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COUNCIL ACTION
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
NOVEMBER 17, 2008
TITLE:
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
PARTICIPATION IN THE PROPOSITION
84 RIVER PARKWAYS AND URBAN
STREAMS RESTORATION GRANT PROGRAM
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
APPROVED
^ As Recommended
^ As Amended
^ Ordinance on 1S` Reading
^ Ordinance on 2"d Reading
^ Implementing Resolution
^ Set Public Hearing For
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
CIT ANAGER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt a resolution authorizing the submittal of a grant application in the
amount of $1,000,000 to the California Department of Parks and Recreation
River Parkways and Urban Streams Restoration Grant Program for the
Santiago Creek Restoration and Water Conservation Project.
DISCUSSION
California voters passed the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and
Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006. It
added to the Public Resources Code, Section 75050, authorizing the
Legislature to appropriate $18 million to the Department of Water
Resources to fund projects that protect, restore, and enhance urban creek
channels by combining effective, low-cost flood control with preservation
and enhancement of the natural environment. Approximately $9.1 million
will be available this funding cycle for projects. Applications are due on
November 12, 2008.
The City of Santa Ana Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency, in
partnership with the Discovery Science Center, proposes to submit an
application for funding to re-establish and enhance fish and wildlife
habitat and increase groundwater recharge at the Santiago Creek. The
project scope will entail: 1) creating a channel through the existing
parking lot at Santiago Creek to increase the flow of water to the Creek;
and 2) removing invasive plants and establishing a natural habitat area
that will attract fish and migrant birds. The habitat area will be
utilized by the Discovery Science Center as part of their Water Program
educational curriculum for young children.
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Resolution for River Parkways
and Urban Streams Restoration Grant
November 17, 2008
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FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
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Gera do Mouet,
Exec tive Director
Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency
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Resolution No. 2008-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING
THE APPLICATION FOR AN
URBAN STREAMS RESTORATION GRANT
FOR THE SANTIAGO CREEK RESTORATION
AND WATER CONSERVATION PROJECT
Iss 11 /10/08
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and
declares as follows:
A. The California Department of Water Resources, Division of Planning and Local
Assistance, Urban Streams Restoration Program has announced the availability of
grant funds to help solve flooding and erosion problems in a way that enhances the
environment; and
B. The Discovery Science Center has proposed to co-sponsor a grant application with
the City of Santa Ana, for the Santiago Creek Restoration and Water Conservation
Program (the "Project"); and
C. The Project will be environmentally beneficial and will be categorically exempt from
requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under one or more
of the following exemptions per sections 15300-15329 of the CEQA Guidelines:
Class 7 Exemption -the project involves activities that provide for the maintenance
and enhancement of a natural resource (14 CCR 15307).
Section 2. The City Council approves the joint application with the Discovery Science
Center for an Urban Streams Restoration Program grant.
Section 3. The City Council delegates authority to the City Manager or the Executive
Director of the Parks, Recreation and Community Services (PRCS) Agency to accept and sign
any contract for administration of the grant funds, and further delegates the PRCS Administrative
Services Manager to act as Project Manager for the Project. The Project Manager is authorized
to manage the Agreement, submit invoices, and to delegate others to provide management and
support services required for performance of the work and administration of the Agreement.
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Adopted this day of
2008.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
By:
Laura Sheedy
Assistant City Attorney
AYES:
Councilmembers
NOES: Councilmembers
ABSTAIN
NOT PRESENT
Councilmembers
Councilmembers
CERTIFICATE OF PUBLICATION & ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2008 - to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana on
Date
Clerk of the Council, City of Santa Ana
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