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COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Inter-Departmental Correspondence
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Environmental Services Agency
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DATE:
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August 21, 2006
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BOARD MEETING DATE:
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September 12, 2006
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SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:
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None
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VOTE REQUIRED:
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Majority
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TO:
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Honorable Board of Supervisors
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FROM:
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Marcia Raines, Director, Environmental Services Agency
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SUBJECT:
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Acceptance of a Donation in the Amount of $267,981 and In-Kind Gifts in the Amount of $211,700 from the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a Resolution authorizing the County’s acceptance of a donation in the amount of $267,981 and in-kind gifts in the amount of $211,700 from the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation.
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VISION ALIGNMENT:
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Commitment: Preserve and provide people access to our natural environment.
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Goals 14 and 15: Important natural resources are preserved and enhanced through environmental stewardship. Residents have nearby access to green space, such as parks and recreational opportunities.
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These donations and in-kind gifts contribute to these goals by providing needed funding for programs including Bicycle Sunday, the Volunteer Program, and Edgewood Serpentine Restoration Program that develop environmental stewardship and preserve natural resources as well as for projects that provide access to green space or an enhancement of that experience such as the engineering study for the promenade repair, wind surfing staging area and other landscaping improvements at Coyote Point Park and parking lot improvements at Edgewood Park and Preserve.
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BACKGROUND:
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Since its inception in 1998, the Foundation has raised or received pledges for $6.8 million in funds for various park improvements. Periodically, a work program is developed jointly between the Foundation and the Division that identifies priority projects. Once funding for specific projects is complete, the Foundation conveys funding to the County for acceptance by the Board of Supervisors.
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In addition to direct and in-kind donations in FY 05-06, the Parks Foundation secured over $331,287 in grants to go directly to the County and which included CMAQ funds in the amount of $181,287 and State Parks Recreational Trails Program funds in the amount of $150,000, both of which are to be used in the development of the Mirada Surf Coastal Trail.
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DISCUSSION:
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The Board is requested to accept the following donations from the Parks and Recreation Foundation for FY 2005-06.
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Support for Volunteer Program
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$ 15,000
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Support for Bicycle Sunday
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15,000
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Landscaping improvements at Coyote Point Park
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625
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Various costs for Edgewood Interpretive Center parking lot improvements
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79,156
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Serpentine Restoration Program – mowing (Edgewood Park and Preserve)
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8,200
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Promenade engineering study and improvements to wind surfing staging area at Coyote Point Park
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150,000
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Total
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$267,981
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The Board is also requested to accept the following in-kind gifts of $211,700 from the Parks and Recreation Foundation for FY 2005-06.
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Serpentine habitat research (Edgewood Park and Preserve)
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$ 2,800
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Progress on parking lot and interpretive center design (Edgewood Park and Preserve)
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100,000
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Parks for the Future research and education
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97,500
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Grants management activities
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400
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Design of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve interpretive signs
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11,000
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Teacher’s Guide distribution
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Miscellaneous support of park programs
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Total
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$211,700
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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There is no Net County Cost impact.
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