CITY OF GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

RESOLUTION NO. 05-14

A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT REQUEST TO THE MESA COUNTY FEDERAL MINERAL LEASE DISTRICT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLORADO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES 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. Through a Memorandum of Understanding, the CLETC is governed by an advisory board to guide development, operations and maintenance of the facility.

 

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. The City has the opportunity to apply for a grant from the Mesa County Mineral Lease District for the development of a simulated city block, to include an unpaved roadway, burn props for fire training and a concrete pad for a future burn tower.

 

The Mesa County Federal Mineral Lease District grant can cover up to 70% of project cost, with a maximum grant award of $400,000. The proposed grant request will not exceed $400,000 for an estimated $575,000 project cost. The required 10% cash match will be provided by the City, with the remainder of the project cost being provided by the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County with in-kind engineering and site construction 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 supports the development of the simulated city block and fire training facility and does hereby authorize the City Manager to submit a $400,000 grant request in accordance with and pursuant to the recitals stated above to the Mesa County Federal Mineral Lease District for the Development of the Colorado Law Enforcement and Emergency Services Training Center and authorizes the City Manager to enter into a grant agreement with MCFMLD if the grant is awarded.

 

Dated this 5th day of March  , 2014.

 

 

 

 

                         

           President of the Council

ATTEST:

 

 

 

 

               
Stephanie Tuin, City Clerk