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Public Works Agency <br />https://www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 24 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />April 4, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Authorize Resolution Approving the Award of Conservancy Grant Funding to <br />the City <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Adopt a Resolution to Authorize Grant from the State Coastal Conservancy for Santiago <br />Park Trail and Habitat Restoration Plan (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt resolution accepting grant funds from the State Coastal Conservancy for <br />Santiago Park Trail and Habitat Restoration Plan in the amount of $400,000. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Santiago Park is a 35-acre linear park located in the northern edge of the City of Santa <br />Ana along Santiago Creek. Being the city’s only wilderness park, it is an important site <br />within our park system due to Santa Ana’s urban environment and rapidly increasing <br />density. <br />On July 30, 2022, the Public Works Agency’s Park Services Division submitted an <br />application to the State’s Coastal Conservancy for the Santiago Park Trail and Habitat <br />Restoration Plan. The project intends to increase public use of the trail, provide <br />additional connectivity through the park, and further enhance this natural park by <br />restoring the native landscape. The scope of work involves providing a delineated <br />walking trail, restoration of the riparian habitat, security lighting, automated irrigation <br />system, and pedestrian bridge to connect the north and south banks of the park over <br />Santiago Creek. <br />On February 2023, the State notified the City regarding the grant award. As a <br />requirement of the grant, the City is to adopt resolution approving the award of the <br />Conservancy grant, agreeing to the terms of the grant and designating officers and/or <br />employees to act as a representative to complete grant requirements and <br />documentation. <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br />There is no fiscal impact associated with the action. Once the City has an award of the <br />grant, a staff report will be presented to City Council at a later date to recognize and <br />appropriate grant funds.