Agenda Item # 4
Columbus Consolidated Government
Council Meeting
March 14, 2006
Agenda Report #111
TO: Mayor and Councilors
SUBJECT: Grant - Georgia Trails and Greenways
INITIATED BY: Parks and Recreation Department
Recommendation: Approval is requested to submit an application and if approved,
accept funds from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to provide
signage and trash receptacles along the Columbus Multi-Use Bikeway and
Pedestrian Trail and to amend the Multi-Governmental Fund by the amount of the
grant awarded. The grant amount requested is $100,000, or otherwise awarded, to
be used to offset funds already committed to this trail system through SPLOST
allocation.
Background: The purpose of the program is to provide and maintain recreational
trails while benefiting the environment, restoring natural pathways and the
beauty of Columbus and to provide the community with alternative means of
travel in the City of Columbus, thereby saving the environment with less
emissions and reliance on fossil fuel.
Analysis: The Rails to Trail Program is recognized and authorized by the U.S.
Congress, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Department of Natural
Resources and the Governor of the State of Georgia. There is currently $6
million dedicated to alternative transportation projects in our city.
Financial Considerations: The grant amount requested is $100,000 for the
Department of Parks and Recreation. The state will reimburse 80 % of the design
and purchase of signage and receptacle costs. With funds dedicated and
committed to the 6.37 mile corridor. The reimbursement of $100,000
reimbursement will be put back into city funds. This grant will cross over the
fiscal year.
Recommendation: Authorize a resolution to approve the City to submit an
application, and if awarded, accept a grant from the Georgia Department of
Natural Resources for the Department of Parks and Recreation to design,
purchase and place signs and trash receptacles along the 6.37 mile Phase I
bikeway and pedestrian trail and to amend the Multi-Governmental Fund by the
amount of the grant awarded.
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