Agenda Item: 7
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR
CITY MANAGER APPROVAL:
DATE: February 27, 2024
SUBJECT: AGREEMENT AUTHORIZING PROPOSITION 1 GRANT WITH THE
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY WATER AGENCY AND CALIFORNIA
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES TO FUND
STORMWATER INFILTRATION FACILITY AT VIA PRINCESSA
PARK
DEPARTMENT: Neighborhood Services
PRESENTER: Darin Seegmiller
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council:
1. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute an agreement with the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency and California Department of Water Resources, subject to City Attorney approval.
2. Appropriate $757,163 to expenditure account P3033259 (Miscellaneous Grant) and decrease expenditure account P3033271 (Measure W) by $757,163 for Via Princessa Park design; increase revenue account 259-462101 (Miscellaneous Grant) by $757,163.
BACKGROUND
Since 2006, the City of Santa Clarita (City) has collaborated with the Upper Santa Clara River Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (IRWMP) group for the purpose of working together with local agencies to manage available water supplies and to improve the quality, quantity, and availability of those supplies.
The IRWMP was completed and adopted by the Regional Water Management Group (RWMG).
Spearheaded by the Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency (SCVWA), the RWMG is also comprised of staff from the City, County of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Flood Control District, the Santa Clarita Valley Sanitation District of Los Angeles County, the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy, and various community stakeholders.
Additionally, the RWMG collaborates with a partner group in Ventura County known as the Watersheds Coalition of Ventura County to share information between agencies and stakeholders involved in the Santa Clara River region.
Over the past 18 years, the RWMG has held public meetings to address water-related issues, share information on water management, seek grant funds, and identify potential collaborative opportunities for projects and programs.
In 2014, Proposition 1, approved by voters, authorized $7.545 billion in general obligation bonds for water quality, supply, and infrastructure projects in California. The RWMG has successfully acquired a $10,995,000 grant during the final round of Proposition 1 funds. Notably, the City has been awarded $4,882,804 from this grant to support design ($757,163) and construction ($4,125,641) of the regional stormwater infiltration facility that has been proposed at Via Princessa Park.
To receive these funds, the City Council must approve the sub-agreement with the SCVWA.
Serving as the grant administrator for the IRWMP and the RWMG, the SCVWA has already approved and entered into a master agreement with the California Department of Water Resources. The agreement is available to review in the City Clerk's reading file.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Other action as determined by the City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Upon approval of the recommended action, Miscellaneous Grant Fund (259) revenues will be increased by $757,163 to account for the Proposition 1 grant and the funds will be appropriated to the Via Princessa Park Design project (P3033259).
ATTACHMENTS
Prop 1 Round 2 Subgrantee Agreement - City of Santa Clarita (available in the City Clerk's Reading File)