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Home My WebLink AboutAGENDA REPORT 1990 0516 CC REG ITEM 08MPAUL W. LAWRASON, Jr. Mayor SCOTT MONTGOMERY Mayor Pro Tern ELOISE BROWN Councilmember CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. Councilmember BERNARDO M. PEREZ Councilmember LILLIAN KELLERMAN City Clerk MOORPARK ITEM :DORPARK, CAUFORN o City Cou oll Meeting of 7 100�' ACTION: (� MEMORANDUM The Honorable City Council 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 RICHARD T. HARE City Treasurer FROM: Philip Newhouse, Director of Community Services DATE: May 10, 1990 SUBJECT: Consider Urban Forestry Grant Program Under -the California Wildlife Coastal and Park Land Conservation Bond Act of 1988 BACKGROUND: Last year Council authorized staff to file an application under this grant program (see attached). Unfortunately, our project was not considered for funding. Minimum score for funding was 116 points; we received 111 points. The Program Administrator, James R. Geiger, informed staff we lacked sufficient community support which reduced our overall score. GRANT HIGHLIGHTS: 1. Application deadline for FY 1990/91 is 2:00 p.m., June 15, 1990. 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 $40,000.00, and the cost of individual trees must not exceed the average California wholesale rate for a 15- gallon tree of the species to be planted. ELIGIBLE PROJECTS: 1. Planting of street trees. 2. Planting of trees in dedicated open spac?. Open space is defined as: rights of ways, backup walls, excess parcels resulting from 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, Califomia 93021 (805) 529 -6864 t The Honorable City Council Page 2 May 10. 1990 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. If filing a grant application is approved, staff recommends updating last year's program costs. If approved, our program proposed would be for the following areas: 1. East side of Spring Road between Charles and Los Angeles Avenue at High Street (4 trees); 2. South side of Campus Park Drive between Penn Street and Happy Camp (160 trees); 3. North half of Princeton Avenue between Hwy. 118 and Campus Park Drive (100 trees); 4. West side of Spring Road, south of bridge to Christian Barrett (200 trees); 5. East side of Peach Hill Road north of park to corner (36 trees). STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Approve Resolution No. 90 - 671 authorizing filing of grant application. PEN:db Attachments FRESTRY2.PRO /PRAGENDA PAUL W. LAWRASON, Jr. Mayor SCOTT MONTGOMERY Mayor Pro Tern ELOISE BROWN Councilmember CLINT HARPER, Ph.D. Councilmember BERNARDO M.PEREZ Councilmember LILLIAN KELLERMAN City Clerk TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: BACKGROUND: MOORPARK MEMORANDUM STEVEN KUENY City Manager CHERYLJ.KANE City Attorney PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P. Director of Community Development R. DENNIS DELZEIT City Engineer JOHN V. GILLESPIE Chief of Police RICHARD T. HARE City Treasurer The Honorable City Council Philip Newhouse, Director of Community Services July 27, 1989 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, 1989. 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 799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529 -6864 The Honorable City Council Page 2 July 27, 1989 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. i. The Honorable City Council Page 3 July 27, 1989 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. PEN:db Attachment