To: Martin L. Cousineau, Finance Committee Chairperson
From: Patrick Linihan, Parks and Recreation Director
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RE: Approval of a grant award from the U.S. Department of the Interior, in the amount of $150,000.00, to provide for the Flint River Restoration Project; the budget for this grant is attached
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Genesee County Parks and Recreation staff requests the approval to accept a grant from the Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act, in the amount of $150,000.00, for the Flint River Restoration Project.
BACKGROUND:
The Flint Riverfront Restoration is a long-term project key to the revitalization of the riverfront in downtown Flint, Michigan. In-river components of the project will open nearly 25 miles of streams to fish passage, improve in-channel habitat, and support spawning runs of lake sturgeon and walleye.
DISCUSSION:
Match provided by multiple funding sources: Michigan DNR Trust Fund grant funds (awarded 2016-2018), Consumer's Energy Grant funds (2021), National Park Service Grant funds (2020), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (2023).
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Funds to be deposited into account 2088-796.01-504.000.
NO USE OF GENERAL FUND.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
Approval promotes environmental stewardship and promotes safe, healthy communities.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Parks and Recreation Director to authorize accepting a Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act grant administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, in the amount of $150,000.00 to be deposited into account 2088-796.01-504.000, to fund the Flint River Restoration...
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