This resolution allows the Recreation and Park Department to accept and use a $1,000,000 grant from the California State Coastal Conservancy for planning the Great Highway Promenade Project, covering the period from December 2024 to March 2027. It also gives the RPD General Manager the authority to make minor changes to the grant contract as needed without increasing the city's obligations.
Resolution retroactively authorizing the Recreation and Park Department (RPD) to accept and expend grant funds in the amount of $1,000,000 from the California State Coastal Conservancy for the Great Highway Promenade Planning Project, for a grant performance period from December 4, 2024, through March 31, 2027; retroactively approve the Grant contract with the Conservancy, pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118(b), and authorize the RPD General Manager to enter into amendments or modifications to the Grant contract that do not materially increase the obligations or liabilities to the City and are necessary to effectuate the purposes of the Grant contract or this Resolution.
How it got here
The legislation originated from the need to plan for the Great Highway Promenade, prompted by a grant from the California State Coastal Conservancy and a public initiative to close the Upper Great Highway to vehicles.
The Commission adopted Resolution No. 2403-005, approving the Recreation and Park Department's application for funding from the California State Coastal Conservancy for the Great Highway Promenade Planning Project.
Members of the Board submitted an Initiative Ordinance to place a proposition on the ballot to permanently close the Upper Great Highway to private vehicles, establishing a public open recreation space.
Voters approved Proposition K, which permanently closed the Upper Great Highway to vehicular traffic, transforming it into a public open space.
The Conservancy Board awarded $1,000,000 in funding to the Recreation and Park Department for studies of the Project Area.
The Recreation and Park Department executed the Grant Agreement with the California State Coastal Conservancy, marking the start of the grant performance period.
The Budget and Finance Committee recommended the resolution to accept and expend the grant funds.
The Board of Supervisors adopted the resolution retroactively authorizing the Recreation and Park Department to accept and expend the grant funds.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
