LT-SS-2023-002-Ellensburg-Unity-Park-Shade-Tents (4)

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Grani Funds will be used for the following tasks: To purchase shade tents and supporting infrastructure (poles) for the unlty rarK stage. 4. Real Property: lf real property acquisition is a component of the project, please explain. lnclude any information of property already secured or evidence of the ability to secure the real property. 5. Capital Assets: lf capital asset acquisition is a component of the project, please explain. inciucje any bids soiicitecj anci received irom potentiai vendors wiiiing to suppiy the asset. All copital qsset purchases require at least three bids.lf you have already selected one of the bids, please provide ju*stifications in writing. 6" Coordination: Please explain how this project has been coordinated with other jurisdictions as well as affected stakeholders. Please include letters of support from stakeholders. The planning effort for this park has sBanned the last four years. Six separate stakeholder groups have convened over that time, made up of community members who are involved with events that have historically taken place at the Unity Park site, downtown business owners and neighbors of the nark, as well as city staff members and boards and commission members. ln ^ll:r!^- IL--^ L-- L^^^ -..-^- .-:t;^^ f^-.L^ -^^^-^l ^,.Lli^ +^ ^^-ri-;aA+^ i^ +l^^duutiluti, Lt rctg itd5 uetril iluriiciuu5 uppuiLuilrLrc5 rr,r LilcEgilcrdl l,ruuilL Lv porLrLrPdLr ilr (ttc planning process through communit-rr olanning events, and through Be Heard Eburg, the city's on-line civic engagement platform, which has had online surveys and information available about the park planning process (https://www.beheardeburg.com/unity-park). 7. Studies: Please attach any feasibility or other studies that demonstrate linkages between the proposed project and the anticipated tourism impacts. Also please include your operations/maintenance funding strategy and business plan for !ong-term project sustainability (how the facility or facilities will be operated and maintained for at least three years following completion). ^iLdUlleU die LWU 5tUUie5, tale Ulclit I-UIJV Ul Llle Ll[V Ul Ellcll5uurE JLldLeSlL rtdtt zvzv-LvL'+ prepared by JayRay, and the Downtown Market Study and Economic Development Plan, prepared by Arnett Muldrow. The importance of Unity Park as a downtown public park and the role it will serve a san event venue and economic generator is displayed throughout both plans. lnformation on the JarRay stud.l, r'elated to the projects impact on tourism can be found on: Page 10 & 62, Local events or festivals attract the most visitors to Ellensburg Page 21, Long-range Community Goals Benefitting Tourism, Downtown development ln the Arnett Muldrow study, information related to the downtown park can be found on Page 26, Section 4.0 Recommendations, Reinforcing the Center