DEPARTMENT Community Benefits, External
Affairs
AGENDA NO.
6c
MEETING DATE April 9, 2024
C
alendar: Consent Calendar
Contract/Project Manager: Carmen Iton
Approve Assignment and Assumption for Grant Contract No. PRO.0195(G).K, Project Learning Partnership Grant
Summary of
Proposed
Commission Action:
Approve assignment and assumption for Grant Contract No.
PRO.0195(G).K, Project Learning Partnership Grant, to transfer fiscal sponsorship from San Francisco Parks Alliance to Renaissance Parents of Success.
Background: By its Project Learning Partnership Grant Program, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commis sion (SFPUC) seeks to support educational opportunities for children to learn about water conservation, water resources, and the SFPUC wastewater system.
On March 9, 2021, by Resolution No. 21-0040, this Commission awarded Grant Contract No. PRO.0195(G).K, Project Learning Partnership Grant , in the amount not -to-exceed $105,000, and a duration of three years to San Francisco Parks Alliance, fiscal sponsor to the subgrantee, Northridge Community Garden.
Under this Grant Contract, the role of the San Francisco Parks Alliance role wa s strictly administrative , managing invoice submission and reimbursement to the subgrantee, Northridge Community Garden. The subgrantee is responsible for delivering the contracted scope of work which focuses on y outh education concerning water use, water conservation, and our wastewater system. The SFPUC issues the grant funds under this Grant Contract on a reimbursable basis.
The subgrantee, Northridge Community Garden, has elected to transfer the fiscal sponsor role for all of its grants, including this Grant Contract, to Renaissance Parents of Success. The San Francisco Parks Alliance (the Assignor) and Renaissance Parents of Success (the Assignee) agree to the transfer of this Grant Contract . The Assignee will assume all obligations and liabilities of the Assignor under Grant Contract No.
PRO.0195(G).K, Project Learning Partnership Grant.
AGENDA ITEM
Public Utilities Commission
City and County of San Francisco
Scope of Grant
Contract:
Grant Deliverables
Northridge Community Garden, through a fiscal sponsor, administers SFPUC project-based learning experiences for youth and young adults ages 14-20 years old enrolled in its existing community-based after- school, out of-school, or in-school program annually.
Under the Grant Contract, Northridge Community Garden (formerly with San Francisco Parks Alliance and now with Renaissance Parents of Success by the Assignment and Assumption) must provide grant - funded services to a minimum of 19 students per year and must provide a minimum of 20 hours of instruction per year using the SFPUC developed curricula. It uses SFPUC-developed curricula to integrate project-based learning around three core areas of the SFPUC’s work:
(1) the importance of safe and reliable water resources ; (2) the administration and growth of the Hetch Hetchy power system and CleanPowerSF; and (3) the City’s combined sewer system and flood management.
To fulfill grant requirements, Northridge Community Garden with Renaissance Parents of Success must implement interactive a nd creative SFPUC educational programs for youth and young adults to build baseline knowledge of utility operations and career awareness.
Northridge Community Garden with Renaissance Parents of Success is encouraged to use techniques in experiential learning, classroom-based learning, and arts-based learning to convey the takeaways and lessons from the curricula in order to make clear links between SFPUC operations and to highlight the opportunities around career pathways in the water, wastewater, and power industries. The grantee is required to evaluate program performance and report on participation rates, engagement strategies, and the overall impact of programs on participating youth and young adults.
In fiscal year 2022- 2023, Northridge Community Garde n served 26 youth under the grant contract . 92% of students in Northridge Community Garden’s programming are from San Francisco’s Bayview-Hunters Point neighborhood. Students in this program learned about the alignment between irrigation at the Northridge Community Garden and the green infrastructure concepts in the ‘Flooding’ module of the Project Learning Grant Partnership Program’s project-based learning curriculum.
Grant Amount
This grant awarded under the program shall not exceed a total of $105,000 and shall have a maximum duration of three years (approximately $35,000 per year).
Assignment and Assumption Contract
This assignment and assumption would transfer grant funding administration responsibilities of Grant Contract No. PRO.0195(G).K from San Francisco Parks Alliance to Renaissance Parents of Success.
Funding and Costs: Funding Source: Youth Employment Addbacks and Water and Wastewater Operating budgets.
Total Not-to-Exceed Amount: $ 105,000
Schedule: Total Duration: Three years
Environmental
Review:
This action does not constitute a “project” under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines section 15378(a) because there would be no physical change in the environment.
Recommendation: SFPUC staff recommends that the Commission adopt the attached resolution.
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION
City and County of San Francisco
RESOLUTION NO.
WHEREAS, On March 9, 2021 by Resolution No. 21-0040, this Commission awarded Grant Contract No. PRO.0195(G).K, Project Learning Partnership Grant , to Northridge Community Garden in the amount of $105,000 and with a term of three years, with San Francisco Parks Alliance serving as fiscal sponsor and grantee, to administer San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) project-based learning experiences for youth and young adults ages 14- 20 years old enrolled in Northridge Community Garden’s existing community -based after-school, out-of-school, or in-school program; and
WHEREAS, The subgrantee, Northridge Community Garden, has elected to transfer the fiscal sponsor role for all of its grants, including this Grant Contract, to Renaissance Parents of Success, and the San Francisco Parks Alliance (the Assignor) and Northridge Parents of Success (the Assignee), have agreed to the terms of an Assignment and Assumption Contract whereby the Assignee will assume all obligations and liabilities of the Assignor under Grant Contract No.
PRO.0195(G).K, Project Learning Partnership Grant; and
WHEREAS, Northridge Community Garden is currently implementing programming for youth as part of the grant deliverables of PRO.0195(G).K , Project Learning Partnership Grant ; and
WHEREAS, This action does not constitute a “project” under the California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines s ection 15378(a) because there would be no physical change in the environment; and
WHEREAS, Under the assignment and assumption, all the terms and conditions of Grant Contract No. PRO.0195(G).K will remain in full force and effect; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That this Commission hereby approves the assignment and assumption of Grant Contract No. PRO.0195(G).K, Project Learning Partnership Grant, from, the San Francisco Parks Alliance to Renaissance Parents of Success to serve as the new fiscal sponsor, with Northridge Community Garden continuing as the subgrantee.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the Public Utilities Commission at its meeting of April 9, 2024.
Secretary, Public Utilities Commission