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SANTIAGO PARK 13I1ASE I CONSTRUCTION <br />equipment area, two lawn bowling greens, the lawn Bowling Center, an archery range, tennis <br />courts, a ballfield, picnic areas, parking, and restroom facilities. <br />Santiago Park is heavily used by residents and visitors that enjoy the passive and active <br />recreational elements in the park. The Santiago Park Nature Reserve, viewing areas, walking <br />paths and riparian areas along Santiago Creek provide a feature for the public to enjoy bird <br />watching and other wildlife that live in the park. The park includes large oak trees, eucalyptus <br />trees, sycamore trees, poplar trees, and pine trees. The proposed project will complete design <br />and engineering for improvements to the Main Street entrance to Santiago Park which serves <br />as one of the major gateways into the park. The 2.5-acre project site is located immediately <br />adjacent to Phase I Santiago Park improvements and constitutes the second and final phase of <br />needed park improvements. <br />Grantee Qualifications: The City of Santa Ana Parks, Recreation and Community Services <br />Agency has received and managed more than 50 million dollars in grant funding to construct <br />new parks and renovate existing parks and recreation facilities. The agency works closely with <br />the city's Public Works Department to ensure that projects are completed in a timely manner <br />and on budget. The city's senior management analyst, administrative services manager, and <br />senior accounting staff monitor project progress and expenditures, and manage project cash <br />flow. Further, the city's competitive contractor selection and bid process ensures that they hire <br />qualified contractors and require performance bonds to ensure that projects are completed on <br />schedule and per plan specifications. <br />Project History: Santiago Park is one of the City of Santa Ana's oldest parks and many of the <br />park amenities were built during the Work Projects Administration of the last half of the 1930s <br />and early 1940s. Park areas immediately adjacent to the project area are heavily used and <br />community members approached the city to encourage making improvements to the park a <br />priority so that people can enjoy the park and native habitats in their entirety. <br />Several community meetings were held to obtain input on how to improve this Main Street <br />entryway to the park. During the conceptual planning process, the Orange County Water <br />District approached the city with plans to release water down Santiago Creek to provide water <br />percolation into the groundwater aquifer. This further encouraged community members and <br />the city to prioritize restoration of this portion of Santiago Park with the inclusion of expanded <br />riparian native habitat. <br />PROJECT FINANCING <br />� <br />Project Total <br />The anticipated source of Conservancy funding for this project is a $5 million FY 2018/2019 <br />appropriation from the General Fund specifically forthe Santa Ana River Conservancy Program. <br />Page 3 of 6 <br />