February 1, 2022
Public Works
DATE: February 1, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Joe Leach, PE, Director of Public Works
Jene Levine-Snipes, Development Project Manager
Subject:
Resolution to Accept and Appropriate Hellman
Foundation Grant Funds to Purchase Maintenance
Equipment to Support the City of Richmond Parks
Maintenance
FINANCIAL IMPACT: These actions do not create any direct cost or liability to the City’s General Fund. The actions contemplated here would generate a one-time grant that does not have to be repaid. These funds would be administered by the Public Works Department in accordance with the Hellman
Foundation Grant Agreement.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
(List all dates items were heard or
council action took place)
None
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
Staff is requesting City Council to approve a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE grant funds in the amount
of $264,000 from the Hellman Foundation to purchase
maintenance equipment to support City of Richmond
Parks and Landscape Maintenance Division.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE a resolution to ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE
grant funds in the amount of $264,000 from Hellman
Foundation to purchase maintenance equipment to
support City of Richmond Parks and Landscape
Maintenance Division – Public Works Department (Joe
Leach 510-620-5478).
AGENDA
REPORT
February 1, 2022
DISCUSSION:
The Hellman Foundation is providing grant funds to the City of Richmond Public Works Department to purchase maintenance equipment to support City of Richmond Parks Division. The total grant amount of $264,000 will be used in the following manner to support the maintenance of City of Richmond parks:
3 Trailers $ 40,000.00
3 Trucks $ 180,000.00
Contingency (10%) $ 22,000.00
Administration (10%) $ 22,000.00
Total $264,000.00
Staff is requesting City Council to approve the resolution to accept and appropriate the grant funds and adjust the FY 2021-2022 revenues and expenditures by $264,000.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 - Resolution – Accepting and Appropriating the Hellman Foundation grant in the amount of $264,000