HomeMy WebLinkAboutBUTLER CREEK NATURE CORRIDOR LOMBARD MILL POND TRIALGRANT AWARD $100,000
STATE OF GEORGIA
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
PROJECT AGREEMENT
Applicant: Augusta-Richmond County
Street: 530 Greene St., Room 806
County: Richmond
City: Augusta
Zip: 30901
Phone #: 706-821-1831
Project Title: Butler Creek Nature Corridor-Lombard Mill Pond Trail
Project Period:Date this agreement is executed to December 31, 2009 Project # NRT-05(4)
Project Scope: (Description of Project)
Construct approximately 2.6 miles oftrail in the Lombard Mill Pond area, and install trailhead
amenities.
Title of Grant-in-Aid: Georgia Recreational Trails Program
Project Cost:
The following are hereby incorporated into this
agreement:
Total Cost
Fund Support
$156,200
64%
1. General Provisions (attached hereto)
2. Project Proposal and Application (submitted by
Applicant and on file with DNR)
3. Disadvantaged Business Enterprises
Certification
Grant-in-Aid
$100,000
Minimum Local Match
$56,200
The State of Georgia, Department of Natural Resources (hereinafter referred to as DNR), and the City of Augusta-
Richmond County (hereinafter referred to as the Applicant) in consideration of the mutual promises and benefits
flowing to each as hereinafter stated, do hereby agree to perform this agreement in accordance with the National
Recreational Trails Act (NRT A), Title I, Part B, Section 1301 of the lntermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
Act of 1991 (P.L. 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914), later reauthorized as the Recreation Trails Program under the Safe,
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A L~gacy for Users (P.L. 109-59, 119 Stat. 1144), and
the provisions and conditions of the Federal Highway Administration guidelines for the RTP grant program, and
with the terms, promises, conditions, covenants, assurances, plans specifications, estimates, procedures, project
proposals, and maps attached hereto or retained by the Applicant or DNR and made a part hereof.
The Applicant certifies that it possesses the legal authority to. apply for the grant, enter into this Agreement, and to
finance and construct the proposed facilities. A resolution, motion or similar action has been duly adopted or passed
authorizing the filing of the project application, approving this agreement, including all understandings and
assurances contained therein, and directing the persons whose names and signatures appear herein below to sign this
agreement on behalf of the Applicant and to act in connection with the project and provide such additional
information as may be required.
The Applicant further certifies and assures that it has the ability and intention to finance the non-State (local) share
of the costs for the project, and that sufficient funds will be available to assure effective operation and maintenance
of the facilities acquired or developed by the project.
DNR agrees to obligate to the Applicant the sum specified hereinabove as the Grant-in-Aid, and to tender to the
Applicant that portion of said grant which is required to pay DNR's share of the costs of the project, based upon the
percentage of assistance specified hereinabove as Fund Support.
The Applicant agrees to execute the project in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
The Applicant further agrees that, as the benefit to be derived by the State of Georgia and DNR from the full
compliance by the Applicants with the terms of this agreement is the preservation, protection, and the net increase in
the quality of public recreational trails which are available to the people of the State and the United States, and as
such benefit exceeds to an immeasurable and unascertainable extent the amount of money furnished by DNR by way
of assistance under the terms of the agreement, that payment by the Applicant to DNR of an amount equal to the
amount of assistance extended under this agreement by DNR would be inadequate compensation to DNR for any
breach by the Applicants of this agreement. The Applicant further agrees, therefore, that THE APPROPRIATE
REMEDY IN THE EVENT OF A BREACH BY THE APPLICANT OF THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE THE
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.
The Applicant agrees to use its best efforts to ensure compliance with regulations pertaining to Disadvantaged
Business Enterprises (DBE). The Applicant shall not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, age, or disability in the selection and retention of contractors, including procurement of materials
and leases of equipment.
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The following special proiect terms and conditions apply:
In planning and executing the project, the Applicant agrees to consider the comments of agencies who responded to
the environmental review requests for this project.
In witness whereof, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date entered below.
STATE OF GEORGIA, DEPARTMENT OF
NATURAL RESOURCES
APPLICANT, AUGUST A-RICHMOND
COUNTY
BY
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