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Item # 24
City of Santa Ana
20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Staff Report
April 4, 2023
TOPIC: Authorize Resolution Approving the Award of Conservancy Grant Funding to
the City
AGENDA TITLE
Adopt a Resolution to Authorize Grant from the State Coastal Conservancy for Santiago
Park Trail and Habitat Restoration Plan (Non-General Fund)
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt resolution accepting grant funds from the State Coastal Conservancy for
Santiago Park Trail and Habitat Restoration Plan in the amount of $400,000.
DISCUSSION
Santiago Park is a 35-acre linear park located in the northern edge of the City of Santa
Ana along Santiago Creek. Being the city’s only wilderness park, it is an important site
within our park system due to Santa Ana’s urban environment and rapidly increasing
density.
On July 30, 2022, the Public Works Agency’s Park Services Division submitted an
application to the State’s Coastal Conservancy for the Santiago Park Trail and Habitat
Restoration Plan. The project intends to increase public use of the trail, provide
additional connectivity through the park, and further enhance this natural park by
restoring the native landscape. The scope of work involves providing a delineated
walking trail, restoration of the riparian habitat, security lighting, automated irrigation
system, and pedestrian bridge to connect the north and south banks of the park over
Santiago Creek.
On February 2023, the State notified the City regarding the grant award. As a
requirement of the grant, the City is to adopt resolution approving the award of the
Conservancy grant, agreeing to the terms of the grant and designating officers and/or
employees to act as a representative to complete grant requirements and
documentation.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with the action. Once the City has an award of the
grant, a staff report will be presented to City Council at a later date to recognize and
appropriate grant funds.
Adopt Resolution Accepting Grant Funds from the State Coastal Conservancy
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EXHIBIT(S)
1. Resolution: Santiago Park Trail and Habitat Restoration Plan
Submitted By: Nabil Saba, P.E., Executive Director – Public Works Agency
Approved By: Kristine Ridge, City Manager
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RESOLUTION NO. 2023-XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA ANA APPROVING THE GRANT OF FUNDS FROM
THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FOR THE
SANTIAGO PARK TRAIL AND HABITAT RESTORATION
PLAN
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of California has established the State
Coastal Conservancy (“Conservancy”) under Division 21 of the California Public
Resources Code, and has authorized the Conservancy to award grants to public agencies
and nonprofit organizations to implement the provisions of Division 21; and
WHEREAS, the Conservancy awards grants for projects that it determines are
consistent with Division 21 of the Public Resources Code and with the Conservancy’s
Strategic Plan and that best achieve the Conservancy’s statutory objectives, in light of
limited funding; and
WHEREAS, the City's Public Works Park Services submitted an application for
these grant funds to make improvements to the City's Santiago Park; and
WHEREAS, at its February 2, 2023 meeting, the Conservancy adopted a
resolution authorizing a grant to the City of Santa Ana (“Grantee”) for the Santiago Park
Trail and Habitat Restoration Plan (“Project”) in an amount not to exceed $400,000. The
resolution was adopted by the Conservancy pursuant to and is included in the
Conservancy February 2, 2023 staff recommendation, a copy of which is on file with the
Grantee and with the Conservancy; and
WHEREAS, the Project includes restoration of native riparian landscaping,
security lighting, a new decomposed park walkways, automated irrigation system,
interpretive signage, and pedestrian bridge to connect the north and south banks of the
park; and
WHEREAS, the Conservancy requires that the governing body of the Grantee
certify through a resolution that it approves the award of Conservancy grant funding and
authorizes the execution by a representative of the Grantee of a grant agreement on
terms and conditions required by the Conservancy grant agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana as follows:
Section 1. The award of grant funding from the Conservancy for the Project is
hereby approved in an amount not to exceed $400,000.
Section 2. Grantee acknowledges that it has or will have sufficient funds to
complete the Project and, if any property is acquired as part of the Project, to operate and
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maintain the property and, if any facilities are constructed as a part of the Project, to
operate and maintain the facilities for a reasonable period, not less than the useful life of
the facilities.
Section 3. Grantee agrees to be bound by all terms and conditions of the grant
agreement and any other agreement or instrument as may be required by the
Conservancy and as may be necessary to fulfill the terms of the grant agreement and to
complete the Project.
Section 4. Grantee authorizes the City Manager, or designee, to act as a
representative of the Grantee, to negotiate and execute on behalf of the Grantee all
agreements and instruments necessary to complete the Project, and to comply with the
Conservancy’s grant requirements, including, without limitation, the grant agreement.
Section 5. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by
the City Council, and the City Clerk shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this
Resolution.
ADOPTED this _____ day of April, 2023.
________________________________
Valerie Amezcua
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Sonia R. Carvalho, City Attorney
By:
Brandon Salvatierra
Deputy City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers _
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CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, Jennifer Hall, City Clerk, do hereby attest to and certify the attached Resolution No.
2023-___ to be the original Resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa
Ana on April __, 2023.
Date: ______________________ ________________________________
City Clerk
City of Santa Ana