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Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Parks and Recreation Department Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20240814-007) to accept and appropriate $1,500,000 in grant funds from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Local Park grant program for Phase I of the Walter E. Long Metropolitan Park improvement project. Funding: $1,500,000 is available from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. A City funding match of $1,500,000 is also required and available in Capital Budget of the Parks and Recreation Department.
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Parks and Recreation Department.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $1,500,000 is available from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Local Park grant program. A City funding match of $1,500,000 is also required and is available in the Capital Budget of the Parks and Recreation Department. A fiscal note is attached.
Prior Council Action:
August 14, 2024 - Council approved Ordinance No. 20240814-007 adopting the City Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, beginning on October 1, 2024, and ending on September 30, 2025. The Budget appropriated $1,500,000 to the Parks and Recreation Department Capital Budget for the Texas Parks and Recreation Department Local Park grant award.
July 20, 2023 - Council conducted a public hearing and approved Resolution No. 20230720-157 authorizing and directing the Director of the Parks and Recreation Department to act on the City's behalf in working with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) in connection with the Local Park Grant Program and to apply for a Local Park Grant of up to $1,500,000, to be matched by the City, to partially fund the cost of the Walter E. Long Metro Park improvement project. The resolution was approved on a 10-0 vote with Council Member Fuentes absent.
For More Information:
Liana Kallivoka, Assistant Director, (512) 974-9455; Rachel Morris, Capital Improvement Program Manager, (512) 974-9460; Tim Dombeck, Business Process Speci...
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