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EAST BAY REGIONAL PARK DISTRICT <br /> RESOLUTION NO.: 2009 4 098 <br /> April 21, 2009 <br /> AUTHORIZATION TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE <br /> ALAMEDA COUNTY ALTAMONT LANDFILL AND RESOURCE FACILITY OPEN SPACE <br /> ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY: <br /> PLEASANTON RIDGE REGIONAL PARK <br /> WHEREAS, in 1999 a settlement agreement was entered into by various environmental <br /> groups and Alameda County (County) regarding the increased traffic in the 1 -580 corridor due to <br /> the expansion of the Altamont landfill facility; and <br /> WHEREAS, the parties to the lawsuit, Alameda County, Waste Management of Alameda <br /> County (WMAC), the cities of Livermore and Pleasanton, and various environmental groups, <br /> agreed that the County would charge Waste Management of Alameda County, Inc., fees totaling <br /> $1.25 per ton of waste disposed at the landfill; and <br /> WHEREAS, WMAC is required to pass on to its franchisors and other jurisdictions that use <br /> the landfill a portion of this fee to be spent on acquisition of open space, either by purchasing the <br /> land or obtaining conservation easements over it; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Park District has an opportunity to acquire 1,156 acres as the Phase II <br /> acquisition of Tyler Ranch at Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park; and <br /> WHEREAS, acquisition of this property will aid in important resource protection goals by <br /> protecting endangered species habitat, extending a wildlife corridor, and expanding Pleasanton <br /> Ridge Regional Park to Sunol Ridge; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of the East Bay <br /> Regional Park District hereby: <br /> 1. Approves the filing of an application to the Alameda County Altamont Landfill and <br /> Resource Facility Open Space Advisory Committee for grant assistance for the <br /> above project; and <br /> 2. Authorizes and directs the General Manager, on behalf of the District and in its <br /> name, to execute and deliver such documents and to do such acts as may be <br /> deemed necessary or appropriate to accomplish the intentions of the above <br /> resolution. <br /> 3.. Authorizes the CFO /Controller to establish a capital project grant budget in CIP <br /> 233502 upon receipt of an executed contract with a budget appropriation equal <br /> to the value stipulated in the contract. <br /> 1 <br />