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Parks, Recreation, and Community Services <br />www.santa-ana.org/parks <br />Item # 16 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />February 2, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of the application for the Per Capita <br />grant program <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of the application for the Per Capita Grant <br />Program to the State of California for the Santa Anita Park Improvement Project (Phase <br />2) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution approving and authorizing the submittal of the application for the Per <br />Capita Grant Program to the State of California for the Santa Anita Park Improvement <br />Project (Phase 2). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The State of California has made $185,000,000 available for local park rehabilitation, <br />creation, and improvement grants to local governments on a per capita basis. Grant <br />recipients are encouraged to utilize awards to rehabilitate existing infrastructure and to <br />address deficiencies in neighborhoods lacking access to the outdoors. The State of <br />California has calculated the amount for the City of Santa Ana to be $177,952. The next <br />step in the process to access these funds is to adopt a resolution approving the submittal <br />of an application for a project. <br />The Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency is leveraging these funds with <br />CDBG and Cannabis Public Benefit funds for completion of the Santa Anita Park <br />Improvement Project (Phase II) (site plan attached). The scope of this project includes, <br />but is not limited to the following: <br />Expansion of the existing parking lot to the east to provide parking for the new <br />synthetic turf soccer field. <br />Removal of the handball court, basketball court, east play equipment area and <br />landscaping. <br />Construction of a new basketball court, south of the new parking lot <br />Enlargement of the existing west play equipment area to accommodate the <br />relocation of the east play equipment.