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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-07-26; City Council; Resolution 2016-1561 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 RESOLUTION NO. 2016-156 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING TWO GRANT REQUESTS FROM CB RANCH ENTERPRISES, A SUBSIDIARY OF CARLTAS COMPANY FOR RESEARCH PROJECTS INTENDED TO ENSURE THE LONG-TERM PRODUCTIVITY OF THE FLOWER FIELDS AT CARLSBAD RANCH. Exhibit I WHEREAS, CB Ranch Enterprises, a subsidiary of Carltas Company as property owner and on behalf of the "Flower Fields" grower has filed a request for a grant for research conducted during the 2014-15 season; and WHEREAS, CB Ranch Enterprises is requesting a grant in the amount of $15,162 for two research projects including one conducted on new herbicides targeting clover weed and another on expanding Ranunculus varietal selection; and WHEREAS, the city's costs to administer the grants is $1,516; and WHEREAS, staff has reviewed the grant request and has determined that each research project is consistent with the purpose stipulated in the agreement between the city and the California Coastal Conservancy with reasonable and customary costs associated with the scope of work covered in each grant request; and WHEREAS, the City Planner has determined that the projects covered by the grant request are categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to §15378; and WHEREAS, there are sufficient funds in the special revenue fund to fund the grant request and the city's administrative costs. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows that: 1. The above recitations are true and correct. -1- 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 Exhibit I 2. The Flower Fields Grant for 2014-15 are approved, subject the condition that CB Ranch Enterprises submit a report to the City of Carlsbad Community & Economic Development Department no later than June 29, 2017 detailing how each project funded with the grant met the intended objectives. 3. The City Council authorizes the appropriation of $16,678 from the Flower Fields Fund to pay for the grant at $15,162 and the city's administrative cost at $1,516. II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II II -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 Exhibit I PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 26th day of !l:!!Y, 2016, by the following vote to wit: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Hall, Wood, Schumacher, Blackburn, Packard. None. None. , Y/-/2l{a1zt · , / MATf ~' Maj, - ATIEST: BARBARA ENGLESON, City Cler (SEAL) -3-