Memorandum 18-003 Ramp Two Restroom Design

Memorandum 18-003

TO:                        Mayor and the City Council                                   

FROM:                 Jenny Carroll, Special Projects & Communications Coordinator

THROUGH:        Katie Koester, City Manager

DATE:                   January 3, 2018

SUBJECT:          Ramp 2 Restroom Upgrade:  Project Update and Design Funds Request

In mid-November the Alaska State Outdoor Recreation Trails Advisory Board approved the City’s Ramp 2 Restroom Land and Water Conservation Fund grant application for Federal authorization.  The grant will provide $263,340 in 50-50 matching funds for construction.  The State anticipates forwarding a grant agreement to the City in June 2018.

City of Homer project funds, per Ordinance 17-19 and Resolution 17-067, will come from accumulated Commercial Passenger Vessel (CPV) pass-through grant funds and a loan from the Port & Harbor Reserve account, which will be reimbursed over time from future KPB and State of Alaska CPV pass-through grant distributions.

To minimize construction disruption on the Spit during the busy summer season, the rebuild is planned for the early fall 2018.  A final design and engineering plan for the new restroom is needed to be able to move into the construction phase in a timely manner after the grant agreement is finalized in June 2018.

Design/engineering funds are requested from accumulated CPV grant funds, after which $137,182 (the CPV fund balance plus a CY2017 CPV distribution) will be available for LWCF grant matching funds. 

To round out the project budget, Port and Harbor Reserves will forward fund approximately $126,158, which we predict will be entirely repaid, in increments, by 2018 - 2020 CPV pass-through grant distributions.