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People Serving People CITY OF RIVERSIDE CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM Riverside HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: September 21, 2004 SUBJECT: ITEM NO: 30 SUBMITTAL OF GRANT APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA CULTURAL AND HISTORIC ENDOWMENT FOR A PEDESTRIAN WATER FLUME BRIDGE AT THi- CALIFORNIA CITRUS STATE HISTORIC PARK- SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION BACKGROUND: On December 17, 1999, the Park and Recreation Department received notification from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that the amount of $750,000 had been allocated for the California Citrus State Historic Park Phase II development. After Council approval in January 2000, an application was submitted and approved under the provisions of the Economic Development Initiative (EDI) account for certain EDI-Special Projects for the plan. After HUD deducted administration fees, the City received $693,750. The funds were to be used to construct the pedestrian water flume bridge at Citrus State Park. The project was bid on October 25, 2000. All 7 bids exceeded the established budget for the project and the Park and Recreation Department was unable to proceed with construction. Since that time, the Park and Recreation Department has been searching for additional opportunities to fund the development of the bddge. A TEA-21 grant application in the amount of $700,000 was submitted jointly by the State, llhe City and the Non Profit Management Corporation, but was not awarded. The deadline to spend the EDI funds is November 2005 and finding additional resources to build the bddge is critical. Fortunately, under the California State Library, the California Cultural and Histodc Endowment was created to administer $128.4 million of Proposition 40 funds dedicated to preserving histodc and cultural resources. The pedestrian flume bridge falls within the endowment guidelines as a qualified project under the competitive grant program they created. The Park and Recreation department is requesting Council approval of the submittal of a grant application in the amount of $1,276,833 under the California Cultural and Historic Endowment in order to re-create the watec flume bddge, thus completing a major aspect of Phase II development with the Citrus State Park. FISCAL IMPACT: The costs to construct the bridge are estimated at $2,054,648. The grant requires a dollar for dollar match equaling $1,027,324. Actual matching funds total $777,815 and consist of $674,315 remaining from the EDI grant (9217651821-440120) and $100,000 fi,om the Non Profit Management Corporation (NPMC) plus a commitment from the State Department of Parks and Recreation to cover the cost of the Grand Opening Ceremony, with the cost approximated at $3,500. The Park and Recreation Department will request that the remaining $249,509 matching requirement be waived. There will be no impact on the general fund. .ALTERNATIVES: Council could decide not to approve the submittal of the application. However, the EDI funding of $674,315 for this project would be lost forever since the funds must be fully expended by November 2005 and without additional funding, the bridge cannot be constructed. 30-1