HomeMy WebLinkAbout033848 RES - 01/27/2026Paulette Guajardo, May
Resolution authorizing submission of a grant application to the Texas
Parks & Wildlife Department under its Recreational Trails Grant
Program in the amount of $300,000.00, with a required cash match of
20% of the total project costs, not to exceed $75,000.00, for a new trail
connection at Bill Witt Park.
WHEREAS, the City of Corpus Christi ("City") is fully eligible to receive assistance
under the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Recreational Trails Grant Program;
WHEREAS, this grant opportunity is a reimbursement grant program with a
20% local match requirement of total eligible project costs;
WHEREAS, the new trail connection at Bill Will Park will be operated and
maintained at City's expense for public outdoor recreation use for at least 20 years after
the project is complete; and
WHEREAS, the City certifies it has sufficient funds to meet its share of the costs
of the project.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS THAT:
SECTION 1. Resolution authorizing submission of a grant application to the Texas Parks
& Wildlife Department under its Recreational Trails Grant Program in the amount
of $300,000.00, with a required cash match of 20% of the total eligible project costs,
not to exceed $75,000.00, for a new trail connection at Bill Witt Park.
SECTION 2. If awarded, there is a cash match in the amount of up to 20% of the
total eligible project costs, not to exceed $75,000.00, with such funds to be provided
from the Parks & Recreation Department's Development Fund.
SECTION 3. City Council designates the Director of Parks and Recreation ("Director") as
the City's authorized official. The Director is empowered to apply for, accept, reject, alter,
or terminate the grant, execute all necessary documents, and administer the grant on
behalf of the City as the applicant agency.
SECTION 4. In the event of the loss or misuse of the Recreation Trails Grant Program
funds, the City assures that the grant funds will be returned to the Texas Parks & Wildlife
Department in full.
PeSETrald APPROVED on the /1 day of 3-0\,nvx , 2026.
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Rebecca Huerta, ity Secretary
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033848
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of the Finance & Procurement Department of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her
duly authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the
money required for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or
expenditure described above is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified above, from which it
is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are subject
to annual appropriation by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: 1/27/2026 Legistar Number: 25-1981
Agenda Item:
Resolution authorizing submission of a grant application to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
under its Recreational Trails Grant Program in the amount of $300,000.00, with a required cash match
of 20% of the total project costs, not to exceed $75,000.00, for a new trail connection at Bill Witt Park.
Amount Required: (Amount to be Certified) $ 75,000.00
Fund Name
Accounting Unit
Account No.
Activity No.
Amount
Park Development Fund
4720-27-21717
550030
$75,000.00
Total
$75,000.00,,
❑ Certification Not Required
Director of the Finance & Procurement Department
Date: