HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-01-24 - AGENDA REPORTS - CMTY SERVICES GRANT PGM (2)Agenda Item:
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
CONSENT CALENDAR City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Adele Macpherson
DATE: January 24, 2006
SUBJECT: COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM - PROJECT
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005-06
DEPARTMENT: Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council approve Community Services Grant Committee's Project Recommendation List for
Fiscal Year 2005-06 in an amount not to exceed $50,000, 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 15 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. This year's grant selection committee
included Mayor Laurene Weste, Councilmember Bob Kellar, Ken Striplin, Adele Macpherson,
Phil Lantis, Gina Schuchard, and Erin Moore -Lay. 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
Twenty-eight grant applications were received, with requests totaling $185,220. The breakdown
per category is as follows:
• Arts: 8 applications, totaling $138,415
• Community Benefit: 20 applications, totaling $46,805
APPROVED
City Council approved funding for $50,000 in the 2005-06 budget to be awarded to the selected
grant applicants. The maximum funding for each application is $7,500. Eleven applications will
be funded, totaling $50,000 (see Attachment A).
As in previous years, the Santa Clarita Resource Center provided workshops 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 $50,000 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 2005-06
ARTS
Organization
Program
Amount
California Institute of the
Santa Clarita Valley Arts
$5,000.00
Arts/Community Arts
Partnership (SCVAP) Teen
Partnership
_Ekwriti!1g Project
Placenta Junior High School
Enhancing Art Ed for All
$1,045.00
Students
Santa Clarita Artists'
Art Enrichment Program for
$3,000.00
Association
Youth
$3,000.00
Hart High School
A View That's Clear, Light, and
$3,455.00
Carousel Ranch
Safe
$5,150.00
COMMUNITY BENEFIT
Organization
Program
Amount
The University
Support for Survivors of Sexual
$7,500.00
Corporation/Valley Trauma
Assault & Their Caregivers
Center
Single Mothers Outreach
Implementation of New Health
$6,700.00
and Wellness Education
Program
Domestic Violence Center of
Domestic Violence Education &
$3,000.00
the Santa Clarita Valley
Outreach Project
Carousel Ranch
Relocation Project
$5,150.00
Special Olympics Santa Clarita
Annual Soccer
$5,150.00
Valley
Tournament/Soccer Program
Enhancement
Pleasantview Industries
Prevocational Training
$2,500.00
LETMESAIL, Inc.
LETMESAIL Recreation Center
$7,500.00
for those with disabilities
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