Rancho Cordova City Council
April 4, 2022

Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
34 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Sacfit: Parkway Half
Marathon
Sacfit proposes to continue funding of the Parkway Half Marathon and Otter Run to align as a first-class major active-lifestyle event with the City of Rancho Cordova. There are two components of the request. First, maintain the start and finish line configuration from the previous year’s grant, which considers the start line in William Pond Park (to facilitate larger volume parking accommodations) and all finish lines and the entire Kid's Otter Dash within the Rancho Cordova City limits. The section along the American River Parkway, from River Bend to Sunrise, is the main route for the Parkway Half Marathon. A grant to continue the Parkway Half Marathon route and finish line within the Rancho Cordova City limits aligns the City with a major running event, as well as a meets the goal of having a community health a fitness event. The alignment of the Parkway Half Marathon with Rancho Cordova elevates the City as a primary regional supporter of the Parkway. Having the race route and finish line within the City and connected to other existing events should be beneficial to all local residents. Second, maintain support for the Kid’s 1k “Otter Dash" run. The goal is to align this event to the morning of Kids’ Day in the Park. As Kids’ Day is no cost to participants, the object is to continue with keeping the Otter Run at no charge to all Rancho Cordova children as well. $ 15,000.00
35 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Mather Wrestling Club The sport of wrestling is offered for girls and boys at both Mills and Mitchell Middle Schools and Cordova High School. The Mather Wrestling Club is a youth sports and fitness club providing an outlet for youth (girls and boys) between the ages of 8 to 14. The club promotes community pride and supports the growth and development of youth. Participation in the club will include an application and anticipated fee of $75.

Scholarships will be made available to those who cannot afford the participation fee up to the allotted grant funds made available to award scholarships. An optional competition would be offered. Club members will need a USA wrestling card to compete and tournament fees to be paid by wrestler at the venue. Parents would provide transportation. Coach Zilles will be at tournaments with pre-planning for those wishing to compete at a local event. Coach Zilles has been coaching wrestling at Mitchell Middle School for the past 6 years. $ 24,000.00
36 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Sacramento Area
Bicycle Advocates:

Capacity Building for
Community Bicycling
in Rancho Cordova
Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates (SABA) and Bicycle Advocates of Rancho Cordova (BARC) seek funding for a host of activities that encourage bicycling in Rancho Cordova. Activities include valet bicycle parking at community events, bicycle repair and maintenance clinics, social rides, bicycle education, and a bicycle apprenticeship program and outreach. SABA and BARC have provided experiences for Rancho Cordova community members with grant funds from the City. These funds have provided bicycle encouragement activities for Rancho Cordova citizens, and has built capacity in BARC, with the goal that it become a self-sufficient bicycling non-profit. These activities have all been a part of a larger community cycling program for Rancho Cordovan citizens. BARC will provide valet bike parking at a full set of venues this year.

With funding from the 2021-22 grant plus a sponsorship acquired by SABA, they supported four Rancho Cordova community members in becoming Licensed Certified Instructor’s (LCI) with the League of American Bicyclists. They will provide RIDEshops - quick education and refresher skill builders - before social rides and BARC will organize and implement two bike rodeos. SABA will provide a senior LCI to coach the new LCI’s, increasing the reach of the events. SABA’s vision is to open a “Bicycle Fix-it Kitchen”, a place where community members can work on their own bicycles, or have them worked on by mechanics who have completed SABA’s mechanic apprenticeship program. This program teaches basic mechanic skills. SABA’s apprenticeship program will produce a cohort of bicycle mechanics who can work in the community on bicycles in need of basic repair.
$ 18,585.00
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ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 2

Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
37 Education 916 Ink: Find Your
Voice Creative Writing
Workshop Series
916 Ink will partner with classroom teachers to provide high-quality, creative writing workshops for 175 third through twelfth grade students.

Each student will receive 18 hours of California arts and common core standards-aligned instruction with trained teaching artists and become a published author in an anthology of student work. Find Your Voice is a semester-length, school site–based program. Students generate original poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. 916 Ink releases one anthology of student work per school site at the conclusion of each program. During the COVID-19 pandemic, 916 Ink's staff found that students were struggling to process their feelings of anxiety and social isolation due to the shift to distance-learning and the suspension of many wraparound services that schools provided. Using best practices in trauma-informed curriculum design, 916 Ink staff pivoted quickly to design a series of creative writing lessons. Students develop social emotional learning skills through interactive writing prompts, revision-based activities, and lessons in literary devices. This helps students realize the impact of obstacles, relationships, and decisions they make. Our workshop method creates a safe environment for exploration and experimentation for participating students. The writing and sharing of stories builds empathy, increases confidence, and gives youth the agency to understand the power of their personal narratives. We structure our workshops to stimulate social emotional learning, including small group settings, peer collaboration and reflection exercises, multiple modes of response, active listening practice and peer-to-peer feedback. $ 52,506.96
38 Education FCUSD: Mills Middle
School Positive
Behavior Intervention
Supports
The Positive Behavior Intervention Supports (PBIS) team at Mills Middle School supports the student engagement and the behavioral success of all students. Additionally, the program supports and promotes the climate and culture of the school. They do this through the use of reward and incentive programs as well as student engagement programs. All students begin the school year with 100 merits. Students are required to maintain 96-100 merits to be eligible for participation in school social activities including but not limited to: dances, rallies, assemblies, Friday rewards, Mills scholar events, access to the blacktop at lunch, sporting events, field trips and more. The program is restorative and students may earn merits back at any time by completing merit recovery which includes restorative conversations, helping a teacher in the classroom, campus beautification, letters of apology, participating in conflict mediation, lunch detention, etc. Students with 96 or more merits are rewarded bi-monthly with our rewards. Each month Mills has a "Behavior of the Month" which is one of their Mustang Pride 5 P's (Positive, Polite, Productive, Prompt and Prepared) behaviors. Lessons are taught during Advisory class that promote the monthly behavior. Students may earn Mills Bills for exhibiting the positive behavior to use at the Student Store. Students are rewarded by being nominated at Mustang of the Month and/or receiving Mills Bills for demonstrating the Behavior of the Month or the Mustang Pride 5 P's. The program also includes academic goal setting and field trips. This is a multiyear request.
$ 20,000.00
39 Education CL3: Mentors at
Cordova High, Mills,
and Mitchell
This project is to continue the Mentors at Cordova High and MACH @ Mills programs, and expand the program to Mitchell Middle School. The MACH program is a free community-based mentoring program focused on promoting positive behavior, improved academics and attendance, community service, and life and vocational skill development while rewarding participants for their accomplishments. Students identified by school staff, teachers, and the MACH program coordinator, are invited to participate in the program. Students receive guidance and direction to help get them on or keep them on a positive path. Participants earn rewards for demonstrating improvement in their attendance, grades, and/or behavior as well as for participating in community service opportunities. Rewards include educational experiences, school based rewards, and social rewards. MACH participants attend weekly meetings where expectations are set, guest speakers from the community deliver life skill or messages about particular vocations, and program participants share and celebrate their successes. Monthly Saturday support sessions and weekly group tutoring sessions are held to provide participants with homework support as needed. Funding is being requested for the continuation of the year-round MACH program at Cordova High School to include an increase in the funding in the educational rewards category so that we can take selected MACH members on a field trip to the Museum of Tolerance to participate in their full day Tools for Tolerance Teen workshop; for the continuation and further development of the MACH @ Mills program that was implemented in 2021; and to expand the MACH program to include Mitchell Middle School. Beyond the immediate benefit the students participating in the program receive through the rewards they earn and the successes they achieve, the community at large benefits through the reduction in behavioral issues in the community amongst participants and through their contributions as volunteers. $ 103,000.00
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ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 2

Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
40 Education Center for Land Based
Learning: The Student
and Landowner
Education and
Watershed
Stewardship Program
with George
Washington Carver
School of Arts &
Science
The Student and Landowner Education and Watershed Stewardship (SLEWS) program engages high school students in habitat restoration through a series of hands-on field days at real projects that develop science skills and environmental stewardship in youth. Through his program, they would work with students from George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science to complete a restoration project that would incorporate hands-on, place-based, environmental education activities. SLEWS connects classroom learning to the real world to enhance high school education and provides students with transformative experiences in nature to increase their appreciation, commitment and respect for sustainable agriculture and the natural world. SLEWS staff recruit and train volunteers from non-profits, public agencies, and universities to mentor students throughout their SLEWS year. In the program, students “adopt” their restoration site for the duration of the school year, visiting and working on the project for three or more full-day field trips. Through hands-on activities such as water quality and bird box monitoring, students develop science and inquiry skills needed for lifelong learning. Because they partner with restoration professionals from public agencies, local watershed groups, and nonprofit organizations, SLEWS projects have a real and lasting impact on the land. Since its inception, students have planted over 75,021 native trees/shrubs, 332,967 grass/forbs plugs, and installed 827 wildlife structures. By including students in habitat restoration, SLEWS addresses the needs for healthier land and more wildlife habitat, and the need to instill conservation and stewardship values in high school students. With grant funds, they would be able to expand the SLEWS Program to include Carver and offer local youth these experiences.
$ 15,000.00
41 Education SCUSD: Carver
College Prep and
Summer Bridge
Program
The Carver College Prep and Summer Bridge program will create a space where students from George Washing Carver School of Arts and Science and throughout Rancho Cordova can reconnect to school, make up graduation credit and prepare for the college application process.

Students will be able to choose to participate in one or both of the courses available in the summer program. Students continue to struggle with the transition to full in-person learning. Their challenges are multi-dimensional: they continue to lose valuable time learning in-person with their peer groups and teachers; they continue to have difficulty socially because of their previous isolation; they continue to lose opportunities to prepare for the college application process including taking college admissions tests. College application process has become very uncertain of their options and opportunities. The Carver College Prep/Summer Bridge Program will provide more guidance and access. This is a multiyear request.
$ 29,150.00
42 Education Soil Born Farms:

Rancho Cordova
Food, Health and
Environmental Career
Pathway Program
Soil Born Farms will continue to grow the impact and sustainability of Rancho Cordova's K-12 food, health, and environmental career pathway.

School garden support systems will be expanded, curriculum will be integrated at the district level, and students will dig into experiential learning at Soil Born Farms. The proposed project will build on past years’ successes and continue to grow a comprehensive, standardsbased career pathway in partnership with target Rancho Cordova schools, including Cordova Gardens, White Rock, Cordova Meadows, A.M.

Winn, Mills Middle School, Cordova High School, and additional sites based on school interest. $ 72,875.00
43 Education FCUSD: Physical
Education
Enhancement
This proposed project seeks to enhance the physical education programs at each of Folsom Cordova Unified School District's (FCUSD) school sites in Rancho Cordova to promote a healthy active lifestyle and lifelong exercise learners. If funded, it will allow school sites the opportunities to update equipment and accessories to provide students with a more robust fitness experience. Traditionally, the physical education programs have gained support from parent organizations and site funds. This has not been available for various reasons at this time. Grant funds would be used at all FCUSD sites in Rancho Cordova. $ 110,000.00
44 Education PRO Youth -
Governments
Engaging Youth in the
City of Rancho
Cordova
Youth @ City Council and Summer @ City Hall provide Rancho Cordova youth opportunities to learn about City functions and civic processes.

Participants gain a unique perspective into City Hall as they interact with City staff and leaders while also gaining valuable skills that support their success as students and community leaders. The program provides a two-pronged approach for 60 youth, ages 13-18, to engage in government and civic education in the City of Rancho Cordova. Students will learn more about the history of Rancho Cordova and be provided with opportunities to share their views and suggestions for continuing to improve community relationships by making the City a welcome and safe place for all. Youth participants will meet and interact with local and regional leaders in the private, public, and non-profit sectors to learn about those leaders' views of the business/economic climate in Rancho Cordova and share their own views on innovative and creative ways the City can thrive.
$ 81,188.00
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ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 2

Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
45 Education FCUSD: Enhanced
Family Life Education
for Cordova High
School Students
The health education staff at Cordova High School would like to purchase parent simulator dolls to provide hands-on parenting experience.

The goal is to educate students about the responsibility of caring for a baby and the importance of preventing pregnancy until ready to take on the responsibility of parenting. According to Sacramento County Public Health, In 2018, the teen birth rate was 5.5 births for every 1,000 females ages 15-19. An estimated eight percent of young men will become fathers before their 20th birthday. Teen pregnancy has a significant impact economically. Teen parenting costs taxpayers an average of $5,500 per year for each teen parent. Teen parents and their children usually require an increased amount of public service support throughout their entire lives related to behavioral problems, chronic medical conditions, and increased need for foster care. The economy also has lost tax revenue due to the teen mom having low academic achievement which often leads to the mom being unemployed or underemployed. One effective way to prevent teen pregnancy is through comprehensive family life education. Comprehensive family life education includes topics about healthy relationships and methods to prevent pregnancy; including abstinence and proper use of birth control. Per California law, high school students must receive family life education at least one time during high school. The family life curriculum that is taught in the health classes is Positive Prevention Plus which is an evidencebased curriculum that is compliant with California’s law. $ 5,000.00
46 Education Boys & Girls Club:

Navigator Elementary
The Boys & Girls Club program would continue its work at Navigator Elementary, providing a comprehensive after-school program MondayFriday for over 100 Navigator students during the school day through targeted outreach activities. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Club has continued to serve hundreds of youth on the campus of Navigator Elementary; providing academic support and enrichment programs designed to keep youth on track and successful both in and out of school. The Club has become a trusted partner and valued member of the school team; providing additional academic support and resources to the schools most vulnerable students. Twice weekly the Boys & Girls Club facilitates High-Yield Learning Activities (HYLA) at recesses that are open to all students on campus. Their Site Coordinator is always “on call” at Navigator during the school day, there to assist with students who have behavioral issues and need time away from the classroom environment. They work with those students to process through their behavior/feelings, offer guidance, and redirect the youth back in to the classroom in a better frame of mind. The Club focuses on helping youth in three critical areas; academic success, good character and citizenship and healthy lifestyles.
$ 75,000.00
47 Education FCUSD: Book
Recovery and
Expansion
During the 2020-21 and 2022-23 school years, FCUSD library staff encouraged families to check out books from their school library. This initiative helped curb learning loss, contributed to social-emotional learning while at home, and emboldened students to continue their love of reading despite distancing from one of their favorite places on campus. This was a successful campaign, as thousands of books went home with students at curbside pickups. Due to circumstances beyond families’ and the district's control, many of these books did not return to campus. Several titles were school libraries’ most popular novels, non-fiction texts and picture books. They would like to recover these lost books with the help of grant funding. In Rancho Cordova, 22 percent of students met or exceeded state reading standards. In Folsom, 52 percent of students met or exceeded state reading standards. According to the American Association of School Libraries, when spending for libraries rises, better reading scores follow. Furthermore, the average age of Rancho Cordova school library collections is 1999, which is a 23- year-old collection. This means many non-fiction books are outdated and need replacement titles for factually accurate information. New titles, which better reflect student background and life experience, ought to be added to library collections. As an educational institution, newly purchased titles are essential so that they can align themed and non-fiction books to supplement their curriculum and select material that reflects each school’s population. Their request is for one additional new library-bound book per Rancho Cordova student this year, with the goal to fully realize a 20:1 ratio in four years. This is a multiyear request. $ 153,000.00
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ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 2

Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
48 Education SCUSD: “A Day in the
Life” A Collaboration
with George
Washington Carver
School of Arts and
Science and California
Capital Film Office
"A Day in the Life" program is a collaboration between California Capital Film Office and George Washington Carver School of Arts and Science. California Capital Film Office will work directly with Carver students to produce a 10-15 minute documentary relevant to the City of Rancho Cordova. Student documentaries will have the possibility of being showcased in the annual Documentary Film Festival with the school participating as one of several viewing locations. As a Waldorf school, arts integration is fundamental to student learning; however, Carver has lost many of their arts programs due to limited funding. The partnership with California Capital Film Office provides students the opportunity to engage in every aspect of film production, explore career possibilities in the film industry, learn about the people and the City, highlight the City of Rancho Cordova, enter and host the annual Documentary Film Festival while earning community service credit. The finished product would be of broadcast quality and able to be screened. The students would be guided through the whole process. $ 48,500.00
49 Education Save the Snakes:

Snakes to Schools
Project
The Snakes to School project seeks to educate elementary through high school-aged students, teachers, parents, and other outdoor enthusiasts in the Sacramento region about snake ecology, snake conservation, and snakebite first aid. Although there is only one venomous snake (the Northern Pacific rattlesnake) in the Sacramento area, encounters with them are common and serious rattlesnake bites do occur.

Many snakes that live in human occupied areas are killed regardless of if they are harmful or not, because of fear. Snakes play a crucial role in ecosystems by maintaining ecosystem health and environments, however, their role is often highly overlooked. To address these issues, Save The Snakes seeks to empower our community members to safely coexist with snakes through their education and outreach programs. Their community of wildlife biologists and educators will implement all objectives of the Snakes to Schools project to mitigate human-snake conflict in the Sacramento area through effective education about snake ecology and wildlife conservation. The overall goals of the Snakes to Schools project are to successfully educate communities and learners about snakes found in the Sacramento area, which will build awareness and understanding of snakes, reduce snakebite, and lessen conflict between humans and snakes. $ 6,300.00
50 Education FCCP: VSP
Professional Pathways
Folsom Cordova Community Partnership (FCCP) is proposing to provide professional pathways to students who want direct employment placement with VSP. VSP is one of their recent partnerships added to provide students who completed a career assessment the opportunity for training and future job placement. FCCP’s Youth Engagement Specialist will provide one-on-one support to help with outreach, recruitment, enrollment and ongoing support to students during their training. Enrolled students will be provided further support to address barriers that arise. FCCP’s partnership with VSP is a direct investment into Rancho Cordova’s workforce development. The career assessment fosters career awareness but more importantly reveals the top three areas of interest. $ 25,009.20
51 Education FCCP: Youth Career
Centers
The goal of this project is to continue providing career development services for students at Cordova, Walnutwood and Kinney High Schools.

The Youth Career Center (YCC) will allow students to graduate with firsthand exposure to a wider array of career opportunities, an informed sense of their career direction, and a strong correlation between continuing education and achieving their career goals. FCCP has established a solid base and has exceeded outcomes in the three previously funded fiscal years and continues to see the number of students they assist grow each year. The components of this project include: intentional career planning, integrated workplace experiences, and adulting skills. $ 55,865.60
52 Education SAC Connect: The
Connect Workshop
The Connect Workshop is an 8-week workforce development training program for underrepresented youth/young adults ages 16-24 that provides independent living skills, lessons, and tasks to enhance mental heath and wellness. Participants who attend the weekly groups will receive a monetary stipend upon completion of group curriculum and tasks. Up to 32 youth and young adults will participate in the weekly groups and complete two community service projects. The Connect Workshop project is a curriculum designed to provide youth and young adults with the relevant research, job training and education to assist in supporting long-term employment and/or applying to an educational program. Youth and young adults will have the opportunity to employ career fields, job shadowing, college tours, networking and more through the Connect Workshop project. The location of the group meeting is TBD. $ 80,000.00
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ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 2

Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
53 Education FCCP: Financial
Empowerment
Folsom Cordova Community Partnership (FCCP) was able to create a financial empowerment program through a pilot grant from the Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP). Although this grant came to an end, it provided them with seed money to develop and adopt Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) financial empowerment curriculum and tools to the unbanked and underbanked. They have created visuals, activities and handouts to provide an experience that addresses all learning modalities in multiple languages; English, Spanish, Farsi, Russian and adding Armenian, Hindi and Ukrainian. Each language series has specific adoptions based on cultural specifics regarding money and banking practices. They have piloted and administered this teaching series in both classroom and web-based modules as well as through one-on-one financial coaching. They have been funded by Calmoney Smarts based on their success and demand for financial empowerment to serve an additional 80 participants throughout Sacramento County. They are seeking grant funding to increase their capacity further to serve and target 80 Rancho Cordova residents to receive a comprehensive financial empowerment curriculum. $ 59,963.60
54 Education Sacramento Splash:

Youth Environmental
Leadership Camp
Youth Environmental Leadership Camp (YELC) is an immersive summer program for 6th/7th grade students. Campers will attend a 1-week camp, Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., in groups of 15 where youth will design and implement climate-smart solutions aimed at improving air/water quality and/or natural habitats where they live. They will be conducting four weeks of camp. During the week-long camp, each day they will cover topics related to climate change including but not limited to: air quality, water, energy, transportation, food/consumption/waste, land use, and natural habitats. The campers will visit local sites for hands-on guided experiences related to these topics. Campers will sample and collect data, gaining experience using some of the tools and materials that scientists and engineers use in their work. Campers will get the chance to engage with professional environmental scientists, engineers, social scientists, and environmental protection activists to learn about their careers and what they did to work in their specific fields of expertise. After the camp, Splash will convene YELC campers monthly in a 2-hour after-school club for the remainder of the 12-month rolling year. Campers will work together on a team project that will have a positive impact on the environment and climate in their community. They will learn about project management, from identifying & defining a problem, to planning & budgeting, project implementation and measuring their success and impact. Throughout the process, they will have the support of mentors and staff. Splash will provide a small project budget for each team to use in implementation of their team project. Projects will be brainstormed, developed, and led by campers in groups of 4-6. Mentors will guide the projects, and will also coach campers on their collaboration, engagement, listening and communication skills. $ 45,000.00
55 Education Folsom Lake College:

Rancho
Cordova/Folsom Lake
College Promise
Program
Folsom Lake College proposes to continue the partnership with Rancho Cordova to offer the Rancho Cordova/Folsom Lake College Promise program, providing two years of virtually fee-free education to Rancho Cordova residents. Funding of tuition, fees, books, and basic needs will continue to ensure access to education for Rancho Cordova students and veterans. Recent high school graduates who are Rancho Cordova residents receive funding. For those students who are not eligible for a California Promise Grant or Los Rios Promise grant, the funding would cover their tuition and fees. For those who qualify for one of the aforementioned grants, the Rancho Cordova Promise would provide “first dollar” aid for books, supplies, and basic needs in the amount equivalent to students’ unit load. In essence, Rancho Cordova residents taking anywhere from 6-18 units would receive Promise support as participants in the Rancho Cordova/Folsom Lake College Promise Program. In addition to its support for new students, Folsom Lake College proposes to continue offering support to veteran students who are Rancho Cordova residents using the same funding parameters outlined above. Further, the college proposes to extend eligibility for the Promise program to students who are retraining/refining career skills because of pandemic displacement. Fall 21 data shows 20 new Rancho Cordova students whose goals are noted as updating career skills or pursuing a career education related certificate. As part of its expansion of the Promise program, Folsom Lake College will offer support to new students from Rancho Cordova who are pursuing career education certificates or updating job skills. This is a multiyear request.
$ 145,400.00
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ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 2

Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
56 Education Animation Intern
Education
Animation Intern Education (AI) will provide instruction to 60 students split between two classes (30 students per class) to learn how to be Production Assistants (PA). At the completion of class, students will receive a certificate of completion. Students who complete the class will be added to the City of Sacramento Film Office hiring list as PA's. Two PA classes will be taught during the grant cycle. One class of 30 students in the Fall of 2022 and one class of 30 students in the Spring of 2023. At the completion of the class, students will receive a certificate of completion. Four computer units (hardware and software) will be purchased with the grant money to be used to create animation curriculum to be used in future classes for students.
$ 201,000.00
57 Education Kiwanis Club of
Rancho Cordova
Foundation: The
Kiwanis Family
Literacy Initiative of
the Book Buddies’
Club
"The family that reads together, succeeds together" is the motto of the Book Buddies' family literacy initiative of the local Kiwanis Club.

