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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to submit grant applications to the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District (District) for the Fourth Supervisorial District Excess Funds Program (Program), upon receipt of a grant award; accept a total of $2,600,000 in Competitive Excess Funds from the District for the Program to be utilized for the development of park projects in the City of Long Beach; and, upon acceptance of the grant award,
Increase appropriations in the Capital Projects Fund (CP) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $2,600,000, offset by revenue from the grant. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In June 2016, Competitive Excess Funds became available from the District for the Program. The Program is provided under Los Angeles County Proposition A (1996) and allocates excess grant funds equally to each Supervisorial District, which distributes available funding to eligible recipients. Through the Office of Supervisor Don Knabe, the City of Long Beach (City) was notified that it would be receiving $2.6 million in Competitive Excess Funds.
Funding may be used for park projects that consist of acquisition, development, improvement and/or rehabilitation of real property in the Fourth Supervisorial District of Los Angeles County (County). County staff have indicated that funds must be prioritized for shovel-ready park projects that can be implemented in a short period of time.
The Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) and the Department of Public Works have prioritized park projects for this funding based on a set of established criteria designed to leverage existing funding and maximize grant funding. These park projects would include shovel-ready projects that can be completed in a short period of time, specifically those that require gap funding; park safety and accessibility projects; and priority projects not funded by Measure A.
PRM will be submitting grant applications to the Distr...
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