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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: January 4, 2016 <br />Staff Report <br />File Number: 15-687 Agenda Section: CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number: 8.F. <br />TO: City Council <br />FROM: Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY: Keith Cooke <br />Engineering & Transportation Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW: David Baum <br />Finance Director <br />TITLE: Staff Report for a Resolution Appropriating Grant Funds and Returning <br />General Funds to Fund Balance for the Siempre Verde Park Reconstruction <br />Project, Project No. 2015.0270 <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />Staff recommends that newly received grant funds should be appropriated for the Siempre <br />Verde Park Rehabilitation Project, Project 2015.0270 and that a portion of the previously <br />appropriated General Funds for the project should be returned to fund balance. <br />BACKGROUND <br />Construction at Siempre Verde Park is currently underway. A contract was awarded to Robert <br />A. Bothman Construction on September 8, 2015 for construction of improvements per plans <br />and specifications prepared by Harris Design. Said plans are generally in conformance with a <br />park master plan prepared by the same firm in 2010. Bids for the project were favorable and <br />all bid alternatives items are included in the construction contract. <br />The Siempre Verde Park Rehabilitation Project is presently funded by a 2014 grant from the <br />State of California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and <br />allocations from the City's General Fund and Park Development Fund. The City received a <br />second grant from HCD (2015 HCD grant) in the amount of $381,200 for this project. <br />Analysis <br />The 2015 HCD grant is specifically designated for use at Siempre Verde Park. Appropriation <br />of the recently received grant funds for this project will reduce the need for general funds by <br />an equivalent amount. <br />Current Agency Policies <br />City of San Leandro Page 1 Printed on 1212212015 <br />