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Council highlights $587,700 RAMP grant and local matching needs for parks and sidewalks
Summary
Staff said the city received about $587,700 in RAMP grant money for parks but must provide a local match; staff proposed transferring roughly $1.174 million to capital projects to meet match obligations and recommended increasing sidewalk funding from about $50K to $100K annually.
City staff told the council the parks program recently received sizable grant funding but that matching local money is required.
Speaker 4 said the city received roughly $587,700 from RAMP (rounded in the presentation) and that the grant requires a local match; staff proposed transferring approximately $1,174,800 to capital projects as the local match to accomplish planned grant projects for Meadows and Nature Park.
The presenter also recommended raising the recurring sidewalk budget from about $50,000 to $100,000 to address citywide sidewalk maintenance and park-adjacent improvements. Speaker 4 said larger capital projects could be supplemented by UDOT partnerships when appropriate, but that the recurring $50K sidewalk allocation is insufficient for ongoing needs.
Council members expressed general support for pursuing grant matches on projects they would have funded anyway, calling it a prudent use of outside funding. No final appropriation or binding transfer was approved at the May 5 work session; staff said specific line-item locations and final figures will be refined and included in the formal packet.
