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RESOLUTION 2025-###
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO (1) AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO’S GRANT
APPLICATION TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE (NPS) OUTDOOR RECREATION
LEGACY PARTNERSHIP (ORLP) GRANT PROGRAM FOR THE MCNEIL PARK PROJECT (0501), AND (2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE
GRANT APPLICATION AND TO TAKE OTHER NECESSSARY ACTIONS TO
RECEIVE SUCH GRANT FUNDING
WHEREAS, the McNeil park project (previously called the SPARC project) has previously been determined to be categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15304 of the State CEQA Guidelines;;
WHEREAS, building a healthy community and developing public facilities for active living are adopted policy items for the City Council;
WHEREAS, the City is eligible to apply for and receive funding from the National Park Service;
WHEREAS, the Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership ( ORLP) Grant Program is a federal National Park Service grant program that involves two competitive layers in which first the California Department of Parks and Recreation’s Office of Grants and Local Services (OGALS) competitively reviews applications and second OGALS forwards selected applications to NPS to compete in a nationwide competition;
WHEREAS, ORLP fo cuses on the development of new parks or substantial renovations to parks in economically disadvantaged communities with little to no access to publicly available, close-by, outdoor recreation opportunities in urban areas;
WHEREAS, the City has already se cured $7.79M in grant funding for the McNeil Park Project including $4.79M from the Urban Greening Grant Program from the California Natural Resources A gency and $3.0M from Legislatively Specified Grant Program from State of California Department of Parks and Recreation;
WHEREAS, based on a preliminary estimate in the early stages of the design phase, City staff are estimating an approximate $3.0M funding gap for the McNeil Park Project at 2600 Moraga Road; and
WHEREAS, the City of San Pablo’s proposed application submission for the ORLP grant program will seek additional funding, up to $3.5M, to close the funding gap for the McNeil Park Project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Resolution 2025-### Page 2
Pablo hereby authorizes submission of the City of San Pablo’s grant application to the National Park Service (NPS) Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP) grant program for the McNeil Park Project;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Ma nager is hereby authorized to execute the grant application and to take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate the City’s receipt of the NPS O RLP grant program funding described in this resolution; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the foregoing recitations are true and correct and are included herein by reference as findings.
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ADOPTED this 3rd day of March, 2025, by the following votes:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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Dorothy Gantt, City Clerk Arturo Cruz, Mayor