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City of Lake Elsinore 130 South Main Street
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
www.lake-elsinore.org
File Number: ID# 17-633
Agenda Date: 4/24/2018 Status: Consent AgendaVersion: 1
File Type: ReportIn Control: City Council / Successor Agency
Agenda Number: 6)
Page 1 City of Lake Elsinore Printed on 4/19/2018
REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To:Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From:Johnathan O. Skinner, Director of Community Services
Prepared by: Audrey Young, Management Analyst
Date:April 24, 2018
Subject:Urban Greening Grant
Recommendation
adopt RESOLUTION No. 20180XXX APPROVAL TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTATION
ASSOCIATED WITH THE URBAN GREENING GRANT PROGRAM.
Background
The City of Lake Elsinore is one of the fastest growing California cities with 2% annual growth.
While the City’s Healthy LE initiative offers programs to promote a healthy lifestyle, it has limited
pedestrian and bicycle amenities to allow this healthy lifestyle to be practiced. The City recognizes
the need to make climate investments through urban greening and addressing active
transportation infrastructure gaps and deterioration. Such investments are exponential in their
returns as they result in greenhouse gas emission reductions, carbon sequestration, active
transportation safety, economic development, and support of our Healthy LE (community health)
initiative. The California Natural Resources Agency recently released the announcement of the
Urban Greening Grant Program, which specifically aims to make these such improvements.
City staff have evaluated several project alternatives and have concluded that the Downtown
Active Transportation Connections & Green Streets Project is the best suited and most
competitive project to apply for the available program funding. The proposed project will focus on
sidewalk, bicycle lane, and urban greening infrastructure in the historic downtown area (between
Graham Avenue on the west, Flint Street to the east, the Riverwalk to the north, and Main Street
to the south). The proposed project will also include a bicycle and pedestrian bridge across the
Outflow Channel at Pottery Street, connecting the existing low income and disadvantaged
community with the civic and commercial retail amenities, and public transportation in downtown.
The proposed project will tie in well with the current projects that will improve bicycle and
pedestrian infrastructure along Graham Street/Lakeshore Drive and Main Street. In addition, as
the project is within proximity of two schools, the project has received support and input from the
Lake Elsinore Unified School District and staff look forward to working closely to ensure safe
routes to these schools are ensured.
Active Transportation Plan / Commuter Based Access Plan
April 24, 2018
Page 2
City staff began community outreach efforts regarding the project by engaging community
members at the Lake Community Center and through a formal public outreach meeting and have
received tremendous support for the project thus far.
Discussion
City staff hereby recommends the approval for the City Manager, or designee, as agent to
negotiate, execute and submit all documents including, but not limited to applications,
agreements, payment requests and so on, which may be necessary for the completion of the
project. All subsequent agreements with project contractors would be brought forward to the City
Council for review and consideration prior to execution. With this approval, City staff will submit
the grant application and begin the process for funding consideration and acceptance. If funding
is granted, the project would begin in 2019 and be completed in 2020.
Fiscal Impact
The total project cost is estimated to be approximately $3,000,000 and the City commits to fund
approximately 20-25% of the overall cost as a match to the grant funding.
Exhibits
Urban Greening Grant – Exhibit A Reso
Resolution No: _______________________
RESOLUTION
APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR
CALIFORNIA CLIMATE INVESTMENTS URBAN GREENING PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Legislature and Governor of the State of California have provided funds for the program shown
above; and
WHEREAS, the California Natural Resources Agency has been delegated the responsibility for the
administration of this grant program, establishing necessary procedures; and
WHEREAS, said procedures established by the California Natural Resources Agency require a resolution
certifying the approval of application(s) by the Applicants governing board before submission of said
application(s) to the State; and
WHEREAS, the applicant, if selected, will enter into an agreement with the State of California to carry out the
Project
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Lake Elsinore
1. Approves the filing of an application for the Downtown Active Transportation Connections & Green
Streets Project;
2. Certifies that applicant understands the assurances and certification in the application, and
3. Certifies that applicant or title holder will have sufficient funds to operate and maintain the project
consistent with the land tenure requirements; or will secure the resources to do so, and
4. Certifies that it will comply with the provisions of Section 1771.5 of the State Labor Code, and
5. If applicable, certifies that the project will comply with any laws and regulations including, but not limited
to, legal requirements for building codes, health and safety codes, disabled access laws, environmental
laws and, that prior to commencement of construction, all applicable permits will have been obtained,
and
6. Certifies that applicant will work towards the Governor’s State Planning Priorities intended to promote
equity, strengthen the economy, protect the environment, and promote public health and safety as
included in Government Code Section 65041.1, and
7. Appoints the City Manager, or designee, as agent to conduct all negotiations, execute and submit all
documents including, but not limited to applications, agreements, payment requests and so on, which
may be necessary for the completion of the aforementioned project(s).
Approved and adopted the 24 day of April 2018. I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution
Number __________ was duly adopted by the City of Lake Elsinore.
Following Roll Call Vote:Ayes:_________
Nos:_________
Absent:_________
__________________________________________
Clerk/Secretary for the Governing Board