September Board Recap | Fargo Parks

In case you missed the Park Board Assembly on September 10, 2024 under are some highlights to concentrate on.                

To view a full agenda and memos click on HERE.  To view a full video recording of the assembly click on HERE.    

Bid awarded to American Safety & Gate Firm for Rheault Farm Park fencing substitute undertaking 

As a part of the consent agenda, Commissioners voted 5-0 to award a bid to American Safety & Gate Firm for the fencing substitute undertaking at Rheault Farm Park.    

Proposals have been reviewed from two fencing corporations and workers really useful the bid be awarded to American Safety & Gate Firm within the quantity of $61,450. The bid met all specs, is the bottom bid obtained, and is throughout the budgeted quantity of $116,500.  

The undertaking includes the substitute of the north and east fence traces at Rheault Farm Park. The present picket fences will probably be changed with brown vinyl coated chain-link fencing with slates. The undertaking is predicted to begin in mid-October and undergo the top of October. All undertaking dates are topic to alter.  

Approval of the Memorandum of Understanding Settlement with the Metropolis of Fargo for the development of the Pink River Section II Path and Drain 27 Path Crossing initiatives 

As a part of the consent agenda, Commissioners voted 5-0 to grant approval of the Memorandum of Understanding Settlement between the Metropolis of Fargo and the Fargo Park District.  

The settlement permits the Metropolis of Fargo to assemble segments of two shared use paths in 2025 as a part of the Metropolis’s general pedestrian transportation system plan. The 2 segments will probably be a portion of the Pink River Path close to River Drive South from thirty fifth Avenue South to fortieth Avenue South, and the Drain 27 Path Crossing from twenty fifth Avenue South to the Timberline Path.  

The Metropolis of Fargo and the Fargo Park District each personal parcels on which the shared use paths will probably be constructed. The native price share will probably be break up between the 2 entities for each initiatives. The Fargo Park District’s share is estimated to be $143,122 for the Pink River Path Section II undertaking and $151,558 for the Drain 27 Path Crossing undertaking. The Fargo Park District’s share was budgeted for within the 2025 concrete enchancment funds. The Metropolis of Fargo has obtained Transportation Different Program (TAP) grants from the Federal Freeway Administration for the remaining prices of the initiatives.  

Approval granted to use for the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District Recreation Grant and the Out of doors Heritage Fund Grant 

As a part of the consent agenda, Commissioners voted 5-0 to grant permission for employees to use for 2 grants: the Garrison Diversion Conservancy District Recreation Grant and the Out of doors Heritage Fund Grant.  

The Garrison Diversion Conservancy District Recreation grants could also be requested for brand new recreation services and/or the enhancement or growth of present services. This matching grant can be utilized for initiatives situated throughout the Garrison Diversion boundaries. If awarded, the Fargo Park District will use funds to improve the dugouts at Fields #3 and #4 (east fields) and so as to add a picnic shelter on the Anderson Softball Advanced in 2025.  

North Dakota’s Out of doors Heritage Fund was established in 2013 as a multi-million-dollar program to offer grants to state companies, tribal governments, political subdivisions, and nonprofit organizations. Beneath the Out of doors Heritage Fund, greater precedence is given to initiatives that improve conservation practices within the state by supporting a number of statutorily recognized directives. The Fargo Park District plans to submit the Southwest Regional Pond Recreation Space enhancements undertaking for grant consideration. The undertaking would encompass concrete trails, gravel trails, native plantings, and park benches on the Southwest Regional Pond.  

Each grant alternatives require assist of the governing physique of an company making use of. 

Approval of Metropolis of Fargo ordinance enacting Article 10-14 of Chapter 10 of the Fargo Municipal Code regarding tenting on public property 

Commissioners voted 5-0 to approve a decision adopting a Metropolis of Fargo ordinance enacting Article 10-14 of Chapter 10 of the Fargo Municipal Code regarding tenting on public property. 

Fargo Park District workers have been working intently with the Metropolis of Fargo on an ordinance and backbone prohibiting tenting on public property and proper aways all through the Metropolis of Fargo.  

The Fargo Park District dedicated to adopting the phrases and situations relating to tenting on public property as outlined and described within the Fargo Tenting ordinance and Fargo Tenting decision to create a uniform and constant coverage inside and throughout the Metropolis of Fargo.  

A lot of the riverfront property is owned collectively by both the Fargo Park District or the Metropolis of Fargo. The Fargo Park District decision and ordinance will enable for the enforcement and administration of tenting on park property and lengthen authority for the Fargo Police Division to implement the Metropolis of Fargo’s ordinance on all Fargo Park District property.  

The ordinance and backbone will take impact on September 11, 2024.  

Public Finances Listening to  

The Fargo Park District held its funds listening to after the common board assembly was adjourned. President Aaron Hill opened the assembly at 6:00pm.  No public was current to talk to the board.  The assembly closed at 6:01pm. 

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