Agenda Report
Fullerton City Council
MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 17, 2023
TO: CITY COUNCIL / SUCCESSOR AGENCY
SUBMITTED BY: DAISY PEREZ, deputy CITY MANAGER
PREPARED BY: edgar rosales, SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE analyst SUBJECT: STATE PER CAPITA GRANT FUNDS BUDGET TRANSFER
SUMMARY
City Council approved award and use of State Per Capita Grant funds on August 17, 2021. The City intended to use the funds for the Fullerton Pooch Park Relocation project, which the City has put on hold. Staff requests redirecting the grant funds to the Acacia Park renovation project so the City may use funds before the performance period ends.
RECOMMENDATION
Approve $266,093 budget transfer of State grant funds from CIP Project #54270 Fullerton Pooch Park Relocation to CIP Project #54039 Acacia Park Renovation.
CITY MANAGER REMARKS
None.
PRIORITY POLICY STATEMENT
This item matches the following Priority Policy Statements:
Public Safety
Infrastructure and City Assets.
FISCAL IMPACT
This request would generate no fiscal impact. Staff would transfer the $266,093 Per Capita State grant funds from the Pooch Park Relocation project to the Acacia Park project.
DISCUSSION
City Council approved the allocation of the State’s Pop 68 Per Capita grant funds for the Fullerton Pooch Park Relocation project by adopting Resolution No. 2020-96 on November 2, 2020. The State’s Prop 68 Per Capita program is a non-competitive grant that provides funding to all cities with an amount based on each city’s population for park improvements and acquisition. The City of Fullerton received $266,093 and allocated the Per Capita grant funds to the Pooch Park Relocation project which planned to relocate the City dog park from Hunt Branch Park to the Brea Dam Park.
City Council directed staff to review and potentially modify the scope of the Pooch Park Relocation project to reduce costs and finalize approvals with the US Army Corps of Engineers on March 21, 2023. The delay meant the City would not complete the Pooch Park project within the grant performance period. The City needs to allocate grant funds to a park project planned for completion within the required performance period. Staff requests approval to transfer the Per Capita grant funds from the Pooch Park Relocation project to the Acacia Park Renovation project, which the City will complete within the grant performance period.
The Acacia Park renovation project includes playground replacement, walkway replacements to meet ADA requirements, irrigation modifications, turf repair, site lighting, plumbing improvements for a new drinking fountain and planting new trees. The Per Capita grant funds would replace an equivalent amount of Park Dwelling funds which the City would return to the Park Dwelling fund balance for other projects. cc: City Manager Eric J. Levitt
Per Capita Grant Budget Transfer
October 17, 2023