Malibu City Council
Administration and Finance Subcommittee
Special Meeting Agenda
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
2:00 P.M.
City Hall – Council Chambers
23825 Stuart Ranch Road
Mayor Pro Tem Bruce Silverstein
Councilmember Doug Stewart
Call to Order
Roll Call
Report on Posting of the Agenda – Thursday, June 5, 2025 Approval of Agenda
Public Comment This is the time for the public to comment on any items not appearing on this agenda.
Each public speaker shall be allowed up to three (3) minutes for comments. The Subcommittee may not discuss or act on any matter not specifically identified on this agenda, pursuant to the Ralph M. Brown Act.
Discussion Items
1. Presentations/Staff Updates
None.
2. Old Business
None.
3. New Business
A. Fiscal Year 2025-2026 General Fund Grants
Recommended Action: Provide a recommendation to the City Council concerning recipients and amounts for the FY 2025-2026 General Fund Grant Program.
Staff Contact: Richard Rojas, Interim Deputy City Manager, Ext. 300 Administration and Finance Subcommittee
June 11, 2025 Special Meeting
Adjournment
I hereby certify under penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California, that the foregoing agenda was posted in accordance with the applicable legal requirements. Special meeting agendas may be amended up to 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Dated this 5 th day of June 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
Cynthia Alba, Management Analyst
Administration and Finance
Subcommittee Agenda Report
To:
Prepared by:
Approved by:
Mayor Pro Tem Silverstein and Councilmember Stewart
Parker Davis, Media Production Technician
Richard Rojas, Interim Deputy City Manager
Date prepared: May 19, 2025 Meeting date: June 11, 2025 Subject: Fiscal Year 2025-2026 General Fund Grants
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Provide a recommendation to the City Council concerning recipients and amounts for the FY 2025-2026 General Fund Grant Program.
DISCUSSION: Attached is a summary of the General Fund Grant applications received for FY 2025-2026. The City received 32 grant applications totaling $1,038,745.00. The proposed budget for FY 2025-2026 includes $200,000 for the General Fund Grant Program.
Each applicant has been notified that they will have the opportunity to address the Administration and Finance Subcommittee regarding the proposed use of the funds.
ATTACHMENTS: General Fund Grant Summary
Administration &
Finance Subcommittee
Meeting
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Item 3A
Organization Name Amount
Requested Project Title Project Abstract
818 Consultant $5,000 College prep
financial course
Providing a college prep financial course, with a free laptop give away to four community participates whom attend the course. Attending college is a significant milestone in many individuals' lives, but with the rising costs of education, it is crucial for students to be financially prepared A Call 2 Peace $18,000 WILDFIRE RELIEF
CONCERT SERIES
A Call 2Peace Foundation is a Malibu—based 501(c)3 nonprofit leveraging the power of music to help the community heal and rebuild after wildfire devestation. When the Palisades fire on January 7th destroyed the foundation's headquarters, AC2P responded by launching a Wildfire Relief Concert Series to uplift local residents and businesses—even in the face of profound loss. Based on a long term recovery process we are planning to organize 9-12 concerts per year for the following 2 years. The first two concerts took place at the Windward Plaza-Venice Beach and Malibu Music in the Vintage market location on Kanan and PCH.
Adamson House Foundation $10,000
LIVING SHORELINE
MITIGATION
PROJECT
CLIMATE CHANGE AND LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY ARE POSING A THREAT TO THE SHORELINE AND STRUCTURAL FOUNDATION OF THE ADAMSON HOUSE. THE MALIBU ADAMSON HOUSE FOUNDATION
HAS BEEN WORKING WITH INTREGAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING FIRM FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. WE NEED THE COMPLETED STUDY TO SUPPORT ANY PERMITS TO INITIATE AND COMPLETE THE
EFFORTS TO SHORE UP THE PROPERTY OF THE
HISTORICAL HOUSE.
Aurelia Foundation $3,000
Community
Integration
Transportation
Support
We respectfully request $3000.00 to support our Client Transportatlon costs getting clients to and from Malibu. We support 65 adults with developmental disabilities in our program locations in Santa Monlca and Westlake Village/Thousand Oaks. Our program vehicles include wheelchair accessible vans that enable us to transport all the adults in our program to access activities and jobs in the City of Malibu.
Locations include Shemesh Farms, where several adults in our program are paid employees or volunteers, Hand in Hand activities at the Malibu Jeweish Center and Pepperdine University for a variety of activities and events.
