RESOLUTION NO. 2024-37
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HESPERIA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING GUIDELINES for the community assistance program (cap) WHEREAS, the City of Hesperia (City) is a municipal corporation duly organized under the laws and Constitution of the State of California and WHEREAS, the City Council directed Staff to allocate $50,000 in funding to CAP for the 2024-25 Fiscal Year (FY) and WHEREAS, the CAP grant will be funded each Fiscal Year, with City Council approval, through the City’s General Fund and managed by the Economic Development Division and WHEREAS, priority activities include food & clothing, unhoused shelter; youth/foster, disability, senior, veteran, and animal spay/neuter services; and WHEREAS, priority shall be further given based on the documented financial need of each potential grantee and WHEREAS, all complete applications received within the deadline will be presented to the City Council Advisory Committee (CCAC) for review and WHEREAS, the CCAC will conduct public meetings to receive input and public testimony on the needs and priorities of the community and WHEREAS, the CCAC will review and rank all applications based on the CAP priority activities, the financial needs of each applicant, and community feedback received and WHEREAS, once all applications have been ranked, the CCAC will forward its rankings/funding slate to the City Council for final approval and WHEREAS, in acknowledgment of the CCAC’s considerable efforts to carefully review all applications, consider public testimony from potential grantees, and rank applications based on the above-noted priorities, the City Council shall approve the ranking/funding slate from the CCAC and WHEREAS, each successful grantee shall be funded in an amount not to exceed $5,000; and WHEREAS, all funding decisions of the Hesperia City Council shall be final.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HESPERIA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The recitals above are true and correct and are adopted as findings.
Section 2. The City Council approves the CAP Guidelines.
Section 3. The City Manager and/or designee is hereby authorized to execute all necessary documents and any certifications to implement the CAP Program.
Section 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution and enter it into the book of original resolutions.
ADOPTED AND APPROVED this 6th day of August 2024.
Larry Bird, Mayor
ATTEST:
Erin Baum, Assistant City Clerk
Resolution No. 2024-37