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HomeMy WebLinkAbout14602 City Clerk’s Office Item # Q-1 Background Paper for Proposed Resolution COUNCIL MEETING DATE: April 26, 2021 TO: President Lawrence W. Atencio and Members of City Council CC: Nicholas A. Gradisar, Mayor VIA: Marisa Stoller, City Clerk FROM: Steven Meier, Parks and Recreation Director SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER FROM THE COUNCIL CONTINGENCIES ACCOUNT IN THE 2021 GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO PROJECT NO. CI2109 IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,500 TO ASSIST WITH THE RTA AQUATIC CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY AND MATCH COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS GRANT FUNDS SUMMARY: Attached is a Resolution authorizing a transfer from the Council Contingencies Account in the 2021 General Fund Budget to Project No. CI2109 in the amount of $12,500.00 to assist with the RTA Aquatic Center Feasibility Study and provide half of the required matching funds for a Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) grant. PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: During the City Council Retreat on February 27, 2021, this project was identified as a priority of City Council. BACKGROUND: In 2019, a task force was created consisting of representatives from the City of Pueblo Parks and Recreation Department, City Council, Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority (PURA), Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo (HARP), Greater Pueblo Chamber of Commerce, and Pueblo School District #60, and began the initial planning process for Pueblo’s Regional Tourism Act (RTA) Phase III for a proposed state-of-the-art regional aquatic/recreation center. The Parks and Recreation Department began conducting an in-house Aquatics/Recreation Center Needs Assessment that was intended to highlight aquatics and recreation needs of our community and to identify more specifically what the community would like to see in an indoor aquatic/recreation complex. In 2020, the City of Pueblo advertised for proposals for preliminary (schematic) design services related to the construction of a new municipal indoor aquatic/recreation center to be centrally located near the Pueblo Convention Center and the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk in downtown Pueblo. Eleven proposals were received for this project, with Denver based Perkins & Will, Inc. presenting the lowest and best bid. This project contract has been submitted for City Council approval through a Resolution. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS: The DOLA grant will provide $25,000. Required matching funds in the amount of $12,500.00 will be provided from the Council Contingencies Account, and the remaining $12,500.00 in required matching funds will be provided from the Mayoral Contingencies Account. BOARD/COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION: Not applicable to this Resolution. STAKEHOLDER PROCESS: The Pueblo Parks and Recreation Department conducted a preliminary needs assessment by interviewing its many community partners/stakeholders, which was intended to highlight aquatics and recreation needs in our community and to identify what the community would like to see in a community aquatics/recreation complex. The interviews included but were not limited to local high school and club team swimming coaches, Colorado State University – Pueblo athletic and recreation administrators/coaches, Chamber of Commerce representatives, school district athletic/activity directors, health professionals, senior citizen programming professionals, and several city and county youth sports/recreation organization representatives. ALTERNATIVES: If this Resolution is not approved, the City will not have the required matching funds for the DOLA grant. This would result in the loss of the DOLA grant and the RTA Aquatic Center Feasibility Study would not be completed. RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the Resolution. Attachments: Proposed Resolution RESOLUTION NO. 14602 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER FROM THE COUNCIL CONTINGENCIES ACCOUNT IN THE 2021 GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO PROJECT NO. CI2109 IN THE AMOUNT OF $12,500 TO ASSIST WITH THE RTA AQUATIC CENTER FEASIBILITY STUDY AND MATCH COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS GRANT FUNDS BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that: SECTION 1. Payment in the amount of $12,500.00 from the Council Contingencies Account in the 2021 General Fund Budget is authorized to be transferred to Project No. CI2109 to assist with the RTA Aquatic Center Feasibility Study and match Colorado Department of Local Affairs grant funds. SECTION 2. The officers and staff of the City are authorized to perform any and all acts consistent with the intent of this Resolution to implement the policies and procedures described herein. SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon final passage. INTRODUCED April 26, 2021 BY: Mark Aliff MEMBER OF CITY COUNCIL APPROVED: PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL ATTESTED BY: CITY CLERK