Big Heart Ranch $10,000
Big Heart Ranch:
Animal Care &
Community
Programming
Big Heart Ranch requests $10,000 from the City of Malibu General Fund to sustain its dual mission of animal rescue rehabilitation and community wellness programming. As Malibu's premier nature-based weilness center and animal sanctuary, we serve as a vitai community resource, offering no—cost therapeutic events, educationai opportunities, and crisis support to residents of all backgrounds. Our sanctuary provides a forever home to over 80 rescued animals while offering community events including family days, school visits, and support groups for those affected by crises like the Palisades Fire. Since 2006, we've donated over $1 ,000,000 in therapeutic services to disadvantaged families, veterans, and trauma survivors, while serving as a critical emergency resource during regional disasters. This funding will strengthen our capacity to continue as a healing sanctuary where Malibu residents reconnect with nature and each other
during challenging times.
California State Parks $14,000
California State
Parks — Angeles
District
The Angeles District of Caiifornia State Parks manages several properties Iocated within the City of Malibu boundaries. These grant funds will assist with visitor and community-based improvements at these facilities, including improved access, protection of natural and cultural resources, and augmentation of current State Parks volunteer efforts within the City of Malibu.
California Wildlife Center $15,000
Marine Mammal
Rescue and
Rehabilitation
California Wildlife Center (CWC) provides emergency response, transport, and medical care for more than 4,000 sick, injured, and orphaned animals each year. In 2024, 12% of those patients were from the City of Malibu. Additionally, we receive about 3,700 calls from Malibu city residents with questions and to report sick and injured animals. CWC is the only organization permitted to rescue marine mammals within the City. We are seeking funding to provide treatment to these patients, including food, medication, and transport costs.
Organization Name Amount
Requested Project Title Project Abstract
Children's Lifesaving Foundation $5,500
Coastal Eco
Mariners Surf
Camp in Malibu
for Underserved
Youth
The Children’s Lifesaving Foundation's Coastal Eco—Mariners Surf Camp Program will provide Latinx, Hispanic and BIPOC underserved youth from Title i school districts and communities throughout Los Angeles with fun, innovative eco—awareness marine education activities. Lessons and art projects, The CLF is requesting this grant this season to fund a very exciting expansion of our Surf Camp Program, which has been renamed our Coastal Eco Mariners Surf Camp! We will be partnering with the California Coastal Commission for this thrilling new program which combines surf therapy, marine education and coastal stewardship—using art and theatre techniques, right on the beach! We will also be partnering with USC’s Sea Grant Program, to make certain that this season’s Surf Camp season is the most impactful one that CLF has ever had! Lessons and art projects, guided surf therapy, boogie-boarding and swimming activities will be held at both Zuma and Leo Carillo Beaches next summer. This educational component will also highlight how important it is for the youth to learn to take care ofthe ocean, how our own pollution and everyday litter can get into our oceans and waterways, and why it is so important, growing up, to be ”great stewards” of the ocean.
Emily Shane Foundation $35,000
The SEA Program/
21 Miles Road
Rules
Our SEA (Successful Educational Achievement) Program supports underserved, under resourced middle schoolers in the mainstream classroom risking failure. We provide the intensive and individualzied caring mentorship and academic tutoring necessary to pave the way to their personal and academic success. ROAD RULES- This educational initiative unites law enforcement, psychologists, and accident victims to transform middle and high school students' driving attitude in PCH and Malibu.
Through powerful firsthand testimonials, students witness the real consequences of dangerous driving decisions. The program strategically targets adolescents before they develop risky habits.
Esperance Center $2,000 Staff Incentive-Gas
Cards
To provide continued motivation and assistance for Esperance Center staff to be able to drive into Malibu to serve our residents with developmental disabilities. Our DSP staff do not live in Malibu, so it becomes expensive for them to commute here.
Friends of Malibu Urgent Care $100,000
Malibu Urgent
Care Center Extra
Hours
FMUCC, a volunteer-led nonprofit organization that provides support to Malibu Urgent Care, the community's only 365 day a year medical facility. FMUCC is requesting grant- support from the City of Malibu to help sustain the clinic during a period of financial hardship caused by recent wildfires and prolonged PCH closures. Patient visits are down approximately 30%, reducing clinic revenue while operating costs remain steady.The requested funds will help stabilize operations and ensure continued access to critical care.
Gan Malibu $10,000
From Tots to
Teens and MoreFamily Project
To provide additional resources for families and teens in our community. This project will center around group meetings, individual guidance to access the needs of the community especially after the fire disaster.
Hand in Hand $2,000 Hand in Hand
Handin Hand is an inclusive program that connects people of all abilities in a socially integrated program.
Now entering its fifteenth operating year, Hand in Hand is built around the model of peer-to-peer engagement. We offer a number of activities that facilitate this interaction, including cooking, games, field trips, arts and crafts, music, therapy, yoga, and community service opportunities. We are grateful to The City of Malibu for its generosity and ongoing dedication to our cause and are delighted that our programming and participation is successful and thriving.