Through a vibrant, multi-agency network, Kiwanians engage the broader community in promoting reading at home, while giving books to local youth. The initiative helps families to embrace reading at home as a way to compensate for the negative impact on learning that the pandemic has had, especially for at-risk children in the community. The Kiwanis Club will expand its family literacy focus in order to help families to overcome any deficits children are experiencing because of COVID-19 and distance learning. By providing free books to local children and youth, the Kiwanis Club of Rancho Cordova creates and expands home libraries for youngsters. By providing information that promotes reading at home and embedding other family literacy activities within family-focused community events and programs, the initiative broadens the impact and visibility of the club’s and community’s commitment to family literacy. They will continue to distribute books through schools in Rancho Cordova, and will now include two Sacramento City Unified School District campuses in this initiative: A.M. Winn and Abraham Lincoln Elementary Schools. They will also incorporate book giveaways at community events. $ 4,500.00
58 Education Studio T Arts and
Entertainment: Side
Hustle Academy
The Side Hustle Academy was created in 2020 as a response to the pandemic. Through a grant from the City of Sacramento, they were able to build all necessary infrastructure for the program and test and refine the process across 75 youth in multiple cohorts. In addition to the training curriculum and youth-business partnership curation, they provide participants with up to three months of ongoing support to help them complete projects and monetize their new skills. The program provides underserved youth career opportunities that promote long-term economic growth, while also supporting local small businesses in the transition to a digital world. They will match 6-12 youth with local small businesses in order to create positive outcomes for both groups. Studio T will provide youth participants 120+ hours of digital marketing curriculum and training, then pair them with small businesses hit hard by the pandemic and still struggling to establish a digital presence. The participants will utilize digital expertise and innate talents to build online branding and marketing campaigns for up to 6 small businesses in the City of Rancho Cordova. Youth keenly discern the difference between quality content and design that will work and content that will not. This makes them a gold mine for content creators and focus groups for shaping what works online. With the heavy impact of COVID-19 on our youth workforce and our small business community, they seek to enhance youth employment opportunities while helping small businesses reboot, rebrand, and relaunch in the digital community. $ 39,790.00
59 Education California Capital Film
Office, Corp.: Life!
Camera! Action!
Life! Camera! Action! (LCA) is a leadership and life skills development program that will use digital video and the art of storytelling to teach Rancho Cordova youth, 12-17 years of age to become productive citizens. Partnering with the Rancho Cordova Police Activities League, LCA will be a program that will provide students opportunities to use technical and digital media to explore issues important to them and their community by developing Public Service Announcements (PSA) from concept to delivery. Students will be formed into groups and each group will decide on a PSA they want to make. They will be instructed on how to use camera equipment, lights, sound and more. Students will be shown how to download their footage from the camera memory card into a computer and introduced to the editing program Final Cut. Each group will edit their film into a 30-second PSA. Music, effects, and credits will be added. Students will be guided through the color correction process, a process that colors the film to broadcast quality. $ 26,395.00
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ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 2

Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
60 Education Suvidha International:

Robotics Training
Program for Students
The proposed robotics program will help elementary and middle school students in grades 4-8 in designing and coding the robots to perform specialized real world operations. The program makes the students engage in STEAM subjects, hones their computer programming skills and creativity, and develops engineering skills, leadership skills, and presentation skills. These skills will also help students in excelling their regular academics and make them successful engineers in cutting edge career spaces such as aerospace engineering, computer science, medicine, and automotive manufacturing. The proposed robotics program is the continuation of previous calendar year. The program will also incorporate additional components including python coding classes and stress management training. The first year program students will have entry level training while the second year program students will have more in-depth training including maze follower. The program will continue to use previous year’s robotic gear for current year training. The program will also facilitate team building activities through youth empowerment and stress-management program for students. As students learn to reduce stress and manage emotions through interactive fun games and activities, they gain the skills to build more positive relationships with their peers, parents, and coaches and can be great team members. The students also gain the ability to focus and perform well academically at school. This is a multiyear request. $ 17,600.00
61 Education Suvidha International:

Speech and Debate
Programs
The proposed educational program will help elementary and middle school students with speech and debate training sessions. The speech and debate program will provide the students with valuable skills that they will use for the rest of their lives, including but not limited to researching, writing, critical thinking, organization, persuasion, conflict resolution and communication proficiency. These educational tools are necessary in every part of our lives and successfully mastering them at a young age will allow the participants to utilize them in their day-to-day activities. Whether it is online or in person, the skills will help them articulate their opinions in a constructive format, delivering their thoughts in a clear and concise manner. They will also communicate with peers their own age, develop a level of confidence in themselves, and leave a positive impression upon the people around them. The program will engage the students and the skills acquired will help them excel in their academics and place them on a path to becoming successful future leaders in politics, business, law, academics, entertainment, and many other fields. The speech program will provide a foundation for various types of speech, categorized as oratorical, persuasive, impromptu, dramatic, humorous, and poetic. The programs attendees will be encouraged to focus their training in their preferred speech category. The introductory training classes will include demo sessions for each of the speech categories to help familiarize the students with their choices.

The debate program will provide an overview of different styles of debate, categorized as parliamentary, public forum, Lincoln-Douglas, spontaneous argumentation, team policy, and cross-examination. The elementary and middle school student program attendees will receive more comprehensive training in the debate category of their choice. This is a multiyear request. $ 7,500.00
62 Education Falkon Academy:

Competitive Robotics
The aim of this proposed project is to build competitive VEX robotics and FTW drone teams for students who are 9-15 years of age. Riverview STEM Academy has VEX robotics as part of their curriculum. These teams will build robots and drones and compete in regional and potentially state and national levels. Falkon has developed custom curriculum to teach youth. The VEX Robotics Design System, which was created by Innovation First, Inc., is recognized as a leading classroom robotics platform. It has been designed to nurture creative advancement in robotics and knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and math education. It could be compared to Lego Robotics. The added advantage of VEX robotics is that its being used at Riverview STEM. $ 23,914.00
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
63 Education FCUSD: Elementary
Field Trip Partnership
with Sly Park for
Rancho Cordova
Schools
Folsom Cordova Unified School District would like to bring more STEM focused field trip opportunities to their Rancho Cordova schools/students. Every 5th grade class will have a Sly Park experience which will result in academic gains through greater engagement. This is a growing, high demand area of study that has the potential to create substantial economic benefits for our children and community. “The study found that, regardless of gender, ethnicity or socioeconomic status, youth who take educational trips have better grades (59 percent), higher graduation rates from high school (95%) and college (63%), and greater income (12% higher annually). In fact, 89% said educational trips had a positive, lasting impact on their education and career because the trips made them more engaged, intellectually curious and interested in and out of school.” -National Education Association, NEA $ 45,000.00
64 Education Maximum Reach 4
Economic Equity:

Thinking Like a CEO:

From Non-Employer to
Employer
Thinking Like a CEO is a 12-month program wherein participants receive classroom instruction with hands-on experiences to address the knowledge and skills gaps as well as the thought patterns and behaviors that impede small business success. Through the proposed program, they will also receive one-on-one business coaching to develop sales and revenue generation capacity, and support services to practice and experience how hiring professional service providers for day-to-day tasks allows them to drive their business goals and achieve professional results. Participants apply their training to their businesses in real time. Each deliverable is developed and customized for their unique business needs. The program walks participants through identifying and documenting their unique goals and objectives, budgeting to meet these goals and objectives, branding and representing their businesses, building sales capacity, and finally leading teams. Their+G79 instructional team is composed of local certified professionals, including a Balanced Scorecard champion, a doctor of behavioral sciences, a Forbes 50 Champion, a multi-business entrepreneur, and a professional copy writer. $ 75,000.00
65 Education California PAL: The
California Police
Activities League’s
Rancho Cordova
Youth Apprenticeship
Readiness Accelerator
Program
California PAL will provide overall coordination and management of the Youth Apprenticeship Readiness Accelerator (YARA) program. The Youth Center in Rancho Cordova is the proposed facility for the YARA program. The program will include two cohorts each consisting of 12 Rancho Cordova youth. The Cohorts will participate in a comprehensive suite of activities to explore and prepare them for living wage employment through this pre-apprenticeship program. The program will begin with the participants attending California PAL’s flagship program, Life After High School Destination Success, a 4-day, 3-night conference held at Fresno State University providing college and career preparedness and workforce development skills including college/career readiness workshops and fair, life skills, resume and business interviews and motivational guest speakers from the trades. The YARA program will be the follow-up to ensure a successful pathway towards achieving career goals and living wage jobs. At the core of YARA is the Laborers Training & Retraining Trust Fund for Northern California’s (LTC) Pre-Apprenticeship Construction Training, a 6-week (40 hours/week) program that includes certificates in Fundamentals of Construction, OSHA 10, First Aid/CPR, Confined Space, Traffic Control and Hazardous Waste courses. The participants will be presented a comprehensive experience with a combination of hands-on and classroom learning to prepare the participants for the next step in their workforce development journey, including but not limited to entering a formal apprenticeship or post-secondary education. A building project and graduation week activities will also be part of the program.
$ 50,000.00
66 Other Rancho Cordova
Moose Lodge:

Parking Lot
Improvement Initiative
The Rancho Cordova Moose Lodge parking lot has multiple sink holes and disintegrating asphalt. The proposed project will provide the Rancho Cordova Moose Lodge members and residents with a repaired and resurfaced parking lot for improved safety and accessibility. It will also benefit the many activities held in the parking lot for the community. $ 68,000.00
67 Other BAPS Charities: Joy
Of Others Walk-Run
BAPS Charities is proud to once again support Susan G. Komen® and their fight to address breast cancer from multiple fronts. The walk is organized to celebrate the families and inspires people to carry forth the spirt of service. They are seeking funding for shirts, facility and logistics support, drinks, awards, certificates, and flyers and plan to do the fundraising walk at a Rancho Cordova park. $ 5,000.00
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68 Other Blessings in a
Backpack: Rancho
Cordova
Blessings in a Backpack (BIAB) provides weekend food for 350 children in the local community who have food shortage issues over the weekends. Their belief is that kids should not worry about where their next meal will come from. BIAB began providing weekend food to 30 children in 2014, and have grown to over 350 kids, currently. Participating students receive free breakfast and lunch, Monday through Friday, during the school year. BIAB helps to fill that void with weekend meals geared for just that child. It's not feasible for BIAB to feed the entire family, not just from a cost standpoint, but also the children aren't all capable of bringing a big bag of food home. Whether the child receives a prepackaged kit or bulk food, it's completely manageable and easily fits in their backpack. BIAB is currently sending weekend food home for students from Williamson, Rancho Cordova, Cordova Villa, Cordova Gardens, and Cordova Meadows Elementary Schools. They also serve students at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School within Sacramento City Unified School District. This is a multiyear request. $ 25,000.00
69 Other Whisker Warriors
Animal Defense Fund:

Spay, Neuter, and
Vaccine Program
The application intends to continue the funding of the spay/neuter program for canines and felines and a small number of rabbits in Rancho Cordova and the continuation of the caring of community (homeless) felines. Education and spay/neuter services are needed to reduce pet overpopulation. Felines continue to be unaltered and abandoned, which increase the need for immediate action. $ 43,000.00
70 Other FCUSD: CHS Locker
Room Facilities
Update
Enhancing the physical education locker rooms at Cordova High School to improve the aesthetics, provide a safe environment, and increase natural light, will provide a top-notch facility for students and the community. The project would allow the maintenance department to complete the renovation of the boys and girls locker room at Cordova High School. The funds would be used to purchase new lockers and windows in the existing locker rooms. Funds would also be used to install the lockers and windows. $ 380,000.00
71 Other SafeStation® SafeStation® is an identification, detection, and mitigation system that gives facilities' owners and the public confidence to gather and enjoy sporting events, performing arts, shopping, traveling, or just going back to work in person. The system provides a multi-step processing sequence to reduce the risk of infectious diseases entering facilities. The system combines several technologies into one integrated packaged solution that allows efficient processing and screening of large quantities of entrants into a venue. The detection technology includes not only standard metal detection but also the latest in thermal imaging to measure human body temperature in a safe, quick and non-contact process that allows near instant detection of persons having a fever. Furthermore, it takes the next step by employing spread mitigation technologies that are safe to humans but deadly to viruses and bacteria. It uses far-UVC 222 nm light wash wavelength doses (again, in low exposure, human safe quantities) to neutralize as many pathogens as possible residing on a person and their belongings. $ 32,800.00
72 Other Rebuilding Together
Sacramento: Home
and Neighborhood
Improvement
Campaign
This project will support Rebuilding Together’s commitment to improving homes and neighborhoods in the City of Rancho Cordova. This is a two-year request to improve 30 homes each year. Both years, 13-15 homes will receive extensive health, safety, efficiency, and beautification upgrades and 10-12 will receive minor safety modifications. The work will vary per home but will include upgrades such as landscaping, fencing, roofs, accessibility modifications, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and energy efficiency. The work will occur throughout the year by volunteer groups, contractors, students, AmeriCorps members, etc. The selection process includes community outreach, an application process, and a home preview using a safe and healthy homes assessment. The assessment is focused on identifying deficiencies in the homes related to the principles of keeping the home safe, dry, ventilated, pest-free, accessible, energy-efficient, and maintained. They also identify exterior improvements to enhance the look of the home and neighborhood. The homeowner is also interviewed to identify any other issues such as food insecurity. Community and City resource information is shared with those in need of additional assistance. Tackling substandard housing in neighborhoods cannot be accomplished by one organization in isolation no matter the quality of services and resources invested. They leverage the strengths of volunteers and partners including nonprofit and faith-based organizations, local businesses, financial institutions, occupational therapists, and other service providers to accomplish the project goals. $ 150,000.00
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73 Other Sacramento Valley
Live Steamers
Railroad Museum:

Locomotive Storage
Building
In this proposal, the Sacramento Valley Live Steamers Railroad Museum, in collaboration with the City of Rancho Cordova, and the Cordova Recreation and Park District, intends to invest in the community through the construction of a locomotive storage building adjacent to the Hagan community barn for the secure keeping of the museum's locomotives. After 45-years of existence in Rancho Cordova, parents and grandparents bring their families to ride on the same train they have fond memories of enjoying as a child. To keep the trains moving down the track, the locomotives need a house for protection and shelter between run days. The museum has outgrown the capacity of existing storage facilities. In addition to the security the building will bring, the structure will also serve as an educational aid demonstrating to children and visitors what was once a common sight in towns throughout our nation, the locomotive house. The locomotive storage building is designed to be reminiscent of a locomotive house that might have been seen on one of California’s many short line railroads. Such a building existed at the terminus of the (former) Southern Pacific line that traverses Rancho Cordova up to Folsom and then to Placerville. This structure has been designed to meet the current need for locomotive storage and the foreseen needs of the museum's future in Rancho Cordova. $ 338,634.00
74 Other Rancho Cordova Food
Locker: Capacity
Expansion
In this proposal, Rancho Cordova Food Locker (RCFL) plans to purchase and install two large refrigeration units (a cooler and a freezer) to handle the increased quantities of frozen foods provided by Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services and other local businesses and private donors. RCFL plans to use grant funds for two purposes. First, to design, purchase, and install new commercial-grade refrigeration equipment in the most appropriate location(s) to best meet operational needs. The new refrigeration equipment would be pallet-jack-friendly. The two units could be collocated either in a newly rented/leased warehouse for food storage and processing, or the cooler could be installed at the current facility instead of the contracted warehouse. The new refrigeration unit would also allow the RCFL to end its lease of one smaller walk-in cooler. The new equipment would greatly expand RCFL’s food-processing capacity and also greatly improve its cost efficiency for storage.

Second, if any grant funds remain after installation of the refrigeration units, RCFL would apply such residual funds toward the monthly rental costs for the off-site contracted warehouse still in the procurement stage. $ 250,000.00
75 Other CCCF: Mills Station
Building Exterior
Painting
This project would provide funds to the Cordova Community Council to enter into a contract with a painting professional to paint the exterior of the Mills Station Building, home of the MACC. The iconic Mills Station Building exterior was last painted upon arrival at its current location on Mills Station Road around 1998. The building is showing wear and paint is peeling in several locations. In keeping with its stature in the community, this project would fund pressure washing, scraping peeling paint, spot prime as needed, and applying two coats of fresh paint to exterior walls and trim.
$ 28,500.00
76 Other Boy Scouts of
America: Troop 363
Tents
Local Troop 363 needs to replace their current tents that are over 10 years old. The tents are used year-round, and the current tents require constant repair or replacement of the poles after almost every use. The current tent model is discontinued, making it difficult to keep up with the worn parts. A major component of the scouting program is camping and being in the outdoors. Troop 363 camps every month, including in the snow. In the summer, they camp up to twice a month. Scouting is designed to take place outdoors. It is in the outdoors that Scouts share responsibilities and learn to live with one another while learning skills that will last a lifetime. Giving back to the community is another aspect of the Scouting program. The Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge is an Eagle Scout required merit badge. Community service is also a component of rank advancement in Scouting. Troop 363 has done many projects in Rancho Cordova. $ 5,291.84
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77 Other CCCF: RCAA
Capacity Building
Feasibility Study
This project would provide funds to the Cordova Community Council (CCC) to hire a consultant to explore the feasibility, potential structure, cost and benefits of creating a professional staff position to operate, expand and enhance the activities of the Rancho Cordova Athletic Association (RCAA). The CCC is currently spending great effort to keep a number of RCAA projects moving forward, but the demands of this expanding effort are growing beyond staff resources currently available to support it. This project envisions a deeper understanding of the demands and importance of this sector and solutions to its most pressing issues. This project would hire a qualified consultant to guide the RCAA in the areas of project management, fundraising and league coordination to advance and enhance youth sports offerings in the City of Rancho Cordova. Youth sports leagues are at a crossroads. Blessed with strong and dedicated leadership for many decades, there is a wide understanding among experienced leaders that over the next few years this cadre will "age out" and likely retire, leaving a big leadership gap.

Continuity is a concern which could be alleviated by the formation of a staff position focused on preserving and planning for these eventual transitions. Second, Rancho Cordova is on the cusp of population explosion and more -- not less -- youth sports will be needed to make Rancho Cordova a desirable hometown for young families. A forward-looking plan of how to prepare for this growth is needed. Third, a crisis of youth sports support infrastructure is looming. A unified system that could address these needs should be developed, however league leaders currently do not have the capacity to address. Fourth, facility development and access issues, fundraising needs and opportunities, unified planning for future needs, unified publicity campaigns and more are fertile grounds for elevating youth sports in the city, making Rancho Cordova a leader in this area.
$ 45,000.00
78 Other Boy Scouts of
America: Troop 1601
Local Troop 1601, the first all-girl troop in Rancho Cordova, was established in 2019. The Troop started up with no camping supplies or tents.

Scouts are expected to hold fundraisers to obtain much needed equipment and tents to participate in camping and the outdoors as this is a major component to the Scouting program. Unfortunately, COVID-19 restrictions and shut-downs prevented the girls from raising the necessary funds to purchase many items to participate in the opportunities. Troop 1601 is requesting funding to purchase new tents for yearround use to include snow camping in the winter. The troop is also in need of a patrol box for setting up a kitchen at campsite, a 3-burner camping stove and three lanterns. Troop 1601 has missed out on opportunities to go snow camping such as the annual Klondike-a competition between troops focused on cold weather activities. While Troop 1601 is relatively new in the Scouting world, they have participated in volunteer activities in Rancho Cordova. The new tents and camp equipment will allow the Troop to deliver a quality outdoor program.
$ 4,825.09
79 Other Rancho Cordova
HART: Winter
Sanctuary and
Homeless Services in
Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cordova HART’s mission is to provide services to the homeless in our community by continuing to provide life-changing services.

Unhoused neighbors will receive much-needed shelter and services during the coldest months of the year. Funds will be allocated to bus passes, services to provide clients with rental assistance, move-in costs, application/background check fees, and the general operation of the Winter Sanctuary Shelter Program. Citizens and faith communities operate the Winter Sanctuary Shelter Program in Rancho Cordova to provide free overnight shelter, warmth, meals, and connection to mainline health and housing-related services for men and women who are experiencing homelessness in our area during the coldest months of winter. Potential guests are invited to arrive at the intake site each evening during the program to create a consistent meeting place. Guests of the winter sanctuary meet with the outreach navigator and, most importantly, become part of the HART family and Rancho Cordova community. Housing Counseling/Relocation - Rancho Cordova HART partners with Sacramento Self-Help Housing (SSHH) to assist those on the street or in the Winter Shelter Program, to achieve housing. SSHH helps by rapidly connecting clients with landlords, property owners, and housing program options. HART will support by using the grant funds to remove the barriers to housing by covering the costs of security deposits, bus passes, or similar “move-in costs.” These funds will also go to supporting those moving out of the new transitional house. $ 33,900.00
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80 Other Habitat for Humanity:

Home Repairs and
Neighborhood
Revitalization in
Rancho Cordova
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Sacramento is seeking support to work in partnership with the City of Rancho Cordova to fund 25 or more home repair projects for low-income Rancho Cordova homeowners to help beautify the neighborhood, increase neighborhood pride, and support underserved low-income homeowners with deferred home repairs. Renovation include work to correct critical exterior life/safety and structural deficiencies as well another high-priority exterior habitability repairs, and maintenance related exterior repairs such as painting and landscaping. Example renovations include replacing leaking and structurally unsound roofs and porches, correcting leaking windows, exterior painting/landscaping, substantial accessibility and aging in place upgrades, dry rot remediation, and health and safety related critical exterior repairs. The majority of the labor on Habitat projects is typically provided by volunteers. Where possible they leverage grant funding by actively soliciting in kind donations of materials to reduce project costs or layering on additional funding pools to stretch grant dollars farther and impact more Rancho Cordova households.
$ 300,000.00
81 Other FCCP: Rancho
Resilience &
Reinvestment Project
This proposed project is aimed at supporting Rancho Cordova residents hit the hardest by the economic and social impacts of COVID-19.

They will offer wrap-around case-managed coaching services focused on holistic support of each participant's needs. Resource Specialists offering a strengths-based, culturally responsive empowerment model will work with participants toward their financial, educational, employment, housing, domestic violence, recovery and stress reducing goals. The outcome of this program is to revitalize the community, create participant support networks and recovery to those most impacted by COVID-19. Triple R will offer participants a chance to change their lives 180 degrees. Coaches will work with participants to identify and access next steps in their social and economic recovery. Immigrants, refugees and communities of color were impacted at disproportionately with loss of employment, income and access to services throughout the pandemic. While this program does not only focus on these groups, FCCP has a strong relationship with each community in Rancho and this program will work to help participants help themselves. These supports will build community cohesion through networking, provide a positive outlet for self-discovery, inquiry, understanding and knowledge of support systems available. As each participant deepens in their own goals accomplishment and participation in programs this will provide a socio or economic benefit to the city by promoting community relations, residents’ well-being, safety and increased economic stability. This is a multiyear request. $ 1,752,074.00
82 Other Salvation Army of
Rancho Cordova
Corps: Community
Hub Program
This proposed project is to assist low-income elementary children and their families by purchasing school supplies and related items for them.

Each student will have $100 to shop at a local store for school supplies or school related items only. This may include things such as writing materials, paper, notebooks, binders, backpacks, desk supplies, folders, hand sanitizer, school uniforms, shoes, socks, jackets, sweaters, etc. $ 5,000.00
83 Other Soil Born Farms:

Center for Food,
Health and the
Environment
This proposed project is to create new entrance signage and landscaping at Soil Born Farms, marking the final phase of major driveway and parking lot developments at the historic American River Ranch. These improvements are key steps in developing the site into a premier interpretive facility for food, health, and the environment. $ 313,969.00
84 Other FCUSD: Homeless
Student Services
Education is a key element for the success of every great city. Students experiencing homelessness face unique challenges in accessing and succeeding in school. In partnership with the Department of Homeless Student Services of the Folsom Cordova Unified School District they propose to assign a fund to support the most vulnerable students in Rancho Cordova. The Department of Homeless Student Services identifies and supports students experiencing homelessness as described under federal law McKinney Vento Homeless Student Act. This act was enacted in 1987 to ensure that children and youth experiencing homelessness have access to the same free, appropriate public education and services as their non-homeless peers. Homeless Student Services works in collaboration with schools and community partners towards this goal. Gift cards would be purchased and distributed so students can get clothing, shoes, food, etc. This is a multiyear request. $ 15,000.00
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
85 Other FCUSD: Outdoor
Kindergarten Learning
Area at Cordova
Meadows
FCUSD wants to build an outdoor learning area with a shaded structure and tables in the kindergarten playground area at Cordova Meadows Elementary School. There is an area of the kindergarten playground that once housed a large redwood tree. As parts of the tree were dying and creating a safety hazard it had to be removed. Unfortunately, when the tree was removed, the shade it provided was eliminated. Since it has been removed, they would like to turn the area into an inviting, outdoor learning area. If funded, they will cement part of it with tables and a shade structure. In the other part of it, they will include bark and tree stump jumping stones for the students to play on. In this area, they would also put some garden boxes for the children to grow plants. $ 27,000.00
86 Other Sacramento Valley
Spark: Spark Mobile
In this proposed project, Sacramento Valley Spark will bring interactive games, a cooling center, and neighborhood cleanup tools to community events around the region. The Spark Mobile will provide a flexible platform for taking Sacramento Valley Spark’s unique creative energy to numerous (at least six) Rancho Cordova events over the course of a year. Through the “Spark” drive-thru and “art stops” events Sacramento Valley Spark has shared the art, music and energy of the local Burning Man community. The artistically wrapped Spark Mobile will bring hula hoop lessons, silent disco, and scores of additional interactive games to events in Rancho Cordova and contingent on funding, around the region. In addition to the interactive activities, the spark mobile will include a water tank to provide a cooling zone (misters) and tools to help the community clean up. Sacramento Valley Spark and other groups have taken action to clean up our communities. The truck can support those efforts by providing grabber sticks, buckets and other supplies to these trash pickups. While they envision seeking funding from additional agencies, contingent on funding, they’ll commit to activities at least six Rancho Cordova events. $ 10,000.00
87 Other Sierra Service Project:

Rancho Cordova
School-Year Service
Program
Sierra Service Project (SSP) seeks funding to continue its long-standing home repair and youth service program. This project will focus on engaging groups of local middle and high school students during the school year in hands-on home repair and community-based service projects. Youth will gain skills, and the community will benefit. Since 2015, SSP has hosted over 1,400 volunteer days and completed 106 exterior home repair projects for 74 low-income City residents. In 2022, they are focusing projects on equipping local youth volunteers.

Objectives of this program are reciprocal and benefit youth volunteers and the home repair or community-based project beneficiaries. In coordination with City of Rancho Cordova staff and the new volunteer platform, coordinate two regular monthly work days to aid in volunteer recruitment and project scheduling. Also work with school, church, and other youth volunteer groups to commit to multiple work days during the school year in advance of the funding cycle. This proactive approach will keep interested groups accountable, and help them plan projects for faster completion and set clear expectations for beneficiaries. Additionally, focus on building long-term relationships within the community. $ 70,700.00
88 Other Sierra Service Project:

Rancho Cordova
Summer Service
Program
Sierra Service Project (SSP) seeks funding for a new youth summer program in Rancho Cordova. This project focuses on negating middle and high school students in hands-on home repair and community-based service projects during a week of their summer break. Youth will gain skills, have fun, and the community will benefit. Since 2015, SSP has hosted over 1,400 volunteer days and completed 106 exterior home repair projects for 74 low-income city residents. They are proposing a summer service-learning program in 2023. Objectives of this program are reciprocal and benefit local youth, youth from outside the community, and home repair and community-based project beneficiaries. For the first time, SSP is proposing to establish a summer site in Rancho Cordova. Currently their other summer community partners are based throughout California in Del Norte and San Diego Counties, and in the Navajo Nation in Arizona. In 2022, their summer program will host over 800 volunteers who dedicate a week of their summer to service-learning. By adding a site in Rancho Cordova, they will be adding a closer option for our pool of volunteers from the middle of the state, including the Bay Area and the greater Sacramento region. They will invite youth volunteers from Rancho Cordova, and other regions, to join together to spend a week completing home repairs for low-income residents, and projects with community-based organizations. The program will offer day and overnight programs, to accommodate the needs and interests of both local and outside volunteer groups.
$ 92,800.00
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89 Other KITNCUT: Learning
Tools For A
Successful
Community
This proposed project is to empower the Rancho Cordova community for economic success through domestic violence awareness and handson technical training. By equipping the residents with the new abilities of proven techniques for safety and lifelong learning, this project's goals are to contribute to job placement and retention in Rancho Cordova. Victims of intimate partner violence lose a total of 8 million days of paid work each year and the cost of intimate partner violence exceeds $8.3 billion per year. Furthermore, between 21-60% of victims of intimate partner violence lose their jobs due to reasons stemming from the abuse. People try to leave abusive relationships, but they lack the tools to change. This project will use technical training and a series of awareness events to equip women and the community with the lifelong tools to be economically independent. The participants in the training will learn how to make self-defense tools, domestic violence awareness materials, and artistic displays that reflect their experiences. By using modern manufacturing equipment, the participants will be exposed to viable manufacturing careers. This project will be aligned with the California Mobility Center’s Career Pathways model which intends to establish pipelines from underrepresented communities into economically viable manufacturing careers needed to support Clean Mobility. The culmination of job training, self-empowerment, and domestic violence awareness will lead to enhanced community connectedness. In connected communities, members gain a sense of belonging and purpose from the experience of both deriving value from and adding value to their community. Stronger connections increase a person’s sense of hope and self-worth, and the ability to cope adaptively in the face of adversity. As a result, community connectedness is a protective factor that enhances well-being, fosters resilience, and promotes prevention. $ 112,000.00
90 Other Benevolent and
Protective Order of
Elks, Rancho Cordova
Lodge #2484: Facility
Improvements for Use
by Local Fundraising
Entities
The Rancho Cordova Elk's Lodge is requesting funds to improve the kitchen capacity, efficiency, and to reduce operating expenses. With a location just off Sunrise Boulevard, just four miles south of Highway 50, the lodge can be adapted to provide the location for any number of events at a significantly lower cost than commercial providers. It is difficult to find locations in the Rancho Cordova area that provide meeting space, access, parking and a full commercial kitchen to provide a location for non-profit events that support the community – and at an affordable price. The Elk’s Lodge cannot currently fund the improvements to improve capacity and the flexibility needed to support a variety of events. The Elk's Lodge can provide a significant asset to the community. Costs can be kept to a minimum, with no mark-up on food costs or labor – straight pass through on support costs and a minimal rate to cover Lodge operating expenses (estimating 15 – 20% of revenues). The current Elk's Lodge has some shortcomings that should be addressed to maximize it’s potential. The Kitchen has a limited capacity to provide enough meals in a timely manner, and to adapt to a variety of uses. The only griddle is small, and needs to be replaced with a larger unit for breakfast and quick meal preparation. The dishwasher is undersized and it’s capacity is not adequate for proposed needs. Upgrading and adding several other appliances will also improve the capacity and flexibility of use. $45, 245.34
91 Other Sacramento Children’s
Museum: Exterior
Entryway
Enhancements
Sacramento Children’s Museum (SCM) requests funding support to renovate the Museum’s exterior front entrance. There are two components to this project. The first is the construction of an exterior canopy above the entrance doors. This canopy will be composed of aluminum columns and beams draped with woven wire mesh panels in the Museum’s brand colors. The second component is the addition of a concrete seating area bench outside the front doors. This seating area bench will match that at the entrance to Rancho Cordova City Hall, with a gathering area in front. Sacramento Children’s Museum is a favorite family destination for Rancho Cordova residents and families from afar.

This new exterior entryway design will differentiate the building from others nearby and make the building more identifiable as a Children’s Museum. This also has the potential to draw in more families who simply pass by the Museum. These transformations also will enhance the Museum experience for the thousands of children and adults who visit each year. The colorful canopy will provide guests with a glimpse of the playful adventures awaiting them inside, leaving a lasting impact for children and their families. The outdoor seating bench area is another great addition for guests. It can serve as a gathering area for school field trips, family picnics, and outdoor Museum-led programs. $ 194,652.00
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92 Other KITNCUT:

Empowering Our
Peace-Keepers to Deescalation
This project proposes to enforce the training of officers to de-escalation techniques. The project team plans to accomplish this by having Jiu Jitsu trainer and author, Tom Deblass in for a conference to teach against use of excessive force. This paired with training from the Dr. King Center in George will be provided. Travel and lodging and seminar price will be covered by the grant, and they would like to host a Q & A for the officers with both parties. They will partner with and encourage local Jiu Jitsu gym owners to attend, so they can further the lessons offered by Mr. Deblass. They plan to leverage existing mental health services in the community to bridge the divide of reactive to responsive in our officers. The non-violent communication talks will be continued by John Brewer, certified NVC specialist in town. The de-escalation techniques already being taught would help our officers stay safer in dangerous situations, giving them more tools to communicate with people they are in contact with. This will empower police officers and give them pride in their ability to not discharge their weapons unnecessarily. $ 111,000.00
93 Other Greater Sacramento
Urban League: Black
Child Legacy
Campaign Rancho
Cordova Service
Extension
To address the disparities and to breakdown the barriers, Sacramento County's Board of Supervisors asked to create a plan for change to address the higher mortality rate of black children than other children in Sacramento County. In response, the Black Child Legacy Campaign (BCLC) was launched in 2015, with the goal of saving children's lives by transforming community systems of support. Currently, seven neighborhoods within the City of Sacramento have full-fledged BCLC operations and offer a comprehensive menu of programs and services managed by seven community-based organization in each respective neighborhood. The Greater Sacramento Urban League is the organization leading the BCLC efforts in Oak Pak. Some residents of Rancho Cordova come to the Oak Park office for services and to participate in their programs. Due to the structure of the BCLC funding agreement and limited staff capacity, they are not always able to provide the level of support and allow participation in their programs to residents of Rancho Cordova. An award of funding will allow them to provide fuller services and program participation to Rancho Cordova residents reaching out to them in Oak Park, as well as allow them to deliver services and offer programs on occasion physically within the City of Rancho Cordova. $ 70,000.00
94 Other Boys Scouts of
America: Pack 387
Pinewood Derby/
Space Derby Tracks
Pack 387 is in need of a pinewood derby and space derby track so scouts can participate in these annual pack events. They currently borrow a track from another pack in the Sacramento area so they can hold these events locally. One of the most popular events that people think of when looking back on their Cub Scouting past is the Pinewood Derby. Pack 387 is a new pack in Rancho Cordova and the tracks will be used for their annual Pinewood Derby and Space Derby races. These events teach youth about camaraderie and sportsmanship as well as experience the sense of accomplishment and excitement of competition. These tracks would also be a great event to bring out for youth events in Rancho Cordova that Pack 387 participate in.
$ 2,543.00
End of Grant Applications Submitted during grant cycle (February 7, 2022 - March 18, 2022) $ 10,422,664.93 22 of 23
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List App. Category Application Name Applicant's Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
N/A Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
CCCF: MACC
Programming and
Operations for FY
22/23
This project was approved as a multiyear request beginning in FY 2021/22 and ending in FY 2023/24. $ 180,610.00 CC1 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Arts in Public Places
Bucket
Under prior Council direction, established funding for future public art projects in the City. This is an estimated amount. $ 50,000.00 CC2 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Performing Arts
Bucket
Under prior Council direction, established funding for performing arts projects in the City. This is an estimated amount. $ 30,000.00 CC3 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Youth Sports Growth
and Startup Fund
Bucket
Under prior Council direction, established funding for youth sports for the purpose of growing an existing league or starting a new league in Rancho Cordova, including, but not limited to, the purchase of new equipment, new uniforms, fees, and other required costs. This is an estimated amount.
$ 30,000.00
CC4 Education Field Trips &
Assemblies Bucket for
FCUSD
Under prior council direction, established funding for future field trips/assemblies and other experiential learning opportunities for Rancho Cordova public school students/schools. This is an estimated amount. $ 35,000.00
CC5 Education Field Trips &
Assemblies Bucket for
SCUSD
Under prior council direction, established funding for future field trips/assemblies and other experiential learning opportunities for Rancho Cordova public school students/schools. This is an estimated amount. $ 7,500.00
CC6 Education Field Trips &
Assemblies Bucket for
EGUSD
Under prior council direction, established funding for future field trips/assemblies and other experiential learning opportunities for Rancho Cordova public school students/schools. This is an estimated amount. $ 7,500.00
N/A Other Rancho Cordova
Chamber of
Commerce: Explore
This project was approved as a multiyear request beginning in FY 2021/22 and ending in FY 2023/24. $ 53,000.00 N/A Other Rancho Cordova
PAL: Adventure Van
This project was approved as a multiyear request beginning in FY 2021/22 and ending in FY 2023/24. $ 21,000.00 CC7 Other Local Community
Service Partnerships
Bucket
Under prior Council direction, established funding to grow and strengthen community partnerships in Rancho Cordova. Small community grants are available through an ongoing application process for up to $5,000 each and no more than $10,000 per organization in a calendar year. Other details and restrictions are found on our website. This is an estimated amount. $ 75,000.00
Additional items that will be factored into the discussion, budget, and presentation anticipated on April 18, 2022. $ 489,610.00 23 of 23
ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 2

From: City of Rancho Cordova
To: Stacy Delaney; Randi Kay Stephens
Subject: *NEW SUBMISSION* Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 7:33:46 PM
Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 Submission #: 1503303
IP Address: 98.224.107.7
Submission Date: 03/01/2022 7:33
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Project Information
Project Name
Learning STEAM. Let’s Build a Light Sculpture!
Project Synopsis
A semester long program tailored for seventh and eighth graders to teach them about science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) through a hands-on project.

Project Description
This program is a hands-on after-school or weekend classroom activity for seventh and eighth graders. Each class session will be 60 to 90 minutes long and held once per week. In each session, I will introduce the students to an aspect of the methods and technology involved in the fabrication of an acrylic light sculpture. The light sculpture will consist of 8 acrylic panels vertically attached to a 3D printed base. A row of LED lights embedded in the base below each panel will illuminate the panels through their edges, causing the patterns drawn or engraved on the panels to glow. The LEDs will be addressable, meaning that the color and brightness of each LED can be programmatically altered to allow for varying animated light patterns. The light patterns will be controlled by a smartphone connected to the art piece through a dedicated WiFi connection on the phone. The sculpture will be similar to the one shown in the attached file “SplineWaveDescription.pdf”, the only exception being that it will consist of eight instead of sixteen acrylic panels. The students will build the sculpture during the final sessions of the semester and will see how the elements and technology learned throughout the semester will apply to the sculpture. In the interest of safety, the sculpture will be designed in a manner that allows students to simply snap or screw the pieces together.

No soldering, cutting, or other potentially unsafe activity will be involved.

Project Team
I will be able to teach and facilitate the class myself. I plan to limit enrollment to 20 students per semester.

Project Goals
The goal of this program is to give students an opportunity to learn STEM in a fun and engaging way, through the creation of an art piece that they can take home, enjoy, and proudly display. This will hopefully encourage them to pursue STEM related subjects in high school and college.

Funding Request
Application #1
ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 3

Funds are generally not intended to be used for deferred maintenance and ongoing operational needs. The funds are intended for community enhancement & investment.

Total project cost
Estimated $13,180.

Estimated breakdown of project expenditures
Materials and supplies for two semesters at 20 students per semester (Micro-controllers, acrylic, wiring, 3D printer filament, etc.): $3,650 Labor: Pre-assembly of project components (4 hours per student x 20 students/semester x 2 semesters x $25/hour): $4,800 Development of course materials: $1,200 Class preparation (load software in laptops, set up slide presentation, etc.): $840 Class instruction time (estimated 23 hours over two semesters x $25/hour): $690 Other costs (Administrative or facility fees charged by school, possible cost overruns, etc.): $2,000 Matching Funds
I propose charging an enrollment fee of $50 per student per semester. At an enrollment rate of 20 students per semester for two semesters, this would yield $2,000 to help cover the above costs.

Include any other funding contributions
None
Ongoing operations and maintenance costs (if applicable) Not applicable
Total Community Enhancement & Investment Funds requested $11,180 (Total project cost of $13,180 less $2,000 from student enrollment fees) Is this a multiyear request?
No
How many years have you received funding for this project? 0 When will your request for funding sunset for ongoing programs? Not applicable
Do you plan to ask annually for funding?
No
What other funding will you seek to support your project? Other than the $2,000 I expect to receive through the student enrollment fees, I don't have a specific plan to receive additional funding. I can try to appeal to the school superintendent for additional funding if needed.

Project Schedule, Timeliness and Adaptability
Project Schedule
March 2022: CEIF grant application, submission, and approval April – July 2022: Develop and prepare curriculum May – July 2022: Announcements and advertising July 2022: Prepare for fall 2022 semester July – September 2022:

Procurement of light sculpture materials. Preliminary fabrication. August – November 2022: Execute curriculum for fall 2022 semester December 2022: Prepare for spring 2023 semester January – April 2023: Execute curriculum for spring 2023 semester May – June 2023: Analysis and reporting In addition to providing the project timeline identified above, describe how you will be able to complete your project by June 30, 2023.

I will be limiting the program to just the fall 2022 and spring 2023 semesters.

Please note, if selected for funding, you will be required to submit a narrative Outcomes Report and a financial Use of Funds Report at least two times during the grant period.

Application #1
ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 3

Will you be able to adjust your project if California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders change? For example, the program could operate virtually or with other modifications made. Please describe.

The curriculum can be taught on-line over Zoom, if needed.

Project Location
Please note that projects or programs that are proposed on property owned or operated by outside agencies or a private party will require the coordination with and potentially approvals from outside agencies, organizations, and/or the private party.

Physical address of project location
Mills Middle School, 10439 Coloma Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
Other physical addresses if project/program is at multiple sites Not applicable
Have you received a letter of support for the project/program from the property owner? No
Letter of Support from Property Owner (not K-12 schools or park/park facility) Is your project/program intended to operate or take place at a public K-12 school site or a park/park facility? Yes, at a public K-12 school site
Which school district is the public K-12 school site located in? Folsom Cordova Unified
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Yes
Applicant and Signatory
Application submitted by
Christopher Biddle
Title
Owner and Founder, Light23 Company
Submitting as
Individual
Phone
9166165404
Email
[email protected]
Organization's legal name, if applicable
Light23 Company
Mailing Address of Submitter
4303 Sardonyx Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
Signatory's Name
Mr. Christopher Biddle
Signatory's Title
Application #1
ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 3

Owner and Founder, Light23 Company
Signatory's Phone
9166165404
Signatory's Email Address
[email protected]
Signatory's Mailing Address
4303 Sardonyx Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
Attach any additional documents here
Project_Timeline_CurriculumOutline_Budget.xlsx
SplineWaveDescription.pdf
ArtistBio.pdf
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Application #1
ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 3

Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Grant application, submission and approvalDevelop and prepare curriculumAnnouncements and advertisingPrepare for fall 2022 semester Procurement of light sculpture materials. Preliminary fabrication.

Execute curriculum for fall 2022 semester
Prepare for spring 2023 semesterExecute curriculum for spring 2023 semesterAnalysis and reporting 2023
Community Enhancement and Investment Fund 2022/2023 Grant Project ‐ "Learning STEAM. Let's Build a Light Sculpture!" Project Timeline
2022
Click on the tabs below to see the curriculum outline and budget for the project.

Application #1
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Topic Name Description Number of Class Sessions Supplies and Resources Needed Overview of project Describe to the students the goal of the project: To build an animated desktop light sculpture that can be controlled from your smart phone. 1 Projector or some means to present PowerPoint slides. 3D printing and Fusion 360 Introduce students to 3D printing. Give them an opportunity to choose something on Thingiverse and 3D print it for them. Show them the basicsteps: (1) CAD design in Fusion 360, (2) exporting the STL, (3) slicing andgenerating g‐code using Cura, (4) creating the 3D print. 2 Access to 3D printer. Laptops with Cura installed. PLA filament.

Electronics Teach students about Ohm's law and LEDs. Give them a simple hands‐on breadboard project using a battery, resistor, LEDs, and switches. 2 Electronics supplies.

Web programming Introduce the students to web programming and the elements of HTML.

Show them how to build a simple web page locally on their laptop and howto send a simple GET request to a server. 2 Laptops with Internet access.

Intro to Arduino programming Introduce students to the elements of an Arduino program. Have them write a simple "hello world" program.
1 Arduino UNO, laptops with Arduino IDE installed.

FastLED Have the students write a program to drive an 8x8 LED matrix. 1 Arduino UNO, laptops with Arduino IDE installed. LED matrix, breadboard, resistors, wiring, etc.

I2C Show how to set up I2C communication between an Arduino and NodeMCU. 2 Arduino UNO, laptops with Arduino IDE installed, NodeMCU, breadboard, resistors, wiring, etc.

IoT using NodeMCU Modify the NodeMCU code 1 Arduino UNO, laptops with Arduino IDE installed, NodeMCU, breadboard, resistors, wiring, etc.

Project build and integration. Start assembling the pieces that make up the light sculpture. Snap and screw together assembly only. All wiring will be pre‐soldered. The acrylic panels will be pre‐engraved with a pattern which the students can choose from. 2 All parts required to make up the project: The Arduino UNO, NodeMCU, wiring, acrylic panels, 3D printed base, LED matrices.

Laptops with Arduino IDE installed.

Discussion and review. End of curriculum. Discussion and review session. 1 Total number of class sessions 15
Community Enhancement and Investment Fund 2022/2023 Grant Project ‐ "Learning STEAM. Let's Build a Light Sculpture!" Curriculum Outline
Application #1
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3

Number of students
Description Quantity Unit Price Extended Price
Materials and supplies:

Arduino Uno 40 20 800
NodeMCU 40 10 400
3D printer filament 14 30 420
Acrylic sheets (est. 10 sheets per student) 400 1 400Wiring 40 5 200 Barrel jacks (5‐pack) 810 80
Switches, resistors, etc. 40 5 200
8x8 LED matrix 40 20 800
Electrical tape 10 15 150
Paper and ink for printing course materials 40 5 200
Total materials and supplies 3,650
Labor (quantity in hours):

Pre‐assembly of project components (4 hours per student) 160 30 4,800Develop course materials 40 30 1,200Class preparation (load software in laptops, set up slide presentation, etc.) 28 30 840 Class session time 23 30 690
Total labor 7,530Other costs:

Estimated fees charged by school for hosting after school activities 1,000 Other potential costs 1,000
Total other costs 2,000Total project budget 13,180
Community Enhancement and Investment Fund 2022/2023 Grant Project ‐ "Learning STEAM. Let's Build a Light Sculpture!" Project Budget
20 Application #1
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3

About the Artist
Throughout his life, Sacramento based
artist, Chris Biddle, has been fascinated by
both art and technology, intrigued by the
infinite ways in which the two fields could
be merged. The idea of creating light
sculptures using LEDs literally lit his path!
“I already had a strong career background in computer programming and knew a lot about electrical engineering through having earned a bachelor’s degree in physics. Building and programming my own LED sculptures, therefore, was quite attainable and I felt would be a great way of leveraging my skills.” Chris started his work on LED driven art by building a small cube matrix of 27 LEDs at a hackathon in 2013. He showed how the cube could be controlled through a WiFi connection and a web page. The idea was a prize winner at the
hackathon, and he moved on to building larger cubes. In 2015, he sold a cube to the newly opened Warehouse Artist Lofts on R Street as part of their curated collection in the community room. He later built a large-scale multi-color cube of 4,096 LEDs and, in 2018, was awarded a $5,000 Creative Economy grant from the City of Sacramento to modify the cube with interactivity and to display it at various events within the city.

The most notable of these events was Alex Trujillo’s
LIGHT.WAV tech art showcase held in Midtown, Sacramento.

Chris’ latest large-scale work, completed in July of 2021, can be seen at the 29th and R Street Light Rail Station in Midtown.

As a partnership project for Regional Transit and Midtown Association, he installed a set of six LED panels on the banner poles at the station to attract ridership and to help beautify the Midtown and Alhambra corridor.
“Large or small, each art piece
has its own set of unique
challenges that can sometimes
be frightening to overcome. But
when I overcome those fears
with a can-do attitude, I feel I
am at my best. Backed by a
commitment to my faith and
family, that brings me a sense
of fulfillment and makes me
whole.”
Application #1
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Spline Wave
Artist: Christopher Biddle
Medium: LED edge lit acrylic
Completed: November 1, 2021
Price: $225
Splines are continuous functions defined by polynomials. Because of their continuity, they provide designers with an aesthetically pleasing, best fitting curve through a given set of points. The curve on each panel in the art piece was designed by fitting a spline through a set of four points, then moving the points slightly in each successive panel. The resulting design was then engraved into the acrylic, yielding a beautiful, graceful, and dynamic 3D wave pattern.

The lighting is provided by an 8 x 16 matrix of multi-color LEDs shining through the edges of the panels from the base. Each LED is individually addressable, allowing for an infinite combination of moving colors, with varying brightness and animation rates. The matrix is controlled by an Arduino Uno, a popular micro-controller often used in robotics.

A set of pre-defined lighting patterns have been programmed into the art piece, and these patterns can be selected through your smart phone. To do so, follow these simple steps:

1. With the art piece nearby and running, access the available WiFi connections on your smart phone.

2. Look for a connection called “EL1601 Night Light”.

3. Connect to it using the password “Z1mb@bw3” (That is “Zimbabwe”, but substituting 1, @ and 3 for the letters i, a, and e).

4. Once connected, open the web browser on your phone and go to http://192.168.4.1
You will see a page with various links that will allow you to change the patterns and brightness levels.

Note: If you are a guest temporarily viewing this art piece, please be sure to leave the Run Mode “On” when leaving, and to leave the Pattern Selection at “Cycle All Patterns”.

If you have any questions about the art piece, please feel free to contact the curator Cheryl Gleason at [email protected] or myself at [email protected]. Thank you! Christopher Biddle Application #1
ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 3

Application #1
ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 3

From: City of Rancho Cordova
To: Stacy Delaney; Randi Kay Stephens
Subject: *NEW SUBMISSION* Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022 11:32:16 AM
Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 Submission #: 1507510
IP Address: 76.127.106.227
Submission Date: 03/03/2022 11:32
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Project Information
Project Name
Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band Enhancements
Project Synopsis
Continuing Expansion for Community Musical Performance Programs Project Description
This project provides funds to the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band (RCRCCB) for equipment, musical talent, and related expenses, thereby enhancing its potential to provide high-quality musical performance events in the City of Rancho Cordova and to equip the RCRCCB to represent the City of Rancho Cordova as musical ambassadors within the region. The goal of the volunteer-driven RCRCCB is to engage with and represent the community of Rancho Cordova with superior musical performances, foster musical interest among children, bring world-class guest artists, conductors and composers to the Rancho Cordova stage, and to provide performance opportunities for skilled community musicians. We strive to provide a rich social environment to those seeking life enrichment through musical interaction while providing connection through our community. The band performs a wide range of music from traditional band literature to contemporary arrangements in addition to premiering new compositions.

RCRCCB is proud to be the 2022 recipient of the Rancho Cordova Distinguished Community Service Organization Volunteer Award. The RCRCCB continues to partner with the community of Rancho Cordova to provide an extensive range of music to multiple venue types including full band concerts and small ensemble presentations. The band has continued to cooperatively engage and support multiple events within Rancho Cordova such as the 15th Birthday of Rancho Cordova event, artist receptions at Rancho Cordova City Hall, the Pop-up Gallery at the MACC, and Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day observances. The band looks forward to continuing this partnership with the City of Rancho Cordova and the Cordova Community Council Foundation.

Project Team
The Band is currently an incorporated volunteer performing group operating as an independent 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt nonprofit organization in the State of California. The implementing team will be led by Tom Seaton, Conductor; Melanie Freer, President; and the Board of Directors of the organization. Members of the band, consisting of 50-70 volunteer musicians will participate in implementation.

Application #2
ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 3

Project Goals
Goal #1: Bring high-quality musical performance events to Rancho Cordova’s citizens and visitors Goal #2:

Strengthen Rancho Cordova’s Arts profile image Goal #3: Further enhance the Rancho Cordova Arts’ goal of making the city “a place for art and artists” Goal #4: Incorporate community outreach and integration with audience members to foster musical interest and enhancement in the community (especially with our youth) Funding Request
Funds are generally not intended to be used for deferred maintenance and ongoing operational needs. The funds are intended for community enhancement & investment.

Total project cost
Total Project Cost: $380,018 = $40,986 + $339,032
Estimated breakdown of project expenditures
Operating budget (materials, storage, music, consultants, and maintenance): $40,986 In-kind contributions for operational materials: $339,032 = $12,343 (outside partnerships) + $326,689 (RCRCCB Members) Matching Funds
In-Kind Contributions: $1,192 Rancho Cordova Food Locker: Use of their 26 foot, liftgate truck for movement of sensitive equipment to and from our concerts. $4,234.86 Rise Up Theater Company: Photography, videography, livestreaming, vocalists for concerts $6,916.60 Koreana Plaza: Concert venue for at least two concerts per year with staging, lighting, closed circuit TV, audio/sound system, backdrop. $326,689 Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band Volunteers based on volunteer hours for concerts, ensembles, rehearsals, administrative tasks, virtual performance and livestreaming. $33.61/volunteer hour
Include any other funding contributions
Cordova Community Council RCRCCB has partnered with the Cordova Community Council Foundation (CCC) for years to provide high-quality musical performances in Rancho Cordova. The CCC generously contributes consulting services as well as a financial stipend for operational expenses.

Ongoing operations and maintenance costs (if applicable) Operating budget (materials, storage, music, consultants, and maintenance): $40,986 Total Community Enhancement & Investment Funds requested $20,000
Is this a multiyear request?
No
How many years have you received funding for this project? 5 When will your request for funding sunset for ongoing programs? As RCRCCB intends to continue to perform, afford educational opportunities, and provide a space for local musicians to enhance their skills for years to come, sunsetting for this project is not anticipated. We would not have been able to achieve success without financial support in prior years and anticipate applying for funding in the future to maintain operations, invest in enhanced performance opportunities, and continue to develop the music community in Rancho Cordova and beyond. We are continuing to develop and foster partnerships within Rancho Cordova to bring musical experiences to the community in new and integrative ways.

