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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 20, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH ORANGE COUNTY <br />CONSERVATION CORPS FOR <br />ASSISTANCE WITH PARRS-RELATED <br />PROJECTS <br />~~ <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 15` Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and <br />Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with the Orange County <br />Conservation Corps to provide assistance with parks-related projects for a <br />one-year period, with provision for a one-year renewal, in an annual <br />amount not to exceed $90,000. <br />DISCUSSION <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 />FISCAL IMPACT <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 />~z~. -~.~ <br />Gerardo Mouet <br />Executive Director <br />Parks, Recreation and Community <br />Services Agency <br />APPROVED AS ~O FUNDS AND ACCOUNT: <br />~{ <br />Francisco Gutierrez <br />Executive Director <br />Finance and Mgmt. Services Agency <br />25G-1 <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />