Speaker 3: Motion carries.
Speaker 0: Our next item, please.
Speaker 1: Report from Public Works Park Recreation, a marine recommendation to award a contract to environmental construction for construction of the Red Car Greenway for a total contract amount not to exceed 741,663 District three.
Speaker 0: Councilman Price.
Speaker 6: I know it's a late night and everyone's excited to get out of here, but I just have to stop for a moment and say, I am so excited about this project. It's going to be fantastic. We took a little bit of money and applied for a matching funds grant. So the project is going to be what it is with the help of some creative grant funding measures. So huge thanks to PRM. Steven Meredith. Marie. This team has worked really hard on this project. It's a really important project to my district. It's the last undeveloped area in Belmont Heights in the third district that can be used for a park. This particular area has homes bordering it and is going to be a beautiful passive park that's going to extend the Pacific Electric right of way, and it's going to be a tremendous enhancement for our community. So thank you to the team for working so hard on this. This was a priority project for our team, so I'm glad to see that we're taking the next step and I'm very grateful for the efforts of our community in helping us make this a reality. I can't wait for a ribbon cutting day so Parks and Rec knows how to throw a party, that's for sure. So thank you, guys.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman. Councilman Andrews. Councilman? No. Councilman Austin.
Speaker 8: Yes. I just want to congratulate everyone on this this project. I think this is awesome. I can remember when this this project was highly controversial when there was a housing development being proposed there. Several years ago, I used to live right near right near it on Park Avenue. I think this is a great use, long overdue, and I'm fully supportive. So congratulations, Councilman Price.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Pryce.
Speaker 6: I just wanted to quickly highlight the funding for this project just in case, you know, a lot of times we talk about where money is allocated from or to. So we have $300,000 that we received from the L.A. County Regional Parks and Open Space District Grant, 450,000 from the State of California, Land and Water State Conservation Fund , and 81,000 from the L.A. County Supervisors Office. I believe Supervisor Tanabe had provided that funding. So that's where the source of the funding for this project comes from. And we're very excited.
Speaker 9: Yes. Thank you, Councilman Andrew.
Speaker 2: Yes, thank you. Whenever Mrs. Price gets really excited about a project, you have to understand it has to be something exciting. So I just want to congratulate you on it and just keep up the good work, Mrs. Price. Well, I'm excited about this, too.
Speaker 9: Thank you. Hey, what's the red car project? What was the significance of Red Car? Could you elaborate on that?
Speaker 6: The staff want to talk a little bit about that. It actually has a very rich tradition in the city of Long Beach.
Speaker 0: So the land that this site is on is the old P right away. So the red car is the line that used to travel on that pea right away.
Speaker 6: And it goes through the whole city.
Speaker 9: Awesome. Is there any public comment on this item?
Speaker 3: I just seemed like a resident of the third District, Greenville Heights.
Speaker 11: Congratulations. This has been a big job. I know we in Greenbelt Heights have.
Speaker 3: Done our part to help you as well. We look forward to the development and cleanup of the extensive area between eighth and 10th Street. And in the meantime, look forward to celebrating this opening. Thank you.
Speaker 6: Thank you, Justin. Thanks for waiting so long tonight. I didn't realize you were here on this item. Sorry.
Speaker 0: You know, a quick note on that historic aspect. If you want to see, you can go out in the library. There are pictures and there are pictures down at our boathouse and it's a PR drawing center of the red line that came right down there alongside the Marine Stadium. It ran right down there. In fact, you can look at it and you can see people standing on the rooftops of the railroad, watching all of the cars, watching the race back in the 32. Thank you. Is there any other public comment? CNN, Please cast your vote.
Recommendation to adopt Plans and Specifications No. R-7060 for construction of the Red Car Greenway; award a contract to Environmental Construction, Inc., of Woodland Hills, CA, in the amount of $674,239, authorize a 10 percent contingency in the amount of $67,424, for a total contract amount not to exceed $741,663; authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments; and

Accept Categorical Exemption No. CE 17-051.  (District 3)