Title
Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a $5,000 donation from the South San Francisco Police Activities League for the Orange Memorial Park Sports Field Project (project number pk1402), and amending the Parks and Recreation Department's Operating Budget pursuant to Budget Amendment #23.054.
body
WHEREAS, for many years, the baseball and softball fields at Orange Memorial Park has served as a hub for the sports community in South San Francisco (City); and
WHEREAS, in 2018, grant funding from Caltrans for the storm water capture project at Orange Memorial Park was approved, which necessitated that the field be razed and replaced after installation of the subsurface cistern and water treatment facility; and
WHEREAS, this project provided an opportunity for the City to reimagine the future of the ballfield, which ultimately resulted in a preference for an all-weather synthetic athletic field; and
WHEREAS, in 2020, the City Council awarded a contract to Verde Design Landscape Architects to develop construction documents for the project; and
WHEREAS, upon the completion of community outreach and design, a construction contract was awarded to Interstate Grading and Paving in early 2022; and
WHEREAS, construction began in June 2022, and is anticipated to be completed in summer 2023; and
WHEREAS, the South San Francisco Police Activities League offered to donate $5,000 toward the project, honoring a years-old commitment to support improvements to Orange Memorial Park; and
WHEREAS, the generous donation is helping fund the replanting of three mature palms, which are now located on the corner of Memorial Drive and West Orange Avenue behind the Archie Fregosi Field backstop; and
WHEREAS, the foregoing donation will be used to amend the Operating Budget of the Parks and Recreation Department to support this project via Budget Amendment #23.054.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby...
Click here for full text