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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2009-02-09 09-070 RESOLVECOUNCIL ACTION Date: February 9, 2009 Item No. 09 070 Item/Subject: RESOLVE, Appropriating a $257,250 Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development Economic Development Initiative Program — Waterfront Infrastructure Improvements. Responsible Department: Community & Economic Development Commentary: On December 22, 2008, the City Council authorized the execution of a grant application to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Federal Economic Development Initiative Special Project funds in the amount of $257,250. The City has received notification that the Grant application has been approved. The attached Resolve will appropriate the Grant funds. The Grant was awarded for infrastructure improvements for the Bangor Waterfront Park on the Penobscot River in the area downriver from Railroad Street between the railroad tracks and Penobscot River. This area has been designated as an open space and recreation area in the Bangor Waterfront Master Plan. The City engaged Shadley Associates for all details of engineering and landscape design work which is 90% complete. Bids and construction will begin in the Spring of 2009. Department Head Manager's Comments: Recommend a roval pp 3UAUX" 04v)E.Q�'r. pP ,Q,.o GXU�to WIA City Manager Associate .. - Associated Information: Budget Approval: Fin ce Director Legal Approval: r CiXy Solicitor Introduced for Passage X f=irst Reading Page _ of _ X Referral to Business and Economic Development, 2-18-09 @ 5 p.m. U09 070 Assigned to Councilor D'Errico February 9, 2009 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Resolve, Appropriating a $257,250 Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development Economic Development Initiative Program — Waterfront Infrastructure Improvements BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR: BE IT RESOLVED, that a $257,250 grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Economic Development Initiative Program is hereby appropriated for the purpose of funding infrastructure improvements in the areas designated for open space and recreational use in the Bangor Waterfront Master Plan, at the intersection of Main and Railroad Streets, and between the railroad tracks and Penobscot River downriver from Railroad Street. IN CITY COUNCIL February 9, 2009 First Reading and Referred to Business and Econom ic Development # 09-070 R F C n Ty F iuna4��JM DEPUTY CITY CLERK (TITLE,) Appropriatinga $257,250 Grant from the Department of Housing and Urban evelogment Economic Development IN CITY COUNCIL Initiative Program - Waterfront Infrastructure February 23, 2009 TmprnvPmPnt Motion Made and Seconded for Passage Pa ed CITY CLERK Assigned to Councilor f