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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MARCH 3, 2008 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING <br />SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS TO <br />THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LAND <br />AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND <br />GRANT PROGF~AM <br />~ '1 <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />As Recommended <br />As Amended <br />Ordinance on 1 S` Reading <br />Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />Implementing Resolution <br />Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />1. Adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application in <br />the amount of $200,000 to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program <br />for the Cabrillo Park Picnic Area Development Project in Cabrillo Park. <br />2. Adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application in <br />the amount of $150,000 to the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program <br />for the Santiago Park Picnic Area Development Project in Santiago Park. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The State of California Department of Parks and Recreation is accepting <br />grant applications for the Land and Water Conservation Fund Program (LWCF). <br />The LWCF Program was established through federal legislation in 1965 and <br />has been instrumental in the development of parks throughout the United <br />States. To date, the amount of the State's apportionment for this year is <br />still unknown. Of the State annual allotment for this program, 60 percent <br />of funds are reserved for local agencies. Sixty percent of these funds are <br />awarded to Southern California projects and the remaining 40 percent is <br />reserved for Northern California projects. The LWCF Grant Fund requires a <br />50 percent match of non-federal money, with an exception made for Community <br />Development Block Grant funds. Applications are due on March 3, 2008. <br />Approval of the recommended action would authorize submittal of two grant <br />applications under the LWCF program. The first is the Cabrillo Park Picnic <br />Area Development Project which consists of the removal of a deteriorated <br />tennis court and the installation of landscaping, irrigation, picnic <br />shelters, pads and furniture. The second is the Santiago Park Picnic Area <br />Development Project which includes the installation of landscaping, <br />irrigation, decomposed granite walkways, picnic pads and furniture. Park <br />Acquisition and Development funds received in District 2 will be used to <br />satisfy the 50 percent match requirement for each project. <br />55A-1 <br />