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DATE: April 22, 2008
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT: Allocation of District Two Community Project Funds

SUMMARY:
Overview
Several organizations in East County have demonstrated a need for improvements in their communities and have shown that they are prepared to work together with other jurisdictions and community members to provide these opportunities. This action will provide funds to several organizations to improve our East County communities.

Recommendations:
VICE CHAIRWOMAN DIANNE JACOB:

  1. Find that the allocations to the Patriot Little League and Rolando Little League are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15301.
  2. Allocate $10,020.00 to the Patriot Little League to repair their snack bar, purchase a new scoreboard and make repairs to the baseball field such as soil, cinder, clay and turface.
  3. Allocate $7,453.87 to Helix Charter High School to assist with the purchase of a new scoreboard for the school’s football field.
  4. Allocate $6,500 to the Rolando Little League to install column barriers along the baseball field to improve the safety of the field.
  5. Amend the purpose of the May 18, 2004 (19) allocation of $82,000 to Granite Hills High School Booster Club to include purchasing a storage container for the swim team. Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the grant agreement accordingly.
  6. Amend the purpose of the February 26, 2008 (15) allocation of $20,788 to Knights Baseball League to include storage container, tractor, turface, and clay for the Casa de Oro field in Spring Valley. Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to amend the grant agreement accordingly.
  7. Establish appropriations of $110 in the Community Projects budget (15655) based on the return of the unused portion of the June 19, 2007 (6) allocation of $40,000 to Catholic Charities to assist with the purchase of a new Hot Shot truck to be used to deliver meals to seniors in East County, so the funds can be reallocated to other projects (4 votes).
  8. Establish appropriations of $272 in the Community Projects budget (15655) based on the return of the unused portion of the February 7, 2007 (13) allocation of $40,000 to Eastern San Diego County Junior Fair to purchase new aluminum bleachers, so the funds can be reallocated to other projects (4 votes).
  9. Authorize the Chief Financial Officer to execute a grant agreement with the organizations above establishing the terms for receipt of the funds and to make minor amendments to the agreements that are consistent with the general purpose of the grant but do not increase the grant.
  10. Find that these grant awards have a public purpose.

Fiscal Impact
The fiscal impacts of these recommendations are $23,591.87. The funding source is FY 07-08 District Two Community Projects. This action will result in the addition of no new staff years and no future costs.

BACKGROUND:
Patriot Little League provides both Junior and Senior Division Little League Baseball. The League offers the least expensive, self-sustained and complete, fully organized sports program in the residential community of San Carlos. Recently the Patriots Senior All-Stars became the Southern California Divisional Champions and the League had to work overtime to raise funds to send their All-Star team to play in Oregon. Not many funds were left over for regular upkeep of the fields to keep the kids safe while practicing and winning more games. Today’s allocation of $10,020.00 from District Two Community Project Funds to the Patriot Little League will assist with repairs to their snack bar and field and purchase a scoreboard as they currently don’t have one.

In 2003, Helix Charter High School got a brand new state of the art synthetic turf football field, however their scoreboard is three decades old and in poor condition. Today’s allocation of $7,453.87 from District Two Community Project Funds to Helix Charter High School will provide matching funds to assist with the purchase of a new Stadium Field scoreboard.

Rolando Little League’s field in La Mesa is in dire need of some safety updates as there is no protection from cars driving straight into their games or practices. The City is building a new sidewalk, curb and gutters and the League has asked the County to assist with installation of column barriers as extra protection for the field. Today’s action will allocate $6,500.00 from District Two Community Project Funds to Rolando Little League will assist with the purchase and installation of the column barriers.

After resurfacing the pool at Montgomery Middle School, there was money left over that could be used to purchase a storage container for the swim team. Today’s amendment to the May 18, 2004, allocation of $82,000 from District Two Community Project Funds to Granite Hills High School Booster Club will change the purpose of the funds to include purchasing the storage container.

Knights Baseball League needed a new backstop for their field in Casa De Oro, and received an allocation of $20,788 from the District Two Community Projects Fund for this purpose. The League was able to negotiate a better price for the backstop and would like to use left over funds for a tractor, turface, and clay for the Casa de Oro field in Spring Valley. Today’s amendment to their original allocation will allow the League to purchase these additional items.

Respectfully submitted,

 

DIANNE JACOB
Vice Chairwoman