CITY OF RANCHO CORDOVA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
5:30 PM – Special Meeting/Work Session
David B. Roberts Council Chambers
City Hall
2729 Prospect Park Drive, Rancho Cordova
Pursuant to California Assembly Bill 361 amending the Ralph M. Brown Act (Govt. Code 54950-54963), the City has declared a state of emergency relating to COVID-19 and imposed measures to promote social distancing.
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Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
Special Meeting of Tuesday, May 10, 2022
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AGENDA
1. SPECIAL MEETING - CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Council Members Linda Budge, Garrett Gatewood, Siri Pulipati, David Sander, and Mayor Donald Terry.
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
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3. SPECIAL MEETING
3.1. Subject: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cordova and on Behalf of Commissions and Committees Created by the City Council Pursuant to Government Code Section 54952(b) Confirming the State of Emergency Under Government Code Section 8625, Recognizing Continued Measures to Promote Social Distancing, and Re-authorizing Remote Teleconference Meetings of the City for the Period from May 10, 2022 to June 10, 2022.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
3.2. Subject: Recommendations on the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Community Enhancement and Investment Fund Applications Received and Discuss Council Requests for Consideration.
Recommendation: Staff to provide recommendations on the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Community Enhancement and Investment Fund grant applications and receive and discuss individual City Council requested items for consideration.
4. ADJOURNMENT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SPECIAL MEETINGS LISTED BELOW ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE/CANCELLATION WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE.
Public documents related to items on the open session portion of this agenda, which are distributed to the City Council less than 24 hours prior to the meeting, shall be available for public inspection at the
Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
Special Meeting of Tuesday, May 10, 2022
time the documents are distributed to the Council. Documents are available for inspection at the City Clerk's office located in Rancho Cordova City Hall.
The agenda items are accessible on the City’s website at www.cityofranchocordova.org on Fridays prior to the Regular City Council Meeting.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
May 16, 2022 5:30 PM Regular Meeting
May 24, 2022 5:30 PM Special Meeting/Work Session
June 6, 2022 4:00 PM Special Meeting/Regular Meeting
June 20, 2022 5:30 PM Regular Meeting
June 28, 2022 5:30 PM Special Meeting/Work Session
July 18, 2022 5:30 PM Regular Meeting
July 26, 2022 5:30 PM Special Meeting/Work Session
August 1, 2022 4:00 PM Special Meeting/Regular Meeting
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CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Stacy Leitner, City Clerk for the City of Rancho Cordova, declare that the foregoing agenda for the May 10, 2022 Special Meeting of the Rancho Cordova City Council was posted and available for review on May 6, 2022 at City Hall of the City of Rancho Cordova, 2729 Prospect Park Drive, Rancho Cordova, California, 95670. The agenda is also available on the city website at www.cityofranchocordova.org.
Signed May 6, 2022 at Rancho Cordova, California.
Stacy Leitner, CMC
City Clerk
MEMORANDUM
City Council Staff Report - Page 1 of 3
ITEM 3.1.
DATE: May 10, 2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
FROM: Adam Lindgren, City Attorney
SUBJECT: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CORDOVA AND ON BEHALF OF COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT
CODE SECTION 54952(B) CONFIRMING THE STATE OF
EMERGENCY UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 8625,
RECOGNIZING CONTINUED MEASURES TO PROMOTE SOCIAL
DISTANCING, AND RE-AUTHORIZING REMOTE TELECONFERENCE
MEETINGS OF THE CITY FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 10, 2022 TO JUNE 10, 2022
RECOMMENDATION
Adopt the Resolution.
RESULT OF RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adoption of the attached Resolution would allow the City Council and the City’s other legislative bodies to continue to meet via teleconference (“virtually”) in a manner substantially similar to the manner in which they have met during the COVID-19 pandemic, if a proclaimed State of Emergency remains in effect and other requirements are satisfied.
