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0 Resolution: RES 47-2023
P.O. Box 711 (City Hall, 400
Grand Avenue)
South San Francisco, CA
File Number: 23-205 Enactment Number: RES 47-2023
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.
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
and
WHEREAS, construction began in June 2022, and is anticipated to be completed in summer 2023;
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.
City of South San Francisco
File Number: 23-205
Enactment Number: RES 47-2023
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco
hereby accepts a $5,000 donation from the South San Francisco Police Activities League for the Orange
Memorial Park Sports Field Project.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council approves Budget Amendment #23.054 to
amend the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Operating Budget in the amount of $5,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to
execute the documents necessary to accept the donation and take any other actions necessary to carry out the
intent of this resolution on behalf of the City Council, subject to approval as to form by the City Attorney.
At a meeting of the City Council on 3/22/2023, a motion was made by Vice Mayor Nagales,
seconded by Councilmember Addiego, that this Resolution be approved. The motion passed.
Yes: 5 Mayor Nicolas, Vice Mayor Nagales, Councilmember Addiego,
Councilmember Coleman, and Councilmember Flores
Attest by �- �-/ a__
R sa Govea Acosta, City Clerk
City of South San Francisco