Special Notice/Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Nicholas J. Calderon, Parks Director
Subject: Application seeking $500,000 in California Department of Parks and Recreation grant funds for the Ohlone-Portol'a Heritage Trail Historic Monument Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) The Parks Director, or the Parks Director's Designee, to submit an application to the California Department of Parks and Recreation seeking $500,000 in specified grant funds for the Ohlone-Portol`a Heritage Trail Historic Monument Project, and
B) The Parks Director, or the Parks Director's Designee, to take any and all actions necessary to implement the intent of this resolution, including by executing any and all documents, as reviewed and approved by County Attorney, that are necessary to implement and/or effectuate the grant.
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BACKGROUND:
On July 25, 2019, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors accepted the Ohlone-Portol'a Heritage Trail Feasibility Study (the "Study"). The Study was developed with oversight by a project steering committee comprised of over 60 partners including federal and state agencies, cities, tribes, special districts, legislators, and land trusts. The Study proposes a 90-mile-long multi-use regional trail that traverses the route used by Gaspar de Portola's 1769 expedition through what is now San Mateo County. During the expedition, Portola's crew became lost and depleted all supplies; local Native Americans rescued, fed, and guided the expedition from village to village. With help from the Ohlone people, the Portola expedition recorded the first sighting of the San Francisco Bay by Europeans.
Previously, the State of California designated State Historic Monuments at each of the expedition's campsites-which were located adjacent to Native American villages-but the monuments did not acknowledge the Native Americans themselves. Since 2019, the San M...
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