Resolution 10-85 Grant for Design and Pre-Construction Activities for Ramp 3/ Float Replacement and System 5 Upgrades Improvements

Summary

A Resolution of the City Council of Homer, Alaska, Authorizing the City Administration to Apply for a Denali Commission Grant in the Amount of $412,500 for Design and Pre-Construction Activities Related to Priority Capital Improvements Within the Homer Boat Harbor (Ramp 3/ Float Replacement and System 5 Upgrades) and Stipulating the Grant is Awarded, the Council will Appropriate the Required Twenty Percent Local Match ($137,500). City Manager/Port & Harbor Director.

Ordinance/Resolution ID: 
10-85
Ordinance/Resolution Status: 
Adopted
Effective Date: 
10/25/2010
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CITY OF HOMER
HOMER, ALASKA

City Manager/Port and Harbor Director

RESOLUTION 10-85

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOMER, ALASKA, AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TO APPLY FOR A DENALI COMMISSION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $440,000 FOR DESIGN AND PRE-CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES RELATED TO PRIORITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE HOMER BOAT HARBOR (RAMP 3 / FLOAT REPLACEMENT AND SYSTEM 5 UPGRADES) AND STIPULATING THAT IF THE GRANT IS AWARDED, THE COUNCIL WILL APPROPRIATE THE REQUIRED TWENTY PERCENT LOCAL MATCH ($110,000).

WHEREAS, The Denali Commission provides funding for design and pre-construction activities for harbor improvements; especially if those improvements are related to safety and economic development; and

WHEREAS, An increasing number of granting agencies only provide money for construction and are looking for projects to fund that are “construction ready”; and

WHEREAS, The Ramp 3 / Harbor Float Replacement and System 5 Electrical and Water Upgrade projects are both priority projects contained in the City’s approved Top 15 C.I.P Priority Resolution 10-78(A); and

WHEREAS, In order for the City to be eligible for possible construction funding, it must first complete design and pre-construction activities; and

WHEREAS, The Denali Commission requires a local match of 20 percent for this program.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Homer City Council hereby authorizes the City administration to prepare and submit a grant application to the Denali Commission for design and pre-construction activities related to the proposed Ramp 3 / Float Replacement and System 5 Upgrade projects.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council stipulates that if this grant is funded, it will appropriate the required 20 percent local match in the amount of $110,000.

PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Homer City Council this 25th day of October, 2010.

CITY OF HOMER

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JAMES C. HORNADAY, MAYOR

ATTEST:


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JO JOHNSON, CMC, CITY CLERK

Fiscal Note: $110,000 / Port and Harbor Reserves Acct. No. 456-380.