CITY COUNCIL: $10,000 Grant from the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District

Meeting Date: 8 January, 2008
Prepared by: Mike Branson

City Council
Agenda Item Summary

Name: Consideration of a Resolution accepting a $10,000 grant from the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD) for construction of a new pedestrian footbridge in Mission Trail Nature Preserve (MTNP) and authorizing a transfer from the Capital Improvement Reserve until grant funds are reimbursed.

Description: The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea applied to the MPRPD in August of this year for a grant to construct a new pedestrian bridge in MTNP. The MPRPD has awarded a grant to the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea in the amount of $10,000 for the new bridge.

Overall Cost:
City Funds: $5,000 (mid-year request for permits and foundation engineering)
Grant Funds: $10,000

Staff Recommendation: Accept the grant award of $10,000 from the MPRPD for a construction of new pedestrian footbridge in MTNP.

Important Considerations: The grant agreement between the City and the MPRPD and the grant guidelines are attached. The MPRPD grant is supported on a reimbursement level. A transfer from the Capital Improvement Reserve Account to a general fund account will allow the proper designation of project expenditures to support reimbursement requests. A map of MTNP with the proposed bridge location is also attached.

Decision Record: The MPRPD grant application was authorized by the City Council on their meeting of 7 August 2007 per Resolution 2007-51.

Reviewed by:
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Rich Guillen, City Administrator Date


CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA
RESOLUTION 2008-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA ACCEPTING A GRANT FROM THE MONTEREY PENINSULA REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE IN MISSION TRAIL NATURE PRESERVE AND AUTHORIZING A TRANSFER FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT RESERVE UNTIL GRANT FUNDS ARE REIMBURSED
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WHEREAS, the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District is awarding grants for parks, open space, and coastal preservation projects within its boundaries; and

WHEREAS, the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea applied for a grant to construct a pedestrian bridge in Mission Trail Nature Preserve; and

WHEREAS, the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District has awarded a grant to the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea in the amount of $10,000 for construction of a pedestrian bridge in Mission Trail Nature Preserve; and

WHEREAS, the grant is paid on a reimbursement basis and a transfer of $10,000 from the Capital Improvement Reserve to a project account will allow proper designation of expenses to support reimbursement requests.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA DOES:

1. Accept the grant of $10,000 from the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District for construction of a pedestrian bridge in Mission Trail Nature Preserve.

2. Authorize the City Administrator to enter a grant agreement between the City of
Carmel-by-the-Sea and the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District.

3. Authorize a transfer of $10,000 from the Capital Improvement Reserve Account to general fund account 01-87601 designated for the grant project.

PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMELBY-THE-SEA this 8th day of January 2008, by the following roll call vote:

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

SIGNED,

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Heidi Burch, City Clerk

ATTEST:

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Sue McCloud, Mayor