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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 17, 2015 <br />TITLE: <br />6TH /LACY STREET AND <br />RAITT /MYRTLE STREET REAL <br />PROPERTY ACQUISITIONS USING <br />COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK <br />GRANT FUNDS TO PROVIDE FOR OPEN <br />SPACE <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO�5, 4A) <br />CITY MANA <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For _ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Approve staff recommendation to initiate the administrative process required to acquire real <br />properties to provide for new open space using Community Development Block Grant funds in <br />the amount of $1,743,000 for the following properties owned by the Housing Authority as the <br />Housing Successor Agency: <br />• 710 E. 6th Street <br />714 E. 6th Street <br />• 720 E. 6th Street <br />• 415 S. Raitt Street <br />• 423 S. Raitt Street <br />Further City Council actions required for this administrative process will be agendized as noted in <br />the timeframe below. <br />DISCUSSION <br />Centennial Park was obtained from the United States government with use restrictions that <br />require the land to be used for public recreational purposes. Approximately 2.6 acres of the park <br />is currently utilized by the Rancho Santiago Community College District ( RSCCD) for non - <br />recreational purposes, to house its adult education campus, the Centennial Education Center <br />(CEC). The National Park Service (NIPS), the agency charged with interpreting and enforcing the <br />use restrictions, is requiring that the RSCCD vacate the site by November 2019 or work with the <br />City on a land conversion plan. <br />65D -1 <br />