IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE transferring $50,000.00 within the 2019 Grant Fund and appropriating $50,000.00 from the undesignated fund balance of the 2019 Park Enterprise Fund, to restore previously obligated matching grant funds relating to the supplemental grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks, Land and Water Conservation Fund.
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ORDINANCE NO. 5278, October 21, 2019
INTRODUCED BY Crystal Williams, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 5201, dated February 25, 2019, the Legislature did authorize the acceptance of a supplemental grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks, Land and Water Conservation Fund, which required a local match of $50,000.00; and,
WHEREAS, subsequent to signing the grant agreement, and in accordance with the grant's requirements, a cultural resource study was conducted on the site as directed by the Missouri State Historical Preservation Office (SHPO); and,
WHEREAS, the study found that the site contained significant amounts of cultural material, such that it is eligible to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places; and,
WHEREAS, SHPO then required further in-depth testing before any ground disturbing activity could be approved; and,
WHEREAS, due to the open-ended nature of the potential additional costs based on the high probability of new cultural resources being found, the Parks + Rec Department's project budget has been compromised, making the project no longer feasible as proposed in the supplemental grant application; and,
WHEREAS, the Parks + Rec Department has requested and received authorization from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks, Land and Water Conservation Fund to cancel the grant; and,
WHEREAS, an appropriation and transfer are now necessary to place the no longer needed matching funds in the appropriate, original spend...
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