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Approval Submittal of the Centennial Park/Rancho Community College District Park Replacement Study to the National Park Service October 15, 2019 Page 2 area. In order for the City to enter into a long-term lease with the College, a land conversion needs to be approved by the NPS and City Council, transferring the deed conditions for the land upon which the Education Center is located to new park sites of equal recreational value and size. On February 7, 2011 and August 18, 2015, the College and the City entered into reimbursement agreements to reimburse the City up to $634,000 in costs associated with the land conversion requirements for the replacement properties and take the necessary actions to submit the required documentation to the NPS for a determination. If approved by the NPS and the City Council, the use restrictions could be removed from the license area and applied to the replacement properties in order to allow the City and the College to enter into negotiations for a long-term lease of the license area. On March 5, 2019, the City Council approved a license agreement extension for two years to expire on November 5, 2021 in order to ensure the license agreement does not lapse as the City completes this process. Environmental Assessment On May 18, 2017, the City issued a Request for Proposal for a recreational value assessment. On August 15, 2017, the City entered into an agreement with Placeworks to provide a recreation value assessment of various park sites. As the City and consultant proceeded with assessment, the NPS additionally required environmental assessments for park sites at Sixth Street/Lacy Street and Raitt Street/Myrtle Street. In addition, an environmental and recreational assessment for the parking area used by the College to determine if additional land is needed to be considered an equal exchange. Therefore, on March 20, 2018 the City entered into an agreement with Placeworks to perform the additional assessment required by the NPS. The City provided the NPS a draft environmental assessment and recreational value assessment report for their review. Subsequently skate elements were added at two park sites (Sixth/Lacy and Raitt/Myrtle), and a storm water capture feature was added to one of the sites (Raitt/Myrtle) after the draft was submitted to the NPS. Due to the addition of the aforementioned features, an environmental assessment is necessary to address these elements. The replacement parklands include three park sites, the 6th Street Site, Raitt Street Site, and McFadden Site/Pacific Electric Park. The City constructed Pacific Electric Park on the McFadden Site, and the Pacific Electric Park opened in January 2018. Therefore, the proposed project involves construction and operation of two replacement parks on the 6th Street Site and the Raitt Street Site as described below. 6th Street Site — This site is under construction and provides a 0.42-acre neighborhood park. This park is a walk-up, pedestrian park without a vehicle parking lot and provides amenities such as overhead shade structures, playground equipment, benches and tables, picnic area, and a skate area. The park would also include landscaping, rock bio Swale, drywell stormwater capture system, bridges, and a fenced and gated wrought iron perimeter fencing located on the north and east boundaries. The west boundary is fenced with a terraced block wall ranging from 8 feet to 4 feet. Nighttime lighting is provided throu hout the park from five 14-foot, LED light poles, � 5C-2