PDAC: Submission #1254 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

1. To which Review Panel are you submitting your project? Transportation & Government Services

2. Project title West Memory Gardens Flood Mitigation Project

3. Short description The City of Moraine, Ohio requests funding assistance to help remediate flooding issues at the West Memory Gardens. The origin of the water causing the flooding comes from an agricultural field across the street from the cemetery. During periods of heavy rainfall, the water needs to be better routed on cemetery property, down a swail and into a creek at the East side of the property line. Currently the water pools on the cemetery grounds with no path to the creek.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request The City of Moraine, Ohio

5-8. Address 4200 Dryden Road
Moraine, Ohio. 45439

9. County Montgomery

10. Recipient organization SAME

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15. County {Empty}

16. Organization type Government

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Michael Davis

18. Title City Manager

19. Organization The City of Moraine

20. Telephone 937-535-1000

21. Email mdavis@moraineoh.org

22-25. Address 4200 Dryden Road
Moraine, Ohio. 45439

26. County Montgomery

27. Additional contacts Joe Heaton
Of Counsel
Ice Miller
200 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20001
joe.heaton@icemiller.com

Location Details

28. City Moraine

29. County Montogomery

30. Congressional district Ohio 10th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 115584.00

32. Total Cost 115584.00

33. Other sources of funds Everstory, the owner of West Memory Gardens, will contribute the remaining funds for the project which aren’t fulfilled by any federal assistance. Everstory has already spent in excess $300,000 in flood mitigation improvements at the location. In 2020 and 2021, the company invested $207,000 to have a new box culvert installed to accommodate the volume of water flow onto the property. Additionally, as part of the same project, Everstory paid to have the creek dredged, creek banks secured and trees removed from the creek to increase the creek's ability to move water more quickly off the property. As a result of rushing water on the roadways of the cemetery, Everstory has also invested additional funds into roadway patch projects and materials to help keep the roads in as acceptable a condition as possible.

34. How the funds will be used Construction or Capital

35. Do you have matching funds raised or committed? If yes, explain in question #36. If no, skip to question #37. Yes

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) As stated above, Everstory will meet whatever funding threshold is required by law to be eligible for federal Community Project Funding under EPA STAG or another selected federal grant program.

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload

west-memory-gardens-estimate---signed.pdf (730.33 KB)

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds Within the next 6 months

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify Environmental Protection Agency State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) -- Community Project Funding.

Community Details

40. Community Need Established in 1959, West Memory Gardens is a cemetery serving the communities of Moraine and Dayton, OH. West Memory Gardens contains 5 gardens, including a section for infant burials. West Memory Gardens is also the burial site for a Tuskegee Airman. Currently, the cemetery is being adversely affected by water intrusion from a source that is not controllable by the cemetery. While these water issues originate outside of the memory gardens, families whose loved ones are buried at the Gardens have incurred emotional distress resulting from witnessing flooding that occurs in particular seasons, or during periods of heavy rainfall. Fixing the water issues at the Gardens will give peace to the families whose loved ones are interred there.

41. Previous Funding: Has the requesting organization received Congressionally earmarked funding in the past? If so, please provide a brief project description, year funded, amount, and Congressional sponsor. No

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43. Existing jobs retained? {Empty}

44. Sustained permanent jobs? {Empty}

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. {Empty}

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? {Empty}

47. Is your project a workforce development program? {Empty}

48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? {Empty}

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Additional Details

50. Letters of endorsement, supporting materials, additional information. You can submit ONE PDF file that does not exceed 10 pages.

Everstory Grant Support Letter.pdf (264.5 KB)

51. Is there opposition to the project? No

52. Name of person filling out this form. Joe Heaton

53. Telephone number of person filling out this form. 202-807-4012

54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. joe.heaton@icemiller.com

55. Do you want your project to be considered as a Community Project in the fiscal year 2025 –2026 State Capital Budget Bill? No

56. If your project type is on the list of ineligible projects (see above), please offer an explanation why your project could be eligible. If your project is not on the list, answer the question by stating that your project is not on the list of ineligible projects. {Empty}

57. Has your organization received state capital budget funding in the past? If so, provide a brief project description, year funded, and amount. {Empty}

58. Does your project have a connection with, or provide some benefit to, a state agency that has bonding authority? Please check all that apply from the following list: {Empty}

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