Item 19 - Resolution Accepting Grant Funding from the California State Coastal Conservancy for Santiago Park Trail and Habitat Improvements Project (Project No. 24-6601)

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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XX RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA APPROVING THE GRANT OF FUNDS FROM THE STATE COASTAL CONSERVANCY FOR THE SANTIAGO PARK TRAIL AND HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of California has established the State Coastal Conservancy ("Conservancy") under Division 21 of the California Public Resources Code, and has authorized the Conservancy to award grants to public agencies and nonprofit organizations to implement the provisions of Division 21; and WHEREAS, the Conservancy awards grants for projects that it determines are consistent with Division 21 of the Public Resources Code and with the Conservancy's Strategic Plan and that best achieve the Conservancy's statutory objectives, in light of limited funding; and WHEREAS, on January 8, 2026, the City's Public Works Municipal Services Division applied for these grant funds to make improvements to the City's Santiago Park; and WHEREAS, at its April 23, 2026 meeting, the Conservancy adopted a resolution authorizing a grant to the City of Santa Ana ("Grantee") for Santiago Park Trail and Habitat Improvements Project (the "Project"). The resolution was adopted by the Conservancy pursuant to the Conservancy's April 23, 2026 staff recommendation, a copy of which is on file with the Grantee and with the Conservancy; and WHEREAS, the Project will consist of constructing site improvements in a 5-acre area on the eastern end of Santiago Park, including an accessible pedestrian walkway, native landscaping, improved security lighting, and a pedestrian bridge across Santiago Creek; and WHEREAS, the Conservancy requires that governing body of the grantee certify through a resolution that it approves the award of Conservancy grant funding and authorizes the execution by a representative of the Grantee of a grant agreement on terms and conditions required by the Conservancy grant agreement. NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the grantee hereby: Section 1. The award of grant funding from the Conservancy for the Project is hereby approved in an amount not to exceed $2,925,000. Section 2. Grantee acknowledges that it has or will have sufficient funds to complete the Project and, if any property is acquired as part of the Project, to operate and maintain the property and, if any facilities are constructed as a part of the Project, to operate and maintain the facilities for a reasonable period, not less than the useful life of Resolution No. 2026-XX Page 1 of 3