BACKGROUND
All meetings of the City Council and the City’s other legislative bodies are open and public, as required by the Ralph M. Brown Act, Government Code section 54950 et seq., so that any member of the public may attend, participate, and watch the City’s legislative bodies conduct their business. On March 17, 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-29-20 suspending certain provisions of the Ralph M. Brown Act in order to allow local legislative bodies to conduct virtual meetings to slow the spread of COVID-
19. As a result of Executive Order N-29-20, City Staff set up virtual meetings for the City Council and other City legislative bodies. On June 11, 2021, Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-08-21, which, effective September 30, 2021, ended the provisions of Executive Order N-29-20 that allowed local legislative bodies to conduct meetings telephonically or by other means.
On September 16, 2021, Governor Newsom signed Assembly Bill 361 (“AB 361”), which allows local legislative bodies to continue to conduct meetings via teleconferencing under specified
City Council Staff Report - Page 2 of 3
conditions. AB 361 took effect upon the expiration of Executive Order N-29-20 on October 1, 2021. On September 20, 2021, the City Council held a meeting in compliance with AB 361’s requirements for remote meetings.
In order for AB 361 to remain effective for meetings of the City’s legislative bodies, the City Council is required to make specified findings every 30 days. AB 361 allows a legislative body to continue holding meetings utilizing teleconferencing without complying with the standard teleconferencing requirements if a State of Emergency is proclaimed under Government Code section 8625, the City has reconsidered the emergency conditions, and if the local Public Health Officer continues to recommend social distancing measures to protect the public’s health and safety during local government meetings. These conditions are present.
Governor Newsom’s March 4, 2020 Proclamation of Emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic is still in effect. The potential spread of COVID-19 continues to threaten public health and safety during indoor public gatherings, including indoor gatherings of the Rancho Cordova City Council and other Rancho Cordova legislative bodies. In addition, the Sacramento County Public Health Officer continues to recommend teleconferencing or social distancing to protect the public’s health and safety during local government meetings.
SUMMARY
The attached Resolution makes the required findings that the current conditions exist to allow teleconference meetings pursuant to AB 361 for the City Council and on behalf of all of the legislative bodies commissions and committees created by the City Council pursuant to Government Code section 54952(b). This will allow members of the public to safely observe and participate in local government meetings during the pandemic.
If a meeting is held via teleconference under AB 361, the following requirements apply:
1.Notices and agenda requirements remain the same under the Brown Act;
2.No physical location is required for public attendance or public comment.However, the public must be able to access and participate in the meeting through a call-in or an internet-based service, and instructions for how to participate must appear in the posted notices or agenda;
3.Teleconference meetings must protect the statutory and constitutional rights of the parties and the public;
4.If there is any disruption of the call-in or internet-based service, the agency must suspend the meeting until the problem is fixed;
5.Legislative bodies may allow public comments to be submitted prior to a meeting but must also allow the public to participate in real time through call-in or internet-based service;
6.If an internet-based service requires registration through a third-party, individuals can be required to register with the third-party to participate in the meeting; and
7.When providing a public comment period, whether after each item or during a general comment period, a legislative body must allow reasonable time for members of the public to comment and must also include reasonable time for members to register with a third-party host if applicable.
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FISCAL IMPACT AND FUNDING SOURCE
The cost of continued remote access to Council meetings and the meetings of other City committees.
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. Resolution - AB 361 Rancho Cordova
ITEM 3.1. ATTACHMENT 1 Resolution No. XX-2022 Page 1 of 3
CITY OF RANCHO CORDOVA
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. XX-2022
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CORDOVA AND ON
BEHALF OF COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES CREATED BY THE CITY COUNCIL PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54952(b) CONFIRMING THE STATE OF EMERGENCY UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 8625, RECOGNIZING CONTINUED
MEASURES TO PROMOTE SOCIAL DISTANCING, AND RE-AUTHORIZING REMOTE TELECONFERENCE MEETINGS OF THE CITY FOR THE PERIOD FROM MAY 10, 2022 TO JUNE 10, 2022
WHEREAS, the City is committed to preserving and promoting public access and participation in meetings of the legislative bodies; and WHEREAS, all meetings of the City are open and public, as required by the Ralph M.
