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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to submit a grant application to the California Department of Housing and Community Development, through the Housing-Related Parks Program, for the replacement of the playground, and the rehabilitation of park amenities and park grounds at MacArthur Park, at an estimated total project cost of $584,250. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
On November 7, 2006, California voters passed the Housing and Emergency Trust Fund Act of 2006 (Proposition 1C) to provide low-cost housing for needy families, seniors, and military veterans, as well as shelters for battered women. Subsequent enabling legislation authorized $200 million in Proposition 1C grant funding for the Housing-Related Parks Program (HRP Program), which is administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD). The HRP Program creates incentives and rewards local governments for building affordable housing with grant money to fund much-needed parks in their communities. Grant awards are based on the number of bedrooms in newly constructed ownership and the rehabilitation of rental housing units that are classified as being affordable to very low-income and low-income households. Applicants may be eligible for bonus funding for units developed as infill projects and for park projects that will serve disadvantaged communities. Grant funds may be used for the creation, development, or rehabilitation of park and recreation facilities.
On October 2, 2013, HCD released a Notice of Funding Availability for the HRP Program for the 2013 round of funding. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM), with the assistance of the Development Services Department, is proposing to apply for $584,250 in grant funding through the HRP Program for the replacement of the playground, the installation of fitness zone equipment, and the rehabilitation of park grounds and facilities at MacArthur Park, at an estimated total project ...
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