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Brunswick approves additional $452,000 toward College Park drainage project as grant applications proceed
Summary
The commission approved an additional $452,000 in local funding on Nov. 5 to complete the city’s required match for hazard-mitigation funding applications covering phases 3–4 of the College Park drainage project; staff said they will pursue a federal hazard mitigation grant and other recovery funds that would cover most remaining costs.
The Brunswick City Commission voted on Nov. 5 to approve an additional $452,000 from the city to complete the local match needed to apply for hazard-mitigation grant funding for phases 3 and 4 of the College Park drainage project.
City management said the project originally was estimated at approximately $12.6 million for all four phases. Phases 1 and 2 have been funded and are nearing completion; staff reported phase 3 costs estimated at roughly $9.2 million and phase 4 at about $2.5 million. The consultant/finance presenter said bank reconciliations and draft financials are in progress as pre-audit materials and that some numbers remain preliminary.
City staff said they are applying for a hazard mitigation grant that would provide about $8.7 million (roughly 75% of the phase 3–4 cost). The state would contribute an estimated 10% and the county and city would split the remaining local match, with the county contributing roughly $1.1 million and the city’s total local-match obligation estimated near $579,000; the new commission action approved an additional $452,000 to bring the city’s local match forward while grant decisions are pending.
Resin Talbert, Glynn County’s director of capital development, told the commission the hazard-mitigation award process can take up to two years but that county staff expected a decision sooner; staff also said they would pursue additional disaster-recovery funding to cover local match if that program is awarded.
Commissioners asked about timelines and the presentation’s pre-audit status; staff and the consultant emphasized that the figures presented were demonstration/pre-audit numbers and that further reconciliation and documentation will be included with the grant application. On a motion by Commissioner (speaker 10) and a second, the commission approved the requested additional city funding.
What’s next: Staff will finalize grant applications, continue reconciliations for auditors, and return with any changes to required local matches if the county’s disaster-recovery application is successful.