LAEPF- Community Brigade $100,000 Community
Brigade
The Los Angeles Community Brigade is a pioneering volunteer initiative launched in October 2023 by the Los Angeles County Emergency Preparedness Foundation (LAEPF) in collaboration with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Designed to bridge the gap between professional first responders and local communities during disasters, the program trains residents in fire behavior, emergency communications, home hardening, and operational procedures. The requested funds will help equip and train our next cohort of Malibu residents to help prepare, support, and recover any all-hazard incidents that we will continue to face.
Organization Name Amount
Requested Project Title Project Abstract
Malibu Coast Surf Lifesaving
Association $30,000
MCSLA Public
Safety Equipment
Initiative
— Summer 2025
The MCSLA is requesting funding to equip approximately 120 California State Ocean Lifeguards in the Angeles District with critical rescue gear0 fins, polarized sunglasses, and wetsuits. These tools are essential to ensuring lifeguards can respond quickly and safely during rescues, maintain clear visual surveillance during long shifts, and stay protected in cold water. With a high-traffic summer expected—especially following nearby closures and wildfire impacts this project will directly support public safety by ensuring lifeguards are fully prepared to protect both residents and visitors along the Malibu coastline.
Malibu Community Labor
Exchange $10,000
MALIBU
COMMUNITY
LABOR EXCHANGE
The Malibu Community Labor Exchange is a community created, not for profit, organization that provides an organized and dignified place for the people of our community to hire and be hired, creating opportunities for the unemployed to build independence and self sufficiency through honest labor. MCLE provides a convenient hiring site away from residential neighborhoods and retail areas where employers and workers can negotiate and successfully meet each others need for work on an offsite project. To people searching for work and dignity for their families, the Exchange brings hope and opportunity.
Malibu Education Foundation $315,000
Malibu Education
Foundation
Launch
MEF requests $315,000 In seed funding for Phase 3 (July 2025 June 2026) to sustain momentum toward a self funded model. With City support, Phase 2 delivered significant progress expanding athletics funding key staff and launching this new foundation. Despite wildfire disruptions and rising costs, MEF met its commitments. Continued investment WiII stabilize operations, deepen donor engagement, and build longterm susustainability.
Malibu Film Society $18,000
Free Community
Film Series at City
Hall
Since 2018, the combination of wildfires, the pandemic, frequent road closures and other factors has resulted in a 60% drop in our annual revenue. Studio support for Awards Season screenings has kept us cash—flow positive -- but as Malibu no longer has a suitable space for those events, they can no longer be held here. Given our commitment to Malibu, this past year we've endeavored to fill the void by bringing other film-related events back to the community; unfortunately, our latest cash flow analysis confirms that we can no longer absorb 100% of the costs involved. We are therefore seeking this grant in order to sustain the program until other funding can be secured.
Malibu Foundation $50,000
The Guardians of
Malibu
Microforest
The Malibu Foundation was created out of the ashes of the Woolsey fire in 2018. We are committed to the long-term rebuilding of areas affected by climate-driven disasters, including the January 2025 Los Angeles County Wildfires and the Woolsey Fire. Our goal is to ensure climate-resilient communities that are sustainable. In the wake of the Palisades and Franklin fires, we are kickstarting our inaugural projectbased education enhancement program for schools across Malibu, focusing on healing, community engagement, and urban greening.
Malibu Friends of Music $5,000
Last year we used Malibu City Grant funds exclusively to bring bring artists from both nearby and other states to perform on our renewed live and in person concerts. This year we plan to expand our activities for both our monthly concerts and the summer Music Festival to an additional week. We are also expanding our educational outreach to local Malibu students who are interested in majoring or minoring and music and how to leverage their expertise In musrc to obtain Significant financial help from their prospective institutions. We have learned that counseling for this is limited and want to fill the void with our experience and connections.
Malibu Little League $15,000 Field Maintenance Import infield materials (dirt and clay) and laser Ievel the Majors field. Restructure the infield grass lips and improve the pitching mound.
Malibu Marlins $14,000 Malibu Marlins
Swim Club
The Malibu Marlins Swim Club, a community-driven 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, provides high quality swim training and promotes aquatic safety in Malibu. Partnering with the City and SMMUSD, it offers accessible programs for all ages, including youth training,
lifeguard certification support, and ISPE support. Grant funding will help expand participation, maintain affordability, and ensure long-term sustainability.
Malibu Monarch Project $25,000 Booklet
The Malibu Monarch Project has supported the monarch butterfly for the past 11 years and promotes protection of Malibu's natural environment. We intend to expand that care for the environment by producing a 40-page booklet for distributon to Malibu residents and particularly to newcomers to introduce them to how to care for the environment. This booklet can be used for education by teachers and distribution in the library.
