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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />OCTOBER 6, 2008 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING <br />PARTICIPATION IN THE CALIFORNIA <br />STATE PARKS RECREATIONAL TRAILS <br />PROGRAM <br />J -~ <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1St Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application in the <br />amount of $550,000 to the California Department of Parks and Recreation <br />Recreational Trails Program for the Flower Street Bicycle Trail Gap <br />Closure Project. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Recreational Trails Program is a state-administered local assistance <br />program of the United States Department of Transportation's Federal <br />Highway Administration (FHA). The FHA provides funds annually to trail- <br />related facilities within California. Approximately $6 million will be <br />available this funding cycle for non-motorized projects. The application <br />requires a 12-percent match of non-state money. The matching funds are <br />available in the City's park acquisition and development fund. <br />Applications are due on October 1, 2008. <br />In December 20007, the City of Santa Ana Parks, Recreation and Community <br />Services Agency was successful in receiving a $1 million Bicycle <br />Transportation Account (BTA) Project grant from the State of California <br />Department of Transportation for the Flower Street Bike Trail project. <br />The project consists of the installation of a 10-foot wide bike trail, <br />landscaping, and supporting irrigation along one mile of the flood <br />channel, which runs parallel to Flower Street. <br />The cost estimates received for the project came in much higher than what <br />was originally identified in the BTA grant due to additional County of <br />Orange requirements and increased construction costs. The Recreational <br />Trails Program grant will supplement the BTA grant's costs and provide for <br />the completion of the Flower Street Bike Trail Project, thus linking the <br />Golden Loop Bike Trail System which encircles Santa Ana with the City of <br />Costa Mesa's bike trail system. 55A-1 <br />