Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to submit a grant application to the California Natural Resources Agency, through the California Climate Investment Urban Greening Program, for the completion of the 14th Street Park project; accept such grant funding, in an amount up to $3,125,000; and, execute all documents necessary to accept the funds and implement the project.  (District 1)
Motion carries. Thank you, Adam. 13 police. And in 13 is report from Parks, Recreation and Marine recommendation to Adobe resolution authorizing the City Manager to submit a grant application to the California Natural Resources Agency for the completion of the 14th Street Park Project and accept such grant funding in a in an amount up to 3.1 million District one. Thank you. Let's go. Let's start with city staff, then Councilmember Gonzalez. A quick report by our second Marine director, Murray Knight, and we also have Meredith Reynolds. Good evening, vice mayor. Members of the Council. On March 2017, the state of California, California Natural Resources Agency began soliciting grant applications for their urban greening grant. There is a total of $76 million available for an urban greening project statewide, and that's funded by the California Climate Investments. And this is a competitive grant program, and only one find funding cycle is anticipated. Eligible projects needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and grant funds can be used to acquire, create, enhance or expand community parks and green space. As a first step in a two phased grant application process, the grant agency accepted one page concept proposals, which were reviewed in advance of the full application, and projects that were clearly meeting the grant objectives and were the most competitive were identified. City of Long Beach submitted multiple concept proposals for the park projects, and the grant agency provided feedback that the 14th Street Park Project concept was the most competitive and met multiple grant objectives. As a result of that feedback provided during the concept phase, we submitted an application for the second phase for the completion of the 14th Street Park Project. Park Project Scope includes community outreach and completion of the 14th Street Masterplan, as well as design and construction of grant eligible park improvements that could include bike and pedestrian improvements connecting currently separated blocks to adjacent traffic, upgrading irrigation and onsite stormwater capture reforesting park segments, upgrading park amenities to meet ADA and safety standards, etc. We are requesting to apply and accept an amount of up to 3.1 to $5 million for this 14th Street Park project. There is no matching funds required in this grant, and there's no minimum or maximum funding request for this grant program. That concludes my report. Thank you, Councilwoman, because I. Guess this makes me incredibly happy because as city manager Pat West knows and I thank you, Mary and Meredith, for your hard work. This has been a neighborhood that I'm really, really passionate about personally, but that I know a lot of our city staff has spent a lot of time in that neighborhood mentoring students at Washington Middle School. I myself going out there, I think, every week with my staff just to ensure that the kids know that their support not only at the school but offsite. And so I thank you all for really just committing to investment there in the Washington neighborhood. Thanks so much. Congratulations and good luck with this as any public comment on this item. Sing. No members, please cast your vote.