Brown Act (Cal. Gov. Code 54950 – 54963), so that any member of the public may attend, participate, and watch the City conduct their business; and WHEREAS, the Brown Act, Government Code section 54953(e), makes provisions for remote teleconferencing participation in meetings by members of a legislative body, without compliance with the requirements of Government Code section 54953(b)(3), subject to the existence of certain conditions; and
WHEREAS, a required condition is that a state of emergency is declared by the Governor pursuant to Government Code section 8625, proclaiming the existence of conditions of disaster or of extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within the state caused by conditions as described in Government Code section 8558; and
WHEREAS, it is further required that state or local officials have imposed or recommended measures to promote social distancing, or, the legislative body meeting in person would present imminent risks to the health and safety of attendees; and WHEREAS, on September 20, 2021 the City held a meeting during a state of emergency under Government Code section 8625 and during a period of recommended social distancing by state and local officials while complying with Government Code section 54953(e)(2); and WHEREAS, the City is required to make certain findings every thirty (30) days to continue teleconferencing under Government Code section 54953(e)(3), including reconsideration of the state of emergency declared by the Governor pursuant to Government Code section 8625, and State or local officials continue to impose or recommend measures to promote social distancing; and
WHEREAS, the City continues to experience emergency conditions due to COVID-19, specifically, the highly transmissible SARS-CoV-2 B.1.617.2 (“Delta”) continues to threaten public health and safety during indoor public gatherings; and WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the circumstances of the Governor’s state of emergency proclamation pursuant to Government Code section 8625, which remains active; and
ITEM 3.1. ATTACHMENT 1 Resolution No. XX-2022 Page 2 of 3 WHEREAS, on July 30, 2021, the Sacramento County Health Officer issued an order requiring all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, to wear a mask while indoors in public spaces; and
WHEREAS, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) continues to recommend physical distancing of at least six feet (6’) from others outside of the household; and WHEREAS, the Sacramento County Health Officer’s order incorporates the CDC’s guidance for vaccinated and unvaccinated people; and
WHEREAS, the City Council, acting as a legislative body pursuant to Government Code section 54952(a) and for the benefit of the commissions, committees, and other bodies that were created by the City Council pursuant to Government Code section 54952(b) (collectively referred to as the “Legislative Bodies”), does hereby find that the Legislative Bodies shall continue to conduct their meetings without compliance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Government Code section 54953, as authorized by subdivision (e) of section 54953, and that the Legislative Bodies shall continue to comply with the requirements to provide the public with access to the meetings as prescribed in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of section 54953 as a consequence of the ongoing state of emergency and the continued social distancing measures required by local officials.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CORDOVA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Recitals. The Recitals set forth above are true and correct and are incorporated into this Resolution by this reference.
Section 2. Affirmation that Local Emergency Persists. The City Council hereby considers the conditions of the state of emergency pursuant to Government Code section 8625 and proclaims that a local emergency persists throughout the City, affirms the Sacramento Health Order’s required and recommended measures to promote social distancing, and finds that the conditions continue to exist pursuant to Government Code section 54953(e)(3) to allow the Legislative Bodies to use teleconferencing to hold public meetings in accordance with Government Code section 54953(e)(2) to ensure members of the public have continued access to safely observe and participate in local government meetings.
Section 3. Remote Teleconference Meetings. City Staff are hereby authorized and directed to take all actions necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this Resolution including, continuing to conduct open and public meetings in accordance with Government Code section 54953(e) and other applicable provisions of the Brown Act.
Section 4. Effective Date of Resolution. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption and shall be effective until the earlier of (i) June 10, 2022 or such time the City Council adopts a subsequent resolution in accordance with Government Code section 54953(e)(3) to extend the time during which the legislative bodies of City may continue to teleconference without compliance with paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of section 54953.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Rancho Cordova, this 10th day of May 2022, by the following vote:
ITEM 3.1. ATTACHMENT 1 Resolution No. XX-2022 Page 3 of 3 AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Donald Terry, Mayor
ATTEST:
Stacy Leitner, CMC
City Clerk
MEMORANDUM
City Council Staff Report - Page 1 of 2
ITEM 3.2.
DATE: May 10, 2022
TO: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
FROM: Stacy Delaney, Community Enhancement and Investment Senior Management Analyst
SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023
COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT AND INVESTMENT FUND
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AND DISCUSS COUNCIL REQUESTS
FOR CONSIDERATION
RECOMMENDATION
Staff to provide recommendations on the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Community Enhancement and Investment Fund grant applications and receive and discuss individual City Council requested items for consideration.
