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a. Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Services District in the amount of $25,000 to fund a portion of the first year start-up cost in FY 2013-14 to operate and maintain the recently-completed Pajaro Neighborhood Park; and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to issue payment of $25,000 to the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Services District in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Chair of the Board to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Services District in the amount of $25,000 to fund a portion of the first year start-up cost in FY 2013-14 to operate and maintain the recently-completed Pajaro Neighborhood Park; and
b. Authorize the Auditor-Controller to issue payment of $25,000 to the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Services District in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding.
SUMMARY:
The recommended action will contribute $25,000 from the General Fund to the Pajaro/Sunny Mesa Community Services District (CSD) to fund a portion of the first year start-up cost to operate and maintain the recently-completed Pajaro Neighborhood Park during FY 2013-14.
DISCUSSION:
The former Redevelopment Agency of the County of Monterey (now the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency of the County of Monterey) worked with the community of Pajaro from 2006 through 2013 to fund, design, and construct a new five-acre public park in that community.
A key component of the funding for the project was a $5.0 million Proposition 84 grant from the State Department of Parks and Recreation. A key condition of the Proposition 84 Grant requires that the park be maintained and operated by a public agency as a public park through June 30, 2039, a period of twenty five years. Public law precluded use of Redevelopment Agency funds...
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