Do you plan to ask annually for funding?
Yes
What other funding will you seek to support your project? We will continue to seek the generous sponsorship of the Cordova Community Council. The Rancho Cordova River Application #2
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City Concert Band continues to seek other fundraising opportunities through our fundraising committee efforts.

Before COVID, we held an annual Santa Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser. We currently are working on becoming a part of "The Big Day of Giving" annual fundraiser. Other fundraising efforts include a donation bin at our concert, Amazon Smile, and Fundraisers held through Facebook as different members request donations for their birthdays be donated to the Band.

Project Schedule, Timeliness and Adaptability
Project Schedule
• “Brushes & Beats” concert event at Soil Born Farm* • Rancho Cordova Veterans Day Event 2022* • Community Concert Koreana Plaza in Rancho Cordova Fall/Winter 2022 • Community Concert Rancho Cordova Performing Arts Center Fall/Winter 2022 • Community Concert Koreana Plaza in Rancho Cordova Spring 2023 • Rancho Cordova Memorial Day Event 2023* • Rancho Cordova 20 year Anniversary Celebration 2023* • Community Concert Rancho Cordova Performing Arts Center Spring/Summer 2023 • Music ensembles at Rancho Cordova events and gatherings including City Hall Events, Rancho Cordova Artist Receptions,*Retirement Home Concerts, Rancho Cordova Santa Train, collaborative partnership musical theater production with Rise Up Theater Company * These events are in collaboration with the Cordova Community Council ** All in-person events are subject to COVID-19 regulations In addition to providing the project timeline identified above, describe how you will be able to complete your project by June 30, 2023.
• Leverage: This project leverages existing community assets, previous City investments, and the musical art expertise of the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band. • Return on Investment: The value of positive publicity through proper, effective promotion will bring Rancho Cordova the notoriety it seeks as a pioneer in supporting its community through arts. This positive value easily has the capacity to exceed the investment. • Capacity: The Project Team has a proven track record and well-documented capacity for delivery of this project. • Timeline for Execution: This fund would be accessible to meet existing needs immediately upon funding and would be expended by the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band during the grant period 2022-2023.

Please note, if selected for funding, you will be required to submit a narrative Outcomes Report and a financial Use of Funds Report at least two times during the grant period.

Will you be able to adjust your project if California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders change? For example, the program could operate virtually or with other modifications made. Please describe.

The Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band has a proven track record of being pioneers in the field of virtual performances. The international group known as the Association of Concert Bands has featured the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band and our virtual engineer to help other community music groups with the knowledge necessary to perform in a virtual environment. The Band's YouTube channel is where our virtual performances are freely accessible. (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLBZg31MzxoLRZ7cSr_Gt8Q) The Cordova Community Council has been kind enough to e-blast these different performances in celebration of a variety of holidays. We have even collaborated with the schools, MACC and the Symphony d'Oro to produce a virtual concert.

Project Location
Please note that projects or programs that are proposed on property owned or operated by outside agencies or a private party will require the coordination with and potentially approvals from outside agencies, organizations, and/or the private party.

Physical address of project location
9792 Business Park Drive
Sacramento, CA 95827
Other physical addresses if project/program is at multiple sites *Please note: Letter of Support from the Mandarins was not requested because all rehearsal fees are through a separate Grant. Cordova High School PAC; 2239 Chase Dr.; Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 Koreana Plaza Market; 10971 Olson Dr.; Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 Soil Born Farms; 2140 Chase Dr.; Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 Rancho Cordova Application #2
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City Hall; 2729 Prospect Park Dr.; Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 MACC; 10191 Mills Station Rd.; Sacramento, CA 95827 Carmichael Park; 5750 Grant Ave; Carmichael, CA 95608
Have you received a letter of support for the project/program from the property owner? Requested, and will submit to city by March 18, 2022
Letter of Support from Property Owner (not K-12 schools or park/park facility) Is your project/program intended to operate or take place at a public K-12 school site or a park/park facility? Yes, at a public K-12 school site
Which school district is the public K-12 school site located in? Folsom Cordova Unified
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Please acknowledge that you read and understand the above Supplemental Endorsement Form requirements.

Yes
Applicant and Signatory
Application submitted by
Melanie Freer
Title
President
Submitting as
Non-Profit
Phone
9168786161
Email
[email protected]
Organization's legal name, if applicable
Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band
Mailing Address of Submitter
P.O. Box 1433
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-1433
Signatory's Name
President Melanie Freer
Signatory's Title
President of the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band Signatory's Phone
9168786161
Signatory's Email Address
[email protected]
Signatory's Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1433
RANCHO CORDOVA, CA 95741-1433
Attach any additional documents here
Application #2
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2022-23 Band Enhancements RCRCCB - FINAL.pdf
3-03-2022 Email Submission to FCUSD for Endorsement.pdf RCRCCB Supplemental Endorsement Form 2022-2023 Folsom Cordova Unified.pdf Public Record Unless otherwise exempt under applicable law, applications and application materials are public records. All information received from an applicant, whether received in connection with a grant application or in connection with any grant-funded activities performed are subject to disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act, unless otherwise exempt. Next Steps Applicants will receive acknowledgement once their application is received. When the application period closes, staff will review each application according to the application criteria and prioritization method listed within the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Grant Application Process and Criteria document. Should staff have any questions or need clarification on your application, they will contact you. You are invited to attend any of the public City Council Meetings. It is anticipated at this time that the Community Enhancement & Investment Fund team will present information to the City Council starting in April and continuing through June. We may invite applicants to present their project and we may make selection recommendations to Council during the May City Council meetings. In addition, the Community Enhancement & Investment Fund team will send periodic updates to grant applicants via e-mail. It is possible that all funding decisions for the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Community Enhancement & Investment Fund could be made in May and formally adopted by City Council by early June. Staff intends to notify all applicants of the funding decisions made by the end of June. If you have not signed up to receive automatic notifications when council meeting agendas are posted, you can do that by using the link below:
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Application #2
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1 Rancho Cordova River City Concert
Band Enhancements
Continuing Expansion for Community Musical Performance Programs Project Description
This project provides funds to the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band (RCRCCB) for equipment, musical talent, and related expenses, thereby enhancing its potential to provide high-quality musical performance events in the City of Rancho Cordova and to equip the RCRCCB to represent the City of Rancho Cordova as musical ambassadors within the region.

The goal of the volunteer-driven RCRCCB is to engage with and represent the community of Rancho Cordova with superior musical performances, foster musical interest among children, bring world-class guest artists, conductors and composers to the Rancho Cordova stage, and to provide performance opportunities for skilled community musicians. We strive to provide a rich social environment to those seeking life enrichment through musical interaction while providing connection through our community. The band performs a wide range of music from traditional band literature to contemporary arrangements in addition to premiering new compositions.

RCRCCB is proud to be the 2022 recipient of the Rancho Cordova Distinguished Community Service Organization Volunteer Award. The RCRCCB continues to partner with the community of Rancho Cordova to provide an extensive range of music to multiple venue types including full band concerts and small ensemble presentations. The band has continued to cooperatively engage and support multiple events within Rancho Cordova such as the 15th Birthday of Rancho Cordova event, artist receptions at Rancho Cordova City Hall, the Pop-up Gallery at the MACC, and Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day observances. The band looks forward to continuing this partnership with the City of Rancho Cordova and the Cordova Community Council Foundation.

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Objectives
Goal #1: Bring high-quality musical performance events to Rancho Cordova’s citizens and visitors
Goal #2: Strengthen Rancho Cordova’s Arts profile
Goal #3: Further enhance the Rancho Cordova Arts’ goal of making the city “a place for art and artists”
Goal #4: Incorporate community outreach and integration with audience members to foster musical interest and enhancement in the community
Project Team
The Band is currently an incorporated volunteer performing group operating as an independent 501(c)(3) federal tax-exempt nonprofit organization in the State of California.

The implementing team will be led by Tom Seaton, Conductor; Melanie Freer, President; and the Board of Directors of the organization. Members of the band, consisting of 50-70 volunteer musicians will participate in implementation.

Project Criteria
This project meets multiple factors of the Community Enhancement Fund criteria as follows:
• Community Pride: Represent Rancho Cordova as musical ambassadors both within the city and touring abroad.
• Civic Engagement: Community outreach to bring engaging quality musical events to children, families, and the community.
• Quality of Life: Provide performance opportunities for skilled community musicians who seek enrichment through musical interaction while providing musical art experiences to families in Rancho Cordova.
• Arts and Culture: Bring exciting arts and culture to Rancho Cordova families through this musical outreach.
• Growth and Education: Support and recruit skilled local volunteer musicians to continue to grow and develop as lifelong learners of music. This unique platform allows us to foster the same growth and development in the youth of Rancho Cordova. • Children and Youth: Foster musical interest in children with live musical art experiences.

Prioritization Criteria
• Leverage: This project leverages existing community assets, previous City investments, and the musical art expertise of the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band. • Return on Investment: The value of positive publicity through proper, effective promotion will bring Rancho Cordova the notoriety it seeks as a pioneer in supporting its community through arts. This positive value easily has the capacity to exceed the investment.
• Capacity: The Project Team has a proven track record and well-documented capacity for delivery of this project. Application #2
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• Timeline for Execution: This fund would be accessible to meet existing needs immediately upon funding and would be expended by the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band during the grant period 2022-2023.

Metrics
Goal Metrics
Goal #1: Bring high-quality musical
performance events to Rancho Cordova’s
citizens and visitors
Quality musical performances will be presented
by the full ensemble and small ensembles in a
wide variety of venues, measured by
attendance.

Goal #2: Strengthen Rancho Cordova’s Arts
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Elevate RCRCCB’s ability to serve as an
ambassador of the city as measured by
audience growth and an expanded
performance calendar to include more and
new venues both within Rancho Cordova and
through touring.

Goal #3: Further enhance the Rancho Cordova
Arts’ goal of making the city “a place for art
and artists”
Incorporation of unique, world-class guest
musical talents will further enhance the draw
to Rancho Cordova as an arts destination.

Given the uncertainty of the pandemic to our
in-person attendance, we will measure this by
the social media outreach and response
through platforms such as You Tube, Facebook,
and NextDoor, which will incorporate links to
view and share our concerts (including virtual
and livestreamed concerts) on a local, national
and international scale.

Goal #4: Incorporate community outreach and
integration with audience members to foster
musical interest and enhancement in the
community (especially with our youth)
By expanding RCRCCB’s performance materials,
musicians will have the tools and repertoire of
music necessary to provide a diversity of music
that is both engaging and enjoyable for
musicians and audiences alike. Given the
uncertainty of the pandemic to our in-person
attendance, we will measure this by the social
media outreach and response through
platforms such as You Tube, Facebook, and
NextDoor, which will incorporate links to view
and share our concerts (including virtual and
livestreamed concerts) on a local, national and
international scale.

Application #2
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Our Proposal
The Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band Enhancements Project builds upon successes initiated under the 2017-18 Community Enhancement Fund allocations which have brought stability and musical improvement to this valuable volunteer organization by providing support for music stands and percussion equipment.

Building the band to equity with other musical performing groups in the region will require continued effort. This request continues to leverage prior investments in a unique community asset which has proven to be a critical tool in improving community image, engages new sectors of the Rancho Cordova community and lifts the city through high quality classical music and contemporary musical performances.

Funding Request
Total Project Cost: $380,018 = $40,986 + $339,032
Estimated Breakdown of Project Expenditures:

Operating budget (materials, storage, music, consultants, and maintenance): $40,986 In-kind contributions for operational materials:
$339,032 = $12,343 (outside partnerships) + $326,689 (RCRCCB Members) How many years have you received funding for this project? We have received funding for this project in five prior years.

When will your request for funding sunset for ongoing programs? As RCRCCB intends to continue to perform, afford educational opportunities, and provide a space for local musicians to enhance their skills for years to come, sunsetting for this project is not anticipated. We would not have been able to achieve success without financial support in prior years and anticipate applying for funding in the future to maintain operations, invest in enhanced performance opportunities, and continue to develop the music community in Rancho Cordova and beyond. We are continuing to develop and foster partnerships within Rancho Cordova to bring musical experiences to the community in new and integrative ways.

Project Location:

Rehearsals occur Monday evenings 6:45pm – 9:15pm at Mandarins of Sacramento, Inc.; 9792 Business Park Drive; Sacramento, CA 95827.

Performances will take place in a variety of locations including, but not limited to: the Cordova High School Performing Arts Center, Koreana Plaza Market, Soil Born Farms, Rancho Cordova City Hall, Mills Station Art & Culture Center, Hagan Park, and Carmichael Park.

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Matching Funds (including any in-kind contributions):

In-Kind Contributions:

Rancho Cordova Food Locker
The Rancho Cordova Food Locker has generously allowed the band to use their 26 foot, liftgate truck for movement of sensitive equipment to and from our concerts. The use of a liftgate truck is essential for safe transportation of our equipment. In turn, we collect food and donations for the Rancho Cordova Food Locker at our concerts. $1,192.00: Estimated value of the in-kind donation usage of the truck is calculated as follows:
• 6 concerts x $181/truck rental for each concert = $1086.00 (Enterprise Truck rental rate) • 6 concerts x 34 miles/concert x $0.25/mile (Enterprise Truck rental rate) = $51.00 • 6 concerts x 25 miles/concert x 15 miles/gallon of gas x $5.50/gallon gas = $55.00 Rise Up Theater Company
The Rise Up Theater Company has become an integral partner with RCRCCB to bring the Arts to life in Rancho Cordova. They have been instrumental in videography and livestreaming our performances for our YouTube channel to bring music to those who are unable to make it to our in-person performances. The Summerset Retirement home in Rancho Cordova has the capacity to have their residents view our performances on their large screen television in livetime thanks to the efforts of this partnership. The Rise Up Theater Company has also brought their vocal talents alongside RCRCCB in performances at our concerts to both showcase their musical gifts as well as encourage audience participation in sing-a-longs. We look forward to reciprocating in this partnership by bringing our instrumentalists to provide music during their future theater productions.
$4,234.86: Estimated value of In-Kind Annual Contributions from the Rise Up Theater Company • 6 concerts x 2 hours livestreaming/videography x 3 persons= 54 hours • 6 events post-production collaboration with RCRCCB visual/digital artist x 4 hours= 24 hours
• 6 events x 2 hours x 2 singer/performers (on average) with RCRCCB = 24 hours • 12 rehearsals x 1 hour x 2 singer/performers (on average) with RCRCCB = 24 hours 54 hours +24 hours + 24 hours + 24 hours = 126 hours x $33.61/volunteer hour = $4,234.86
Koreana Plaza
Koreana Plaza has generously allowed the band to use its food court area for conducting annual holiday fall/winter and spring/summer concerts. The use of this space has brought instrumental music to the citizens of Rancho Cordova. Koreana Plaza has been a gracious host by setting up a stage, sound system, a back drop curtain and beautiful colored lights. They also provide closed-circuit television cameras which project the band on their huge wall of screens for all audience members to view.

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$6,916.60: Estimated value of In-Kind Annual Contributions from Koreana Plaza • 2 concerts x 5 hours (2 concert hours and 3 set-up/cleanup hours)/concert o $180/hour (non-profit rate for the Cordova PAC) x 10hours = $1800 o $30 application fee per event (per the Cordova PAC rates) x 2 events/year = $60 • Elevated stage Estimate (ABA Daba Daily Rental for similar stage) = $500 x 2 concerts = $1000
• Backdrop (Elite Party Rental, Rancho Cordova) 4 x 10 foot sections = 4 x $29/section = $116 x 2 concerts = $232.00
• Lighting (ABA Daba Daily Rental for similar) $61 x 5 lights = $305 x 2 concerts = $610 • Closed Circuit TV to allow all guests to see. Estimate = $500/ concert x 2 concerts = $1000
• Sound/Audio system (Elite Party Rental, Rancho Cordova) = $99 x 2 concerts = $198 • Volunteer hours to set up staging, lighting, sound system, audience seating o 3 persons x 10 hours/concert x $33.61/hour volunteer rate x 2 concerts/year = $2016.60
The Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band Members
Band members contribute thousands of volunteer hours throughout the year to the community and provide a minimum of four concerts by the full band, and a minimum of four additional performances by ensemble groups. It is projected the band will be central performers in the following events during the grant period:
• “Brushes & Beats” concert event at Soil Born Farm*
• Rancho Cordova Veterans Day Event 2022*
• Community Concert Koreana Plaza in Rancho Cordova Fall/Winter 2022 • Community Concert Rancho Cordova Performing Arts Center Fall/Winter 2022 • Community Concert Koreana Plaza in Rancho Cordova Spring 2023 • Rancho Cordova Memorial Day Event 2023*
• Rancho Cordova 20 year Anniversary Celebration 2023*
• Community Concert Rancho Cordova Performing Arts Center Spring/Summer 2023 • Music ensembles at Rancho Cordova events and gatherings including City Hall Events, Rancho Cordova Artist Receptions,*Retirement Home Concerts, Rancho Cordova Santa Train, collaborative partnership musical theater production with Rise Up Theater Company
* These events are in collaboration with the Cordova Community Council ** All in-person events are subject to COVID-19 regulations $326,689: Value of in-kind annual contributions from the Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band, calculated at the most recent California standard of $33.61 per volunteer hour* include:
• 8 concerts x 3 hours per concert x 60 musicians: 1440 hours • 40 rehearsals x 2.5 hours per rehearsal x 60 musicians: 6000 hours • 50 small ensemble concerts/rehearsals x 2 hours x 10 musicians: 1000 hours Application #2
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• Virtual recording productions may be substituted for concerts of any kind with use of a virtual digital artist. If used 8 times x 35 hours per recording = 280 hours • Livestreaming and recording concerts for future viewing on our YouTube Channel requires the use of our virtual digital artist for editing and production. If used 8 times • Executive board meetings, budget meetings, grant writing, newsletters, and bookkeeping: 1000 hours
* Rate obtained from the state-level value of volunteer time breakdown from https://independentsector.org/resource/vovt_state_2021/ Cordova Community Council
RCRCCB has partnered with the Cordova Community Council Foundation (CCC) for years to provide high-quality musical performances in Rancho Cordova. The CCC generously contributes consulting services as well as a financial stipend for operational expenses.

Community Enhancement Funding Request Total: $20,000
Performance Venues and Festival Participation $3,000
Production Materials and Musical Equipment $4,500
Equipment Protection $6,000
Musical Guests and Local Talent Partnership $4,500
Community Outreach and Publicity $2,000
TOTAL $20,000
Performance Venues and Festival Participation: Our band has successfully performed in multiple outdoor and indoor venues; however, attaining concert venues which provide a stage large enough for our 50-70 member ensemble, appropriate lighting, appropriate sound and technical staff can be very costly to rent and very challenging to find. Securing venues which can provide these amenities will enhance the quality of our performances, attract guest performers, conductors and composers which will in turn attract a broader audience. The band plans to apply to represent the Rancho Cordova Community at both the San Francisco Golden Gate Park Festival and the National Association of Concert Bands Convention in 2023. There are associated costs involved with the application process for this event including but not limited to application fees, recording fees, and photography suitable for promotional materials. Additional costs may include safe, and appropriate equipment transportation.

Production Materials and Musical Equipment: The band uses production materials to continue to provide high level performances to the Rancho Cordova community. We typically perform over six concerts per year and hold weekly rehearsals. We are currently working on improving our livestreaming and recording abilities to bring music to vulnerable residents who cannot attend our concerts in person such as seniors at our community senior centers and assisted living facilities. We would like to invest in equipment to bring our music to life through livestreaming and recording platforms. Our new partnership with the Rise Up Theater Company has brought knowledge and manpower to produce these events at a quality level representative of Rancho Cordova’s strength and beauty. Our band membership has had an increased level of turnover due to the effects of the COVID pandemic. We have surprisingly gained many new members while others await the final lifting of restrictions, mandates and safety when masks are no longer needed to protect one another. As such, some of the materials we have been using over the past several years have been worn down and need replacement or supplementation. It is necessary to provide appropriate equipment and supplies to all musicians at Application #2
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performances and rehearsals. Our schedule of performances for the upcoming season is very busy and diversified and will require a variety of music for smaller ensemble groups and for the whole band.

Funds will be used for supplies which may include additional chairs, stands, music folders, and lighting equipment as well as sheet music and music books.

Many compositions require specific percussion instruments in order to perform them. While most band members provide their own instruments, percussion equipment is not typically owned by the percussionists but provided by the band. As the band is looking to incorporate percussion instrument sounds in smaller ensemble settings, we are looking to acquire electronic percussion equipment for those smaller venues. The added benefit to incorporate electronic percussion equipment is the reduction of liability in moving our larger pieces and using them in inclement conditions which can really cause undue wear and tear to the instruments.

Equipment Protection: With a growing arsenal of delicate musical instruments, a paper music library, and other equipment, it is essential to maintain storage space which provides adequate protection which is secure, climate controlled and rodent proof. It is necessary to ensure that the equipment purchased in prior years is protected during transportation to performances and while being stored in a facility. Cases – specifically, for brass and percussion – are needed to protect existing instruments as well as the volunteers handling instruments during transport to and from rehearsal and concert venues.

Musical Guests and Local Talent Partnership: The band brought the 2015 National Association of Concert Bands’ Convention to Rancho Cordova. The band has proudly performed and maintains in its library “River City” by world-renowned composer Jacob de Haan commissioned specifically for the band.

With the composer in attendance and actively interacting with the audience, the band performed the 2019 West Coast premiere of “The Sword of Titan” a composition by renowned and prolific band and movie score composer/orchestrator Rossano Galante.

Continuing the momentum of bringing the City of Rancho Cordova to the national and world stage, the band strives to attain and bring exclusive compositions, arrangements, guest artists, composers and conductors to our community. Jerry Brubaker is a prolific and world-renowned composer/arranger of over 200 works who was a member of the US Navy band for over 30 years as French horn soloist. The band commissioned a piece in 2021 from Jerry Brubaker titled “Proudly They Served.” The Band plans on performing the live world premiere of “Proudly They Served” as the central theme for the Cordova Community Council’s 2022 Memorial Day event at the Rancho Cordova Performing Arts Center.

Additionally, the band wants to support and collaborate with local artists and musicians to showcase the amazing talent we have here in the Rancho Cordova area. Funding for additions original compositions, arrangements suited specifically for the band’s membership, and for guest artists, conductors and composers to visit Rancho Cordova would enhance the Rancho Cordova Arts’ goal of making the City an arts destination.

Community Outreach and Publicity In order to enhance community outreach efforts, increase civic engagement, increase community pride, and be a visible manifestation of the community enhancement funds locally and abroad, it is essential for us to produce high-quality promotional materials and to consult with public relations and marketing professionals. Outreach materials to help the band engage the audience to participate in our performance, plan to attend future concerts, and become involved in instrumental music fosters the sense of community and stimulates the interest of individuals to become involved in music. The band has the opportunity to encourage people to want to play a musical instrument (especially young persons) or to dust off an instrument that may have not been used in some time to play once again.

Application #2
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Application Submitted by:

Name: Melanie Freer Title: President, Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band 501(c)(3) Non-profit
Phone: 916-878-6161
Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1433; Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-1433 Signatory’s Name: Melanie Freer Title: President, Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band 501(c)(3) Non-profit
Phone: 916-878-6161
Email: [email protected]
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1433; Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-1433 Application #2
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Application #2
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From: City of Rancho Cordova
To: Stacy Delaney; Randi Kay Stephens
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Project Information
Project Name
NorCal School of the Arts Theater Arts & SEL Integration Program at Williamson Elementary School Project Synopsis
NorCal School of the Arts Outreach Program will provide every classroom at Williamson Elementary with 10 Theater Arts & SEL integrated classes as well as an after school production for students wanting to engage in further after school theater arts programming. Williamson Elementary is a Title 1 school in FCUSD.

Project Description
Funds provided by the City of Rancho Cordova’s Enhancement Fund will enable NorCal School of the Arts to serve 537 students at Title one school, Williamson Elementary with Theater Arts & Social-Emotional Learning-Integrated classes during school in the fall of 2022. During the spring of 2023, students will have the option to participate in an after-school program that will culminate in a fully-produced musical at the school. Each Williamson Elementary classroom will experience ten Theater Arts & SEL-Integrated classes led by a NorCal professional teaching artist throughout the school day. NorCal teaching artists are trained in weaving social-emotional learning strategies into theater arts lessons. These classes will also act as a professional development opportunity for the Williamson Elementary classroom teachers to learn how to integrate SEL strategies through theater arts. Throughout this program, NorCal School of the Arts will serve as a resource for classroom teachers. Teachers will have access to all the curriculum and Theater/SEL-Integrated resources to continue the exercises once the program is completed.

Social-emotional learning activities are imperative as a COVID-responsive strategy for helping students reengage with their peers in the classroom. This project benefits the children and families from Williamson Elementary as it supports the growth and development of young students. It enhances the quality of educational services to Rancho Cordova students because it acts as a professional development opportunity for teachers while engaging students in the arts. With the goal being to nurture safe, emotionally healthy, and engaged students, this COVID responsive Theater Arts and SEL-Integrated program will help students express their emotions and engage in creative activity as a means of working through the effects of covid-19 and over dependence on electronics, which more and more studies are revealing a detrimental impact on our children.

Project Team
Michele Hillen-Noufer - Executive Director Michele Hillen-Noufer, M.Ed., AEA, SAG is the Executive Director for Application #3
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NorCal School of the Arts. She is a member of Actors' Equity Association and SAG/AFTRA and has a master's degree in education, is an arts advocate and administrator. Michele is an arts integration specialist and keeps her skills current by teaching at NorCal and local elementary schools and providing workshops and professional development opportunities for conferences and in-services for educators. Kevin B. Johnson - Teaching Artist aka K' Von Blakemore-Johnson is an Equity actor, singer, dancer, director and visual artist. He was taught theatre for over 30 years. For NorCal School of the Arts he has taught at Williamson Elementary in FCUSD, F.C. Joyce in Twin Rivers Unified School District as well as several schools in the Sacramento City Unified School District. Elaine Lenae Douglas - Teaching Artist Elaine Lenae Douglas has been performing for many theater companies in Sacramento and other nearby areas for over 20 years. Elaine Douglas is a graduate from the University of California Berkeley with a double major in sociology and ethnic studies. She later obtained a teaching and administrative services credential from California State University, where she studied theater arts as a minor. Mitch Worrell-Olsen - Teaching Artist Mitchell Worrell-Olson is an ever studying student of the theatrical arts. He is a Sac State Graduate with a Theater degree and is currently in the process of preparing for grad school applications where he hopes to pursue a PhD in Theater and Performance with the hopes of teaching at the collegiate level one day. For a comprehensive list of NorCal staff and faculty go to https://www.norcalsota.org/
Project Goals
NorCal School of the Arts goal at Williamson Elementary School is to provide classes for students that also act as a professional development to teachers on theatre arts and SEL integration techniques for the classroom. These classes will further engage students and support the emotional and academic well-being of students. NorCal School of the Arts will provide an after-school theatre program to help students obtain life skills related to increased ability and confidence with public speaking, self-management, communication and collaboration. Student involvement in theater arts and SEL-integrated activities provides students critical thinking opportunities to help them in school and beyond. Student engagement in the arts also positively impacts cognition. Upon the completion of the program, NorCal’s Executive Director will provide an impact report to include video and photo documentation of teaching artists in the classroom/rehearsal room and the students’ final presentation. The impact report will contain attendance records; weekly lesson plans with the specific ELA, SEL, and VAPA standards achieved; as well as survey results. NorCal management will observe teaching artists in the classroom and review daily reports. After each class, classroom teachers will fill out a survey via Google Docs that is programmed to go directly to the teaching artist and the Executive Director/Program Manager so that feedback can be immediately incorporated into the next lesson.

Student progress will be notated throughout the process. Formative assessments will be woven into the lesson plans throughout the artistic process of both the classes and the after-school theater program. The curriculum will be created through a backward design approach with the summative assessment (final outcomes) referred to during the curriculum creation process.

Funding Request
Funds are generally not intended to be used for deferred maintenance and ongoing operational needs. The funds are intended for community enhancement & investment.

Total project cost
31,100
Estimated breakdown of project expenditures
Teaching Artists for 10 class SEL/Theater Arts integrated classes: $17,100 ($60.00 a class at 19 classrooms, $20 lesson plan prep fee a class) (serving the entire student body of 528 students) Administration/project management for 30 weeks: $5,000 Director, Choreographer & Music Director for show: $6,000 Production costs: set, costumes, light rental, sound equipment rental $3,000
Matching Funds
$6,100
Include any other funding contributions
other grants pending Application #3
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Ongoing operations and maintenance costs (if applicable) n/a
Total Community Enhancement & Investment Funds requested $25,000
Is this a multiyear request?
No
How many years have you received funding for this project? 1 When will your request for funding sunset for ongoing programs? The program will be completed by the end of April/early May 2023.

Do you plan to ask annually for funding?
Yes
What other funding will you seek to support your project? NorCal School of the Arts applies for many grants throughout the year to enable programs to continue at school sites. As much as possible, we want students to have an on-going experience with theater arts so it isn’t just a one year offering. Once committed to a site, we do everything we can to come back year after year to enable students to continue to grow their skills in the art form. NorCal School of the Arts has been successful in obtaining grants from California Arts Council and the City of Sacramento Office of Arts & Culture.

Project Schedule, Timeliness and Adaptability
Project Schedule
September 2022 Meet with school principal to schedule classroom visitations and regular day/time for each classroom, decide on show title for spring show and discuss goals. October - December 2022 NorCal School staff will implement 10 theater arts/SEL integrated classes in each classroom at Williamson Elementary School. This will have the added benefit of generating excitement about a spring musical. Final class of the 10 class series will include a final presentation for students to share skills obtained. January Auditions & registration take place for April production. NorCal School of the Arts (NorCal) invites parent involvement with organized parent meetings that help to explain process, rehearsal schedules, time commitment, and to solicit parent engagement (community building).

January-April Rehearsals begin 3-4 days a week, After- school, 3 to 4 days a weeks for 1-2 hours of rehearsal each day. Community and parent engagement occurs by actively getting them involved in building sets, creating costumes and props, and helping with publicity. days over two weekends. to engage parents and community to support the final production April Dress and tech rehearsals, final presentation, performance, & assessments Note:

At Williamson Elementary, the principal, Leslee Cottrell, is extremely supportive of NorCal School of the Arts programming and realizes the need for the students and teachers to have SEL strategies integrated into the arts.

This grant would provide an amazing opportunity for students to participate in the arts while receiving the added benefit of addressing student emotional health. Theater Arts & SEL integrated classes and rehearsals include:

Physical and vocal exercises, Improvisation games and SEL welcoming signature activities, movement and main lesson. Students devise a final piece and engage in the creative process together to support building community.

In addition to providing the project timeline identified above, describe how you will be able to complete your project by June 30, 2023.

Executive Director, Michele Hillen-Noufer, M. Ed, has over 20 years experience producing children’s plays, musicals and educational programs grounded in academic and vapa standards. NorCal School of the Arts has had great success in after school programs in another Rancho Cordova school since 2018. The timeline provided is completely reasonable and NorCal has had a track record of success.

Please note, if selected for funding, you will be required to submit a narrative Outcomes Report and a financial Use of Funds Report at least two times during the grant period.

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Will you be able to adjust your project if California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders change? For example, the program could operate virtually or with other modifications made. Please describe.

The program proposed is also designed for a virtual platform and can be transferred to a virtual or hybrid format.

NorCal School of the Arts has provided the proposed programs both virtually and “in-person” in the past. In SCUSD during Fall 2020, NorCal School of the Arts was in 70 classrooms virtually providing Theater Arts & SEL integrated classes and this school, NorCal is in 150 classrooms in person in SCUSD.

Project Location
Please note that projects or programs that are proposed on property owned or operated by outside agencies or a private party will require the coordination with and potentially approvals from outside agencies, organizations, and/or the private party.

Physical address of project location
2275 Benita Dr.

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Other physical addresses if project/program is at multiple sites Have you received a letter of support for the project/program from the property owner? Yes (includes if you are the property owner)
Letter of Support from Property Owner (not K-12 schools or park/park facility) NorCal LTR.pdf
Is your project/program intended to operate or take place at a public K-12 school site or a park/park facility? Yes, at a public K-12 school site
Which school district is the public K-12 school site located in? Folsom Cordova Unified
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Please acknowledge that you read and understand the above Supplemental Endorsement Form requirements.

Yes
Applicant and Signatory
Application submitted by
Michele Hillen-Noufer
Title
Executive Director
Submitting as
Non-Profit
Phone
9169559462
Email
[email protected]
Organization's legal name, if applicable
Nu Art Education, Inc.

Mailing Address of Submitter
803 Vallejo Way
Sacramento, CA 95818
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Signatory's Name
Executive Director Michele Hillen-Noufer
Signatory's Title
Executive Director
Signatory's Phone
9167475608
Signatory's Email Address
[email protected]
Signatory's Mailing Address
4377 Rosenstock Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
Attach any additional documents here
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1 Randi Kay Stephens
From: City of Rancho Cordova <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 4, 2022 3:14 PM
To: Stacy Delaney; Randi Kay Stephens
Subject: *NEW SUBMISSION* Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23
Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 Submission #: 1510528
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Project Information
Project Name
Little Glory and the Wamdemic! Education Through Story Telling Project Synopsis
Get the book, Little Glory and the Wamdemic! illustrated and published. It features engaging multi‐cultural characters, colorful illustrations, rhyming words and humor. It also addresses water conservation and coping with depression and anger. It is a true story of how to make lemonade when life gives you lemons. If I am awarded the grant, I will do story telling in the RC school district every 3 weeks at different sites for 1 year. Each instructor will get a copy of the book and each child will get a potted plant to feel like part of the solution.

Project Description
Please see project description phases 1‐6 in the attached supplemental document.

Project Team
I, Kimberly Austin is solely responsible for the development and delivery of this project. However, I do intend on hiring an illustrator.

Hopefully he or she will be a Rancho Cordova illustrator suggested by Cheryl Gleason at Cordova Council.org. I will also get the book published either through Amazon self‐publishing or through the I Street Press at Sacramento Public Library. Plants for the children may be provided by Soil Born Farms in Rancho Cordova if possible.

Project Goals
Goal#1 Find an illustrator. I will right down all illustrators I contact and the date. I will make note of the correspondence between the illustrators and I. I will make a note if I like their portfolio. If I like their body of work, I will move forward with meeting with them and engaging in a contract. Every part of this process will be documented. Goal#2 Get the illustrations in the book completed. During the illustration process, I will ask the illustrator to send me sketches of pages to be approved. I will document this process carefully with dates of approvals and dates of when final pages will be completed. Goal#3 Choose a publisher. I will carefully document the call with the publishers. What the process involves, cost, time and dates of the entire process. Show the signed contract Goal#4 Complete the publishing process. Document the start and finish date of publishing Goal#5 Volunteer for 1 year doing story time reading Little Glory and the Wamdemic! at schools in the Rancho Cordova district, Hagen Park Recreation Center and possibly Soil Born Farms in Rancho Cordova.   Application #4
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2 Funding Request
Funds are generally not intended to be used for deferred maintenance and ongoing operational needs. The funds are intended for community enhancement & investment.

Total project cost
$8,070
Estimated breakdown of project expenditures
• Illustrator $3,000 to $5,000 TBD • Publishing $200 • Plants $450 • Pots $550 • Books for 18 classes $250 • General Commercial Liability insurance for no less than 1 million dollars $400 • Sexual Molestation and abuse insurance for no less than $500,000 $600 • Auto Mobile liability insurance no les than 1 million is $620 a year • No rental fee for the school • No rental fee for the park • No event fees
Matching Funds
N/A
Include any other funding contributions
Any project cost above the $5,000 grant will be paid by me Include any other funding contributions including your own: My labor to create the rock animals for the children and the cost of materials. $200 for the rocks and $70 for the paints.

Ongoing operations and maintenance costs (if applicable) I may plan to ask for money in the future for additional story times and more books for the teachers and plants in pots for the children.

Total Community Enhancement & Investment Funds requested $5,000.00
Is this a multiyear request?
No
How many years have you received funding for this project? 0 When will your request for funding sunset for ongoing programs? In the year of 2024
Do you plan to ask annually for funding?
No
What other funding will you seek to support your project? None other than what was mentioned above
Project Schedule, Timeliness and Adaptability
Project Schedule
1/22/2022 – 5/22/2022 find an illustrator 7/1/2022 sign the contract with an illustrator 10/31/2022 Book illustration completed 11/1/2022 Publishing complete/Project complete 1/1/2023 start volunteer story telling In addition to providing the project timeline identified above, describe how you will be able to complete your project by June 30, 2023.

1. Find an illustrator, keep records of the process 2. Illustrations complete. Approve sketches after pages to stay on track 3. Find a publisher sign a contract a keep in touch with publisher regarding timeliness 4. Document each part of the publishing process and the suggested time it will take 5. Make a schedule showing specific dates and times of the volunteer schedule Please note, if selected for funding, you will be required to submit a narrative Outcomes Report and a financial Use of Funds Report at least two times during the grant period.

Will you be able to adjust your project if California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders change? For example, the program could operate virtually or with other modifications made. Please describe. Application #4
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3 Yes, I will be able to adjust. If there is a change I would be able to read to the children via Zoom and drop the book and plants off with the instructor or person in charge of the group of children that day.

Project Location
Please note that projects or programs that are proposed on property owned or operated by outside agencies or a private party will require the coordination with and potentially approvals from outside agencies, organizations, and/or the private party.

Physical address of project location
9980 River Mist Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Other physical addresses if project/program is at multiple sites Please see attachment of schools and park location
Have you received a letter of support for the project/program from the property owner? Yes (includes if you are the property owner)
Letter of Support from Property Owner (not K‐12 schools or park/park facility) John Bliss approval letter.pdf
Is your project/program intended to operate or take place at a public K‐12 school site or a park/park facility?
Yes, at a public K‐12 school site
Which school district is the public K‐12 school site located in? Folsom Cordova Unified
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Please acknowledge that you read and understand the above Supplemental Endorsement Form requirements.

Yes
Applicant and Signatory
Application submitted by
Kimberly Austin
Title
Submitting as
Individual
Phone
9166010867
Email
[email protected]
Organization's legal name, if applicable
Mailing Address of Submitter
9980 River Mist Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Signatory's Name
Kimberly Austin
Signatory's Title
Signatory's Phone
Application #4
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4 9166010867
Signatory's Email Address
[email protected]
Signatory's Mailing Address
9980 River Mist Way
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Attach any additional documents here
Good Phases of project 1‐6 and Contacts made.docx
Kimberly signed park form endorsement.pdf
KimberlySignedSchoolEndorsementForm.pdf
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Project Description Phase 1-6
Phase one
I have lived in the same house in Rancho Cordova for 26 years, approximately 1 mile from Cordova Meadows Elementary School. My master plan started as a water conservation project. I removed all the grass in my front yard with a rototiller and replaced the landscape with a variety of rocks with different textures, shapes, sizes and colors. I carefully laid the rocks in various patterns to create designs with movement. I planted trees, water friendly shrubs, grasses and bushes to add even more color and texture.

Phase two
Began when I wanted to make a big lizard out of rock providing a “free” walking rock art museum of sorts for the kids in the neighborhood. My mother who has dementia, with a child like glint in her eyes asked me to make a big turtle instead sooo… I made a big turtle made of several river rocks with smooth glass black eyes. By this time the pandemic was in full swing, isolation had begun. A family walked by and a little boy yelled out look Glory there is your dream house with the turtle. I was plenty depressed about not going to the office and feeling shut in, all alone and bored stiff. The pandemic hit me like Wham! Thus, the word, Wamdemic in the title of my book. Life as I knew it came to a screeching holt. I did not know little Glory from Adam, but after hearing what the little boy said I wanted to create another creature for Glory and other children to get excited about. I called my girlfriend and told her all about what I was doing, I was so thrilled about the project. She said Kimberly that sounds like a children’s book to me.

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Phase 3
Involved purchasing a lot more rocks and plenty of paint. If I was going to write a children’s book about the front yard, I was going to have to make a lot more creatures and animals to feature in the book. In all, I made 9, a cat, bird, 3 dragon flies, 3 rabbits, Ghecko, Scorpion, Snake, frog and a turtle. They are all placed near shrubs, plants and ground cover to mimic a natural habitat and make it more interesting for the children to find them and point them out. (Attached are pictures of my front yard Little Glory’s Animal Rock Garden) Phase 4
I wrote the actual story. Little Glory and the Wamdemic! It is a true story, loosely based on how the rock garden got started. It is about how Mrs. Kimberly and a little girl name Glory learned to cope with the isolation of the pandemic and turned lemons into lemonade. It features the neighborhood's multi- cultural neighborhood, painted rock animals, painted rock creatures, trees, shrubs and succulents. Plant life, animals and creatures will be labeled through-out the book.

Little Glory and the Wamdemic takes about 12 minutes to read out loud.

Phase 5
Involves getting the book illustrated and self- published through Amazon or I Street Press at Sacramento Public Library TBD.

Phase 6
This phase brings everything full circle, back to the Rancho Cordova Community. I will sign a written commitment to volunteer at 5 schools in my area, Soil Born Farm in Rancho and the Hagan Park Recreation Center here in Rancho Cordova for one year. I will do 1 story telling event every 3 weeks between them. After story- telling, I will talk about water conservation, how little Glory and Mrs.

Kimberly overcame anger and depression from being shut in during the Pandemic by channeling that negative energy into a creative expression and making Application #4
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something wonderful. I will share how a community of different nationalities come together in one place to enjoy the rock garden. I will have an open question and answer time to engage with the children about the book and what they did during the pandemic to create a more positive environment for themselves. I will ask them questions about what trees and shrub names they remember. The back of the book has a question & answer page for parents or teachers to interact with their child or children. At the end of story telling, I will give away a book to the class and a small potted succulent plant to each student for them to feel like a real part of the story. The child could paint the pot and water their little plant to awaken their own creative, nurturing side.

This is my first book and I am over joyed to share my experience through this book with my community. Hopefully sharing my story will help children work through some of their feelings regarding the pandemic or other obstacles that come up in their life by demonstrating a creative way to help themselves feel better. The project shows community pride, beautifying the neighborhood by creating something that can be enjoyed by all. The book is both fun and educational, it teaches children about nature and water conservation.

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Contacts Made
I have sent emails to 5 principals, attached a letter telling them all about myself and pictures of my front yard project and visited all 5 schools personally. I communicated via email the March 4th deadline. (attached the letter I sent to principals)
Principal Kim Christierson at White Rock Elementary located at: 10487 White Rock Rd. Rancho Cordova CA 95670 is currently working on the school budget and said she will contact me.

Principal Jessica Hutchinson at Rancho Elementary School located at: 2562 Chassella Wy Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 called me back and said she will read the email and get back with me.

Principal John Bliss with Cordova Gardens Elementary School located at: 2400 Dawes St. Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 signed my letter and said he is looking forward to me volunteering at his school. I have attached his letter.

Principal Amber Fontaine at Cordova Meadows Elementary School located at:
2550 La Loma Dr. Rancho Cordova CA 95670 office manager Kelley said she will talk to the principle regarding my email and be in touch.

Principal Christy Wilkerson at Cordova Villa Elementary School located at: 10359 S White Rock Rd, Rancho Cordova CA 95670 front office lady said they will give her my message. I am waiting to hear back from her.

I have also visited the Hagen Parks and Recreation and written the administrator there. I spoke to Brandy Dionne with Hagen Parks and Recreation on 3/3/2022.

She spoke to Christina James, they are going to endorse me and sign the letter.

They will send it directly to the Chamber of Commerce before the deadline of March 18, 2022. I attached her letter.

I spoke to Emily Hain at Soil Born Farms who helps plan the community events.

She is going to check with her supervisor to see if they can provide the starter plants and if I could volunteer on a Sat. to read to the children that visit the farm.

I spoke to Angela Griffen Ankhelyi, Director of Communication who instructed me to get a letter from the principles of the schools I wanted to volunteer at. She would then give the letters to the Superintendant Dr. Sarah Koligian to sign.

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I am going to call the lady in charge of the art museum on Folsom Blvd for a referral to local illustrators. I will retain all rights to my book and will ask the Chamber of commerce to sign an agreement stating this fact.

Personal letters of recommendation:

I have a letter from a parent from when I was Kimberly the Clown. (letter attached)
I have a letter from elected Rancho Cordova Clerk, Chris Clarke. I will email this letter seperately
I have a letter from the owner and teacher of Folsom Montessori School where I worked as Kimberly the Klown for many years
I will email a letter from a neighbor of a child who enjoys Little Glory’s Rock Garden in my neighborhood before the deadline of March 18th.

Required Insurance:

I will get all the required insurances listed. I have no employees (need no workmen’s comp).

Personal Letters of recommendations
3/4/2022
Kimberly Austin, as Kimberly the Klown, was associated with our school in the late 90's and early 2000's. She provided entertainment at our school's "Last Day Celebrations" every year. She wore many hats: she led the children in movement games and activities, she did face painting and she gave a magic show.

In addition to the children, as the owner of Folsom Montessori School, I looked forward to her visits! We held our Last Day Celebrations at a local park with our preschool classes celebrating in the morning and our kindergarten class celebrating in the afternoon. Kimberly began with face painting and in this way interacted with each child individually. She is a very sweet, peaceful, kind person and the children loved to be with her.

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Kimberly was a magician! The children were captivated by her magic tricks.

They would remember them from year to year!
She also led the children in games like sack races, musical chairs, etc. She was very successful organizing the games and leading the children. She would end the game time with a parachute game that involved the children's parents. This was a much, anticipated highlight!
Putting all this together, I was honored to have Kimberly the Klown as the highlight of our annual celebrations. She was professional. She arrived on time, set up her activities, engaged children as a group and individually, interacted with the parents successfully, was flexible with timing of activities as needed. She was confident and very successful leading the group activities on her own and also incorporating the parents and teacher as "her helpers".

Our students and their parents loved Kimberly and looked forward to her visits every year!
Later, Kimberly did a wonderful art installation for our school. She made three very large paintings to install on our fence. She incorporated elements from our classroom and playground plus our school's love for the Earth! Each of our students had the opportunity to paint with Kimberly as she made these wonderful paintings!
In conclusion, I highly recommend Kimberly Austin for any event or activity involving children. I would be delighted to have the opportunity to have Kimberly introduce and read her book to our students. Her concept to read and to give children books and plants is an inspiration! Folsom Montessori School
Lise Witthaus Owner/Admin/Teacher
502 Riley Street, Folsom 95630
916-351-0345
Peek inside our classrooms:
www.folsommontessori.com
February 25, 2022
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To Whom It May Concern:

I am sharing my experiences working with Kimberly Austin in her role as Kimberly Klown. My daughters each attended the Folsom Montessori School for about 2 and half years. They were first introduced to Kimberly Klown at the end of school year party. It was an event that was looked forward to as the year end celebration. Kimberly was able to create a clown character that did not scare little children but excited them and made the end of year party fun. She had just the right amount of costume and fun to pull them in. She also knew just the right amount of makeup and hair to keep the human friendly face so young children immediately took to her.

The children that attended the school often had birthday parties that Kimberly Klown hosted. These were the best parties for both kids and parents. Kimberly took over the fun festivities and made sure that all the kids were included and had fun. There were magic tricks, creative activities and of course, cake. Even after leaving the school, my children would still attend or have their own parties that included Kimberly Klown.

On a personal note, I came to know Kimberly outside of her work. I did not realize that my daughter was unaware that Kimberly Klown was dressing up as a character. Because she was so good with children and connected with them, she didn’t see this as an act. One day, my daughter saw Kimberly in her regular clothes. She asked me, “why is she dressed like that?” I understand the confusion. Kimberly was always genuine in her connection with children and her ability to understand and see what children need. She exudes great warmth and kindness that cannot be faked.

Susan Brauns
Susan Brauns-McVicar
(530) 651-3346
Letter from Cheryl Gleason
Cheryl Gleason <[email protected]>
To:Kimberly Austin
Fri, Mar 4 at 11:19 AM
I would be happy to help you.

And we are having a local published artists book event in October - you could talk about the upcoming book.

Cheryl Gleason
Art Director / Curator
Gallery Address
10191 Mills Station Rd.

Rancho Cordova, Ca. 95827
Mailing Address
2729 Prospect Park Drive, Suite 117
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
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www.rcmacc.org
www.cordovacouncil.org/rancho-cordova-arts
O: 916-273-5712
C: 916-225-7800
Letter from Brandy Dionne Parks Dept
Cheryl Gleason <[email protected]>
To:Kimberly Austin
Fri, Mar 4 at 11:19 AM
I would be happy to help you.

And we are having a local published artists book event in October - you could talk about the upcoming book.

Cheryl Gleason
Art Director / Curator
Gallery Address
10191 Mills Station Rd.

Rancho Cordova, Ca. 95827
Mailing Address
2729 Prospect Park Drive, Suite 117
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
www.rcmacc.org
www.cordovacouncil.org/rancho-cordova-arts
O: 916-273-5712
C: 916-225-7800
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Hello Principle Christierson, Hutchin, Bliss, Fontaine and Wilkerson, my name is Kimberly Austin. I have attached a pre-written letter if choose to use it and pictures of my front yard rock garden. Thank you in advance for taking the time to read my letter.

My story is a little long to share in an email, but I will give you the shortest version I can provide with the most details as possible for you to get to know me as a person and story teller in a hurry LOL. I have been a Licensed Covered CA health insurance, Medicare and life insurance agent for the past 8 years. My license number is 0G82912. To be licensed in the state of California you must have an extensive background and credit check. I had my first and second Covid vaccine and would be perfectly willing to wear a I-95 face mask and take recent finger prints to participate on the school grounds.

In my past, when my kids were very young, I wore many hats. My husband and I have lived in the same house in Rancho Cordova for 26 years. I am a 54 year old grandma of 4 beautiful grandchildren, that roll is my crown and glory. :-) When my 3 children were growing up, I was PTO president at Cordova Meadows elementary school, a member of the PTA at Mitchell Middle School and in later years volunteered for the mentorship program at Cordova High School. I worked as a reading assistant at White Rock Elementary School and donated countless volunteer hours at Cordova Meadows after school program helping 3rd graders to read for several years. I was Kimberly the Klown for many years and was featured on a 2pg. spread in the local newspaper Time and Money. I also had an enjoyable career painting children's murals in homes throughout Northern CA. I volunteered at Shriner's Hospital doing face painting and donated a hanging mural to the Rancho Cordova library that stayed up for many years until it was remodeled. I donated those same paintings to a day care in Rancho Cordova where they hang today.

Turning the hands of time to 2022. During the pandemic, I transformed my front yard into Little Glory's Animal Rock Garden. The landscape is all rock, shrubs, trees and bushes. I created several painted rock animals. I engaged in this project so the children in the neighborhood would have a "free art museum of sorts" something to enjoy during the Pandemic. I grew up in a poor neighborhood in Los Angeles. Just 2 blocks from my home was a place called St. Elmo's Village. Artist painted the sidewalks and created random sculptures made of junk. The small, shabby surrounding properties were painted with bright wild colors and designs. Walking through St. Elmo's village is one of my fondest childhood memories and no doubt contributed to who I am today. Now, children of all ages are stopping by my house to enjoy what I have created for them. I told my girlfriend about what I was doing and she said it sound like a children's book to her. Sooooo....I wrote a children's educational picture book and called it Little Glory and the Wamdemic! I chose this title because the Pandemic hit me like WHAM! Life as I knew it came to a screeching holt! This book is mostly a true story about how Kimberly and a little girl name Glory learned to cope with the isolation of the pandemic and turned lemons into lemonade. It features the neighborhood's multi- cultural people, painted rock animals, trees, shrubs and succulents. The book takes about 12 minutes to read out loud.

