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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute a grant agreement, and any necessary documents including any amendments, with the Port of Long Beach (POLB) through the Community Grants Program, to accept and expend grant funding in an amount not to exceed $1,990,215, to be utilized toward the development of the 51st Street Greenbelt and Drake Chavez Park Connection Projects; and execute any documents necessary for the administration of the projects; and
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $1,990,215, offset by Harbor Department grant reimbursement revenues; and
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund Group in the Public Works Department by $1,990,215, for a technical appropriation to allow for the transfer of Harbor Department funds from the Capital Projects Grant Fund, a fund within the Capital Projects Fund Group. (Districts 1,8)
DISCUSSION
In June 2019, POLB began its solicitation for Community Infrastructure applications for the Community Grants Program (Grant). The goal of this competitive grant is to reduce port-related impacts associated with air quality, noise, traffic, and water quality by funding community infrastructure projects outside the Harbor District, in the neighborhoods and corridors where these impacts are most acutely felt. The City’s three Grant applications were for the 51st Greenbelt, the Drake Chavez Park Connection, and the Lincoln Park Landscaping Projects submitted by the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PRM), which did not require a City Council Resolution. The POLB awarded Grant funds to all three projects in the total amount of $2,971,495, of which $981,280 was previously approved by the City Council on March 17, 2020 for the Lincoln Park Landscaping Project.
City Council approval is requested to execute a grant agreement for the remaining two projects, 51st Street Greenbelt Project ($999,115) and the Drake Chavez Park Con...
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