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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to submit a grant application to the California Strategic Growth Council, through the Urban Greening Grant Program, in the amount of $250,000, for the creation of an urban greening master plan for the 50-acre California Gardens site, located at Spring Street and Orange Avenue; and execute any documents necessary for implementation and administration of the planning project. (District 7)
DISCUSSION
In 2006, California voters passed the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84). Proposition 84 authorized the Legislature to appropriate up to $17.5 million for the purpose of creating urban greening master plans to guide and coordinate greening projects throughout the State. In 2008, the Legislature created the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC), whose objectives are to improve air and water quality, protect natural resources and agricultural lands, increase the availability of affordable housing, improve infrastructure systems, promote public health, and assist state and local entities in the planning of sustainable communities.
In April 2011, SGC announced the solicitation of Urban Greening Planning Grants under Proposition 84. Urban Greening Planning Grants will provide funds for the development of urban greening master plans that will result in projects to help the State meet its environmental goals and create healthy, sustainable communities. Urban greening master plans must outline projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide multiple benefits, including, but not limited to, decreasing air and water pollution, reducing the consumption of natural resources and energy, increase the reliability of local water supplies, and increase adaptability to climate change.
The Urban Greening Grant Program provides an opportunity to fund an urban greening plan for the California Gardens site, the ar...
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