RESULT OF RECOMMENDED ACTION
Council will receive a summary of the grant applications with recommendations for Community Enhancement and Investment Fund grant money in Fiscal Year 2022/2023. The summary will include those projects that are recommended to receive full funding, no funding, as well as those recommended to receive partial funding. Staff will receive direction from the Council on these project and program applications. This may include preliminary funding decisions.
BACKGROUND
The application period for the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Community Enhancement and Investment Fund opened on February 7, 2022 and closed on March 18, 2022. During this time, the city received 94 grant applications. One was withdrawn, leaving 93 for consideration.
On April 4, 2022, Council received a summary update of all the grant applications received for the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Community Enhancement and Investment Fund. The Council also received access to the grant applications. On April 26, 2022, Council received and discussed the proposed department allocations and legacy fund allocations within Measure H for Fiscal Year 2022/2023.
Prior to the first meeting in April 2022, the members of the review committee independently reviewed each application according to the application criteria and prioritization method listed within the Fiscal Year 2022/2023 Grant Application and Criteria document. Then, the internal review committee met collectively to discuss the applications and decide on whether an application met the criteria or not. If it did meet the criteria, it was then prioritized.
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For an education or park related application to be considered complete, each applicant interested in having their project/program operate or take place at a public K-12 school site or park facility must have requested the endorsement of the applicable school superintendent or park administrator. The school superintendents and the park administrator had the option of giving their endorsement or withholding their endorsement. Similarly, projects or programs that are proposed on property owned or operated by outside agencies or a private party require coordination with and potentially approval from outside agencies, organizations, and/or a private party. This information, in conjunction with things such as priority within each school district, helped to inform the recommendation of the review committee.
Most applications submitted met the minimum established grant requirements. Many applicants are past and current recipients of Community Enhancement and Investment Fund grants.
Through the prioritization method, the review committee looked at a variety of things including, but not limited to:
Is the applicant leveraging other funding sources and partnerships? What is the return on investment?
Does the applicant have the capacity to carry out the project and to accomplish it in a finite period?
Can progress be measured?
What is the intended use of the money?
Is there duplication of programs at the intended site or with the same audience? Has a suitable location been identified?
How many people are served by the project/program?
Has the applicant asked for the same funding in prior years? If the applicant received prior funding, was the project/program successful? The grant application requests total more than $10 million, and have been reduced to approximately $2.7 million based on staff recommendations. The recommended budget presented totals $11.4 million when also adding in the funding categories of Legacy, Public Safety, Public Works, Community/Economic Development, and Administration of Fund. This is in line with the projected revenues in Fiscal Year 2022/2023. Some of the applications recommended for Council consideration are recommended by the review committee but at an amount less than what was requested.
FISCAL IMPACT AND FUNDING SOURCE
The projected Fiscal Year 2022/2023 revenues for the Community Enhancement and Investment Fund, focusing on Measure H, are estimated to be $11.4 million. It is anticipated that the Community Enhancement and Investment Fund process will run concurrent with the City's budget process with adoption planned in June of 2022.
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. Community Enhancement and Investment Fund Recommendations
2. Application Matrix with Recommendations
3. FY 2022 2023 CEIF Grant Applications Binder
COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT &
INVESTMENT FUND
GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS
May 10, 2022
CityOfRanchoCordova.org
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
• Review and Discuss
Recommendations on
Grant Applications
• Add any City Council
Requests for
Consideration
• Next Steps
AGENDA
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
BUDGET AMOUNTS
Funding Categories Recommended
Budget FY
2022/2023
Legacy Project Allocation 2,729,849
Community Grants (being discussed on May 10th) 2,667,751 Public Safety 2,158,400
Infrastructure/Public Works 1,824,000
Community Development/Economic Development 1,450,000
Administration of Fund 570,000
Total $11,400,000
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
GRANT RECOMMENDATIONS
Review committee looked at a variety of things including, but not limited to:
• Is the applicant leveraging other funding sources and partnerships? • What is the return on investment?
