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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />MARCH 20, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />AGREEMENT WITH ORANGE COUNTY <br />CONSERVATION CORPS FOR <br />ASSISTANCE WITH PARKS-RELATED <br />PROJECTS <br /> <br /> <br />APPROVED <br />o As Recommended <br />o As Amended <br />o Ordinance on 151 Reading <br />o Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />o Implementing Resolution <br />o Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />fi(?l <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br /> <br />Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the <br />Conservation Corps to provide assistance with parks-related <br />one-year period, with provision for a one-year renewal, <br />amount not to exceed $90,000. <br /> <br />Orange County <br />projects for a <br />in an annual <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Orange County Conservation Corps (OCCC) is a work and education <br />program that provides young at-risk adults between the ages of 17 and 25 <br />years with an opportunity to gain work experience and job skills while <br />completing their high school education. The OCCC has been heavily <br />involved with the Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency in <br />various Santa Ana restoration projects for the past several years. The <br />City would like to continue its relationship with the OCCC by utilizing <br />them to provide labor, supervision, equipment, and tools for the removal <br />and re-landscaping of Santiago Creek, and to prepare the Thornton Park <br />site for a wetland and riparian habitat restoration project. <br /> <br />FISCAL IMPACT <br /> <br />Funds are available in the State of California Urban Creek Restoration <br />Program account (account no. 171-108-6291) in the amount of $80,000, and <br />in the Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project account (account no. <br />169-269-6291) in the amount of $10,000. <br /> <br />Ge!::::~~~ <br /> <br />Executive Director <br />Parks, Recreation and Community <br />Services Agency <br /> <br />APPROVE~ AS ,\:0. FUN,DS AND ACCOUNT: <br /> <br />':\\~i\\C'.l ~;:;.C-0 )~/~ <br />Francisco Gutierrez <br />Executive Director <br />Finance and Mgmt. Services Agency <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />, <br />{V' <br /> <br />25G-1 <br /> <br />