Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to submit a grant application to California State Parks, through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, in the amount of $450,000, for the construction of the Pacific Electric Right-of-Way Greenbelt from Park Avenue to Ximeno Avenue, at a total estimated construction cost of $900,000.  (District 3)
Thank you. Next item. Item number 14. Report from Parks Rec and Marine Recommendation to adopt resolution to submit a grant application to California State Parks for the construction of the Pacific Electric right away at a total estimated construction cost of $900,000. District number three. Can I get a motion? A button pusher. Okay. Council member Austin, seconded by Ranga. Any public comment on the item? See none. Oh. Just kidding. We changed it. Councilwoman Pryce and Councilor Richardson. Okay. And he let me turn this over first to Councilwoman Price. Think confusing. Sorry about that. That's okay. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. I want to thank our Parks Rec and Marine staff for assisting us with this project. This is a project that the Belmont Heights community has been working on for some time now, and the staff has been very creative and trying to find ways for us to obtain grant funding in order to be able to complete at least one phase of this project. And I want to thank their team and also the new team that's joined us from Public Works in trying to get this this additional money to help make this project a reality. There's very little opportunities for green space that currently exist in the third. And this is an opportunity for us to bring some green space to the third in an area that desperately needs it, and to turn what is considered by many to be a bit of an eyesore as it is currently not maintained and does not serve any useful purpose. So I'm excited about this project. It has been a priority project for me and it will continue to be a priority project for me. And I'm looking forward to early spring when we find out whether or not we were able to obtain any grant funds. And I want to thank George and his team for pursuing this on our behalf. Thank you. Thank you. Any public comment on the item? CNN council member Austin. Yes. I also wanted to comment again, this is this is great. And I think this is a great move forward for the the third district in the green belt there. An examiner I used to actually live a short distance away from there. And I remember when that that issue was debated significantly over whether or not they were going to put a housing development there or keep it as a green space. And so to have this move forward, to finally have some hopefully have some funds there to to develop that that space, I think, is really, really great. And I also want to commend Parks and Recreation for coming to the council with this to get the authority to to go out and get the grant. Because I think there's there's some consistency there that we need to continue to follow. Thank you. Thank you. Any public comment? There's a motion on the floor. Please cast your vote. Motion carries seven zero. Next item, please. 15. I'm sorry. Actually, I request to hear. Item number 22. Item number 22 communications from vice mayor. Susan Lowenthal, Councilwoman Susie Price, Councilwoman Stacey Mango, Councilman de Andrew's recommendation to request a resolution making the month of February 2015 be officially deemed spay neuter awareness month.