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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07 - Grant for Refurbishment of Irvine Terrace Park & Mariners Park PlaygroundsCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT Agenda Item No. 7 (November 22, 2005) TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL FROM: Marie Knight, Director of Recreation and Senior Services 644 -3157 - mknight @city.newport- beach.ca.us SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,550 FROM THE WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE IRVINE TERRACE PARK (PHASE II) AND MARINERS PARK PLAYGROUNDS. ISSUE Should the City apply for a grant from the California Integrated Waste Management Board ( CIWMB) for the refurbishment of City playgrounds? RECOMMENDATION Pass Resolution 2005 -_ to apply for Tire Derived Product (TDP) Grant Funds from CIWMB authorizing the Recreation & Senior Services Director to execute all contracts. DISCUSSION The California Integrated Waste Management Board appropriated over $1.7 million in grant funds for 2005 -06 for applicants who use tire derived products in playgrounds or play surfaces. Recycled rubber products are used as safety surfacing in the fall zones of playgrounds surrounding the equipment. In Newport Beach we have used this type of surfacing in many of the playgrounds and have found this to be a desirable product. Staff has submitted an application requesting a grant in the amount of $70,550 to the Waste Management Board. These funds will be used in two upcoming playground refurbishment projects: • Irvine Terrace Park (phase II) • Mariners Park. These funds can only be used to purchase materials and not for installation costs. Through this grant staff anticipates that the recycled rubber surface materials used will divert approximately 7,055 tires from landfills. In order to receive these grant funds, the City must pass the attached Resolution and that it be received by CIWMB by December 2, 2005. Environmental Review: NA Submitt �by: Marie Knight, ReIn atio & Senior Services Director Atta ment: Resol 2005 - RESOLUTION 2005 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING AN APPLICATION FOR A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $70,550 FROM THE WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE IRVINE TERRACE PARK (PHASE II) AND MARINERS PARK PLAYGROUNDS. WHEREAS, Senate Bill 876 (Escutia, Statutes of 2000, Chapter 838) authorizes the California Integrated Waste Management Board to establish a grant program to provide opportunities to divert waste tires from landfill disposal, prevent illegal tire dumping, and to promote markets for recycled- content waste tire products; and WHEREAS, the California Integrated Waste Management Board has been delegated the responsibility for the administration of the program within the State, setting up necessary procedures governing application by California cities, counties, city and county, special districts or political subdivisions thereof, and qualifying California Indian tribes; and WHEREAS, said procedures established by the California Integrated Waste Management Board require the applicant to certify by resolution approval of the application before submission of said application to the State; and WHEREAS, if awarded a grant, the City of Newport Beach will enter into an agreement with the State of California for development of the project. NOW, THEREFORE; BE IT RESOLVED, that the Newport Beach City Council authorizes and approves the submittal of an application to the California Integrated Waste Management Board for a FY 2005/06 Tire - Derived Product (TDP) Grant Program; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Recreation & Senior Services Director or his /her designee, is hereby authorized and empowered to execute in the name of the City of Newport Beach all necessary applications, contracts, agreements, amendments and payment requests for the purposes of securing grant funds and to implement and carry out the purposes specified in the grant application. ADOPTED this 22nd day of November, 2005. ATTEST: LaVonne Harkless, City Clerk John Heffernan, Mayor F:\users\cat\shared\ReSolution\RefurbPlaygrounds.doc