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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to receive a $680,000 grant from the California Cultural and Historical Endowment, under the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002, for construction of a Visitor Education Center at Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site; increase appropriations in the Capital Project Fund (CP) in the amount of $680,000 in the Department of Public Works (PW); and authorize City Manager to execute any documents necessary for the implementation and administration of the project. (District 8)
DISCUSSION
On January 24, 2006, the City Council approved an application to the California Cultural and Historical Endowment (Endowment) under the California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002, for a grant towards construction of a Visitor Education Center at Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site (Rancho). The application required a one-to-one match, which was provided by the Rancho Los Cerritos Foundation (Foundation) and through existing Rancho Los Cerritos Capital Project funds. On February 15, 2007, the Endowment awarded a grant of $680,000.
The cost of the Visitor Education Center is estimated at $2,004,668. The Foundation has raised $989,206 for this project, and is continuing to raise funds for the Visitor Education Center and other Master Plan projects through a $5 million capital campaign.
Existing Rancho Los Cerritos Capital Project funds will also be applied towards this project.
The architectural firm, Heritage Architecture and Planning, has designed the Visitor Education Center in accordance with the Rancho Los Cerritos Master Plan, which was approved in concept by the City Council in November 2002. The Visitor Education Center will be a multi-use structure and include a fast-paced, educational video on the history of the site, plus interpretive exhibits to prepare visitors for living history tours of the Rancho. Gal...
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