ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE: February 12, 2025 AGENDA CATEGORY: Consent-Miscellaneous TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: Darin Budak, Recreation and Parks Director
DATE: January 28, 2025
SUBJECT: Appropriate $150,000.00 in grant revenues received from Kaiser Permanente Foundation for the Sports and Education Academy to the Recreation and Parks Operating Budget within the General Fund.
(Ward 2)
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends approval of the appropriation.
BACKGROUND:
On September 20, 2024, the City received notification from the Kaiser Permanente Foundation that it had been approved for a $150,000 grant to support the Sports and Education Academy. The funds will be utilized within the Recreation and Parks Department for a program that will uplift and enrich the lives of youth ages 6 to 14 years old who reside in Southeast Bakersfield. The Sports and Education Academy will bring opportunities and resources to a community that greatly needs and deserves high quality programming.
The Sports and Education Academy will have four foundational pillars of sports, academics, health and nutrition, and life enrichment. The goal is to build a foundational youth program that will benefit the present-day community and generations to come. The Sports and Education Academy will function with the Recreation and Parks staff, credentialed/or baccalaureate level instructors and a tutoring program supported by Gridstone Tutoring Incorporated to fulfill the academic pillar of the academy.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is minimal impact to the Recreation and Parks Department Operating Budget within the General Fund.
COUNCIL GOAL:
Innovative and Efficient City Government
Community Character & Quality of Life
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