Item 27 - Adopt a Resolution Approving a Grant Application from the Urban Greening Program

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Public Works Agency www.santa-ana.org/public-works Item # 27 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report January 17, 2023 TOPIC: Adopt a Resolution Approving a Grant Application from the Urban Greening Program AGENDA TITLE Adopt a Resolution Approving the Application for Grant Funds from the Urban Greening Program RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt a resolution approving the application for grant funds for Urban Greening Program for the Bristol -Tolliver Street Urban Greening Project. DISCUSSION The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) Urban Greening Program was created on September 14, 2016 and is funded by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). In 2021, Senate Bill 170 allocated $50 million from the General Fund to CNRA for its Urban Greening Program for projects that reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions and provide multiple benefits. The Bristol -Tolliver Street Urban Greening Project features the transformation of vacant City -owned parcels at the intersection of Bristol Street and Tolliver Street into a 1.25- acre new community park. The project will include drought tolerant landscaping, shade trees, recreational features, pedestrian pathways, signage, lighting, picnic benches, a stormwater bioretention basin, and a stormwater capture and reuse system (Exhibit 1). The project will provide significant aesthetic and environmental benefits, and received several letters of support from the community (Exhibit 2). This project is currently in the conceptual design phase and Public Works Agency staff submitted a concept proposal for $3,502,500 of grant funding to the Urban Greening Program. A resolution is a required component in the final step of the grant application process (Exhibit 3). Should funding be awarded, completion of project design is anticipated in late 2023 and construction is anticipated to commence in early 2024.