HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-10-26 - AGENDA REPORTS - LACO YES PROG (2)Agenda Item: b
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Adele Macpherson
DATE: October 26, 2004
SUBJECT: LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGIONAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE
DISTRICT'S AT -RISK YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SERVICES (YES)
PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT: Parks, Recreation & Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
1. City Council accept the funding for the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space
Districts Youth Employment Services (YES) Program in the amount of $13,842.24, and
authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any contract documents, change orders, or
amendments arising out of this program, subject to City Attorney approval.
2. Establish estimated revenue of $13,842.34 in Account Number 453-6714, YES Program.
3. Upon award of grant, appropriate $12,188 to Account Number 7458-7015 for participants'
wages, $921 to Account Number 7458-7120 for Medicare, and $733 to Account Number
7458-7130 for Workers' Compensation.
BACKGROUND
In June 2004, the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District announced the
availability of funding for the YES Program. The City of Santa Clarita has been granted an
award of $13,842.24.
The purpose of the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District's YES Program
is to provide employment opportunities, through Proposition A grantee agencies, for at -risk youth
who avail themselves of the support services provided through the Workforce Investment Act
funded agencies, and to demonstrate a method by which grantee agencies may improve service to
their communities.
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With YES funding, the City of Santa Clarta will be able to expand its Job Skills Program. For
over five years, the City of Santa Clarita Job Skills Program has been providing opportunities for
at -risk young adult men and women who perform a variety of semi -skilled tasks related to the
care and maintenance of park grounds. This funding will be used to pay wages of additional
participants in the program for a maximum of six months.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. Decline Proposition A funding.
2. Other direction as deten-nined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
The total cost of this program is $13,842.24, to be offset completely by grant funds.
ATTACHMENTS
None.