This resolution allows the Recreation and Park Department to accept a $250,000 grant from the California Department of Parks and Recreation for trail improvements in McLaren Park. The Department is required to maintain these improvements until June 30, 2047.
Resolution retroactively authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to enter into a grant contract with California Department of Parks and Recreation Outdoor Environmental Education Facilities Program in the amount of $250,000 that requires the Department to maintain trail improvements funded by the grant in McLaren Park for the duration of the contract performance period from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2047, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118(a).
How it got here
This legislation originated from the need to secure funding for trail improvements in McLaren Park, following the approval of a grant application by the Recreation and Park Commission.
Residents approved a $195 million General Obligation Bond that included $2,000,000 for trail improvements at McLaren Park.
The Commission adopted Resolution No. 1710-004, approving the application for funding from the California Department of Parks and Recreation's Outdoor Environmental Education Facilities Program.
The Department was awarded a $250,000 grant for trail improvements at McLaren Park.
The Board appropriated the grant funds as a budget line item in the Annual Appropriation Ordinance No. 156-59 to initiate the project.
The Department submitted a request for retroactive authorization to enter into the grant contract, noting that the contract performance period began on July 1, 2017.
The Board adopted the resolution authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to enter into the grant contract with the California Department of Parks and Recreation.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
