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DATE:
NOVEMBER 1, 1993
CONSENT CALENDAR NO. 15
i1-t-93
TO: WILLIAM A. HUSTON, CITY MANAGER
FROM: PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT/ENGINEERING DIVISION
SUBJECT: ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT AND MITIGATION PROGRAM GRANT
RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 93-122
authorizing Director of Public Works/City Engineer, Robert S.
Ledendecker, to submit an application for the State Resources
Agency Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program Grant.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None at this time.
BACKGROUND AND .DISCUSSION
The Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program was
established by the enactment of the Transportation Blueprint
-.Legislation.of. 1989 Annually, $10,000,000 'is allocated to the
program and grants for up to $500,000. are awarded to local, State
and Federal Agencies and non-profit entities by the California
Transportation Commission to fund various proposals evaluated and
recommended by the Resources Agency.
The grant program's purpose is to fund programs designed to
mitigate the environmental impacts of modified or new public
transportation facilities. The categories eligible for funding are
specific and the Public Works Department is recommending that a
proposal for the landscaping of Nisson Road and E1 Camino Real
between Red Hill Avenue and Newport Avenue and adjacent to the I-5
Freeway be submitted to the Resources Agency.
As part of the application package to be submitted, a Resolution of
the City Council must be approved identifying the City
representative who is authorized to submit grant documents and
applications and enter into an agreement with the State to
implement-the program if the grant is approved.
Robert S. Ledendecker
Director of Public Works/
City Engineer
Katie Pitcher
Administrative Assistant II
RSL: KP: ccg: grant
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RESOLUTION NO. 93-122
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN,
CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR
THE ENVIRONMENTAL ENHANCEMENT AND MITIGATION PROGRAM
UNDER SECTION 164.56 OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE
1989 FOR THE LANDSCAPING OF NISSON ROAD AND EL' CAMINO
REAL BETWEEN RED HILL AVENUE AND NEWPORT AVENUE
WHEREAS, the Legislative of the State of California has
enacted AB471 (Chapter 106 of the Statutes of 1989), which is
intended to provide ~10 million annually for a period of 10
years for grant funds ~o local, State and Federal agencies and
non-profit entities for projects to enhance and mitigate the
environmental impacts of modified or new public transportation
facilities; and i'
WHEREAS, the Resource Agency has established the
procedures and criteria for reviewing grant proposals and is
required to submit to the California Transportation Commission
a list of'recommended projects from which the grant recipients
will be selected; and
· WHEREAS, said procedures and criteria established by the
Resources Agency require a resolution certifying the approval
of application by the applicant's governing body before.
submission of said application to the State; and
WHEREAS, the. application contains assurances that the
applicant must comply with; and
WHEREAS, the applicant, if selected, will enter into an
agreement with the State of California to carry out the
environmental enhancement and mitigation project;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the city Council:
SECTION ~. Approves the filing of an application for the
Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program for grant
assistance.
SECTION 2... Certifies that said applicant will make
adequate provisions for operation and maintenance of the
project.
SECTION 3. Appoints Robert S. Ledendecker as agent of
the City of Tustin to conduct all negotiations, execute and
'submit all. documents, including, but not limited to'
applications, agreements,amendments, payment requests and so
on, which may be necessary for the completion of the
aforementioned project.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Tustin on the 1st day of November,
1993.
Jim Potts, Mayor
ATTEST:
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF TUSTIN
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CERTIFICATION FOR RESOLUTION NO. 93-122
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City
Council of the City of Tustin, California, does hereby certify
that the whole number of the members of the City Council is
five; that the above and foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly passed and adopted at'a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 1st day of November, 1993 by the following
vote:
COUNCILMEMBER AYES:
COUNCILMEMBER NOES:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED:
COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT:
Mary E. Wynn, City Clerk