I am submitting an application for the Community Enhancement & Investment fund grant. I must attach an endorsement form signed by the Super Intendent of Schools Dr. Sarah Koligian. This guideline was communicated to me by Randi Kay Stephens, MPA Community Enhancement & Investment and is a requirement of the grant application. In order to get her endorsement, I must write all the principles of the elementary schools I intend to volunteer at and get their approval to volunteer at their schools.

I am asking for the grant to help pay for the illustration and publication of my children’s book, to purchase copies of the book to give away to the children I am reading to and to provide them with one small potted succulent plant.

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I will sign a written commitment to volunteer at 5 schools in my area and the Hagen Park Rec Center here in Rancho Cordova for one year and do 1 story telling event every 3 weeks between them.

After reading the book to the group of children, I will talk about water conservation, how little Glory and Mrs. Kimberly overcame anger and depression from being shut in during the Pandemic by channeling that negative energy into a creative expression by making something wonderful. I will share how a community of different nationalities come together in one place to enjoy the rock garden. I will have an open question and answer time to engage with the children about the book and what they did during the pandemic to create a more positive environment for themselves. I will ask them questions about what trees and shrub names they remember. The back of the book will have a question & answer page for the parents to interact with their child or children. At the end of story telling, I will give away a book and a small potted succulent for them to feel like a part of the story. The child could paint the pot and water their little plant to awaken their own creative, nurturing side. This is my first book and I am thrilled to share my experience through this book with my community. I am just fine with reading outdoors if it makes people more comfortable.

I need to send in my information and submit the grant in approximately 8 days. I will give you a call to discuss if you want me to volunteer at your school. Perhaps we can meet in person, do a screen sharing on join me or simply talk over the phone. Whatever would work best for you and your schedule would be greatly appreciated. If you agree with me volunteering at your school as a story teller, it will most likely not happen until next year 2023. Please draft a short letter saying you agree, or you can sign my pre-drafter letter I have attached and email it back to me or I can come by the school and pick up the letter personally.

Attached is the pre-drafter letter and a pictures of my front yard, Little Glory’s Animal Rock Garden.

Thank you in advance.

Sincerely,
Kimberly Austin
916-601-0867
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March 4, 2022—An account of our child’s experience with Gloria’s Rock Garden starting in 2020 To whom it concerns,
I wanted to take a moment to write about the impact of Kimberly Austin’s Rock Garden on our lives.

Our eldest daughter was two years old when we discovered the rock garden on one of our neighborhood walks. The rock lizard, with it’s rich green body and bright orange spots captured her attention immediately. The gem-like scales covering its rock-based body ignited her imagination so that it was the only thing she would talk about for hours at the time. “We have to see the lizard!”
“The lizard has gems on its back.”
“Daddy can see the lizard.”
We’ve been to visit the rock garden
more times than I can count. For a long
while, it was our mandatory morning
walk. It’s a walk I’ve taken holding her
chubby little hands as she toddled along
side me. We’ve gone on that walk in the
early bake of midsummer heat, in the
dusky light of evening, and probably in
the rain. I did that walk (waddle) in the
third trimester of pregnancy, carrying
little sister along for the ride, and then
with her wrapped against my chest,
trying to hurry before it was too hot to
be outside.

It started with the lizard, but soon her
joy encompassed the other creatures
hidden in the artfully scaped garden. The
turtle with the red bird on their back—
three little bunnies nested in a patch of
grass—a delightfully round and
welcoming frog and a cat sunning itself on a log. The rock garden became a cornerstone in our family’s journey through our daughters first medical crisis since coming home from the NICU, and then through the pandemic that stretched out longer than any of us could have expected or imagined.

The world is full of adventure, curiosity and beautiful little discoveries to fill the minds of children. It also happens that those very things can be found a dozen houses away from us, on the corner of our morning walk, tucked away amidst the rocks and shoots of grass in our wonderful neighbor’s front yard.

Sincerely,
Jill Davies (with the full support of Charlie, now 4 years old) Application #4 ITEM 12.1. ATTACHMENT 3

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1 Randi Kay Stephens
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Project Information
Project Name
Cordova Youth Spotlight Orchestra (CYSO) Expansion
Project Synopsis
This project builds on students’ progress in 2021‐2022, the pilot year of the CYSO. It expands student membership from 24 students to 32. It opens beginning strings classes to all elementary grades. Based on learnings from the pilot, this project increases the frequency of classes from once to twice a week and seeks funds to pay all students’ tuition and supplies.

Project Description
This project builds on students’ progress in 2021‐2022, the pilot year of the Cordova Youth Spotlight Orchestra. Twenty‐four scholarship students completed one year of instruction: 11 in orchestra and 13 in beginning strings. These students want and need to continue developing their skills, and new students are needed to expand the orchestra by 30% to 32 members or more. This project extends the beginning strings class to all elementary grades with parent participation required for students in grades 1 through 3 and encouraged for grades 4 through 6. In 2021 almost half of the CYSO applicants were elementary students who had no experience playing a musical instrument. SPAC accommodated them by adding a beginning strings class. By the end of the year, four beginning students were promoted to the orchestra, and beginning strings students outnumbered orchestra students. Students will receive one hour of instruction twice a week for 34 weeks beginning September 8, 2022, and ending May 25, 2023. One of the learnings from the pilot project was that students did not progress quickly enough with only one hour of instruction per week. Like the pilot project, students will perform at least two Spring concerts, possibly in public parks, for the Rancho Cordova community in the Spring. Additional mini concerts were held in the Fall of the pilot project and are likely to be held again. With a second year of instruction, less interference from COVID, and more class hours, students will be better prepared to perform classical masterpieces with confidence and excellence.

Project Team
The Sacramento Performing Arts Conservatory (SPAC) is responsible for the development and delivery of this project. SPAC is a nonprofit 501 c3 organization governed by a volunteer CEO, CFO, and a distinguished 12‐member Board of Directors. SPAC has been bringing violin, piano, orchestra, and art classes and events to schools and communities in the Sacramento area since 2005.

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2 SPAC has enabled hundreds of disadvantaged youths to learn to play an instrument and perform before public audiences. More information is available at the SPAC website www.sacramentoconservatory.com.

Project Goals
The project will be successful if the following goals are met: ‐ CYSO enrollees increase to at least 30. ‐ 80% of enrolled students complete the year of instruction and perform in two concerts. ‐ At least two public concerts are performed in Rancho Cordova. ‐ Concerts are attended by a total of 300 Rancho Cordova residents/commuters. ‐ Students’ intonation, rhythm, and technical skills improve by a measurable degree based on semi‐annual assessments. ‐ 90% of students and parents give classes an Excellent or Good rating in year‐end evaluations ‐ Average class attendance is 80%, evidenced by sign‐in sheets ‐ The project is completed within budget
Funding Request
Funds are generally not intended to be used for deferred maintenance and ongoing operational needs. The funds are intended for community enhancement & investment.

Total project cost
$25,345
Estimated breakdown of project expenditures
$6,120 Instructor/conductor fees $5,000 Symphonic arrangement fees (9 classical compositions x 10 levels) $8,100 Rent $2,125 Insurance $1,000 Concert venue fees $2,000 advertising $1,000 supplies and materials (music sheets, shoulder rests, music stands, books, rosin, bows, tuners, etc.)
Matching Funds
TBD
Include any other funding contributions
$3,345 from SPAC
Ongoing operations and maintenance costs (if applicable) N/A
Total Community Enhancement & Investment Funds requested $22,000
Is this a multiyear request?
No
How many years have you received funding for this project? 1 When will your request for funding sunset for ongoing programs? As the deleterious economic effects of the pandemic fade and the economy improves and as the reputation of CYSO grows, less financial support will be needed and the more sustainable the program will become. More students will be able to pay tuition, and special performances will be able to generate income. It is unlikely, however, that the CYSO will ever be completely self‐sustained, especially because it is SPAC's mission to make music instruction available to students whose families cannot afford private lessons.

Do you plan to ask annually for funding?
Yes
What other funding will you seek to support your project? ‐ Grants from public agencies, including Sacramento County, Sacramento Office of Arts and Culture, Sacramento Regional Community Foundation ‐ Private donations ‐ Community and corporate contributions Project Schedule, Timeliness and Adaptability
Project Schedule
August 20, 2022: Advertise on Peach Jar and begin registering students. September 8: Begin weekly classes and begin planning for December concert, December 13‐14: Perform first concert. December 29: Assess performance, attendance, and production services against objectives. January 2, 2023: Advertise for and register second semester students February 6: Begin planning for April and Application #5
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3 May concerts April ‐ May: Perform two culminating public concerts. May 27: Assess performance, attendance, and production services. June 15: End 2022‐2023 program.

In addition to providing the project timeline identified above, describe how you will be able to complete your project by June 30, 2023.

The class schedule follows the school calendar of the Folsom‐Cordova USD. The project begins, ends, and takes weeks off according to the school calendar.

Please note, if selected for funding, you will be required to submit a narrative Outcomes Report and a financial Use of Funds Report at least two times during the grant period.

Will you be able to adjust your project if California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders change? For example, the program could operate virtually or with other modifications made. Please describe.

The project will adjust to public and school health orders as it has in the past. Classes can be broken up into small groups and held outdoors as needed. On the other hand, as health orders become less restrictive and the risk of spreading disease diminishes, the orchestra can incorporate wind and brass instruments.

Project Location
Please note that projects or programs that are proposed on property owned or operated by outside agencies or a private party will require the coordination with and potentially approvals from outside agencies, organizations, and/or the private party.

Physical address of project location
10124 Coloma Road
Rancho Cordovq, CA 95670
Other physical addresses if project/program is at multiple sites Have you received a letter of support for the project/program from the property owner? Requested, and will submit to city by March 18, 2022
Letter of Support from Property Owner (not K‐12 schools or park/park facility) Is your project/program intended to operate or take place at a public K‐12 school site or a park/park facility?
Yes, at a park/park facility
Which school district is the public K‐12 school site located in? Other: No K‐12 school site will be used.

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Applicant and Signatory
Application submitted by
Joanna Baisden
Title
Board President, SPAC
Submitting as
Non‐Profit
Phone
9166357728   Application #5
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[email protected]
Organization's legal name, if applicable
Sacramento Performing Arts Conservatory
Mailing Address of Submitter
P. O. Box 72
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741‐0072
Signatory's Name
Dr. Oxalis Nguyen
Signatory's Title
CEO and Director
Signatory's Phone
9163082307
Signatory's Email Address
[email protected]
Signatory's Mailing Address
P.O. Box 72
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741‐0072
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March 14, 2022
Joanna Baisden, Ph.D.

Board Chair
Sacramento Performing Arts Conservatory
Dear Joanna Baisden,
The Rancho Cordova Moose Lodge is pleased to offer the Cordova Youth Spotlight Orchestra the use of our facilities, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., two evenings a week to hold music classes for local elementary through high school students. It has long been the mission of all Moose Lodges throughout the United States to help provide aid within their own communities, so we are extremely grateful that our lodge has the opportunity to help enhance the lives of students within our local area.

Our lodge offers its full support to the CYSO in its goal of expanding the musical repertoire of local students, and in its continued success of encouraging the talented youth of Rancho Cordova. Please feel free to let us know if we can be of help in any other way.

Sincerely,
John Ingrim
Administrator
Rancho Cordova Moose Lodge #2357
916-362-6667
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1 Randi Kay Stephens
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Project Information
Project Name
Imperial Winds (Indoor Winter Winds Ensemble)
Project Synopsis
The unexpected switch from in‐person to on‐line classes that occurred during Covid19 has been difficult for many students.

Although they saw each other on screen during the school day, social interaction was limited by the subject matter and lack of personal contact. Upon return to the classroom, many teachers have voiced concerns that this lack of personal contact between students has accompanied a decrease in overall morale and a sense of uncertainty. Bringing people together in musical ensembles can tap into individual and mutual interests, motivate musical expression, and create a venue for contributing ideas across generations and cultures. The experience reinforces that music‐making and musical creativity are open to all because music brings people together, creates a sense of belonging and purpose, and celebrates diversity of expression (Source: Campbell, 2018; Donovan & Pascale, 2012). “Winter Percussion” (featuring drums & mallet instruments) and “Winter Guard” (featuring color guard with flags and sabers) are nationally recognized programs which have provided a venue for young people to achieve the extraordinary through performance and competition since 1993. Similar to marching band/drum corps, students are the focal point of the performance.

However, instead of performing on a football field, winter winds performs in a basketball gym or arena. Typically more theatrical than marching band/drum corps, the performers are much closer to the audience. In 2015, Winter Winds (featuring brass and woodwind instruments) was created as a natural extension of these existing indoor divisions. Although Winter Guard and Winter Percussion programs are locally available, to date, no Winter Winds programs exist in the City of Rancho Cordova. To fill this gap, Mandarins has developed “Imperial Winds", a program which will introduce brass and woodwind students to an indoor, high‐energy, performance‐based musical activity featuring brass and woodwind instruments.

Project Description
Mandarins proposes to introduce “Imperial Winds”, a winter performing arts ensemble focusing on brass and woodwind instruments, to be based in Rancho Cordova. Winter Winds Performing Art ensembles present an original show each year, approximately 8–10 minutes in length, and refines it throughout the winter season. Shows are performed on basketball arenas or gyms and are judged in various musical and visual categories, or "captions". Musical repertoires vary widely among corps and include symphonic, jazz, big band, contemporary, rock, wind band, vocal, rap, Broadway, and Latin music, among other genres.

Winter Winds ensembles do not have any required instrumentation. In fact, there are purposely less regulations and restrictions Application #7
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2 against winds groups, in regard to instrumentation. These less stringent rules exist in order to encourage experimentation and freedom of expression. One winds group may be entirely comprised brass, another only of woodwind instruments, and yet another a mixture of both woodwinds and brass. Winds groups also often incorporate percussion elements and guard elements into their performances, resulting in a unique mix of electric synergy. Imperial Winds will address a current need in the community – high schools in Rancho Cordova only offer Winter Percussion and Winter Guard programs and Sacramento State only offers an independent Winter Percussion/Guard group. Imperial Winds will be open to all interested woodwind and brass player between the ages of 16 – 23 years of age. Experience camps will be held in November and December during which students will have the opportunity to hone the musical skills and learn basic movements used in the performances. In January, any interest student is eligible to audition for the forty (40) available competitive openings in the ensemble. Thereafter, the ensemble will continue to practice and perfect their music and visual performance as a team.

Project Team
Daniel Fong: Dan Fong marched nine years with the Sacramento Mandarins as a soprano and mellophone soloist and one season with the Seattle Imperials. Dan wrote every Mandarins field show brass chart from 1982 until 2011 and was Mandarins’ Brass Caption Head from 1982‐1993, from 2005‐2008, and from 2012‐ 2016. He currently arranges music for the Mandarins Brass Academy, a program that teaches brass students of all skill levels in the Sacramento region. Santiago Sabato: Santiago Sabato joined Mandarins Drum Corps as a trumpet player in 2006 and 2007 to 2009 as Drum Major. He pursued and achieved a Masters of Music in Instrumental Wind Conducting, a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Trumpet Performance from Sacramento State University and a Teaching Credential in Music. He has taught all grade levels from kindergarten through college and is currently the Director of Athletic Bands at Sacramento State University where he runs the Marching Band, Indoor Percussion Ensemble, Winter Guard, and Pep Band. Ryan Lee: Ryan Lee marched in the Mandarins Drum Corps on trumpet, baritone and euphonium and has performed with Mandarins Entertainment, He has taught Mandarins educational programs and is a visual instructor for the drum corps. In addition, he has worked with over thirty music programs at the middle school, high school, collegiate and independent levels, in several states and in a variety of capacities. He also adjudicates marching arts and pageantry competitions across the country. Ryan holds a B.S. in Business Administration with a Human Resource Management & Organizational Behavior Concentration (Minor in Music) and an MBA in Entrepreneurship & Global Business from CSU Sacramento. He also has an Ethical Leadership Certification from NASBA Center for the Public Trust. It brings a strong sense of fulfilment to combine his passions for music and business in his role with the Mandarins.

Project Goals
The goal of Mandarins is to offer students an experience which challenges and stimulates growth on many levels through an activity that promotes musical growth and development by involving a variety of core musical skills, standards, and abilities. Imperial Winds goals include: • To perform instrumental compositions representing various genres, styles, and cultures. • Performing with expression, technical accuracy, sound quality, and articulation. • Perform in solo settings, with small segmental ensembles, and as part of a greater overall ensemble production. • Physically: improve muscle tone, conditioned response with/to music and other stimuli, simultaneous coordination of head, arms, legs, body stature as well as poise and control while experiencing physical and mental pressure. • Mentally: improve multi‐levels of thought organization such as reading music, blending sound with other musicians, portrayal of moods harmonious with other performers and musicians, an understanding of how and why they execute each move, and advance awareness of what the next move/note/step will be and why it is there. • Socially: improve functioning in a group situation by setting common goals, cooperating, and striving for success as a team. The cumulative result is a student with deeper feelings of understanding, a more disciplined focus (which finds its way into study habits in scholastic efforts), and a higher level of self‐confidence. Mandarins will showcase the finished program at a free community event in Rancho Cordova during the season. The program will further benefit the Rancho Cordova community as there are many outlets (other than the anticipated competitions) for performances available to a winds ensemble, including rallies, community showcases, or school assemblies which can showcase the activity to the community. Students and faculty will be introduced to the program and the audiences enjoy the show for its entertainment value.

Funding Request
Funds are generally not intended to be used for deferred maintenance and ongoing operational needs. The funds are intended for community enhancement & investment.

Total Project Cost
$115,700
Estimated Breakdown of Project Expenditures
(Please Refer to attached projected budget for complete breakdown of costs) Music Arrangement/License for Use $2,100 Drill Writer/Show Coordinator $1,800 Instructors (3) $7,500 Instruments: (40 Brass and Woodwind instruments, including trumpet, $75,000 trombone, baritone, euphonium, mellophone, contrabass, clarinet, saxophone, and flute) Vinyl Floor: Required to prevent Application #7
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3 damage at performance venues. $1500 Painted each year to enhance the design of the show. Floor must be cleaned and repainted each year. Costumes: $250 each x 40 performers. Per Covid 19 protocols $10,000 Costumes are not reusable and become the property of the performer at the end of the season. Props $3,000 Music/Drill sheets $400 Insurance $1500 Transportation: Includes rental of truck and fuel for transportation $8,000 of props, floor, instruments to and from exhibitions, competitive venues and rehearsal site. Also includes transportation of staff via separate vehicles. Entry fees $800 T‐Shirts for members and staff $2,500 Miscellaneous Office Supplies $600 Employer paid payroll taxes (FICA, FUTA) and payroll services $1000 TOTAL $115,700 Matching Funds
N/A
Include Any Other Funding Contributions
Music Arrangement/License for Use $1,050 Drill Writer/Show Coordinator $900 Instructors (3) $3,750 Vinyl Floor: $750 Costumes:
$5,000 Props $1,500 Music/Drill sheets $200 Insurance $750 Transportation: $4,000 Entry fees $400 T‐Shirts for members and staff $1,250 Miscellaneous Office Supplies $600 Employer paid payroll taxes (FICA, FUTA) and payroll services $500 TOTAL $20,650 **Instruments will be provided by KHS America pursuant to sponsorship agreement. This sponsorship is valued at $75,000. Total $95,650
Ongoing Operations and Maintenance Costs (if applicable) Instruments: Miscellaneous repairs and padding necessary each year. Replacement every 4‐8 years Vinyl Floor: Floor must be cleaned and repainted each year and replace after five years. Painted each year to enhance the design of the show. Costumes: For sanitary reasons, costumes are not reusable and become the property of the performer at the end of the season. Props: Frames for props are reusable but props are rebuild and designed each year. Insurance: Liability and comprehensive policy to cover injury and loss of instruments is a yearly expense
Total Community Enhancement & Investment Funds Requested $20,050
Is this a multi‐year request?
No
How many years have you received funding for this project? 0 When will your request for funding sunset for ongoing programs? Mandarins intends to offer this program to young people between 16‐22 years of age each year. The program occurs each year from November through April and is fully competed by April of each year. However, Mandarins is only seeking a grant for the inaugural season on 2022/23, after which membership fees and other funding sources should cover ongoing costs. However, if unforeseen circumstances arise, such as additional mandated shut down, Mandarins may request supplemental funding at a future date.

Do you plan to ask annually for funding?
No
What other funding will you seek to support your project? Mandarins uses a variety of fundraisers each year for its programs and will incorporate the same strategies for Imperial Winds as follows: • Member fees and tuition for experience camps will be charged to help defray ongoing costs; • A portion of the profits from Mandarins annual fundraising activities (DCI Capital Classic Drum Corps Show hosted by the Mandarins, Bingo, online souvenir sales, Mandarins birthday bash, and events held at the Mandarins Music Center will be earmarked for Imperial Winds; • A partnership with KHS America for use of instruments for the Winter Arts season; • Continue ongoing fundraising programs of donor campaigns, additional grants, charging admission for specified musical performances and events, challenges, used equipment sales, and virtual events. • Sponsorships from local businesses.

Project Schedule, Timeliness and Adaptability
Project Schedule
The “Winter Winds” season runs from early November to end of April each year. Rehearsals, will not be held every weekend in the beginning, but become more frequent as the season progresses. For example, in November and December, Mandarins plans to meet on Sundays two times each month with auditions in early January. Beginning in January through February, rehearsals will be held every Sunday. During March and April, rehearsals may further increase to both Saturday and Sunday, if needed. Additional rehearsals may be held during winter break from school. Rehearsals time can range from four (4) to six (6) hours each session, increasing in time as music is combines with movements and drill patterns. Competitions typically start late January and culminate in Application #7
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4 the Championships held in late April. Mandarins anticipates participating in at least three (3) competitions during the 2022/23 inaugural season. The competitive schedule will be released in January of each year by the event coordinators. A typical performance starts with the crew (typically the parents) rolling out a large printed or painted vinyl tarp across the gym floor to serve as the stage for the show. Props are also utilized depending on the theme of the show. Possible additional exhibition performances may occur between February and April.

In addition to providing the project timeline identified above, describe how you will be able to complete your project by June 30, 2023.

The Imperial Winds will follow the rules and guidelines set out by the Winter Guard International (WGI) Sport of the Arts. WGI is the nation’s premier organization producing indoor color guard, percussion, and winds competitions. A non‐profit youth organization, WGI serves as the governing body for the indoor color guard, percussion, and winds activities. Similar to sports schedules, WGI follows a set season lasting from November to April each year. The season culminates in April, when winter ensembles meet in a championship competition. In 2022/23 Mandarins will follow the WGI schedule beginning the first experience camp in November 2022 and completing the program in April of 2023.

Please note, if selected for funding, you will be required to submit a narrative Outcomes Report and a financial Use of Funds Report at least two times during the grant period.

Will you be able to adjust your project if California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders change? For example, the program could operate virtually or with other modifications made. Please describe.

Mandarins mantra since the emergence of Covid19 has been “Safety is our highest priority”. Mandarins also recognizes a lack of social interaction may have a profound effect of the mental health of the young people we serve, our alumni, volunteers and patrons. Mandarins can and will adjust the Imperial Winds ensemble if California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders change as follows: • If pandemic restrictions preclude in‐person gatherings, Mandarins will pivot to a virtual classroom, offering virtual workshops for performers. Students may be treated to guest instruction by renowned and talented artists and will create and participate in “Zoom performances”. • If indoor gatherings are prevented, then Imperial Winds will move out‐of‐doors and rehearse in the parking lot of Mandarins Music Center. • Even without further restrictions, Mandarins has purchased and will use a commercial portable Surface Sanitation System at the event center to slow or stop the spread of Covid19; • Social distancing and hand sanitation practices will continue to be required at all rehearsals and competitions. • Instruments will be assigned and sanitized after use. Mandarins Health and Safety Team will work with the Director and staff of the Imperial Winds, providing an open line of communication and sharing up‐to‐date information and protocols from the World Health Organization, the State of California, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Project Location
Please note that projects or programs that are proposed on property owned or operated by outside agencies or a private party will require the coordination with and potentially approvals from outside agencies, organizations, and/or the private party.

Physical Address of the Project Location
Mandarins Music Center 9792 Business Park Drive
SACRAMENTO, CA 95827
Other Physical Addresses (if project/program is at multiple sites) Exhibitions and competitive performances are held at venues contracted by Winter Guard International (WGI) and/or the Northern California Percussion Alliance (NCPA). These venues are typically held at high school gymnasiums in northern California, including Sacramento County, and are exclusively chosen by WGI and NCPA. Mandarins does not determine where these venues occur. All show sites for the Spring 2023 season will be determined in late December 2022 or January 2023.

Have you received a letter of support for the project/program from the property owner? Yes (includes if you are the property owner)
Letter of Support from Property Owner (not K‐12 schools or park/park facility) Imerial Winds Rehearal Space.pages.pdf
Is your project/program intended to operate or take place at a public K‐12 school site and/or a park/park facility?
No
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Applicant and Signatory
Application Submitted By
Kathleen Bakergumprecht Davies
Title
Vice Chair, Mandarins Board of Directors
Submitting As
Non‐Profit
Phone
5592605847
Email Address
[email protected]
Organization's Legal Name (if applicable)
MANDARINS OF SACRAMENTO, INC.

Mailing Address of Submitter
P. O. Box 22297
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95822
Signatory's Name
Dr. Daniel Fong
Signatory's Title
President and CEO
Signatory's Phone
9169560948
Signatory's Email Address
[email protected]
Signatory's Mailing Address
PO BOX 22297
Sacramento, CALIFORNIA 95822
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PROPOSED BUDGET

MANDARINS IMPERIAL WINDS
Project Requirements Total Cost Grant
Request
Matching
Funds
Other Funding Ongoing Expenses
Music Arrangement/License for
Use 2,100 1,050 1,050
Drill Writer/Show Coordinator 1,800 900 900
Instructors (2) at $3,500 each 7,000 3,500 3,500
Instruments (40 Brass and
Woodwind instruments, including
trumpet, trombone, baritone,
euphonium, mellophone,
contrabass, clarinet, saxophone,
and flute)
75,000 -0- -0-
Instruments will be
provided by KHS America
pursuant to sponsorship
agreement
Miscellaneous repairs and
padding necessary each
year. Replacement every 4-
8 years
Vinyl Floor (Required to prevent
damage at performance venues.)
Painted each year to enhance the
design of the show.
1,500 750 750
Floor must be cleaned and
repainted each year.

