HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1989 0802 CC REG ITEM 11HELOISE BROWN
Mayor
BERNARDO M. PEREZ
Mayor Pro Tern
CLINT HARPER, Ph. D.
Councilmember
PAUL LAWRASON
Councilmember
SCOTT MONTGOMERY
Councilmember
RICHARD T. HARE
City Treasurer
TO:
FROM:
DATE:
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BACKGROUND:
MOORPARK
MEMORANDUM
The Honorable City Council
ITEM �.
STEVEN KUENY
City Manager
CHERYL J. KANE
City Attorney
PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P.
Director of
Community Development
R. DENNIS DELZEIT
City Engineer
JOHN V. GILLESPIE
Chief of Police
Philip Newhouse, Director of Community Services
July 27, 1989 *)l
Consider Urban Forestry Grant Program Under the
California Wildlife Coastal and Park Land Conservation
Bond Act of 1988
This is a competitive grant program with a total allocation of
$5,000,000 beginning July 1, 1989. The grant program will be
administered over a five to seven year period with annual allocations
for each of the first three years amounting to $633,000. After the
first three years, a full program evaluation will be conducted.
GRANT HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Application deadline for FY 1989/90 is August 18, 1.989.
2. Projects must be completed within 12 months of award.
3. Eligible costs are limited to the purchase of trees and purchase
and /or production of educational material.
4. Grant request must not be more than $50,000 and the cost of
individual trees must not exceed $65.
ELIGIBLE PROJECTS:
1. Planting of street trees.
2. Planting of trees in dedicated open space. Open space is defined
as: rights of ways, backup walls, excess parcels resulting from
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the construction of streets, roads, highways and other public
facilities such as airports and water reclamation facilities.
3. Planting of trees in public parking lots and school yards.
INELIGIBLE PROJECTS:
1. Tree planting projects on private property.
2. Tree planting in parks.
3. Tree planting on any common private areas.
The Parks and Recreation Commission reviewed this project at their July
10 meeting at which time they appointed a subcommittee, Commissioners
Nainoa and Godinez, to review and recommend locations for planting
trees.
The subcommittee met on July 12 and selected eight (8) sites for
Commission consideration:
1. Spring Road - South of bridge to Tierra Rejada;
2. Tierra Rejada Island Median - Spring Road to Urban West
Communities;
3. Island Median - Tierra Rejada, north of bridge;
4. North side of Poindexter Avenue from Chaparral School to Gabbert
Road;
5. Princeton Avenue - Hwy. 118 to Campus Park Drive;
6. Campus Park Drive - South side from Penn Avenue to Happy Camp;
7. East side of Spring Road between Hwy. 118 and Charles;
8. East side of Peach Hill Road from Peach Hill Park to corner.
Additionally, the subcommittee sent letters to various service
organizations to see if they would like to assist with the project.
On July 24, the subcommittee met with representatives from the Boy
Scouts (Jim Taylor) and Moorpark Beautiful (Haydi Danielson) to discuss
this project. Mr. Taylor volunteered the Boy Scouts for tree planting,
and Mrs. Danielson indicated Moorpark Beautiful will pledge technical
assistance to strengthen and recruit additional community support for
this project.
The subcommittee also reviewed the areas for planting and are
recommending to the City Council the following:
1. Approval for City Staff to apply for funds under the Urban
Forestry Grant Program for City wide tree planting.
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2. Sites for planting in priority order:
A. East side of Spring Road between Charles and Los Angeles
Avenue at High Street (4 trees);
B. South side of Campus Park Drive between Penn Street and Happy
Camp (160 trees);
C. North half of Princeton Avenue between Hwy. 118 and Campus
Park Drive (100 trees);
D. West side of Spring Road, south of Bridge to Christian
Barrett (200 trees);
E. East side of Peach Hill Road north of park to corner (36
trees);
The total number of trees being requested through this grant is 500.
The estimated cost per tree for planting is $55, for a total project
cost of $27,500.00. The grant will fund costs for the trees which are
estimated to be $45 each, for a total of $22,500.00. The City would
fund the project balance of $5,000.00, which is $10 per tree.
Costs associated for this project do not include irrigation. City
staff would manually water the trees until established which would be
approximately 18 months. If the City Council would like costs for
automated watering of the trees, staff would be able to provide that
information in approximately 60 days.
Funding for the City's share of costs for this project is recommended
to be from the Landscape and Lighting Fund Account #23 -1143.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Direct staff as deemed appropriate.
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MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA
City Councii Meeting
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ACTION:
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MOTION: Councilmember Lawrason moved and Councilmember
MO tgomery seconded a motion to submit the application for the
Ur an Forestry Grant Program for $22,500 for the five sites of P
th project outlined in the staff report.
un nimous, Councilmember Harper absent. The voice vote was
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