Sponsor: Parks & Recreation
Title
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2025 Parks Capital Project Accounting
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Recommendation
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Authorize the County Manager to establish project budgets for the following in the Parks and Recreation Department:
a. Natural Resources Habitat Restoration and Maintenance
b. Parks & Trails Signage
c. Bituminous Paving & Maintenance Parks & Recreation
d. Regional Park Playground Maintenance and Redevelopment
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Background and Rationale
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Parks& Recreation department recently deployed a project management software, PM Web, to assist with managing construction, design/build, and consulting projects as well as the department’s maintenance program. The software requires a unique project number for each project managed within the system. To comply with county finance policy, this creation of a project must be approved by the Ramsey County board. Through collaboration between Parks & Recreation, the software vendor PM Web, and Finance department, the most efficient solution is to present a list of anticipated 2025 projects to be administered in PM Web to the board for approval so that a unique project number can be assigned to each project. In addition, Parks & Recreation maintenance funds (Comprehensive Capital Asset Management Preservation Plan and Regional Rehabilitation) will also be assigned a unique project number for 2025 funding. Contracts/agreements and financing plans for specific projects will still be brought to the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners for approval in accordance with county procurement policies.
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County Goals (Check those advanced by Action)
☐ Well-being ☐ Prosperity ☐ Opportunity ☒ Accountability
Racial Equity Impact
Although there is not a known racial equity impact for the action of setting up project accounts the individual projects will have equity impacts. Parks & Recreation will be bringing forward a variety of requests for approval of agreements associated with these projects and will detail out the equity impact by project at that time.
Community Participation Level and Impact
Community has not been engaged regarding the approval of project budget accounts. Community engagement has taken place prior to this requested action which helped inform Parks & Recreation staff which projects to include in this board action.
☒ Inform ☐ Consult ☐ Involve ☐ Collaborate ☐ Empower
Fiscal Impact
The requested action for the approval of project accounts does not have a direct fiscal impact. Parks and Recreation will bring forward any individual project agreements with financing plans which will explain the fiscal impact by project.
Last Previous Action
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Attachments
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