Committee approves parks contracts, grants and land actions including $27.3M parks contractor renewals
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The committee approved a substitute renewing two parks managing-contractor agreements totaling $27,291,678.50 and passed multiple grants and land-use items, including a $16.97M Atlanta BeltLine grant and a $231,713.46 purchase for Riverwalk Park.
The Community Development and Human Services Committee voted Jan. 30 to approve multiple ordinances and grant actions covering parks, grants and land-use matters.
A substitute ordinance to retroactively exercise renewal options for two managing general contractor agreements for Parks and Recreation — totaling $27,291,678.50 — was presented and approved. The committee heard that the renewals will be executed on a task-order basis; the presenter described contract identifiers and said funding will come from multiple sources, including bond and park funds. The presenter said roughly $4,000,000 of the total is earmarked for Pittman Park’s pool replacement and described a goal of completing pools within 18 months. Councilmembers asked for an itemized project list and an equity review for the allocation of funds.
Other approvals included acceptance of an Atlanta Regional Commission surface transportation block grant award not to exceed $16,970,000 for Atlanta BeltLine Northeast Segment 3; a retroactive $100,000 placemaking grant for English Avenue intersection improvements; a USDA Child and Adult Care Food Program reimbursement grant account up to $634,500 for after-school meals; and a property acquisition (approximately 2.61 acres at 2170 Old Georgia Terrace) not to exceed $231,713.46 for Riverwalk Park expansion. Several consent items for Parks and Recreation senior programming renewals and computer instruction were also approved.
The committee approved an ordinance to broaden authorized administrative fund uses for development impact fee support staff and advanced several land-use amendments (several CDP amendments were held for the quarterly CDP hearing). The parks contract substitute passed unanimously on substitute.
Councilmembers asked staff to provide a detailed project list and to confirm equitable distribution of the park investment across neighborhoods; staff said they would follow up. The committee will continue to monitor contract task orders and budgetary execution through the Parks and Recreation commissioner and appropriate budget and finance committees.