HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2011-095RESOLUTION N0.2011-095
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING $29,833 IN
PROPOSITION 84 GRANT FUNDS TO EXPAND THE
CHULA VISTA NATURESCAPE PROGRAM
WHEREAS, with the rapid urbanization of California's landscapes, many communities
are losing the environmental and societal benefits that "green" or natural areas create; and
WHEREAS, the City's NatureScape program helps foster the conversion of hardscapes,
turf lawns, and water-thirsty landscaping throughout the City into more environmentally-friendly
"green" areas which reduce water use, conserve energy, absorb runoff, and provide habitat for
wildlife; and
WHEREAS, in January 2011, City Council approved the submission of a grant proposal
under the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection's Leafing Out Grant Program
supported through Proposition 84; and
WHEREAS, the California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection selected the City of
Chula Vista to receive a grant to support additional programmatic resources for the NatureScape
program over the next 2 years; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to host two free community workshops and to
distribute 150 "NatureScape-In-A-Box" kits; and
WHEREAS, both components will play a critical role in helping to shift the community's
perception that urban "green" areas have to be expansive, water-intensive turf lawns.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista does hereby accept $29,833 in Proposition 84 grant funds to expand the City's
NatureScape program.
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Resolution No. 2011-095
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 7th day of June 2011 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Aguilaz, Bensoussan, Castaneda, Ramirez and Cox
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
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Cheryl Cox, M or
ATTEST:
Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Jerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
CITY OF CHULA VISTA
I, Donna R. Norris, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2011-095 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 7th day of June 2011.
Executed this 7th day of June 2011.
Donna R. Norris, CMC, City Clerk