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DATE: February 28, 2011
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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council through City Manager
FROM: Ron DeNicola, Public Works Parks & Landscape Manager
SUBJECT: Resolution Accepting Completion of the Luchessi, McDowell, McNear, Leghorns
Park Improvements Project, a Part of the Proposition 40 Park Improvement Grant
Program.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached resolution accepting completion of
the Luchessi, McDowell, McNear, Leghorns Park Improvements Project, a part of the
Proposition 40 Park Improvement Grant Program.
BACKGROUND
Under the Proposition 40 Park Improvement Grant, Roberti- Z'Berg- Harris Grant and Per Capita
Grant Programs, the City of Petaluma has been performing deferred maintenance projects within
public buildings and parks. Among projects completed to date are the Senior Center Expansion,
Tennis Court Resurfacing, Wickersham Park Paths, Luchessi Park Restroom Roof Replacement
and Multi -Park Restroom Fixture Replacements, McNear Park Picnic Area Renovation, and
Luchessi Soccer Field Perimeter Paving. The recent project, Luchessi, McDowell, McNear,
Leghorns Park Improvements, has also been completed.
DISCUSSION
The current project included: repair of drainage and new surfacing in the Leghorns Park,
playground area; replacement of light fixtures from incandescent to metal halide in the McNear
Park tennis courts; and, replacement of picnic tables at Luchessi and McDowell Parks. These
projects were approved in advance by the funding agency and City Council, and formal
acceptance of completion is required under terms of the grant. The grant required that all funds
be utilized by March 31, 2011, and this project represents the close out of this grant, as nearly all
remaining grant funds have now been used.
FINANCIAL IMPACTS
Project funding comes from two separate grant programs within the Proposition 40 Park
Improvement Grant: one is the 2002 Resources Bond Act Per Capita Grant Program, which had
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a remaining available balance of $1,176; the second is the 2002 Resources Bond Act Robert-
Z'Berg- Harris Block Grant Program, which had an available balance of $23,979.
The combined total cost of this project is $25,119, leaving a grant fund balance of $36.
AT'TACHMVIENTS
1. Resolution
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ATTACHMENT 1
RESOLUTION
ACCEPTING COMPLETION OF THE LUCHESSI, MCDOWELL, MCNEAR,
LEGHHORNS PARK IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT, A PART OF THE PROPOSITION
40 PARK IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, on February 23, 2004, City Council authorized the City of Petaluma
to apply for State Park Bond (Proposition 40) grant funding, under the California Clean
Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Act of 2002; and,
WHEREAS, the City was awarded a 2002 Roberti- Z'Berg- Harris Grant, and the
2002 Per Capita Grant, under the Proposition 40 Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, City Council authorized the use of Proposition 40 Grant funding for
identified deferred maintenance projects, including, but not limited to, repaving paths,
restroom repairs, irrigation renovation, tennis court resurfacing, and picnic area
renovations; and
WHEREAS, Sonoma Mountain Landscape, Inc. completed Leghorn Park repairs,
costing $6,500; Maltby Electric Supply Co., Inc. installed light fixtures at McNear Park
tennis courts, costing $3,141; and Outdoor Creations installed tables at Luchessi and
McDowell Parks, costing $15,478; and
WHEREAS, payment of the contract amounts, identified above, have been made
to the specified vendors.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Petaluma as follows:
1. The portion of the City's Proposition 40 park improvement grant project involving
the Luchessi, McDowell, McNear, Leghorns Park Improvements Project, totaling
$25,119, is accepted as complete.
2. The City Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file a Notice of Completion for
the above project with the Sonoma County Clerk's Office within ten (10) days of the
date of this resolution.
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