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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 12 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />August 1, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Bristol-Tolliver Street Urban Greening Project <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Approve an Appropriation Adjustment and Capital Improvement Project Amendment for <br />the Bristol-Tolliver Street Greening Project (Project No. 24-6600) (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />1. Approve an appropriation adjustment to recognize $3,502,500 in Urban Greening <br />Grant Program funding from the California Natural Resources Agency into the Public <br />Works Agency Enterprise Capital Grants, State Grant-Direct Revenue Account and <br />appropriate the same amount into the Public Works-Water Quality and Control, <br />Improvements Other Than Building expenditure account. (Requires five affirmative <br />votes) <br />2. Approve an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Capital Improvement Program to <br />include $3,502,500 of funding from the California Natural Resources Agency Urban <br />Greening Grant Program for the Bristol-Tolliver Street Urban Greening Project. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) Urban Greening Grant Program <br />funds projects that reduce greenhouse gases while also transforming the built <br />environment into places that are more sustainable, enjoyable, and effective in creating <br />healthy and vibrant communities. These projects will establish and enhance parks and <br />open space, using natural solutions to improve air and water, reduce energy <br />consumption, and create walkable and bike-able trails. <br />The Public Works Agency (PWA) submitted a successful application for funding from <br />the Urban Greening Grant Program for the Bristol-Tolliver Street Greening Project. The <br />Project features the transformation of vacant City-owned parcels at the intersection of <br />Bristol Street and Tolliver Street into a 1.25-acre new community park. The park will <br />include drought tolerant landscaping, shade trees, recreational features, pedestrian <br />pathways, signage, lighting, picnic benches, a stormwater bioretention basin, and a <br />stormwater capture and reuse system for park irrigation (Exhibit 1). The project will <br />provide significant aesthetic, recreational, and environmental benefits to the community.