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CCS BS KG JJL AM playgrsr Santa Momca, Callforma
Council Meetmg August 17, 1999
TO- Mayor and City Council
FROM City Staff
SUBJECT Recommendation to Approve a Resolution Authorlzmg the City Manager
to Apply for Grant Funds from the Los Angeles County Regional Park and
Open Space District for Playground Improvements
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends that the CIty Council approve a resolution authorlzmg the City
Manager to apply for grant funds from the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open
Space District for Improvements to the playgrounds at Clover, Marine and Ozone Parks
BACKGROUND
In November, 1996 los Angeles County voters approved the los Angeles County Safe
Neighborhood Parks Proposition of 1996 (Proposition A) Proposition A proVides for
approximately $104 million m bonds to preserve, Improve and restore parks, beach,
open space lands and recreational faCIlities throughout Los Angeles County
The City of Santa Monica IS eligible for $345,875 In per parcel discretionary grant funds
from the 1996 ProposItion A Staff has Identified playground Improvements as the
priOrity use of these funds ThiS funding Will partially cover the cost of the playground
Improvements at Clover, Marine and Ozone Parks
In August 1997, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors adopted a requirement
that, as a condition for receipt of funds under PropOSition A, each grantee IS required to
fulfill Its spending obligation on employment of at-risk youth as determined by the Los
Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District The CIty IS reqUired to adopt a
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Youth Employment Plan, which explains how the City will meet Its spending obligation
The obligation IS equal to ten percent of the grant allocation or $34,588 This obligation
wIll be met by emploYing new at-risk youth as approved by the City Council on June 9,
1998
DISCUSSION
In response to community preferences gathered from children and their parents as part
of the community Involvement stage of the parks Improvement project, the play areas In
Clover, Manne and Ozone Parks will be Improved With new SWings, climbing structures,
accessible surfaces, and Imaginative play elements that Will be custom made Separate
age-appropriate areas have also been designed for younger and older children In
Clover Park, an artist team worked With landscape archItects to create an
aeronautlcally-themed play area With a climbing tower and a paved walkway emulating
an airport control tower and runway
The RecreatIon and Parks CommiSSIon recommended approval of the concept design
for the new play areas on January 15, 1998 and the plans were approved by City
Council on March 3, 1998 Staff IS prepared to return to City Council for award of bids
In September 1999
The City must submit a formal application for the per parcel dIscretionary grant funds to
the County The grant submittal process reqUIres a City Council resolution, which
authOrizes the City Manager to apply for grant funding
BUDGETARY IMPACT
In anticipation of award of funds, a capital Improvement account #C20042198 589000
With a corresponding revenue account #20501 406010 was created In FY 1997/98 No
additional action IS reqUired
RECOMMENDATION
Staff respectfully recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution, whIch
authorizes the City Manager to fIle an application and execute all necessary grant
documents
Prepared by: Barbara Stinchfield I Director
Karen Ginsberg, Assistant Director
John J Lynd, Parks and Sports Manager
Annette Morales, Senior Administrative Analyst
Department of Community and Cultural Services
Attachment: Resolution
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CCS BS KG JJL AM playgr Santa MOnica, California
Council Meeting August 17, 1999
RESOLUTION NO 9432 (City Council Senes)
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FROM
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGIONAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE
DISTRICT PER PARCEL DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM
FOR PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS, the people of the County of los Angeles on November 3,
1992 and on November 5, 1996, enacted Los Angeles County PropOSition A,
Safe Neighborhood Parks, Gang Prevention, Tree-Plantmg, Semor and Youth
Recreation, Beaches and Wildlife ProtectIon (the Proposition), WhiCh, among
other uses, provides funds to public agencies and non-profit organizations In the
County for the purposes of acqumng and/or developmg faCIlities and open space
for public recreation, and
WHEREAS, the Proposition also created the Los Angeles County
RegIonal Park and Open Space District (the District) to administer said funds,
and
WHEREAS, the District has set forth the necessary procedures governing
applications for grant funds under the Proposition; and
WHEREAS, the District's procedures require applicants to certify, by
resolution, the approval of the application to the District, and
WHEREAS, the application form contams assurances With which applicant
must comply, and
WHEREAS, applicant must certify by resolutIon that their applicatIons are
approved for submISSion to the DiStriCt, and
WHEREAS, the applicant must enter Into a Project Agreement With the
District for the performance of the project as desCribed In the application, and
WHEREAS, It IS In the public Interest for the City of Santa MOnica to apply
for funding from the District,
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCil OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOllOWS
SECTION 1 Approves thE Ing of an application with Los Angeles
County Regional Park and Open Space Dlstnct for funds allocated under
Sectlon(s) of the ProposItion for the above-named ProJect, and
SECTION 2 Certifies that said Apphcant understands the assurances and
certIfications In the application form, and
SECTION 3 Certifies that said Applicant understands Its obligation to
operate and maintain the property(s) In perpetUity; and
SECTION 4 Certifies that said Applicant Will sign and return, within 30
days, both caples of the project agreement sent by the Dlstnct for authorizing
signature, and
SECTION 5, Authonzes the City Manager, or designee, as agent of the
City of S "'nta MOnica to conduct all negotiations, and to exeCL and submit all
documf: -; including, but not limited to, a' 'Icatlons, agreern- amendments,
payment requests and so forth, which may oe necessary for the completion of
the project as descnbed In the application
SECTION 6. The City Clerk shall certIfy to the adoption of thiS Resolution
and thenceforth and thereafter It shall be In full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM"
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MA~HA JO . S Me. .-RIE
City Attorney
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Adopted and approved this 1rh of August, 1999
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ram O'Connor, Mayor
I, Marra M Stewart, City Clerk of the CIty of Santa MonIca, do hereby certify that
the foregomg Resolution 9432(CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
MOnica City Council held on the 17th of August, 1999, by the following vote"
Ayes Council members Holbrook, Rosenstein, McKeown, Feinstein,
Bloom, Mayor Pro Tem Genser,
Mayor O'Connor
Noes Council members
Abstain Council members
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Absent Council members
ATTEST
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Mana M Stewart, Clty~lerk