Costumes ($250 each x 40
performers)
10,000 5,000 5,000 For sanitary reasons,
costumes are not reusable
and become the property
of the performer at the end
of the season.

Props 3,000 1,500 1,500 Frames for props are
reusable but prop are
rebuild and designed each
year.

Music/Drill sheets 400 200 200
Insurance 1,500 750 750 Liability and comprehensive
policy to cover injury and
loss of instruments
Transportation: Includes rental
of truck and fuel for
transportation of props, floor,
instruments to and from
exhibitions, competitive venues
and rehearsal site.

Also includes transportation of
staff via separate vehicles
8,000 4,000 4,000
Entry fees 800 400 400
T-Shirts for members and staff 2,500 1,250 1,250 Any additional T-shirts will be available on the
Mandarins online store with
proceeds to be earmarked
for the program.

Miscellaneous Office Supplies 600 -0- 600
Employer paid payroll taxes (FICA,
FUTA) and payroll services
1000 500 500
TOTALS $115,700 $20,050 $20,650 $75,000 TBD
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City of Rancho Cordova
2729 Prospect Park Dr.

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
March 10, 2022
RE: Verification of Rehearsal Location
To whom may concern:

On behalf of the Mandarins of Sacramento Inc., The Mandarins Pilot Project, The Imperial Winds, Shall have use of the Mandarins Music Center located at 9792 Business Park Drive, Sacramento, CA., For all planned rehearsals.

Please feel free to contact me should any questions arise.

Joseph N. Fong
Chair - Board of Directors
Director - Mandarins Music Center
Mandarins of Sacramento Inc.

P.O. Box 22297 • Sacramento • California • 95822
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1 Randi Kay Stephens
From: City of Rancho Cordova <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 7:17 PM
To: Stacy Delaney; Randi Kay Stephens
Subject: *NEW SUBMISSION* Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 NEW
Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 NEW Submission #: 1532444
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Project Information
Project Name
Sacramento Theatre Company After‐School Musical Production and In‐Class Theatre Arts Integration Program (STC‐SPP) Project Synopsis
STC teaching artists work alongside classroom teachers, they will introduce theatre arts integration concepts and techniques that will also enhance the teachers' ability to teach their students. This program also engages parent and community participation with set building days, creating props and costumes, and helping with publicity. The format of this program provides a multitude of positive student, educator, and community benefits. Decades of research demonstrates participation in theatre arts offers students a toolbox of fundamental skills that will enhance their ability to succeed in school and beyond. The benefits of theatre arts education for low‐income children are especially profound. Specifically, studies have shown that theatre arts instruction and the creative process associated with theatre helps students to better succeed at school as they garner new ways of learning, creating, and focusing.

Project Description
This is a semester long, after‐school theatre arts program that is organized and taught by professional STC teaching artists as well as an increased number of Theatre Arts Integration Classes during the school day in every classroom (5 sessions in each classroom whereas least year we provided 3 in each classroom.) The project proposal includes professional development for the teachers in Theatre Arts Integration strategies for the classroom. In the 2021‐2022 School year STC was funded at White Rock Elementary School through the City of Rancho Cordova Enhancement Fund and funding would ensure our presence for another year. The program begins with theatre classes in every classroom for the purpose of engaging student interest in theatre arts prior to the start of the after‐school program as well as to provide alternative arts integration methods to teach math, English and science through the arts to reach multiple learning styles. They also gain life skills such as enhanced empathy, greater sense of confidence, a deeper understanding of their identity which for many, has the impact of alleviating mental health issues. Since theatre instruction nurtures creative thinking, it encourages students to unlock possibilities and to foster innovations toward solutions in all areas of their life.

Students also become more proficient at many skills that will help them later in the job market, including; Public Speaking, Time Management, Project Management Skills, Communication and Collaboration Skills. By getting children involved in theatre at a young age, they better understand their world and the value of theatre in developing common values within the context of their Application #8
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2 community. Moreover, studies have shown that theatre not only provides our children with positive after‐school activities but also leads to other responsible civic engagement and has a direct correlation to a reduction of crime and delinquency.

Project Team
Miranda D. Lawson is a Florida native who has worked and traveled across the country working in the arts field. She studied a BFA in music with a concentration in musical theatre and began her career in the film and tv industry. After moving to Sacramento she began working at the Sacramento Theatre Company and moved her way up in the ranks as a performer, teaching artist, director/choreographer, Associate Artist, and YPC Program and Adult Education Manager. STC is her home and her passion, and being able to impact the community by bringing the arts to them and nurturing the next generations of artists is her life’s work and she is so pleased to have the opportunity to do so. Lyn Alessandra graduated from UC Davis in 2016 with a B.A. in Dramatic Arts and minors in Managerial Economics and French. She has worked as a stage manager in various cities, including in Dallas, Los Angeles, and here in Sacramento at Broadway at Music Circus in the summers. She has also toured as a union stage hand on Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Lyn has a passion for theatre, and loves to share it with students of all ages. She enjoys teaching and inspiring students to delve into every topic theater can offer them. She is a proud member of Actor’s Equity Association. When she isn’t in rehearsals, she is playing with her two dogs or baking. Lisa Dillon has been dancing, in some form or another, since she was 4.

She trained in Sacramento, Lake Tahoe and Santa Barbara. She performed locally for many years in Best of Broadway and periodically in Music Circus, Garbeau’s Dinner Theater, Davis Musical Theater Company and others. She taught tap and jazz at Broadway Academy of Performing Arts and currently teaches dance/fitness fusion. Her passion is in Children’s Musical Theater where she has worked as Director, Choreographer, Technical Director and Producer. Lisa started working for STC in January 2017 with Schools Partnership and is overjoyed to continue to teach and grow with STC.

Project Goals
In addition to professional productions, STC School of the Arts offers a host of theatre arts training and engagement opportunities that reach over 5000 students annually. With STC’s School Partnership Program currently in 12 schools, it is one of the most notable programs in California. In 2016, STC’s School Partnership Program was selected as one of the top arts humanities based programs in the country and in recognition, received a National Arts and Humanities youth Program Finalist Award. To maintain our high standards, we are committed to continually assessing and evaluating the services we provide to the students and educators in our community. STC’s SPP goals for White Rock Elementary are to train and offer professional development to teachers on theatre arts intelligences and teach core subjects: Social Studies, Science, ELA through theatre arts strategies. STC’s School Partnership Program has a goal to provide students with a comprehensive after‐school theatre program to help them become more proficient at many job skills. Student involvement in the program provides students with fundamental building blocks for success in school and beyond.

STC teaching artists measure impact through the observation and documentation at the beginning and end of the residency. School site and classroom teachers are also involved in the evaluation process through a written survey. The impact of STC‐SPP’s previous evaluations indicate that students are increasing their writing, listening and oral expression skills. These evaluations indicate that students are increasing their ability to concentrate and make helpful learning connections between their theatre lessons and other academic areas. Consequently, students are building key academic and social emotional skills that have led to a positive impact on their oral and written development, especially for English Language learners and students with special needs and learning disabilities.

Funding Request
Funds are generally not intended to be used for deferred maintenance and ongoing operational needs. The funds are intended for community enhancement & investment.

Total Project Cost
22520
Estimated Breakdown of Project Expenditures
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM Expenses 1. Artistic: Teaching Artists 2‐3 teaching artists per site includes planning sessions for TA’s and school staff. Rate of Pay $30‐40 per hour for each: STC professional teaching artist/music director/choreographer 1 TA @ rehearsal/instruction x 68 hours total (for 17 weeks @ 2 hrs. per) per site = $5,440 1 Choreographer @ 2‐3x per week @ 17 weeks per site = $2,040 1 Musical Director @ 2‐3x per week @ 17 weeks per site = $2,040 Pay Rate Total: $9,520.00 2. Administrative:

Education Director Show and Arts Integration School Partnership Program Manager = $2,000 $(x) Full Time Staff, 10% of annual salary on this project = $5,000 School Partnership Program Production costs to include lights, sound, design, teaching supplies, etc.

Administrative Total: $7,000.00 3. Technical: School Partnership Production costs to include lights, sound, design, teaching supplies, etc. $1,000 per site Technical Total = $1,000 After School Expenses TOTAL: $17,520.00 ARTS INTEGRATION DURING SCHOOL DAY 1 Artistic Art Integrative Teaching Artists 2‐3 Teaching Artists per site, & prep meetings $30‐40/rehearsal hr x 5 sessions in 18 classrooms per site@125 hours total School Day Expenses TOTAL: $5,000.00 Program Total 22,520.00 Less Matching Funds 2,520.00 TOTAL FUNDING REQUEST $20,000.00   Application #8
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3 Matching Funds
Matching funds $2520 Curtains Up fundraiser (including any in‐kind contributions) Include Any Other Funding Contributions
no
Ongoing Operations and Maintenance Costs (if applicable) no
Total Community Enhancement & Investment Funds Requested 20,000
Is this a multi‐year request?
No
How many years have you received funding for this project? 3 When will your request for funding sunset for ongoing programs? June 30, 2023
Do you plan to ask annually for funding?
No
What other funding will you seek to support your project? none
Project Schedule, Timeliness and Adaptability
Project Schedule
The workshops and the entire program will be at no cost to the student and is open to every student in the school in accordance with the following schedule organized by Sacramento Theatre Company’s SPP. After school program: October – meet with school principal and after‐school programming personnel to work out scheduling, space, show title and overall curriculum.

November/December – STC/SPP provides 3 theatre workshops/classes in every classroom to: 1) introduce the program to all students to generate excitement and interest, 2) after school theatre workshops on how to audition, 3) information about the STC/SPP theatre residency. KINDER classes begin (STC teaching artists go into the Kinder classrooms once a week for a theatre class throughout the residency). The workshops and entire program will be at no cost to the student and open to all students. STC/SPP solicits parent/community engagement with organized parent meetings that are held to explain program details, rehearsal schedules, time commitment, and to solicit parent engagement (community building). September – STC/SPP organizes and oversees student registration and auditions. October‐January – STC/SPP oversees: student rehearsals, 3‐4 days a week. After school, 3‐4 day a week for 1‐2 hours each day. Community and parent engagement by actively getting them involved in building sets, creating costumes and props and helping with publicity. Final production in Jan/Feb. STC/SPP oversees dress and tech rehearsals, final presentation, performance and assessments. Theatre Arts Integration classes during the school day (5 classes for each classroom) at White Rock Elementary, the principal is committed to bringing arts integration to the school. This school does not have the on— going resources to fund arts integration, so this grant will help fund a continuation of STC’s after school program to include the time during school. There is no cost to students. STC has been providing Sacramento area schools with theatre In addition to providing the project timeline identified above, describe how you will be able to complete your project by June 30, 2023.

This program is designed to be completed within the academic year. Step 1: Sept. Teacher Training. 1 session. Includes a professional development seminar on arts integration and why it is effective in engaging students in both the standard educational and art forms.

We hold teacher meetings to establish and discuss standards for the classroom that teachers would like addressed through the theatre arts integration experience. Step 2: Oct‐Dec. Lessons. 3 sessions with each class. Created by the teaching artist, lessons will describe the activities and what the teaching artists, students and classroom teachers will be doing throughout the course of the program. The lesson plan will also list the standards addressed (ELA, math/science/civics/VAPA) as well as describe the formative assessments as well as a rubric to specify the goals of the learning outcomes. Step 3. Dec. Evaluation. 1 Session. After the lessons are completed, the students and teachers will be asked to fill out evaluation forms. Throughout the process, the teaching artist will weave formative assessments into the lessons. Activities during lessons depend on grade level and classroom topics and include a combination of the following; physical and vocal exercises. Improvisation games and music games, songs to teach rhythm, notes, key Application #8
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4 signatures, etc. Creative movement and blocking to bring text/music to life. Discussion led by the teaching artists on the text for understanding plot points, character objectives, beat changes, emotional inner life of the characters and character relationships.

Theatricalizing a story or piece of history the class is studying. Bringing a poem/text to life by reciting and adding movement.

Please note, if selected for funding, you will be required to submit a narrative Outcomes Report and a financial Use of Funds Report at least two times during the grant period.

Will you be able to adjust your project if California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders change? For example, the program could operate virtually or with other modifications made. Please describe.

The program is prepared to pivot and adjust to any public health situation. We are capable of performing virtual programming as well as hybrid.

Project Location
Please note that projects or programs that are proposed on property owned or operated by outside agencies or a private party will require the coordination with and potentially approvals from outside agencies, organizations, and/or the private party.

Physical Address of the Project Location
10487 White Rock Road
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Other Physical Addresses (if project/program is at multiple sites) Have you received a letter of support for the project/program from the property owner? No
Letter of Support from Property Owner (not K‐12 schools or park/park facility) WRE letter of support.pdf
Is your project/program intended to operate or take place at a public K‐12 school site and/or a park/park facility?
Yes, at a public K‐12 school site
Which school district is the public K‐12 school site located in? Folsom Cordova Unified
Sacramento City Unified
Other: River Delta Unified School District
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Applicant and Signatory
Application Submitted By
Dawn Spinella
Title
Development Manager
Submitting As
Individual
Phone
9164467501 ext. 105
Email Address
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Organization's Legal Name (if applicable)
Sacramento Theatre Company
Mailing Address of Submitter
1419 H Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Signatory's Name
Executive Director Michael Laun
Signatory's Title
Michael Laun
Signatory's Phone
9164467501 ext. 109
Signatory's Email Address
[email protected]
Signatory's Mailing Address
1419 H Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
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WRE budget and feedback.pdf
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1 Randi Kay Stephens
From: City of Rancho Cordova <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2022 3:48 PM
To: Stacy Delaney; Randi Kay Stephens
Subject: *NEW SUBMISSION* Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 NEW
Categories: CEF
Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 NEW Submission #: 1536857
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Project Information
Project Name
The “Swing Sweet Home” Project
Project Synopsis
The Western Swing Society (WSS) “Swing Sweet Home” Project is to engage the community of Rancho Cordova and nation‐wide about the preservation of Western Swing Music, traditional dance, and history. The goal is to expand our outreach further into the Rancho Cordova Community by posting our monthly concerts from our dancehall in Rancho Cordova and post so others affected by COVID‐19 precautions, senior centers, or enthusiasts from all around can see the activities going on in the heart of Rancho Cordova. “Swing Sweet Home” project offers monthly free virtual footage footage of our concerts to the community of Rancho Cordova and beyond showcasing Western Swing music, county dance, and tidbits of Country music history that stemmed from the greater Sacramento area & making it accessible right into your home. We hold monthly dances every 1st Sunday of the month that showcase a featured guest band, our house band, and are enjoyed by our dancers who take to the dance floor. Recording live performances from our dances of classic tunes everyone knows and loves and being able to have them available online for the community to enjoy is the purpose.

Project Description
Our monthly dances are scheduled with 2 live bands performing from the hours of 1pm‐5pm. The musical talent is strictly volunteer driven. Along with the music comes the dancing from our members and guests who are in attendance. During the duration of our monthly dances this project will record songs from our talented performers and post them on social media. This grant will allow us the privilege of having the proper equipment to record various clips of our musical performances that we host in Rancho Cordova and posting them on Facebook, youtube, Instagram, and our website for everyone to enjoy for free. The online presence will allow us to reach out to the Rancho Cordova community and entertain our many community members with our traditional country/western music sound ,celebrate our wide range of diversity of our members, and show appreciation for our Rancho Cordova community. For those who aren’t able to travel to Rancho Cordova, due to health precautions or transportation issues, the virtual option will allow us to entertain our community‐free of charge and allow them a virtual concert for their enjoyment.

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2 Project Team
The organization involved is the Western Swing Society that has been run by volunteers for over 30+ years. The team is spearheaded by Meghan Enriquez ( Mae McCoy ) who is not only a performer but a board member in community relations. During her time working with Rancho Cordova Police Department she brought a senior program alliance with Esktaton in July of 2021. The project team goes as follows: Mae McCoy ( M. Meghan Enriquez ): “Swing Sweet Home” Project Manager /Social Media will communicate with community members and others via social media to keep them engaged. She will notate any song requests from our community members and be the liaison to the band leaders. Part of her position is to encourage community engagement via social media. Mrs. Enriquez will oversee the project as a whole for quality and record keeping. Rex Barnes: President of the Western Swing Society is involved in the set‐up of the stage and the optics of the project. Ronnie Elkan: Vice President/Musical Director of Western Swing also doubles as musical director and will make sure the guest band is booked for the virtual concert clips every month. Gary Blodgett: Sound Engineer & Equipment Director will be in charge of musical direction of the project ensuring sound quality to the concerts. Mr. Blodgett also secures our equipment.

Project Goals
Facebook Page growth from engagement‐ Metrics from “likes” would reflect the progression of our outreach. Currently at 1K followers, we hope for that number to steadily grow as we add video clips to our posting on a regularly basis Youtube Channel development that will give us metrics on how many people we are reaching and our engage with our “ Swing Sweet Home” project.

Website our website http://www.westernswingsociety.net will post the videos clips and keep a link of the various clips we accumulate Memberships: We anticipate a rise of membership to the Western Swing Society once the community is aware of the existence of such a preservationist organization.

Funding Request
Funds are generally not intended to be used for deferred maintenance and ongoing operational needs. The funds are intended for community enhancement & investment.

Total Project Cost
$7,272.84
Estimated Breakdown of Project Expenditures
*Electronic Sound Board iPAD Pro, Apple iPad Pro 12.9” 2TB (5th Gen) Subtotal: $2,099.99 Shipping: $4.99 Tax $152.61 Total:
$2,257.59 *Soundboard, Behringer X Air XR18 18‐channel Tablet‐Controlled Digital Mixer Subtotal: $699.00 Shipping: 0 Tax: $50.58 Total: $749.68 *Speakers X2, QSC KW152 1000W 15 inch Powered Speaker Subtotal: $1,629.99 (X2) $3,259.98 Tax: $287.03 Total:
$3,547.01 *Camera, GoPRO HERO9 Subtotal: $339.99 Tax: $24.65 Total: $ 364.64 External Hard Drive, ioSafe SOLO G3 4TB External Hard Drive Subtotal: $329.99 Tax: $23.93 Total: $ 353.92 Grand Total: $7,272.84 Matching Funds
NA
Include Any Other Funding Contributions
Concert Equipment Storage: $ 117.00 per month Facility Rental: $700 per month Monthly Advertising/Design $ 3.00 per month Website Maintenance: $438.00 annual
Ongoing Operations and Maintenance Costs (if applicable) NA
Total Community Enhancement & Investment Funds Requested $7,272.84
Is this a multi‐year request?
No
How many years have you received funding for this project? 0 When will your request for funding sunset for ongoing programs? June 2023
Do you plan to ask annually for funding?
No Application #9
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3 What other funding will you seek to support your project? Annual Memberships Monthly dance admission Food sales Merchandise Sales Public donations Project Schedule, Timeliness and Adaptability
Project Schedule
“Swing Sweet Home” will begin at the purchase & delivery of equipment required to launch which is anticipated by Sunday, September 3rd, 2022. And continue thereafter recording the 1st Sunday of the month ( w/exception to October 2022 During our Hall of Fame Weekend.) The virtual concert clips will be posted within one between the 2 and 3rd week of every month. During the Hall of Fame Weekend in October we will provide more clips of our 3‐day long festivities, online, free of charge.

In addition to providing the project timeline identified above, describe how you will be able to complete your project by June 30, 2023.

As previously mentioned, our “Swing Sweet Home” concern clips will be recorded every 1st Sunday of the month and posted within 1‐2 weeks of recording on our social media outlets free of charge. This project will continue on that said timeline.

Please note, if selected for funding, you will be required to submit a narrative Outcomes Report and a financial Use of Funds Report at least two times during the grant period.

Will you be able to adjust your project if California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders change? For example, the program could operate virtually or with other modifications made. Please describe.

The “Swing Sweet Home” project is designed to weather the changes that may occur with the California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders. The program is predicated on providing free online viewership of our performances. In the event of a drastic shift in health orders, our performers can record their music from home and the Western Swing Society can continue to post “Swing Sweet Home” without procuring additional fees. “Swing Sweet Home” is designed for the connection between local entertainers and community members through these uncertain times.

Project Location
Please note that projects or programs that are proposed on property owned or operated by outside agencies or a private party will require the coordination with and potentially approvals from outside agencies, organizations, and/or the private party.

Physical Address of the Project Location
The Machinist Hall ‐ 2749 sunrise Blvd
Rancho Cordova, CA 95742
Other Physical Addresses (if project/program is at multiple sites) NA
Have you received a letter of support for the project/program from the property owner? No
Letter of Support from Property Owner (not K‐12 schools or park/park facility) Is your project/program intended to operate or take place at a public K‐12 school site and/or a park/park facility?
No
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The Western Swing Society
Submitting As
Non‐Profit
Phone
9168732023
Email Address
[email protected]
Organization's Legal Name (if applicable)
The Western Swing Society
Mailing Address of Submitter
PO BOX: 639, Lincoln, CA, 95648
Lincoln, CA 95648
Signatory's Name
Mrs. M. Meghan Enriquez
Signatory's Title
Board of Directs‐ Community Outreach
Signatory's Phone
9168732023
Signatory's Email Address
[email protected]
Signatory's Mailing Address
PO BOX: 639, Lincoln, CA, 95648
Lincoln, CA 95648
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Project Information
Project Name
RANCHO CORDOVA RISE‐UP THEATRE COMPANY’S DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT Project Synopsis
This project will provide funds to Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company (RCRUT) for the continuing development of a high‐ quality, thriving theatre company and the construction of a 99‐seat theatre complex in the arts section of Rancho Cordova for the benefit of RCRUT and other Rancho Cordova non‐profit performing arts organizations.

Project Description
This grant will provide funds to RCRUT to implement Phase III & IV of RCRUT’s 18‐month Development and Construction Plan (“Plan”). For details of the extensive 18‐Month Development and Construction Plan see Attachment A. Please note that Attachment A is the proprietary property of RCRUT, prepared by its counsel and Executive Producer and is not for dissemination or publication.

Phase I & II of the Plan have already been, or will be, accomplished through private donations, volunteerism and fundraising events/productions that have taken place. Briefly, RCRUT has already finalized its non‐profit status, drafted and approved a full development and construction plan, organized its board and committees, launched its website, partnered with already existing Rancho Cordova non‐profits, performing arts groups, businesses and fraternal organizations and produced eight productions and events at the MACC. The goal of Phase III & IV of RCRUT’s Plan is to: (1) Continue the development of an on‐going, high quality, Rancho Cordova theatre company; (2) Construct a permanent 99‐seat performance complex for that RCRUT company to be used for performances and rehearsals; (3) Share that complex with other already existing and thriving Rancho Cordova performing arts entities (Orchestras, Choirs, Dance Companies and other Theatre Companies); and (4) Continue to bring together, for mutual support, Rancho Cordova performing arts groups and thereby help Rancho Cordova in its continuing goal of becoming a community where theatre, music and all performing arts are prominent. The creation of a theatre company and the construction of a theatre Application #10
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2 complex, even in an existing structure, is a long term project. Moreover the financing of this endeavor by a non‐profit organization through fundraising events and productions adds to the gargantuan tasks and takes thousands of volunteer hours. This grant will allow the completion of this task within the 18‐month timeline set forth in the RCRUT 4‐phase.

Project Team
Courtney Conklin, President and Artistic Director‐ Courtney, a mother and resident of Rancho Cordova is the founder of Rise Up Theatre Company, has a 20‐year award winning history of producing, directing, and distributing, both artistically and financially profitable, live theatrical and film productions. Mary Gorak, Vice President and Executive Producer‐ Mary holds a Juris Doctorate with 30‐years’experience in civil and entertainment law and over 50‐years’ theatrical experience, including starting multiple theatres for municipalities, producing over 40 individual productions, including an award winning Off Broadway musical currently in preparation for its Broadway run, and training Tony award winning actors. Carrie DeHerrera, Secretary and Managing Director‐ Carrie, a mother and disabled veteran, holds a Bachelors in Management, Masters in Business Administration, and a Doctorates in Organizational Leadership with 20‐years’ experience leading Government Organizations. Gian Montesini, Chairman and Producer‐ Gian has been involved in theatre in many capacities since the 80’s. Originally from Brazil, he moved to California in the late 90’s and continued to pursue his passion for the arts, organizing amateur and professional theatre groups like Big Idea Theatre, Scaramelo, Rebels Without Applause and, more recently, helping with Rise Up Theatre Co. Ann Pierson, Treasurer‐Ann is a local resident in Rancho Cordova, has a 40‐year history in financial accounting. Her primary expertise lies within the healthcare industry, budgeting, Tax needs and legal matters, she has worked with companies both private, nonprofit and state owned. Ann is an avid arts enthusiast and participates in The Polar Express, Wine Tours, Train events and more across the Sacramento Region. Walt Pierson, Technical Director. Josh Pierson, Photograph, Film, and Graphics. Talen Andersen, Musical Director. **See Attachment for Additional Project Team, Partners, and Community Support)
Project Goals
Goal #1 Increase community appreciation for and participation in the arts. Rise Up Theatre Company is striving to not only provide quality theatrical performances for citizens to participate in and enjoy, but by constructing a complex for other non‐profit organizations to use as performance and rehearsal space inside the city limits, RCRUT is increasing the communities access to music, choral, dance and film. The access to all these performing arts forms to citizens, who may not be able to access such events outside Rancho Cordova, will now make them available within our community. Goal #2 Enhance community pride and the image of Rancho Cordova as a community where theatre, music, dance and film are prominent. Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company’s constructing a complex in Rancho Cordova where citizens can see, on an ongoing and permanent basis, high quality performing arts will instill community pride and encourage residents to call Rancho Cordova their home. Goal #3 Promote the quality of life and civic engagement for citizens of Rancho Cordova. Theatre and the arts provide audiences and participants with not only emotional feelings of enjoyment and well‐being; they expand their world view and mutual understanding. In addition, the construction of a permanent performing arts complex to be used by Rancho Cordova non‐profit performing arts companies, orchestras, bands and choirs will bring a continuing stream of audiences and participants into a single location in the city of Rancho Cordova. This steady stream of arts patrons will attract and support businesses such as dining and transportation.

