PREPARED BY: AMANDA BOOTH DATE OF MEETING: 08/01/22
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH GATES AND ASSOCIATES FOR THE DESIGN OF A POCKET PARK ON BUSH AVENUE IN THE AMOUNT OF $90,000 AND AUTHORIZING A 10% CONTINGENCY FOR A TOTAL AUTHORIZATION OF $99,000.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Build a Healthy Community - 105. Expand Safe, Family-Friendly Park Space and Enhance
Community Resilience - 202. Develop Long-Term Environmental Stewardship Goals are adopted policy items contained in the FY 2021-23 Adopted City Council Priority Workplan, updated September 20, 2021.
CEQA Compliance Statement
The Bush Avenue Pocket Park Project is categorically exempt per CEQA Guidelines 15303(d) and (e), and Section 15304(b) and (f), as it only includes, respectively, new construction of small structures (e.g., play equipment, new water meter, new fence, etc.) and minor alterations of land (e.g., new landscaping, minor trenching and backfill where new surface is restored). The CEQA Notice of Exemption was filed at the Contra Costa County Clerk's Office on December 18, 2021. The Old Town Beautification Project is exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as a funding action as it is not a project under CEQA nor an activity that may cause a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical environment change pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080(a) and 14 California Code of Regulations section 15002(d).
BACKGROUND
California voters passed the California Drought, Water, Parks, Climate, Coastal Projection, and Outdoor Access for All Act of 2018 (Proposition 68) on June 5, 2018, which authorizes funds for local park rehabilitation, creation, and improvement grants to local governments on a per capita basis. In addition, Assembly Bill 149 (2021) created the Clean California Local Grant Progr...
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