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 Project in-river components, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documents being on file with the official records of the October 2, 2024 meeting of the Public Works Committee of this Board), and the Chief Financial Officer is directed to record the attached budget amendment.