SR-906-000 (20)
Council Meeting: March 14, 2006 Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: City Staff
SUBJECT: Authorization for the City Manager to Submit an Application and Negotiate
and Execute Agreements with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development to Accept Grant Funds to Support the Reuse of 415 Pacific
Coast Highway
Introduction
This report recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager to submit all
necessary documents to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD) to accept grant funds in the amount of $298,230 to support the renovation of the
North House at 415 Pacific Coast Highway (415 PCH) for use as a visitor?s center and
appropriate the grant funds.
Background
This 5-acre beachfront property at 415 Pacific Coast Highway is the responsibility of the
City under its long-term agreement with the State of California for oversight of the Santa
Monica State Beach. Santa Monica?s public beach areas anchor the southwestern
corner of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) ? the
largest federally designated urban recreational area in the United States.
Upon approval of the Reuse Plan for 415 PCH in July 1999, the City Council authorized
the City staff to pursue grant funding opportunities to support the redevelopment of the
site. Since that time, the City has received $350,000 in State Proposition 12 funding,
$673,616 in federal funding from fiscal years 2002, 2003 and 2006, and $21 million from
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the Annenberg Foundation. The City recently received notice of additional federal
funding that was approved by the U.S. Congress as referenced in the HUD
Appropriations Act for FY 2004 and recognizes the potential of the historic structures on
the site to serve as a visitor?s center. This possibility was included in the Reuse Plan
which provided for visitor services and interpretative elements on the site.
Discussion
In order to receive the currently appropriated federal funds, the City must submit an
application form, federal assurances and certifications that are standard for receipt of
federal funding.
Budget/Financial Impact
The grant amount of $298,230 for FY 2004 will supplement other funding sources to
support the redevelopment of the site, and are specifically earmarked for renovation of
the North House. No matching funds are required. The following budget changes will be
needed to record receipt of the grant funds and make it available for program use:
Establish a revenue budget in the amount of $298,230 at account number
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20501.403050;
Appropriate $298,230 in capital improvement project number
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C200525.589004 ? 415 PCH Federal Grant.
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the City Council:
(1) Authorize the City Manager to submit the necessary application for grant
funding and to negotiate and execute all agreements related to this grant; and
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(2) Approve the appropriation and other budgetary action outlined in the
Budget/Financial Impact Section of this report.
Prepared by: Barbara Stinchfield, Director
Karen Ginsberg, Assistant Director
Department of Community & Cultural Services
Reference Contract No. 8568 (CCS)
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