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Kentwood accepts $300,000 Michigan DNR grant for Paul Henry Trail improvements
Summary
The city accepted a Michigan Department of Natural Resources project grant covering $300,000 of an approximately $1 million Paul Henry Trail improvement project; the city will appropriate $700,000 and move to bid construction after grant paperwork is filed.
The Kentwood City Commission on Feb. 4 passed a resolution to accept a Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) project grant for improvements to the Paul Henry Trail.
City project staff Susan told commissioners the total project cost is about $1 million; the DNR grant covers $300,000 and the city will appropriate approximately $700,000 to complete the work. Planned improvements include benches, pavement repairs, bollards, trash and recycling receptacles and wayfinding signage. Design work with Prine and Neuhoff is complete and the grant acceptance will allow staff to publish construction bid documents.
"The agreement I have here, I mean, essentially, it just says what our portion of the project should be. It's a the total cost is a million dollars. We're, wanna, appropriate 700,000 from the city, and then the grant covers 300,000," Susan said. After the commission approved the resolution the mayor and staff will upload required documents into the DNR grant system as part of the procurement timeline.
Moore moved approval; Moseley seconded. The motion passed on a roll-call vote with Moseley, Tyson, Parks, Moore, Morgan and Mayor Keppley recorded as voting yes.
