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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />FEBRUARY 7, 2011 <br />TITLE: <br />REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT <br />WITH RANCHO SANTIAGO <br />COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT <br />FOR LAND CONVERSION <br />REQUIREMENT BY THE NATIONAL <br />PARK SERVICE <br />i <br />I 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 />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the Clerk of the <br />Council to execute a reimbursement agreement with the Rancho Santiago Community <br />College District for a land conversion requirement by the National Park Service in an amount <br />not to exceed $300,000, subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager <br />and City Attorney. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $300,000 in the Park Acquisition and <br />Development revenue account (no. 30113002-57304) and appropriate same to the Park <br />Acquisition and Development expenditure account (no. 30113260-various). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Rancho Santiago Community College District is proposing to construct a 2 story classroom <br />building in the Career Education Center (2.6 acres) at Centennial Park. Centennial Park was <br />obtained from the Federal Government for recreation purposes and the deed conditions require <br />approval from the National Park Service (NPS) for any improvements at the park site. NPS indicated <br />the college improvements are not for recreational purposes and provided an option of a Land <br />Conversion to transfer the deed restriction to a new park site at McFadden/Orange (1 .4 acres). In <br />order to assess equal recreational value of the land conversion, the NPS is requesting the following <br />documents be provided before a final decision/approval is granted: 1) An appraisal report on both <br />properties, 2) a recreation value report, 3) a soils analysis of the new park site, 4) an environmental <br />assessment, and 5) a legal description/title search of the new site. The City has requested the <br />College pay for all the above requirements in addition to soils compaction/grading of the new park <br />site. <br />20A-1