Funding Request
Funds are generally not intended to be used for deferred maintenance and ongoing operational needs. The funds are intended for community enhancement & investment.

Total Project Cost
$500,000
Estimated Breakdown of Project Expenditures
Phase III and IV of the Plan Cost: $300,000.00 Phase III and IV coincide with the Community Enhancement & Investment 12 Month Funding Period (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023) 50% of the costs of Phase III & IV ($150.000) will be funded by private donations, funding events, theatrical productions and in‐kind volunteerism. The other 50% of Phase II & IV, ($150.000) is the funding requested from the Community Enhancement and Investment fund.

Matching Funds
Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company was founded by three high‐power professionals who each are providing Professional In‐ Kind Services and $10,000.00 seed money each. Moreover, even though they are acting as the Company’s Administration, the Equity Board is not seeking, and has pledged not to take, any payment or remittance of any kind for the hundreds of hours of work provided until the theatre company and theatre complex are completely self‐sustaining. They have made this pledge and investment of time and personal funds because of their ultimate goal: creating a professional theatre company and theatre facility that helps build and maintain Rancho Cordova, their home’s, position and reputation as a center for the arts. President and Artistic Director, Courtney Conklin has a 20 year award winning history of producing, directing and distributing financially profitable live theatrical and Application #10
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3 film productions. She bills between $3,000 and $5,000 per production and has made a personal investment pledge of $10,000.00.

Secretary and Managing Director, Carrie DeHerrera, PhD, holds a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership and is the founder and CEO of a successful for‐profit company. She bills $150.00 per hour for her professional services and has made a personal investment pledge of $10,000.00. Vice President and Executive Producer, Mary Gorak, J.D. has 30 years in civil and entertainment law, holds a Masters in Theatrical Producing with over 50 years experience producing theatre and has created theatre companies for municipalities including: Milpitas, CA; Healdsburg, CA; Santa Rosa, CA and Lebanon, Ohio. She bills $375.00 per hour for legal services, $10,000 to $20.000 for Theatrical Development Plans and has pledged $10,000.00.

Include Any Other Funding Contributions
N/A
Ongoing Operations and Maintenance Costs (if applicable) N/A
Total Community Enhancement & Investment Funds Requested $150,000
Is this a multi‐year request?
No
How many years have you received funding for this project? 0 When will your request for funding sunset for ongoing programs? Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company has never sought or received any previous funding from the Community Enhancement & Investment Fund. All previous funding has been provided by the Executive Board, has come from profits from performances or has been raised through fundraising events. Going forward RCRUT will continue to raise funds through direct donations, ticket sales, fundraising events and corporate and municipal grants. This specific request to help fund RCRUT’s Development and Construction Plan is a single year request and all funds will be used in fiscal year 2022/2023, unless, as outlined above, construction is halted and then funds will be kept in a trust fund until completion. However, historically live theatre and the arts receive only about 50‐60% of their operational funds through ticket sales, fundraising events and private donations: grants have always been a vital piece of funding. Once RCRUT’s Development and Construction plan is fully realized and the needs of the company and complex are defined, RCRUT will seek additional Community Enhancement & Investment grant funds to maintain a high quality theatre company and a thriving performance complex in Rancho Cordova.

Do you plan to ask annually for funding?
No
What other funding will you seek to support your project? Phase I and II of the Plan Cost: $200,000.00 Phase I and II will be completed by July 1, 2022, prior to the receipt of any Community Enhancement & Investment Funds The costs of Phase I & II have been or will be accomplished from fundraising events, theatrical productions, private donations and monetary pledges from the Executive Board. Phase III and IV of the Plan Cost: $300,000.00 Phase III and IV coincide with the Community Enhancement & Investment 12 Month Funding Period (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023) 50% of the costs of Phase III & IV ($150.000) will be funded by private donations, funding events, theatrical productions and in‐kind volunteerism. The other 50% of Phase II & IV, ($150.000) is the funding requested from the Community Enhancement and Investment fund.

Project Schedule, Timeliness and Adaptability
Project Schedule
Theatrical Productions and Fundraising Events, which will be funded in part by Community Enhancement & Investment Fund Grant, will take place from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. All such productions and events are in Phase II and IV of Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company’s Development and Construction Plan. Please note that productions and events in Phase I & II will have been completed prior to grant funding. The design and construction of the 99‐seat theatrical complex in the Rancho Cordova Arts District will be begun and completed between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

In addition to providing the project timeline identified above, describe how you will be able to complete your project by June 30, 2023.

This project begins with a major advantage that ensures timeliness: Phase I & II of the Development and Construction Plan will have been funded independently through outside sources and completed by a board and management team already in place prior to the Application #10
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4 2022/2023 fiscal year. This team will already function successfully. They will have developed a method of theatrical and fundraising events utilizing Rancho Cordova facilities, community and support. They will have established partnerships with Rancho Cordova non‐profits and have begun to build an audience. They will also be well on the way to finalizing the survey for an already existing building to renovate and adapt into a 99‐seat theatre complex.

Please note, if selected for funding, you will be required to submit a narrative Outcomes Report and a financial Use of Funds Report at least two times during the grant period.

Will you be able to adjust your project if California Public Health and/or Sacramento County Health Orders change? For example, the program could operate virtually or with other modifications made. Please describe.

Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company Plan is prepared to adapt. A large portion of theatrical productions and fundraising events can be filmed and streamed. In fact Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company has already provided for such adjustments.

Board Member Josh Pierson is the owner/operator of a successful film company and has, and will provide streaming services if necessary. Contract negotiation with contractors and architects for the theatre complex construction can go forward via zoom and email even in a shut down as can the design and permit process. It is highly unlikely that construction will be halted due to health restriction: even in the height of the 2020 pandemic shutdown construction projects went forward. However, it there is a complete work stoppage, all funding from this grant as well as funds raised independently for the complex construction can be carried over into the next fiscal year in an attorney trust fund.

Project Location
Please note that projects or programs that are proposed on property owned or operated by outside agencies or a private party will require the coordination with and potentially approvals from outside agencies, organizations, and/or the private party.

Physical Address of the Project Location
10468 Neiretto Court
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Other Physical Addresses (if project/program is at multiple sites) Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company has partnered and made arrangements with two non‐profit organizations who have agreed to allow the Theatre Company to use their facilities free of charge for rehearsal and performances. Letters of Support memorializing these agreements are included with this application. These are: Mills Station Arts & Culture Center in Rancho Cordova (MACC): In the last three months RCRUT has produced at the MACC the comedy, “The Do‐gooder Debacle”, a reader’s theatre fundraising event “A Radio Play” and is currently scheduled for another fundraiser “Photos with the Easter Bunny” and a full scale Broadway musical in the next three months. Both RCRUT and MACC look forward to a long partnership. Summerset Senior Living Facility, Rancho Cordova/Gold River (Summerset Facility): Summerset Facility Residents were provided free tickets to performances at the MACC. After a group of resident seniors attended plays, Summerset Staff felt a mutually beneficial relationship was possible.

RCRUT has and will continue to use a portion of Summerset Facility for auditions and rehearsal, and residents will be able to enjoy those rehearsals and be provided free tickets to performances.

Have you received a letter of support for the project/program from the property owner? Yes (includes if you are the property owner)
Letter of Support from Property Owner (not K‐12 schools or park/park facility) Rise Up Theatre Letter CEIF (The MACC).pdf
Is your project/program intended to operate or take place at a public K‐12 school site and/or a park/park facility?
No
Read‐Only Content
Please acknowledge that you read and understand the above Supplemental Endorsement Form requirements.

Yes
Applicant and Signatory
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5 Application Submitted By
Courtney Conklin
Title
President and Artistic Director
Submitting As
Non‐Profit
Phone
5305752447
Email Address
[email protected]
Organization's Legal Name (if applicable)
Phoenix Productions
Mailing Address of Submitter
10468 Neiretto Court
Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Signatory's Name
Mrs. Mary Gorak
Signatory's Title
Vice‐President, Executive Director, and Attorney at Law Signatory's Phone
7074864829
Signatory's Email Address
[email protected]
Signatory's Mailing Address
4801 Dover Lane
507
Sacramento, CA 95847
Attach Any Additional Documents Here
Rise Up Theatre Binder.pdf
Read‐Only Content
Thank you,
City of Rancho Cordova
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COMMUNITY INCLUSION AND GROWTH

PROJECT PLAN
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PROJECT NAME
RANCHO CORDOVA RISE-UP THEATRE COMPANY’S

DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

PROJECT SYNOPSIS
This project will provide funds to Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company (RCRUT) for the continuing development of a high-quality, thriving theatre company and the construction of a 99-seat theatre complex in the arts section of Rancho Cordova for the benefit of RCRUT and other Rancho Cordova non-profit performing arts organizations.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION
This grant will provide funds to Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company to implement Phase III & IV of RCRUT’s 18-month Development and Construction Plan (“Plan”). For details of the extensive 18-Month Development and Construction Plan see Attachment A. Please note that Attachment A is the proprietary property of Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre, prepared by its counsel and Executive Producer and is not for dissemination or publication.

Phase I & II of the Plan have already been, or will be, accomplished through private donations, volunteerism and fundraising events/productions that have taken place. Briefly, RCRUT has already finalized its non-profit status, drafted and approved a full development and construction plan, organized its board and committees, launched its website, partnered with already existing Rancho Cordova non-profits, performing arts groups, businesses and fraternal organizations and produced eight productions and events at the MACC.

The goal of Phase III & IV of RCRUT’s Plan is to: (1) Continue the development of an on-going, high quality, Rancho Cordova theatre company; (2) Construct a permanent 99-seat performance complex for that RCRUT company to be used for performances and rehearsals; (3) Share that complex with other already existing and thriving Rancho Cordova performing arts entities (Orchestras, Choirs, Dance Companies and other Theatre Companies); and (4) Continue to bring together, for mutual support, Rancho Cordova performing arts groups and thereby help Rancho Cordova in its continuing goal of becoming a community where theatre, music and all performing arts are prominent.

The creation of a theatre company and the construction of a theatre complex, even in an existing structure, is a long term project. Moreover the financing of this endeavor by a non-profit organization through fundraising events and productions adds to the gargantuan tasks and literally takes hundreds of thousands Application #10
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of volunteer hours. This grant will allow the completion of this task within the 18-month timeline set forth in the RCRUT 4-phase plan and will create for the city of Rancho Cordova a high quality theatre company and thriving theatre complex.

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PROJECT TEAM
Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company’s Team
Courtney Conklin
President and Artistic Director
Mary Gorak
Vice President and Executive
Producer
Carrie DeHerrera
Secretary and Managing
Director
Courtney, a mother and resident of Rancho Cordova is the founder of Rise Up Theatre Company, has a 20-year award winning history of producing, directing, and distributing, both artistically and financially profitable, live theatrical and film productions.

Mary holds a Juris Doctorate with 30-years’experience in civil and entertainment law and over 50-years’ theatrical experience, including starting multiple theatres for municipalities, producing over 40 individual productions, including an award winning Off Broadway musical currently in preparation for its Broadway run, and training Tony award winning actors.

Carrie, a mother and disabled veteran, holds a Bachelors in Management, Masters in Business Administration, and a Doctorates in Organizational Leadership with 20-years’ experience leading Government Organizations.

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Gian Montesini
Chairman and Producer
Ann Pierson
Treasurer
Walter Pierson
Technical Director
Gian has been involved in theatre in many capacities since the 80’s.

Originally from Brazil, he moved to California in the late 90’s and continued to pursue his passion for the arts, organizing amateur and professional theatre groups like Big Idea Theatre, Scaramelo, Rebels Without Applause and, more recently, helping with Rise Up Theatre Co. Gian is also an avid musician and can be seen performing with his jazz band “Foreign & Domestic” at local wineries and breweries.

Ann is a local resident in Rancho Cordova, has a 40-year history in financial accounting. Her primary expertise lies within the healthcare industry, budgeting, Tax needs and legal matters, she has worked with companies both private, nonprofit and state owned. Ann is an avid arts enthusiast and participates in The Polar Express, Wine Tours, Train events and more across the Sacramento Region.

Walt is a Local Rancho Cordova homeowner, who went to school and received a certificate as a recording engineer, spent several years working in the musical industry as a DJ, and progressed his knowledge in the technical arts by doing event work including owning his own successful production company called “Magical Memories”. In his later years he is known for his production work on community events and productions such as The Polar Express in James Town as well as Train productions and Wine Tours.

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Josh Pierson
Photography, Film and
Graphics
Talen Andersen
Musical Director
Josh, a father and Rancho Cordova homeowner, is a respected, award-winning filmmaker. The founder and operator of a successful film production company and freelance photography business also works full-time for VSP here in Rancho Cordova as a Sr. Video Producer/Digital Media Specialist. He has won two regional advertising awards and one national advertising award for video work. With his deep roots in film, music, and photography with a feature film on many streaming platforms, photos and articles published in worldwide and regional magazines he is invaluable for digital media marketing as well as live production.

Talen Andersen is a performer, composer, and educator based out of the Sacramento area. He has been involved in the performing arts for over a decade, and received his B.A. in Music with a concentration in Music Education from William Jessup University. He currently teaches private music lessons at Music Institute of Roseville, and teaches general music and drama at Bradshaw Christian School. He believes in the life enriching qualities of the performing arts for all who dedicate the passion for it.

COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Rancho Cordova’s Rise Up Theatre community support.

Cheryl Gleason
MACC Curator
Jay Evans
Producer and Radio Play
Organization
Tom Seaton
Conductor for RCRCCB
Fred Radford
Set Design and Building
Well known for the set design
and building for William Jessup
Productions.

Claire Radford
Props and Set Decoration
Terri Harris
Liscenced General Contractor
SHECAN2
Commercial and private
property renovation and
construction.

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PROJECT PARTNERS
Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company’s Project Partner

PROJECTS GOALS
Goal #1 Increase community appreciation for and participation in the arts. Rise Up Theatre Company is striving to not only provide quality theatrical performances for citizens to participate in and enjoy, but by constructing a complex for other non-profit organizations to use as performance and rehearsal space inside the city limits, RCRUT is increasing the communities access to music, choral, dance and film. The access to all these performing arts forms to citizens, who may not be able to access such events outside Rancho Cordova, will now make them available within our community.

Goal #2 Enhance community pride and the image of Rancho Cordova as a community where theatre, music, dance and film are prominent. Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company’s constructing a complex in Rancho Cordova where citizens can see, on an ongoing and permanent basis, high quality performing arts will instill community pride and encourage residents to call Rancho Cordova their home.

Goal #3 Promote the quality of life and civic engagement for citizens of Rancho Cordova. Theatre and the arts provide audiences and participants with not only emotional feelings of enjoyment and well-being; they expand their world view and mutual understanding. In addition, the construction of a permanent performing arts complex to be used by Rancho Cordova non-profit performing arts companies, orchestras, bands and choirs will bring a continuing stream of audiences and participants into a single location in the city of Rancho Cordova. This steady stream of arts patrons will attract and support businesses such as dining and transportation.

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GOALS METRICS
Goal #1 Increase community appreciation for and
participation in the arts. Rise Up Theatre
Company is striving to not only provide quality
theatrical performances for citizens to participate
in and enjoy, but by constructing a complex for
other non-profit organizations to use as
performance and rehearsal space inside the city
limits, RCRUT is increasing the communities
access to music, choral, dance and film. The
access to all these performing arts forms to
citizens, who may not be able to access such
events outside Rancho Cordova, will now make
them available within our community.

Participation will be measured by:
● Participants in Rise Up’s plays and
musicals by individual performers & staff;
● Audience attendance at and reaction to
performances and fundraisers;
● Participation by other Rancho Cordova
non-profit performing entities in Rise Up’s
productions
● Use of the complex by other Rancho
Cordova non-profit performing arts groups
● Feedback from participants and audiences
Goal #2 Enhance community pride and the image
of Rancho Cordova as a community where
theatre, music, dance and film are prominent.

Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company’s
constructing a complex in Rancho Cordova where
citizens can see, on an ongoing and permanent
basis, high quality performing arts will instill
community pride and encourage residents to call
Rancho Cordova their home.

Enhancement of pride and image will be measured
by:
● Print and Television Press Coverage
● Internet Pod and Press Coverage
● Internal Business and Fraternal
Organization Coverage
● Public Survey Responses
Goal #3 Promote the quality of life and civic
engagement for citizens of Rancho Cordova.

Theatre and the arts provide audiences and
participants with not only emotional feelings of
enjoyment and well-being, the construction of a
permanent performing arts complex to be used by
Rancho Cordova non-profit performing arts
companies, orchestras, bands and choirs will
bring a continuing stream of audiences and
participants into a single location in the city of
Rancho Cordova. This steady stream of
individuals will attract businesses that support arts
patrons such as dining and transportation.

Promotion and engagement will be measured by:
● Audience surveys of use of other Rancho
Cordova Businesses and Services
● Survey of Rancho Cordova Business in
arts district
● Agreements with Rancho Cordova
Business for package offers to Audience
Participants
● Anecdotal Reports from Participants and
Businesses.

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FUNDING REQUEST

EQUITY BOARD FUNDING PLEDGE
Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company was founded by three high-power professionals who each are providing Professional In-Kind Services and $10,000.00 seed money each. Moreover, even though they are acting as the Company’s Administration, the Equity Board is not seeking, and has pledged not to take, any payment or remittance of any kind for the hundreds of hours of work provided until the theatre company and theatre complex are completely self-sustaining. They have made this pledge and investment of time and personal funds because of their ultimate goal: creating a professional theatre company and theatre facility that helps build and maintain Rancho Cordova, their home’s, position and reputation as a center for the arts.

Executive Board Administrative Positions, In-Kind & Monetary Investment:
● President and Artistic Director, Courtney Conklin has a 20 year award winning history of producing, directing and distributing financially profitable live theatrical and film productions.

She bills between $3,000 and $5,000 per production and has made a personal investment pledge of $10,000.00.
● Secretary and Managing Director, Carrie DeHerrera, PhD, holds a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership and is the founder and CEO of a successful for-profit company. She bills $150.00 per hour for her professional services and has made a personal investment pledge of $10,000.00. ● Vice President and Executive Producer, Mary Gorak, J.D. has 30 years in civil and entertainment law, holds a Masters in Theatrical Producing with over 50 years experience producing theatre and has created theatre companies for municipalities including: Milpitas, CA; Healdsburg, CA; Santa Rosa, CA and Lebanon, Ohio. She bills $375.00 per hour for legal services, $10,000 to $20.000 for Theatrical Development Plans and has pledged $10,000.00.

REQUEST FROM COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT & INVESTMENT FUND: $150,000.00 FOR 50% OF PHASE III & IV OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION PLAN FUNDING SUMMARY:

Total Project Cost: $500,000.00
This total project cost is for the entire 18-Month Development and Construction Plan (“Plan”): Phase I, II, III & IV. The 18-month time period begins January 1, 2020 and ends June 30, 2023.

Phase I and II of the Plan Cost: $200,000.00
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or will be accomplished from fundraising events, theatrical productions, private donations and monetary pledges from the Executive Board.

Phase III and IV of the Plan Cost: $300,000.00
Phase III and IV coincide with the Community Enhancement & Investment 12 Month Funding Period (July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023) 50% of the costs of Phase III & IV ($150.000) will be funded by private donations, funding events, theatrical productions and in-kind volunteerism. The other 50% of Phase II & IV, ($150.000) is the funding requested from the Community Enhancement and Investment fund.

BREAKDOWN OF TOTAL PROJECT EXPENDITURES
Expenditure Cost Phase I & II
Already Funded & Accomplished
Prior To Grant Funding
Phase III & IV
50% of Funding
Requested
From
Community
Enhancement &
Investment
Fund
Non-Profit 501(c)3 Preparation/Fees $5,000 Consultant Funded or Service Provided by Executive Board
Logo & Web Site Designed/Launch $5,000 Consultant Funded or Service Provided by Executive Board
Development/Construction Plan $20,000 Consultant Funded or Service Provided by Executive Board
Outreach Programs Researched,
Designed & Initiated
$15,000 Consultant Funded or Service
Provided by Executive Board
Brochure/Media Material Designer &
Printed
$5,000 Consultant Funded or Service
Provided by Executive Board
4 Fundraising Events
● Easter Bunny Photos
● Backer’s Night
● Progressive Dinner
● Event Booth/Crowdfunding
$20,000
($5,000
each)
All Funding Provided by Executive
Board, Private Donations and
In-Kind Volunteers
3 Theatrical Productions Plays (Do
Gooder Debauchee; Radio Show; Exit
the Body
● Royalties
● Staff/Designers/Technicians
● Sets/Costumes/Props
● Advertising/Outreach
● Performance & Rehearsal
Space Rental
$60,000
($20,000
each)
All Funding Provided by Executive
Board, Private Donations and
In-Kind Volunteers
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● Actors
1 Theatrical Production: Musical
● Royalties
● Staff/Designers/Technicians
● Sets/Costumes/Props
● Advertising/Outreach
● Performance & Rehearsal
Space Rental
● Actors & Musicians
$70,000
PHASE I & II TOTAL COSTS $200,000 $200,000 ALREADY FUNDED

AND IN-KIND SERVICES
PROVIDED **
12 Months Company Administration:
3 Equity Board Members
● Executive Director, Board
Chair, Funding Campaign
Chair
● Produce & Direct Productions
and Events
● Chair Outreach, Grant,
Corporate & Construction
Committees
$20,000 All Funding and
Hours Provided
by Executive
Board
3 Plays:
● Royalties
● Staff/Designers/Technicians
● Sets/Costumes/Props
● Advertising/Outreach
● Performance & Rehearsal
Space Rental
● Actors
$60,000
$20,000
each)
Actual Cost:

In Kind
2 Musicals
● Royalties
● Admin Staff
● Production Staff
● Technicians
$100,000
($50,000
each)
Actual Cost:

In Kind
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Major Fundraising Events
● Auction
● Jail & Bail
● Black & White Ball
$15,000
($5,000
each)
Actual Cost:

In Kind
Small Fundraising Events
● Name-The-Theatre
● Buy-A-Theatre Seat
● Event Booths
● Raffle
● Photo with Santa
$5,000
($1,000
each)
Actual Cost:

In Kind Actual
Cost:

In Kind
Theatre Complex Construction
● Architectural Services
($10,000)
● General Contractor
(10,000)
● Fees & Permits ($5,000)
● Carpentry, Drywall & Paint
($20,000)
● Electrical Base + Finish
($10,000)
● Plumbing & Restrooms
($5,000)
● Theatre Seats & Drapes)
(10,000)
● Stage Lights/Sound (boards,
speakers, panels, instruments,
cable, slotted steel, connectors)
$30,000)
$100,000 Actual Cost:

In Kind Actual
Cost:

PHASE III & IV TOTAL $300,000 ACTUAL
COST:

IN-KIND*,

FUNDRAISING
& DONATION:
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MUSICAL PRODUCTION PLAY PRODUCTION
The following is an estimated cost
breakdown for a 50-99 seat venue
per show:

The following is an estimated cost
breakdown for a 50-99 seat venue
per show:

Show Requirements Estimated Costs Estimated Costs
Royalties $3,500-$7,000 $1,500-$2,500
Set/Set Designer $8,000-$10,000 $3,000-$4,000
Set Designer/Construction $5,000-$7,000 $3,000-$4,000
Technicians 1= $500
4= $2,000
$1,000
Technical Director $1,500 $1,500
Props $1,500 $1,000
Costumes $3,000 $2,000
Costume Designer $1,500 $1,500
Musicians 1= $500
10= $5,000
Not Applicable
Choreographer $1,500 Not Applicable
Director $1,500 $1,000
Musical Director $1,500 $1,000
Digital Media Specialist $1,000 $1,000
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Advertisement/Outreach $2,000 $2,000
Space Rental 1 day= $50-$300
45 days=$2,250-$13,500
**Show needs vary drastically

PROJECT SCHEDULE
Theatrical Productions and Fundraising Events, which will be funded in part by Community Enhancement & Investment Fund Grant, will take place from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023. All such productions and events are in Phase II and IV of Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company’s Development and Construction Plan. Please note that productions and events in Phase I & II will have been completed prior to grant funding. The design and construction of the 99-seat theatrical complex in the Rancho Cordova Arts District will be begun and completed between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023.

PROJECT TIMELINESS
This project begins with a major advantage that ensures timeliness: Phase I & II of the Development and Construction Plan will have been funded independently through outside sources and completed by a board and management team already in place prior to the 2022/2023 fiscal year. This team will already function successfully. They will have developed a method of theatrical and fundraising events utilizing Rancho Cordova facilities, community and support. They will have established partnerships with Rancho Cordova non-profits and have begun to build an audience. They will also be well on the way to finalizing the survey for an already existing building to renovate and adapt into a 99-seat theatre complex.

PROJECT ADAPTABILITY
Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company Plan is prepared to adapt. A large portion of theatrical productions and fundraising events can be filmed and streamed. In fact Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company has already provided for such adjustments. Board Member Josh Pierson is the owner/operator of a successful film company and has, and will provide streaming services if necessary.

Contract negotiation with contractors and architects for the theatre complex construction can go forward via zoom and email even in a shut down as can the design and permit process. It is highly unlikely that construction will be halted due to health restriction: even in the height of the 2020 pandemic shutdown construction projects went forward. However, it there is a complete work stoppage, all funding from this grant as well as funds raised independently for the complex construction can be carried over into the next fiscal year in an attorney trust fund.

PROJECT PREVIOUS/ONGOING FUNDING
Rancho Cordova Rise Up Theatre Company has never sought or received any previous funding from the Community Enhancement & Investment Fund. All previous funding has been provided by the Application #10
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