Councillors Christian and Myers still splishin' and a-splashin'

Reelin' with the feelin' Movin' and a-groovin'

A Bellevue Park splash pad was supposed to be the Sault's Canada 150 legacy project. But the project has suffered from flaccid fiscal support

There may still be hope for the Sault's bottlenecked splash pad project.

Ward 1 Councillor Paul Christian and his Ward 2 counterpart Susan Myers are pushing their CIty Council colleagues to sponge up $240,000 for the project from a city reserve fund.

A Bellevue Park splash pad was supposed to be the Sault's Canada 150 legacy project but the project has suffered from flaccid fiscal support.

The following motion is on the agenda for next's meeting of City Council.

The meeting will be livestreamed on SooToday starting at 4:30 p.m. Monday.

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Splash pad funding

Mover: Councillor P. Christian

Seconder Councillor S. Myers

Whereas City Council unanimously approved the construction of a splash pad to be located at Bellevue Park; and

Whereas both council and the general public are anxious for the project to proceed as planned; and

Whereas as part of the funding strategy for the construction of the splash pad, the splash pad subcommittee will be making an application for a Trillium grant in the amount of $150,000; and

Whereas as part of the Trillium application process, the remainder of the project funding must be in place before any grant is awarded; and

Whereas the city currently has $300,000 of uncommitted funding in the subdividers reserve; and

Whereas the splash pad subcommittee currently has approximately $60,000 committed to the splash pad project,

Now therefore be it resolved that council approve the use of $240,000 from the subdividers reserve to support funding of the splash pad, resulting in a total of $300,000 of city funding to serve as the basis for a Trillium grant application.

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