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TO: Mayor Robert J. O'Connor
FROM: Daniel Barreiro, Chief Community Services Officer
DATE: March 20, 2017
SUBJECT:
Resolution Authorizing an Annual Action Plan Amendment (2015 - #5) for the Community Development Block Grant Program - Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry Vehicular/Pedestrian Safety Project
PURPOSE:
Staff requests authorization to modify the scope of work for the Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry Parking Lot Vehicular and Pedestrian Safety Improvements Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") Project.
BACKGROUND:
The City approved funding for the Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry ("AIF") Parking Lot Vehicular and Pedestrian Safety Improvements Project on April 28, 2015 via R15-117. A request to further clarify and categorize the CDBG funds that were allocated to the project was later approved by the City on April 12, 2016 via R16-108.
At the time of City's CDBG funding approval for the AIF project, the project was divided into two phases. Phase 1 consisted of on-site improvements to the AIF's existing parking lot and Phase 2 included the future expansion of the parking lot area through the acquisition of adjacent property. CDBG funds in the amount of $150,000 were granted to the AIF to provide funding assistance for the Phase 1 construction costs only. Subsequent to receiving the City's CDBG funding approval, the AIF determined that the consolidation of the project's two phases into one single project would be of increased benefit. To move the project forward and as per the City's Citizen Participation Plan, any amendments to a project's original scope of work must be approved via an Amendment to the City's Annual Action Plan.
DISCUSSION:
The AIF's amended proposal now includes the acquisition of a portion of 1128 Jericho Rd. to create a second entrance off of Jericho Rd. on the west side of the building, to construct a parking lot at the southwestern corner of the property, and to install a sidewalk from the proposed parking lot to t...
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