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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 17, 2008 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING <br />PARTICIPATION IN THE PROPOSITION <br />84 RIVER PARKWAYS AND URBAN <br />STREAMS RESTORATION GRANT PROGRAM <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1S` Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />CIT ANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application in the <br />amount of $1,000,000 to the California Department of Parks and Recreation <br />River Parkways and Urban Streams Restoration Grant Program for the <br />Santiago Creek Restoration and Water Conservation Project. <br />DISCUSSION <br />California voters passed the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and <br />Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006. It <br />added to the Public Resources Code, Section 75050, authorizing the <br />Legislature to appropriate $18 million to the Department of Water <br />Resources to fund projects that protect, restore, and enhance urban creek <br />channels by combining effective, low-cost flood control with preservation <br />and enhancement of the natural environment. Approximately $9.1 million <br />will be available this funding cycle for projects. Applications are due on <br />November 12, 2008. <br />The City of Santa Ana Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency, in <br />partnership with the Discovery Science Center, proposes to submit an <br />application for funding to re-establish and enhance fish and wildlife <br />habitat and increase groundwater recharge at the Santiago Creek. The <br />project scope will entail: 1) creating a channel through the existing <br />parking lot at Santiago Creek to increase the flow of water to the Creek; <br />and 2) removing invasive plants and establishing a natural habitat area <br />that will attract fish and migrant birds. The habitat area will be <br />utilized by the Discovery Science Center as part of their Water Program <br />educational curriculum for young children. <br />55A-1 <br />