• Does the applicant have the capacity to carry out the project and to accomplish it in a finite period?
• Can the progress be measured?
• What is the intended use of the money?
• Is there duplication of programs at the intended site or with the same audience? • Has a suitable location been identified?
• How many people are served by the project/program?
• Has the applicant asked for the same funding in prior years? • If the applicant received prior funding, was the project/program successful? • What is the probability of a program or project’s ability to move forward due to COVID-19 restrictions?
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
INITIATIVES
Previously Approved Ongoing Initiatives:
• Art in Public Places: increased to $100K
• Performing Arts: $30K
• Youth Sports Growth and Start-up Fund: $30K
• Field Trip and Assemblies Fund for School Districts:
increased to $60K
• Local Community Service Partnerships Fund: $75K
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
APPLICATION LEGEND
Legend Details
Recommend to consider under Workforce Development / Measure R.
Recommend to approve some level of funding (if recommendation is less than what was requested amount shown in red).
Requires recusal (tied to CRPD Facility / Program) - Shaded this color regardless of overall recommendation.
Recommend that school districts receive a pro rata share of funding towards field trips and assemblies of their choice.
Previously approved and allocated.
Not recommended for funding in Fiscal Year 2022/23.
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
APPLICATIONS SEGMENTED TO DISCUSS FIRST
• #4, Little Glory and the Wamdemic! Education Through Story Telling. Function(s) potentially at a CRPD facility.
o Not recommended for funding
• #5, Sacramento Performing Arts Conservancy: Cordova Youth Spotlight Orchestra Expansion. Function(s) potentially at a CRPD facility. o Recommended for funding at $20,000
• #16, Hummingbird Theatre Company: 2022-2023 Season. Function(s) potentially at a CRPD facility.
o Recommended for funding at $20,000
• #19, Ankur, Inc.: Festival of Knowledge. Function potentially at a CRPD facility. o Recommended for event sponsorship at $5,000 level
Cordova Recreation and Park District (CRPD) related applications for consideration will be discussed first, before moving down the category list. This is being done for recusal purposes and includes the following applications:
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
APPLICATIONS SEGMENTED TO DISCUSS (CONT.)
• #21, Sacramento Telangana Association: Festival of Flowers. Function potentially at a CRPD facility.
o Recommended for event sponsorship at $5,000 level
• #22, Sacramento Telangana Association: International Kite Festival. Function potentially at a CRPD facility.
o Recommended for event sponsorship at $3,000 level
• #23, Sacramento Telangana Association: Festival of Colors. Function potentially at a CRPD facility.
o Recommended for event sponsorship at $3,000 level
o #26, Indian Association of Sacramento: Teej Festival. Function potentially at a CRPD facility.
o Not recommended for funding
Cordova Recreation and Park District (CRPD) related applications for consideration will be discussed first, before moving down the category list. This is being done for recusal purposes and includes the following applications:
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
APPLICATIONS SEGMENTED TO DISCUSS (CONT.)
• #33, CCCF: Renovation and Maintenance of Youth Sports Facilities. Function potentially at CRPD facilities.
o Recommended for funding at $50,000
• #67, BAPS Charities: Joy Of Others Walk-Run. Function potentially at a CRPD facility.
o Not recommended for funding
• #73, Sacramento Valley Live Steamers Railroad Museum: Locomotive Storage Building.
o Not recommended for funding
Cordova Recreation and Park District (CRPD) related applications for consideration will be discussed first, before moving down the category list. This is being done for recusal purposes and includes the following applications:
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
REVIEW & DISCUSS PROJECT LIST
Staff will transition to the project list that includes recommendations.
A sample sheet is included below, and the full list is in the agenda packet.
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
NEXT STEPS
FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
• Make final project selection and funding decisions by May 16th
• Recap citywide budget on June 6th
• Return with a budget amendment on June 20th
• Notify all applicants of funding decisions by June 30th
UPCOMING MEETINGS
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 1
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
1 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Learning STEAM Let’s
Build a Light Sculpture!
This project proposes a semester-long program tailored for seventh and eight graders to teach them about methods and technology involved in the fabrication of an acrylic light sculptures. Each class session will be 60 to 90 minutes long and held once per week. 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 Wi-Fi connection on the phone. 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.
