From: Kitty Moore <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 5:27 PM
To: Joanne Magrini <[email protected]>; Rachelle Sander <[email protected]> Cc: Liang Chao <[email protected]>
Subject: Community Grant Subcommittee
Hi Joanne and Rachelle,
Thank you for the meeting today and thank you so much for working on this!
Here is a brief summary of thoughts/requests:
• Please provide a comparison of what surrounding cities do for their grant programs o looking at Sunnyvale, they have a Community Events Grant Program, which provides some policy in the title: it is for events, so we may want to stick to events specifically (as opposed to maintenance/improvements of Deer Hollow Farm, which is not an event) o website: https://sunnyvale.ca.gov/services/customers/affordability/citygrants.htm o Please also look at Saratoga for ideashttps://www.saratoga.ca.us/301/Community-Event- Grants
▪ they appear to have some accounting requirements, do we have these? ▪ they have a separate street closure grant which sounds interesting ▪ their eligibility criteria may have some parts to draw upon as well • possibly categorize the most recent types of events/projects with some attributes such as ages, location, food, art, music etc. whatever categories make sense • using the General Plan Guiding Principles in the GP Introduction as the basis for what kinds of projects (very generally, but ensure that is the basis of selection) • Please edit the evaluation criteria further to explain what each criteria ultimately would mean in the evaluation (is less expensive good or not or is there more to this question?) • How much is the cap of the entire program?
• How much is the per project/event cap?
• How much of an event is covered by the city (a percent, like Sunnyvale)? • What funding have Chamber, Rotary, and WVCS received in total. Chamber has the $8k 2x/yr plus use of Community Hall (free or not?), for example
• State (if this is not already on your website) that there will be an MOU and follow-up evaluation metrics for success of the grant, to evaluate outcomes
• possibly state that the eligibility requirements are coming to Parks and Rec/Council prior to awarding of this year's grants as a policy resolution? Or have this be a subcommittee recommendation to the Council?
Community Event Grants | Saratoga, CA
The City of Saratoga recognizes the value of community
events and their role in bringing residents together, building community, and establishing an identity for the City.
www.saratoga.ca.us
Sunnyvale, CA - City Grants and Loans
Community Grants. The City awards up to $34,000 each year for the Community Events and Neighborhood Grant program. Grant purpose: Events and projects taking place between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2023 Grant status: Closed. Opens September 2022
sunnyvale.ca.gov
Sincerely,
Kitty Moore
Kitty Moore
Councilmember
City Council
[email protected]
(408) 777-1389