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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015 08 10 Consent 306 Resolution 2015-14 Magnolia Park Grant COMMISSION AGENDA Informational Consent X ITEM 306 Public Hearings g Regular August 10, 2015 KS CC Regular Meeting City Manager Department REQUEST: The Parks and Recreation Department requests the City Commission's approval of Resolution 2015-14 which allows the City to apply for a grant from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Cultural Facilities Program for the Magnolia Park Amphitheater Project. SYNOPSIS: The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Cultural Facilities Program provides grants that match applicant's grant expenses on a 2:1 ratio. Resolution 2015-14 authorizes staff to apply for the grant for the Magnolia Park Amphitheater Project. CONSIDERATIONS: • The Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Cultural Facilities Program provides grants that match applicant's grant expenses on a 2:1 ratio. • Resolution 2015-14 authorizes staff to apply for the grant for the Magnolia Park Amphitheater Project. • The maximum amount of grant funds that may be received by the City is $500,000. • $1,000,000 in expenditures would be required by the City to received the maximum $500,000 in grant funds (In-kind expenditures are eligible and allowed). • The Magnolia Park Amphitheater Project has a current projected cost of $1.57M, however, the Commission has directed staff to bring back alternatives to reduce this cost. • Staff has worked with the architect to create options that reduce the project cost and those options will be brought before the Commission for consideration. • Eligibility for the grant will not be known until 2nd quarter 2016. • The Amphitheater project is anticipated to be bid in late 2015, although at the current Consent 306 PAGE 1 OF 2-August 10,2015 pace, the project bidding could be closer to the timing of the grant recipients announcement. FISCAL IMPACT: None at this time. The 2:1 grant match application would be for up to $500,000 received by the City and funds would be received in FY 16 and FY 17. COMMUNICATION EFFORTS: This Agenda Item has been electronically forwarded to the Mayor and City Commission, City Manager, City Attorney/Staff, and is available on the City's Website, LaserFiche, and the City's Server. Additionally, portions of this Agenda Item are typed verbatim on the respective Meeting Agenda which has also been electronically forwarded to the individuals noted above, and which is also available on the City's Website, LaserFiche, and the City's Server; has been sent to applicable City Staff, Media/Press Representatives who have requested Agendas/Agenda Item information, Homeowner's Associations/Representatives on file with the City, and all individuals who have requested such information. This information has also been posted outside City Hall, posted inside City Hall with additional copies available for the General Public, and posted at five (5) different locations around the City. Furthermore, this information is also available to any individual requestors. City Staff is always willing to discuss this Agenda Item or any Agenda Item with any interested individuals. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the Commission approve Resolution 2015-14 authorizing the submission of a grant application to the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs Cultural Facilities Program for up to $500,000 which requires a 2 for 1 matching expenditure of up to $1,000,000 to be available by July 1, 2016 and authorize the City Manager and City Attorney to prepare and execute any and all applicable documents. ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A-Resolution 2015-14 (1 page) Consent 306 PAGE 2 OF 2-August 10,2015 DRAFT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2015-14 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA DIVISION OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS CULTURAL FACILITIES PROGRAM REQUESTING UP TO $500,000 IN GRANT FUNDS FOR MAGNOLIA PARK AMPHITHEATER ON THE PARK, AND FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGING THAT RECEIPT OF GRANT FUNDING WILL BE CONDITIONED ON THE CITY PROVIDING MATCHING FUNDS AT A 2:1 RATIO, WHICH AMOUNT SHALL NOT EXCEED$1,000,000. WHEREAS, the City of Winter Springs has the opportunity to apply for grant funding in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000.00) for the Cultural Facilities Program Project Magnolia Park Amphitheater, with the stipulation that the City provide matching funds at a 2 to 1 ratio to the amount of the grant; and WHEREAS, depending on the amount received by the City in grant funding, such funding will be conditioned on the City providing matching funds in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 by July 1, 2016. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WINTER SPRINGS, FLORIDA: Section 1. The following recitals are true and correct and hereby fully incorporated herein by this reference as part of this Resolution. Section 2. That the City Commission hereby acknowledges that the City may receive an amount not to exceed Five-Hundred Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($500,000.00) in grant funds from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs for the purpose of funding the Magnolia Park Amphitheater project. Further, the City Commission acknowledges that the receipt of such grant funds will be conditioned on the City providing matching funds at a ratio of 2:1 by July 1, 2016. The amount to be provided by the City at such 2:1 ratio will be based on the total amount of grant funds received and shall not exceed One-Million and 00/100 Dollars ($1,000,000.00). Section 3. Repeal of Prior Inconsistent Resolutions. All prior inconsistent resolutions adopted by the City Commission, or parts of resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed to the extent of the conflict. Section 4. Severability. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, word or provision of this resolution is for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, whether for substantive, procedural, or any other reason, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision, and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this resolution. Section 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon adoption by the City Commission. RESOLVED by the City Commission of the City of Winter Springs, in a regular meeting assembled on the _____ day of ____________________, 2015. ___________________________________ CHARLES LACEY, Mayor ATTEST: _______________________________ ANDREA LORENZO-LUACES, City Clerk Approved as to legal form and sufficiency for the City of Winter Springs only: ________________________________ ANTHONY A. GARGANESE, City Attorney