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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to accept a total of $553,050 in Housing-Related Parks Program grant funds, awarded by the California Department of Housing and Community Development, for the replacement of the playground and the rehabilitation of park amenities and park grounds at MacArthur Park; execute any documents necessary for the administration of the project; and increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $553,050. (District 6)
DISCUSSION
On November 7, 2006, California voters passed the Housing and Emergency Trust Fund Act of 2006 (Proposition 1 C) 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 1 C grant funding for the Housing-Related Parks Program (HRP Program), which is administered by the California Department of Housing and Community Development. 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 lowincome 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 January 7, 2014, the City Council authorized the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM), in partnership with the Development Services Department, to apply for grant funding through the HRP Program for the replacement of the playground and the rehabilitation of park amenities and park grounds at MacArthur Park (attached). Recently, PRM was notified of the award of...
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