of $20,000, plus the $3,730 additional funds on the revised project budget, for a total amount of $23,730 to be allocated in the Federal Fund of the 2012 City of Jonesboro Budget;
 
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF JONESBORO, ARKANSAS THAT:
 
Section 1: The City of Jonesboro shall enter into a contract with the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department to construct Section VI of Phase I of the Jonesboro Greenway with funds from the Recreational Trail Grant;
 
Section 2: The Mayor, Harold Perrin and the City Clerk, Donna Jackson shall be authorized to execute all documents necessary to effectuate this agreement.
 
PASSED AND APPROVED this 6th day of December, 2011.