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Home My WebLink About2008-02-19; City Council; Resolution 2008-0501 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-050 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 3 CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AN ALLOCATION OF GRANT FUNDS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION 4 MITIGATION FEE FUND BASED UPON THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION 5 MITIGATION FEE COMMITTEE AND CITY STAFF 6 WHEREAS, on August 2, 2005, the Carlsbad City Council created the 7 Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Fee Ad Hoc Citizens' Advisory Committee (i.e., the 8 Committee); and " WHEREAS, the principal charge of the Committee is to make recommendations to the City Council for proposed expenditures from the Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Fee Fund in keeping with the mandates established by Municipal Code Section 21.202.060; and 12 WHEREAS, on May 16, 2006, the Carlsbad City Council approved the 13 Committee's First Report to City Council, containing a detailed proposal of how the Committee 14 would operate to carry out its mandate including how the Committee would evaluate grant 15 proposals; and 16 WHEREAS, the Committee solicited grant proposals and evaluated all proposals 17 received for eligibility and merit in a manner consistent with the approved First Report to City lo jo Council; and 2Q WHEREAS, based upon the Committee's review, which occurred over three 21 meetings on November 18, 2006, April 27, 2007, and June 6, 2007, the Committee hereby 22 recommends that the City Council approve the allocation of funds from the Agricultural 23 Conversion Mitigation Fee Fund to the recipients in the amounts shown on the attached "Exhibit 24 A - Funding Recommendations," subject to the stipulation in Exhibit A regarding Catholic 25 Charities (AGP 06-16); and 26 WHEREAS, once agricultural activities in Carlsbad diminish to the point that the 77 shelter is no longer needed for farmworkers as determined by the City Council after 28 consultations with the applicant, the shelter shall accommodate homeless persons, including families; and WHEREAS, subsequent to the Committee's review, staff performed further 2 analysis of the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation's (BLF) request to develop a Batiquitos Lagoon 3 Management and Monitoring Plan Program (AGP 06-12) and determined it would not be 4 prudent to fund the entire amount requested due to concerns regarding the lagoon stewardship 5 responsibilities of the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) and the lack of substantive data on 6 the lagoon's condition and maintenance needs, which could affect the program proposed by 7 BLF, and 8 WHEREAS, based on those concerns, staff recommends partial funding of AGP 06-12 at this time per the additional stipulation in Exhibit A regarding the BLF, which would enable the foundation to conduct maintenance activities outside DFG stewardship 12 responsibilities and collect and report on data important to determine the lagoon's condition. 13 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED by the City Council of the City 14 of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 15 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 16 2. That the City Council hereby approves the allocation of grant funds from the Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Fee Fund to the recipients in the amounts shown on the attached "Exhibit A - Funding Recommendations," subject to the stipulations in Exhibit A, and subject to the final signing by both the grant recipient and the Mayor of a letter of agreement approved as to form by the City Attorney itemizing the agreed-upon project milestones and the agreed-upon timing of the release of funds. 20 '" 21 /// 22 /// 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// -2- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the Carlsbad on the 19th day of February, 2008, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard and Nygaard. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. UJDE A LEWfS, Ma$67 ATTEST: (SEAL) INE M. WOOD, City Clerk AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION MITIGATION FEE COMMITTEE ADDITIONAL FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS EXHIBIT "A" FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS PROPOSAL # AGP 06-03 AGP 06-12 AGP 06-16 AGP 06- 13 PROPOSAL NAME BLF Nature Center Improvements Bat Lagoon Mon'g/Mgmt Plan La Posada Farmworker Housing AH Lagoon Trails PROPOSAL DESCRIPTION Nature Center replacement and improvements Monitor and develop lagoon management plan program Construction of new farmworker housing/homeless shelter at La Posada de Guadalupe Maintenance and construction of trails around Agua Hedionda Lagoon APPLICANT Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation Catholic Charities Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation TOTAL FUNDING REQUESTED & RECOMMENDED $180,732 $780,589* $2,000,000* $305,750 $3,267,071 *Stipulations: • For AGP 06-12 (Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation): Encumber entire request indicated, but at this time fund only $74,995 to permit some data collecting and reporting and maintenance as described in the Foundation's December 13, 2007, letter to the City. Funding of part or all of the remaining encumbered balance may first require Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Fee Committee review and shall require City Council approval within approximately nine months from the date of City Council action as expressed in Resolution 2008-050. • For AGP 06-16 (Catholic Charities): Encumber entire request indicated, but at this time fund only $108,500 to allow design work. Funding of part or all of the remaining encumbered balance shall first require Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Fee Committee review and City Council approval. Further, once agricultural activities in Carlsbad diminish to the point that this shelter is no longer needed for farmworkers as determined by the City Council after consultations with the applicant, the farmworker portion of the shelter shall accommodate homeless persons, including families.