20A - AA -AGMT - RSCCD LAND CONVERSION

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REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT FOR COMPLETION OF LAND CONVERSION APPROVAL FOR CENTENNIAL EDUCATION CENTER This Reimbursement Agreement for Completion of Land Conversion Approval for Centennial Education Center ( "Agreement ") is made and entered into on August 4, 2015, by and between Rancho Santiago Community College District ( "District ") and the City of Santa Ana, a charter city and municipal corporation organized and existing under the Constitution and laws of the State of California ( "City "). RECITALS A. The City owns Centennial Park in the City of Santa Ana. B. The City obtained the land for Centennial Park from the United States government subject to certain use restrictions imposed in the grant deed by which title to the land was conveyed to the City ("Use Restrictions "). The Use Restrictions require the land to be used for public recreational purposes. The National Park Service ( "NPS ") is charged with interpreting and enforcing the Use Restrictions. C. By License Agreement in 1979, the City licensed approximately 1.76 acres within the Park to the District ( "License Area ") to build and operate an educational facility that was approved by the NPS. The District was later allowed to expand the License Area to include a total of approximately 2.6 acres. The entire facility is known as Centennial Education Center. D. The License Agreement original expiration date was November 2009 and has been extended twice, to allow time for the District to vacate the site or work with the City on a possible land conversion plan. The License Agreement presently expires in November 2019. E. The District has expressed its interest to convert the License Agreement into a long -term lease in order to permit the District to make improvements to its facilities. This request was initially denied by the NPS because it did not satisfy the Use Restrictions. F, A long -tern lease may only be negotiated if a land conversion is approved by NPS, which would effectively release the License Area from the Use Restrictions and transfer the Use Restrictions to one or more new park sites of equal size and value. The NPS has established requirements for land conversion approval under Section 6(f)(3) of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act that are more specifically delineated at 36 C.F.R. § 59.3 ( "Land Conversion Requirements "). G. One City -owned parcel of 1.4 acres has already been identified and approved by NPS under this process, and it is expected that two additional sites ( "Replacement Properties ") will be proposed by the City to NPS for consideration in order to complete the land conversion. The Replacement Properties are identified as follows: Raiff and Myrtle Parcel 1.09 acres Lacy Neighborhood Parcels .42 acres Total 1.51 acres H. The District has previously reimbursed the City for costs associated with the earlier land conversion and wishes to reimburse the City for additional costs to be incurred to fulfill the Land Conversion Requirements for the Replacement Properties. 20A -5