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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
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February 8, 2005
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Adele Macpherson V
COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM - PROJECT
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004-05
Parks, Recreation & Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council approve Community Services Grant Committee's Project Recommendation List for
Fiscal Year 2004-05 in an amount not to exceed $75,650, and direct staff to execute agreements
approved for funding. Authorize City Manager, or designee, to sign all documents pursuant to
City Attorney approval.
BACKGROUND
For approximately 14 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 categod . es, review and rate
applications, and make final funding recommendations. This year's grant selection committee
included Councilmember Bob Kellar, Councilmember Laurene Weste, Ken Striplin, Adele
Macpherson, Phil Lantis, Kevin Tonoian, and Dennis Luppens. In the past, funding has been
used to provide programs in the Arts, Violence Prevention, Drug and Alcohol Prevention, and
Educational programs addressing the Environment, Traffic, Tolerance, and Wellness.
This year's funding categories are:
Arts
Community Benefit
Nineteen grant applications were received, with requests totaling $138,136. The breakdown per
category is as follows:
Arts: I I applications, totaling $78,986
Community Benefit: 8 applications, totaling $59,150
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City Council approved funding for $75,650 in the 2004-05 budget to be awarded to the selected
grant applicants. The maximum funding for each application is $7,500. Eleven applications will
be funded, totaling $75,650 (see Attachment A).
As in previous years, the Santa Clarita Resource Center provided four opportunities for
applicants to meet and network in preparation for writing grants.
ALTERNATIVE ACTIONS
1. City Council not approve Community Services Grant Funding.
2. Other action as determined by City Council.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds in the amount of $75,650 have been budgeted and are available in the Parks, Recreation,
and Community Services Department Account Number 7413-8110.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment A: Community Services Grant Program Recommendations
Attachment A
Community Services Grant Program Recommendations
Fiscal Year 2004-05
ARTS
Organization
Program
Amount
I" Annual Twilight Softball
$7,000.00
Canyon High School Gold Star
Hear the Heart Beat
Brigade
Enhancement
$7,500.00
Canyon Theatre Guild
Community Orchestra for
"Wizard of Oz"
California Institute of the
The Art of the Book Project
$7,500.00
Arts/Community Arts
(Digital Media Program for
Partnership
Teens)
Santa Clarita History Curriculum
$7,500.00
Saugus Union School District
for Third Grade
Henry Mayo Newhall
Artist in Residence and Teacher
$7,500.00
Live Oak Elementary School
Partnership
COMMUNITY BENEFIT
Organization
Program
Amount
I" Annual Twilight Softball
V,500.00
Santa Clarita Valley Special
Tournament/ Softball Program
Olympics
Enhancement
$7,500.00
Child & Family Center
Plant a Garden, Grow a Way of
Life
$7,500.00
Santa Clarita Valley Youth
Mental Health Expansion
Project
$6,650.00
Pleasantview Industries, Inc.
Environment Improvement
Henry Mayo Newhall
Sheila R. Veloz Breast Imaging
$7,500.00
Memorial Hospital Foundation
Center -Subsidized Care for
Breast Imaging
Sand Canyon Entranceway
$1,500.00
Sand Canyon Homeowners
Enhancement Project
Association
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