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Public Works Agency and Library Services <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 12 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Staff Report <br />January 17, 2023 <br />TOPIC: King Street Urban Greening Project <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve an Appropriation Adjustment and Capital Improvement Project Amendment for <br />the King Street Urban Greening Project (Project No. 23-6625) (Non -General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Approve an appropriation adjustment to recognize $1,491,240 in Clean California <br />Local Grant Program funding from the California Department of Transportation <br />(Caltrans) into the PWA Enterprise Capital Grants, State Grant -Direct Revenue <br />Account and appropriate the same amount into the Public Works -Water Quality and <br />Control, Improvements Other Than Building expenditure account. (Requires five <br />affirmative votes) <br />2. Approve an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2022-23 Capital Improvement Project to <br />include $1,491,240 of funding from the Caltrans Clean California Local Grant <br />Program for the King Street Urban Greening Project. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Clean California Local Grant Program (CCLGP) is a competitive statewide program <br />created to beautify and clean up local streets and roads, tribal lands, parks, pathways, <br />transit centers, and other public spaces. The program is funded by $296 million in fiscal <br />year 2021-22 General Fund money. Eligible projects include enhanced paving, shade <br />structures or trees, drought tolerant landscaping, irrigation systems, bioretention and <br />other green streets elements, public art installations, and pedestrian or bicycle facilities. <br />The Public Works Agency submitted a successful application for the King Street Urban <br />Greening Project. The project features the transformation of 9,000 square feet of <br />unused public space at the intersection of King Street and 10th Street. The Project <br />includes bicycle and pedestrian pathways, drought tolerant landscaping, lighting, waste <br />receptacles, seating, interpretive signage, art installations, and a stormwater infiltration <br />system that will capture and infiltrate stormwater runoff form the surrounding <br />neighborhood (Exhibit 1). The project will provide significant aesthetic and <br />