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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: December 16, 2009 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: Public Works CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: John Cherbone DIRECTOR: John Cherbone
Public Works Director Public Works Director
SUBJECT: Historical Park Landscape Project – Donation of Funds from the Saratoga Historical
Foundation
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
1. Accept funds in the amount of $26,000 from the Saratoga Historical Foundation for the Historical Park
Landscape Project.
2. Approve Budget Resolution.
REPORT SUMMARY:
Background
The City and the Historical Foundation have worked together over the last few years to develop landscape
improvement plans to renovate the landscaping at Historical Park. To help fund the landscape renovations
the City funded $37,200 through the Capital Improvement Plan.
Discussion
In order to fully complete the landscape renovations as envisioned by the Landscape Master Plan,
additional funding is needed. The City has sufficient funds to install irrigation and other minor
improvements, but is short on funds to purchase and install plantings.
The Saratoga Historical Foundation has offered to donate $26,000 towards the landscape renovations
which will allow the majority of improvements to be completed (see attached letter).
Approval of the attached Budget Resolution will increase the project budget and allow the additional
expenditures.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
Funding in the amount $26,000 will be transferred from the Saratoga Historical Foundation to the City.
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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The funding would not be accepted and the landscape improvements would not be completed.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION:
None in addition to the above.
FOLLOW UP ACTION:
If the funding is accepted the landscape work will commence over the winter and completed in the spring.
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Nothing additional.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Letter from Saratoga Historical Museum dated November 24th, 2009.
2. Budget Resolution.