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I j 52A-1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayorand City Council - From the City Manager Janua;y 12. 2004 Subject Authorization of Application to the State of California for Proposition 40 Grant Funds Recommendation Adopt a resolution authorizing the City's application for Proposition 40 funding under the Per Capita Program and a separate resolution authorizing application for Proposition 40 funding under the Roberti-Z-'Berg-Harris Program. Background California voters passed Proposition 12 in 2000. Ultimately. Redwood City received a total of $935.108 as its share of the Per Capita and Roberti-Z'Berg-Harris funding under this program. All of these funds were devoted to the Hoover School Sports Field Renovation Project. In March of 2002, voters approved the 2002 Resources Bond Act, which authorized up to $2.6 billion in State General Obligation Bonds to fund state and local park projects. While there are several programs under which an agency may apply for funding, the State is currently receiving applications for the Per Capita and the Roberti-Z'Berg-Harris programs. It should be noted that these funds are the result of - the sale of general obligation bonds and as such are not impacted by the current State financial situation. Redwood City is eligible to receive $336.000 under the Per Capita and $206,610 under the Roberti-Z'Berg-Harris based on our population. Per capita funds need to be directed to projects that will rehabilitate park or recreation facilities to allow them to be more efficiently managed and reduce operating costs. Projects eligible for Roberti- Z'Berg-Harris funds must include the rehabilitation of facilities that are no longer serviceable and which once completed will expand or add to the recreation opportunities in a community. The City must encumber the funds and have a fully executed contract for the disbursement of these funds by June 2006 and must submit final documentation of all expenditures under this grant by March 1. 2008. No specific projects need be identified at this point in the application process. Parks. Recreation and Community Services staff will coordinate with Community Development for the inclusion of appropriate projects in the 2004-06 Capital Improvement Program budget. Once a project has been selected a Project application will be submitted that will include a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliance review. Alternative Do nothing and allow the grant funds to be reprogrammed to other qualifying agencies within the State and allow the City General Fund to pay for the entire project. - Fiscal Impact The Per Capita and Roberti-Z'Berg-Harris must be spent on capital projects and no City