HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-09-25; City Council; Resolution 2018-172RESOLUTION NO. 2018-172
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORNIA, ALLOCATING FUNDS FROM THE AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION
MITIGATION FEE FUND TO THE: 1) BUENA VISTA AUDUBON SOCIETY; 2)
AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON FOUNDATION AND 3) BATIQUITOS LAGOON
FOUNDATION, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A LETTER OF
AGREEMENT WITH EACH GRANT RECIPIENT.
CASE NAME: AGRICULTURAL CONVERSION MITIGATION FEE AD
HOC CITIZEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE FUNDING
RECOMMENDATIONS
CASE NO.: AGP 18-01, AGP 18-02, AGP 18-03
WHEREAS, on February 27, 2018, the City Council authorized the Agricultural Conversion
Mitigation Fee Ad Hoc Citizens Advisory Committee (Committee) to solicit and evaluate proposals for
Agricultural Conversion Mitigation Fee (ACMF) funding consideration based on the available fund
balance and provide recommendations to award those funds; and
WHEREAS, between March 30, 2018 and May 30, 2018, the Committee accepted grant
applications for ACMF funding; and
WHEREAS, three organizations submitted grant proposals; and
WHEREAS, the total amount of funding requested is $149,893, which is approximately $57,000
less than the grant funds that are available; and
WHEREAS, the Committee met on July 26, 2018 and received PowerPoint presentations from
the three non-profit organizations that submitted grant proposals; and
WHEREAS, after some discussion, the Committee recommended that the City Council fund the
three grant applications in full; and
WHEREAS, Buena Vista Audubon Society (BVAS) requests $50,000 (AGP 18-01) to build a
boardwalk along a seasonally flooded stretch of trail to the southeast of the nature center, within the
Buena Vista Lagoon Ecological Reserve; and
WHEREAS, the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation (AHLF) requests $50,000 (AGP 18-02) for an
interpretive signage master plan to design, construct, replace and install interpretive signage at the
AHLF Discovery Center and on public trails, and a sustainable landscape exhibit; and
WHEREAS, the Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation (BLF) requests $49,893 (AGP 18-03) for a multi-
phased wetland, riparian and coastal sage scrub habitat restoration project within the Batiquitos
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Lagoon Ecological Reserve (BLER), located on the north shore of the BLER, between the railroad tracks
and Highway 5; and
WHEREAS, all three grant proposals are compliant with the Coastal Agricultural Overlay Zone,
Section 21.202.060{D)(2) of the Carlsbad Municipal Code (C.M.C.), which states the allowable uses for
the fund; and
WHEREAS, two of the allowable uses are to restore lagoon environments and improve nature
centers; and
WHEREAS, though the BVAS funding request would help construct a boardwalk in a portion of
the Buena Vista Ecological Reserve in the City of Oceanside, the reserve straddles the
Carlsbad/Oceanside boundary and improvements such as the boardwalk would be enjoyed by Carlsbad
residents; and
WHEREAS, all three projects will restore lagoon environments (Project Category A); and
WHEREAS, the AHLF's project will also improve their nature center (Project Category D).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City Council herby approves the allocation and appropriation of grants from
the ACMF fund to the: 1) Buena Vista Audubon Society in the amount of $50,000 (AGP
2018-01); 2) Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation in the amount of $50,000 (AGP 2018-
02) and 3) Batiquitos Lagoon Foundation in the amount of $49, 893 (AGP 2018-03),
subject to the following:
3. That the Mayor is hereby authorized to execute a funding agreement with each grant
recipient, approved as to form by the City Attorney, itemizing the agreed upon
milestones and the agreed upon timing of the release of funds.
4. The Finance Director is hereby authorized to disburse said funds according to the terms
of the approved funding agreements.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 25th day of September, 2018, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
K. Blackburn, M. Schumacher, C. Schumacher, M. Packard.
None.
M. Hall.
(SEAL)
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