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Memorandum CouNTY
Date: December 4, 2007
To: Honorable Chairman Bruno A. Barreiro
and Members, Board of County Commissioners
From: George M. Burgess
County Manager
Subject: Resolution Awarding Safe Neighborhood Parks Discretionary and
Pre -Agreement Land Acquisition Funds
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Board of County Commissioners (Board) adopt the attached resolution,
allocating $1,400,000 in Safe Neighborhood Parks (SNP) Discretionary Funds and $613,000 in SNP
Pre -Agreement Land Acquisition Funds to specific public agencies and not -for -profit organizations, and
authorizing the County Manager to negotiate and execute in an expedited manner grant agreements
with the subject agencies.
SCOPE
The scope of this agenda item is Countywide as Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond Program funds are
recommended for award to municipal and not -for -profit grantees.
FISCAL IMPACT/FUNDING SOURCE
Funding is provided by the Safe Neighborhood Parks Bond Program authorized under County
Ordinance 96-115, including available interest earned.
TRACK/RECORD MONITOR
The Office of Safe Neighborhood Parks, now merged with the Office of Capital Improvements, is
responsible for monitoring and tracking the distribution and reimbursement of all Safe Neighborhood
Parks Bond Program funds. The responsible party for monitoring the SNP Bond Program is Marcia
Martin of the Office of Capital Improvements (OCI).
BACKGROUND
On July 16, 1996, the Board approve() Ordinance No. 96-115 which authorizes issuance, subject to
approval by special election, $200 million in general obligation bonds for park projects; establishes a
Citizens' Oversight Committee and empowers it to administer the bond program; and designates
entities and projects eligible for bond funding. At the November 5, 1996 Special Election, 67% of those
voting approved the bond program.
On May 6, 1997, the Board appointed the Citizens' Oversight Committee. In May 2007, consistent with
SNP Oversight Committee Resolution R-1-99 (Attachment 1), the Committee solicited applications for
land acquisitions and park capital improvements awards resulting in recommendations of $1,400,000 in
Discretionary funding and $613,000 in Pre -Agreement Land Acquisition funding.
Honorable Chairman Bruno A. Barreiro
and Members, Board of County Commissioners
Page No. 2
In accordance with Ordinance No. 96-115 and Master Bond Resolution No. R-1193-97, the Committee
has submitted the attached Report (Attachment 2) recommending the allocation of $2,013,000 in grant
awards from SNP Discretionary and Pre -Agreement Land Acquisition Funds to specific entities for
specific projects.
Attachments
lan Yorty, Interim Di i ctor, Office of Capital Improvements &
Special Assistant to the County Manager