CITY OF POMONA
COUNCIL REPORT
January 27, 2025
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Anita D. Scott, City Manager
Submitted By: Meg McWade, Public Works Director
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE FY 2024-25 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) BUDGET FOR “CIVIC CENTER PLAZA – NEW PLAYGROUND AND AMENITIES,” PROJECT NO. 428-2590-XXXXX-71063 AND “MEASURE A PARK IMPROVEMENTS – CITYWIDE” PROJECT NO. 428-2590-XXXXX-71080 RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-14 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF POMONA, CALIFORNIA TO AMEND THE FY 2024-25 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) BUDGET BY INCREASING REVENUE ESTIMATES FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGIONAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT MEASURE A FUNDING BY $632,430 AND APPROPRIATING $501,096 OF MEASURE A ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS TO “CIVIC CENTER PLAZA – NEW PLAYGROUND AND AMENITIES,” PROJECT NO. 428-2590-XXXXX-71063; AND APPROPRIATING AN ADDITIONAL $131,334 OF MEASURE A ANNUAL ALLOCATIONS TO “MEASURE A PARK IMPROVEMENTS – CITYWIDE,” PROJECT NO. 428-2590-XXXXX-71080 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
Approval of the recommended actions will appropriate Measure A funding in the amount of $501,096 and revise the total budget of “Civic Center Plaza – New Playground and Amenities,” Project No. 428-2590-XXXXX-71063 (Project) to $14,830,473 as anticipated during the October 7, 2024 City Council item for the project’s construction contract award. The action will also allocate the remaining $131,334 of Measure A funding to “Measure A Park Improvements – Citywide,” Project No. 428-2590-XXXXX-71080, partially funding this unfunded project.
SB1439/GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLICABILITY:
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FISCAL IMPACT:
The table below summarizes the fiscal impact of this action:
Project / Funding
“Civic Center Plaza – New Playground and Amenities,”
Project No. 428-2590-XXXXX-71063
“Measure A Park Improvements – Citywide,” Project No. 428-2590-XXXXX-71080 Beginning Budget
$14,329,377
$0
Appropriation of Measure A Annual Allocations
$501,096
$131,334
Revised Budget
$14,830,473
$131,334
Expenses/Encumbrances as of 1/8/2025
(13,527,404)
($0)
Remaining Available Budget
$1,303,069
$131,334
PREVIOUS RELATED ACTION:
On February 27, 2023, the City Council approved an amendment to the FY 2022-23 CIP Budget, modifying the Project description to include additional scope of work and appropriating $1,100,000 of State of California General Fund Grant Funding. The City Council also approved the award of a professional consultant services agreement to Hirsch & Associates, Inc. in the cumulative amount of $509,700.
On April 8, 2024, the City Council approved a Purchase Order to Landscape Structures, Inc., utilizing Sourcewell Cooperative Contract No. 10521-LSI in the total amount of $1,753,861, to order the new playground equipment for the Project.
On October 7, 2024, City Council approved Resolution No. 2024-157 appropriating funding from various sources to the Project; awarded a Consultant Agreement to Willdan Engineering to provide Engineering, Construction Management/Inspection, and Sampling Services in the amount of $574,064; and awarded a construction contract to PUB Construction in the amount of $10,397,465. Additionally, the Fiscal Impact section noted that the City would come back at a later date to appropriate approximately $502,000 of additional Measure A funding to the Project once formal project funding approval was received from the granting agency, Los Angeles County Regional Parks and Open Space District.
DISCUSSION:
In November 2016, 74.9% of Los Angeles County voters approved the Los Angeles County Safe, Clean Neighborhood Parks and Beaches Measure (Measure A), authorizing dedicated local funding for new park, recreation, and open space projects and their maintenance through an annual special tax of 1.5 cents per square foot of building floor area on all taxable real property in the County. Measure A provides over $500,000 in annual revenue to the City of Pomona (City) from the annual parcel tax. Since 2018, the City has received $3,597,214 in annual allocations and has used these allocations for various park enhancements such as playground replacements throughout the City, new restrooms and playground at Hamilton Park, and the initial phase of a Parks and Facilities Master Plan.
With the approval of the recommended action, the remaining total of $632,430 in Measure A allocation will be appropriated to two projects: 1) “Civic Center Plaza – New Playground and Amenities,” Project No. 428-2590-XXXXX-71063 ($501,096) and 2) “Measure A Park Improvements – Citywide,” Project No. 428-2590-XXXXX-71080 ($131,334). This Measure A funding for the Civic Center Plaza project was highlighted in the October 7, 2024 City Council Report which awarded the project’s construction contract. It was noted at that meeting that Staff would return to Council at a later date to appropriate Measure A funding to the project once approval of the usage was formally approved by the Los Angeles County Regional Parks and Open Space District. The approval was recently received and this resolution is being presented to appropriate the funding as originally planned.
It's important to remember Measure A annual allocations can only be used to fund new park development and improvements or for the preparation of design plans and cannot be used for maintenance/repairs. However, the City receives a separate, smaller annual allocation through Measure A for maintenance. These smaller “maintenance” funds from Measure A can only be used on previous Measure A-funded projects (e.g., the maintenance of a new bathroom where construction was funded with Measure A). Further, each project is subject to an application process that can be approved or denied by the Regional Park Open Space District (RPOSD).
COUNCIL PRIORITIES & GOALS:
This item supports the following 2021-22 City Council Priorities 1: Fiscal and Operational Responsibility – Goal C: Obtain additional grant funding and other revenues to help achieve City goals, City Council Priority 4: Safe and Clean Community – Goal M: Improve safety and cleanliness at parks and public spaces, and City Council Priority 5: Infrastructure – Goal O: Improve park facilities priority 1) ensuring that existing amenities are functioning; 2) rehabilitating bathrooms and other park facilities; 3) adding trees; 4) improving ADA accessibility of all park facilities and equipment; 5) adding new bathrooms; and 6) adding additional recreation and playground equipment.
Prepared by:
Shandy Dittman
Public Works Fiscal and Project Manager
ATTACHMENT(S):
Attachment No. 1 – Resolution No. 2025-14
Attachment No. 2 – Civic Center Park Features
Resolution to Amend the FY 2024-25 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget for “Civic Center Plaza – New Playground and Amenities”