CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

RESOLUTION NO. 56-13

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT REQUEST TO THE GARFIELD COUNTY FEDERAL MINERAL LEASE DISTRICT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLORADO LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

RECITALS.

The City has partnered with Mesa County and Colorado Mesa University to develop the Colorado Law Enforcement Training Center (CLETC) to meet the training needs of law enforcement and first responder agencies throughout the region and state, as well as students in the CMU Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) academy. The training center is located on 80 acres acquired from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management at Whitewater Hill.

The CLETC is a multi-phased project, including a driver training track, a simulated city block training area, a pistol shooting range, a POST classroom building, a fire training area and a fitness course. Phase I of the project, the driver training and high speed pursuit track, was recently dedicated. We have the opportunity to apply for a grant from the Garfield Mineral Lease District for the development of the classroom building and simulated city block.

The Garfield County Federal Mineral Lease District grant can cover up to 70% of project cost, with a maximum grant award of $1 million. The proposed grant request will not exceed $1 million for an estimated $1.4 million project cost. The required 10% cash match will be provided by CMU, with the remainder of the project cost being provided by the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County with in-kind engineering services and with CMU’s purchase of houses near the main campus that will be relocated to the Whitewater site for the simulated city block.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the City Council of the City of Grand Junction does hereby authorize the City Manager to submit a $1 million grant request in accordance with and pursuant to the recitals stated above to the Garfield County Federal Mineral Lease District for the Development of the Colorado Law Enforcement Training Center.

Dated this 21st day of August, 2013.

             /s/ Martin Chazen      

             President of the Council Pro Tem

ATTEST:

/s/ Stephanie Tuin      
City Clerk