HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2019-045RESOLUTION NO. 2019-045
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS FROM THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND
RECREATION HABITAT CONSERVATION FUND
PROGRAM IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000; APPROVING AN
AGREEMENT WITH LIVING COAST DISCOVERY CENTER
TO PROVIDE A COMMUNITY PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE
URBAN FAMILIES TO HIKE, EXPLORE, AND PROTECT
LOCAL HABITATS AND WILDLIFE; AND APPROPRIATING
THE FUNDS ACCORDINGLY
WHEREAS, the City of Chula Vista was awarded a Habitat Conservation Fund Program
Grant, Wildlife Area Activities, from the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation
Office of Grants and Local Services in the amount of $100,000; and
WHEREAS, the funding will be used to create a community program to encourage urban
families to hike, explore, and protect local habitats and wildlife; and
WHEREAS, the City would like to enter into an agreement with the Living Coast
Discovery Center to create a community program to encourage urban families to hike, explore,
and protect local habitats and wildlife and waive the consultant selection process in Chapter 2.56
of the Chula Vista Municipal Code, based on the Living Coast Discovery Center’s unique
qualifications to provide educational opportunities and wildlife conservation expertise, including
being identified as the City’s partner in the application; and
WHEREAS, the program, HELP (Hike, Explore, Learn, Protect) Chula Vista will
conduct 120 interpretive hike programs and 48 community clean-up projects and serve up to
4,200 people (approximately 500 different families) from underserved communities over four
years; and
WHEREAS, accordingly, grant funds will be appropriated to the State Grant Fund
budget.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, that it hereby accepts $100,000 in grant funds; appropriates said funds to the State Grant
Fund budget; and approves the agreement with the Living Coast Discovery Center, in the form
presented with such minor modifications as the City Attorney may require or approve, and
directs and authorizes the City Manager to execute the agreement.
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Resolution No. 2019-045
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Tracy Lamb Glen R. Googins
Director of Community Services City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 26th day of March 2019 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Diaz, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2019-045 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 26th day of March 2019.
Executed this 26th day of March 2019.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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