Organization Name Amount
Requested Project Title Project Abstract
Malibu Search and Rescue $21,145
Malibu Search &
Rescue Equipment
Purchase
We are receiving a new rescue truck this year and we will bear the cost of outfitting it with all the necessary gear. This includes ropes, carabiners, harnesses, litter baskets, webbing, helmets, medical gear, and much more.
Meals on Wheels West $3,500 Delivering More
Than a Meal
Cost—free meals are delivered to homebound seniors, the chronically ill, disabled, and veterans. The daily friendly visit and wellness check reduces isolation of older adults.
Mission Nirvana Malibu $100,000
Rebuilding Malibu
Neighborhoods &
Economy
Through research, investigation, and various types of communication we will educate and support those impacted by fires in Malibu. Everyone is impacted whether they lost or had a home damaged. We will build a movement by advocating for and implementing actionsto rebuild safely, with quality, in affordable ways, and with schedule predictability. We will assist in setting the new benchmark for disaster rebuilding and recovery. Please join us as a financial contributor on this mission from the ashes, through rebirth, and achievement of Nirvana in Malibu.
Paradise Cove Gardens $12,000 Paradise Cove
Gardens
Paradise Cove Gardens is a non-profit organization based in Paradise Cove that provides garden to table meals to our residents with plans to expand to the Point Dume Club and Malibu West. The fundamental goal of the non-profit is to build and support community so as to ensure that those who are elderly as well as young families and single residents
can all be involved in helping in the garden, then cooking meals for all residents to enjoy twice a week. Scientific studies establish that people live longer and remain more healthy if they have a community wherein they can participate and enjoy the company of others. Paradise Cove Gardens seeks to obtain Blue Zone certification and to carry on the
Blue Zone tradition of supporting all members of a community with regard to healthy eating and community opportunities.
Poison Free Malibu $7,000
Educational
Campaign
Concerning
Pesticides
The City of Malibu and other Iocal cities have passed resolutions opposing the use of rodent poisons due to the harm inflicted on wildlife, pets, and children. The city went further in 2019 by adopting an Earth Friendly Management policy limiting all pesticideson city property. We will continue to alert citizens and commercial interests and publicize better solutions. We are asking for support for our continuing campaign to educate the public, businesses, and government not to use these poisons.
Resource Conservation District $23,600
Roots of Resilience:
Youth-Led
Conservation in the
Santa Monica
Mountains
The Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains will engage approximately 600 youth from the City of Malibu and surrounding areas in hands on, culturally rooted environmental education through field programs at Malibu Lagoon State Beach and Tapia Park. While the project is scalable based on grantor preferences and available funding, this proposal includes 8 field programs, 16 classroom lessons, two virtual teacher workshops and one student led impact project in partnership with the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots and Shoots. Designed to empower youth in environmental stewardship and post fire resilience, the initiative will be led by RCCDSMM's Educational Director and delivered by a team of 35+ trained Environmental Educators. Progress will be evaluated through student engagement data and teacher feedback, using proven assessment tools from RCDSMM's existing education programs.
Shalom Institute $25,000 Shemesh Farms
In the aftermath of the devastating Palisades flre of January 2025 Shemesh Farms Is requesting $25,000 from the City of Malibu to establish a paid internship program for local residents and those displaced by the Wildfires while enhancing accessibility to their healing community space The initiative will create economic opportunities, expand food security services through urban farming and provide skill development in farm operations and business management with interns working alongside adults with intellectual and developmental disabilitie promote inclusivity. This multifaceted program aims to strengthen community resilience and create a sanctuary for connection and healing during Malibu's challenging recovery period including enhanced accessability features to ensure all community members can participate regardless of physical ability Skin Divine Cosmetics $25,000
Providing
Cosmetician Benefit
to Older citizens and
children during
holidays
Skin divine cosmetics proposes a community-focused program offering professional cosmetician services to senior Citizens and children and school aged children throughout the holiday and festive season. the initiaves will include wellness by bringing confidence, and mental wellness workshops,grooming sessions and self-care and address emotional health and social engagements for two vulnerable demographic Wishtoyo Chumash Foundation $10,000 Wishtoyo Chumash
Village
The Wishtoyo Chumash Village is nestled alongside Nicholas Canyon County Beach in Malibuis the only one of its kind in the entirety of Southern California. Built on the site of an 8,000-year—old Chumash village, the Wishtoyo Chumash Village functions as an an outdoor classroom, coastal restration site, cultural gathering place, and scientific field site all in one. Every year, Wishtoyo welcomes approximately 2,500 students from Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties to participate in the Chumash Maritime Lifeways program as well as numerous cultural events for the Chumash and other Indigenous communities.