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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to submit grant applications to California State Parks through the Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program of 2008, for the development of the following: soccer fields at Drake/Chavez Greenbelt, at a total estimated cost of $2,513,000; a new park at 2755 Orange Avenue (Longview Park), at a total estimated cost of $2,829,000; a new park at 7th Street and Alamitos Avenue (Armory Park), at a total estimated cost of $2,833,281; and the acquisition and development of a new park at 14th Street and Long Beach Boulevard (14th Street Gateway Park), at a total estimated cost of $1,685,200. (Districts 1,7)
DISCUSSION
On November 7, 2006, California voters passed the $54 billion Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006 (Proposition 84), to provide capital funding for water quality and park programs. Subsequent enabling legislation authorized $368 million in Proposition 84 grant funding for the Statewide Park Development and Community Revitalization Program of 2008 (Park Development Program).
The Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) is proposing to apply for $9,860,481 in grant funding through the Park Development Program for the development of four parks. Please note that the park names (Longview, Armory, and 14th Street Gateway) are merely placeholder names. If funded, staff will follow proper procedures for officially naming these parks.
1) Phase 1 of the Drake/Chavez Greenbelt - $2,513,000. Over the past several years, PRM held several public meetings to develop the concept design for the Drake/Chavez Greenbelt project, which will link Drake Park to Cesar E. Chavez Park along the lower Los Angeles River (Attachment A). The concept design will add 26 new park acres to create a 58-acre park with amenities such as a new community center, community gardens, a four-acre wetland area, soccer fields, h...
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