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2016 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM SCORECARD <br />GOAL 2: YOUTH, <br />EDUCATION, RECREATION <br />Santa Ana enjoys a young, vibrant population. The City is <br />committed to working with other youth- oriented <br />organizations to make a full range of opportunities <br />available so our children and young adults can achieve <br />success in their lives. <br />Parks <br />(Parks, Recreation and Community Services <br />Agency) <br />Work with local state representatives to support <br />the proposed State park bond and to add a <br />program for joint -use funding. <br />The City of Santa Ana has been awarded a <br />$1,030,800 grant to develop a half -acre park at <br />Memory Lane and the Santa Ana River, adjacent <br />to the Vista Del Rio Housing Project. <br />• (PRCSA) Construction on Memory Lane <br />Park was completed on June 30, 2016 <br />and a Ribbon Cutting ceremony was held <br />on October 4, 2016. The project includes <br />bike and equestrian rest stops, a shade <br />structure, play equipment area, exercise <br />equipment, and a passive rest area with <br />drought tolerant planting. <br />• (PRCSA) The City was awarded $5 million <br />of Prop 84 state grant funds and $2.1 <br />million of Community Development <br />Block Grant funding to construct a new <br />Community Center and Park at the <br />Roosevelt /Walker School site under a <br />Joint Use agreement with Santa Ana <br />Unified School District. A ground <br />breaking event was held on December <br />16, 2016. Construction will begin in <br />January 2017 and is expected to be <br />completed within a year. <br />• (TPA) Townsend Public Affairs worked <br />directly with members of the Orange <br />County delegation, as well as the author <br />and sponsors of AB 2444 (the proposed <br />legislative park bond) throughout the <br />legislative session, to ensure that any <br />final park bond contained funding that <br />would be accessible by the City. The <br />final version of the bill included per <br />capita funding for cities, competitive <br />grant funding for park poor <br />communities, as well as dedicated <br />funding for the Santa Ana River <br />Conservancy Program (with preference <br />to projects in cities with high <br />populations), all which would be <br />available to the City. While AB 2444 was <br />unsuccessful, there is a commitment <br />among the key stakeholders to work to <br />place a bond on the ballot in 2018. <br />• (TPA) Townsend Public Affairs worked <br />closely with the authors of AB 18 and SB <br />5, as well as the City's legislative <br />delegation and other stakeholders to <br />include dedicated parks and recreation <br />funding for the City. <br />Library <br />(Parks, Recreation and Community Services <br />Agency) <br />Advocate funding to address and support <br />bridging the digital divide; adding art and <br />culture exhibits at public libraries to engage the <br />community to read, learn and appreciate art <br />and culture; advancing literacy; providing career <br />guidance for youth; and increasing library <br />programming for teens. <br />• (PRCSA) The library has utilized a <br />consultant to create the framework for a <br />website devoted exclusively to career, <br />job, and internship information and <br />CITY OF SANTA ANA <br />8 <br />65B -33 <br />