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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />AUGUST 4, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH RANCHO SANTIAGO <br />COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR <br />REIMBURSEMENT OF A LAND <br />CONVERSION EVALUATION CRITERIA <br />STU {S IC PLAN NO. 5,4A) <br />—O <br />�. �Vfi�2vs <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />[J Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />C] Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with <br />Rancho Santiago Community College District for reimbursement of a land conversion <br />evaluation criteria study in the amount of $334,000, for a term to expire when the City is <br />fully reimbursed for the expenses or mutually agreed upon by both parties, subject to non - <br />substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing funds in the amount of $334,000 in the <br />Recreation /Community Services Acquisition & Development revenue account and <br />appropriating the same amount to the Recreation /Community Services Acquisition & <br />Development expenditure accounts. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Centennial Park was obtained from the United States government with certain use restrictions, <br />which require the land to be used for public recreational purposes. The National Park Service <br />(NPS) is charged with interpreting and enforcing the use restrictions. <br />Through a license agreement in 1979, the City licensed approximately 1.76 acres within the Park <br />to the Rancho Santiago Community College District (District) to build and operate an educational <br />facility that was approved by the NPS, The district was later allowed to expand its Daycare area <br />east of the facility to Include a total of approximately 2.6 acres. The entire facility is known as <br />Centennial Career Education Center. <br />The 30 year license agreement was set to expire on November 2009, but has been extended <br />twice, to allow time for the District to vacate the site or work with the city on a possible land <br />conversion plan. The current amended license agreement expires in November 2019. <br />20A -1 <br />