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Home My WebLink About2003-01-28 - AGENDA REPORTS - COMMUNITY SERV GRANT PGM (2)CITY OF SANTA CLARITA AGENDA REPORT CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval Item to be presented by: Adele Macpherson DATE: January 28, 2003 SUBJECT: COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM — PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2002-03. DEPARTMENT: Parks, Recreation, and Community Services RECOMMENDED ACTION City Council approve Community Services Grant Committee's Project Recommendation List for Fiscal Year 2002-03 in an amount not to exceed $100,000, and direct staff to execute agreements approved for funding. Authorize City Manager, or designee, to sign all documents subject to City Attorney approval. BACKGROUND For approximately 12 years, the City of Santa Clarita has provided funds for community organizations through the Community Services Grant Program. Each year, a Community Services Grant Committee is assembled to determine funding categories, review and rate applications, and make final funding recommendations. In the past, funding has been used to provide programs in the Arts, Violence Prevention, Beautification, Drug and Alcohol Prevention, Literacy, and After School Programs. This year's funding categories are: • Arts • Education Programs - Tolerance - Traffic Safety - Environment - General Forty-six grant applications were received, with requests totaling $218,061.80. The breakdown per category is as follows: • Arts: 25 applications, totaling $120,423.00 • Education Programs — Environmental: 4 applications, totaling $18,405.60 • Education Programs — General: 4 applications, totaling $19,713.20 • Education Programs — Tolerance: 11 applications, totaling $49,520.00 • Education Programs — Traffic: 2 applications, totaling $10,000.00 Item I Agenda City Council approved funding for $100,000 in the 2002-03 budget to be awarded to the selected grant applicants. The maximum funding for each applicant is $5,000. Twenty-four applications will be funded for the total amount of $100,000 (see Attachment A). Similar to last year, the Santa Clarita Resource Center provided four opportunities for the applicants to meet and network in preparation for writing the grants. ALTERNATIVE ACTION 1. City Council not approve Community Service Grant Funding. 2. Other action as determined by City Council. FISCAL IMPACT Funds in the amount of $100,000 have been budgeted and are available in the Parks, Recreation, and Community Services Department account number 7413-5110. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A: Fiscal Year 2002-03 Project Recommendation List. SO:ns muni! \agnrepts \2003 \cs grants.dw Community Services Grant Program Rankings Fiscal Year 2002 .2003 1 Arts Bridgeport Elementary School Discipline Based Art Education $5,000.00 Program 2 Arts Highlands Elementary School Traveling Art Museum $5,000.00 3 Arts Mint Canyon Community Elementary Adopt An Artist (AAA) $4,866.00 School 4 Arts Fair Oaks Ranch Community School Fair Oaks Ranch "Noontime Band" $5,000.00 5 Arts Northeast Valley Health Corporation Providing Health Education Through $5,000.00 the Arts 6 Arts Theatre Arts for Children Foundation, Performance Literature And You $5,000.00 Inc. (PLAY Time) 7 Arts Plum Canyon Elementary School Visions of Character $4,892.00 8 Arts Santa Clarita Master Chorale Santa Clarita Master Chorale $5,000.00 Elementary Schools Educational Outreach 9 Arts Child and Family Center Music Arts and Dramatic Arts Programs $5,000.00 Sammaryfot AStsta'r4p.: ' 7otaaAppretvaelAmaprd. . ,5$r p Q 1 Education Santa Clarita Valley School & Business Students as Community Problem- $5,000.00 Programs/Environm Alliance Solvers: Improving Recycling ental Outreach and Public Education 2 Education Mitchell Community School PTA Liberty Garden $4,000.00 Programs/Environm ental 3 Education Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society Educational Bus Tour of Santa Clarita $2,500.00 Programs/Environm Valley Historic Sites ental Thursday, January 02, 2003 Page 1 of 2 1 Education Santa Clarita Valley Special Olympics Development of Special Olympics $5,000.00 Programs/Tolerance "Unified Sports" 2 Education Golden Oak Adult School Community-Based English Tutoring $4,970.00 Programs/Tolerance 3 Education Newhall District State Preschool Promoting Acceptance of Diversity $1,500.00 Programs/Tolerance 4 Education Saugus High School UNITY Club Televising Tolerance: A Series of $2,500.00 Programs/Tolerance Public Service Announcements 5 Education Child Care Resource Center Toys and Equipment to Children with $5,000.00 Programs/Tolerance "Special Needs" in Child Care 6 Education The Betty Ferguson Foundation Celebrating Your Differences Workshop $3,150.00 Programs/Tolerance 7 Education William S. Hart Union High School Yes I Can: Community Recreation $2,500.00 Programs/Tolerance District Program Enhancement 8 Education Domestic Violence Center of Santa Stop Bullying Conference $5,000.00 Programs/Tolerance Clarita Valley 9 Education Renewed Families Teen Tolerance $1,847.00 Programs/Tolerance Sa�rymapyitgidu¢atlon PropiamsRolerance� T9aAgRl.: Tnt#ill�ONbtlgtJllkG 1 Education Girl Scouts-Joshua Tree Council Child Safety and Empowerment $4,500.00 Programs/Traffic um , r for: Eiiucatlon Piopyqms/Tra�flc �i t rec rfi} Tata! Appr4vgQ Ar p iht Qh( Q`. Thursday, January 02, 2003 Page 2 of 2