$11,180 $0 Not recommended for funding.
Project did not receive school district
endorsement but the applicant is
encouraged to work with school to
develop program that would not be a
cost to students.
2 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Rancho Cordova River City
Concert Band:
Enhancements
This project would provide 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. $20,000 $20,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request and consistent with other
performing arts grants.
3 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Nu Art Education: Theater
Arts & SEL Integration
Program at Williamson
Elementary School
NorCal School of the Arts outreach program proposes to provide every classroom at Williamson Elementary School with 10 theatre arts and social-emotional learning (SEL) integrated classes as well as an after school production for students wanting to engage in further after school theatre arts programming. Grant funds provided by the City will enable NorCal School of the Arts to serve more than 500 students 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. NorCal teaching artists are trained in weaving SEL strategies into theatre 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 theatre arts.
Teachers will have access to all the curriculum and Theatre/SEL-Integrated resources to continue the exercises once the program is completed.
$25,000 $15,000 Recommended for funding at the
same level as FY 2021/22; $15,000.
4 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Little Glory and the
Wamdemic! Education
Through Story Telling
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
This project proposes to fund the illustration and publication of the book, Little Glory and the Wamdemic! It features 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.
$5,000 $0 Not recommended for funding.
Project did not receive school district
endorsement.
5 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Sacramento Performing
Arts Conservancy:
Cordova Youth Spotlight
Orchestra Expansion
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
This proposed project builds on progress in 2021/22, the pilot year of the Cordova Youth Spotlight Orchestra (CYSO). It expands student membership from 24 to 32 students. It opens beginning strings 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 student tuition and supplies. Twenty-four scholarship students completed one year of instruction: 11 in orchestra and 13 in beginning strings. These students want 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. Sacramento Performing Arts Conservancy 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 instruction twice a week for 34 weeks beginning in September 2022 and ending in May 2023. Like the pilot project, students will perform at least two concerts for the Rancho Cordova community.
Additional mini concerts were held during the pilot project and are likely to be held again. $22,000 $20,000 Recommended for funding similar to
that of other performing arts
organizations; $20,000.
6 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Application withdrawn Application withdrawn $0 $0 Application withdrawn. 1 of 24
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
7 Arts, Culture,
History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Mandarins of Sacramento:
Imperial Winds
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 ensembles present an original show each year, approximately 8–10 minutes in length, and refine it throughout the winter season. Shows are performed and are judged in various musical and visual categories. 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 against winds groups, in regard to instrumentation. These less stringent rules exist in order to encourage experimentation and freedom of expression. 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 group. It will be open to all interested woodwind and brass players 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 interested student is eligible to audition for the forty available competitive openings in the ensemble. The ensemble will continue to practice and perfect their music and visual performance as a team. $20,050 $20,000 Recommended for funding similar to
that of other performing arts
organizations; $20,000.
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Sacramento Theatre
Company: After-School
Musical Production and In-
Class Theatre Arts
Sacramento Theatre Company teaching artists work alongside classroom teachers, and will introduce theatre arts integration concepts and techniques that will also enhance the teacher's ability to teach their students.
This proposed program also engages parent and community participation with set building days, creating props and costumes, and helping with publicity. 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. This is a semester long-after- school theatre arts program. 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 a grant and funding would ensure their 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. $20,000 $0 Not recommended for funding.
Project did not receive school district
endorsement.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Western Swing Society:
The “Swing Sweet Home”
Project
The Western Swing Society (WSS) "Swing Sweet Home" Project is meant to engage the community of Rancho Cordova and nationwide about the preservation of Western Swing music, traditional dance, and history. The goal is to expand the outreach further into Rancho Cordova by posting monthly concerts from their dancehall in Rancho Cordova and post so others can see the activities going on in the heart of Rancho Cordova. Dances are held every 1st Sunday of the month that showcase a featured guest band, the house band, and are enjoyed by dancers who take to the dance floor. Recording live performances from the dances of classic tunes and making them available online for the community to enjoy is the purpose of the grant request. $7,273 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Phoenix Productions:
Rancho Cordova Rise-Up
Theatre Company
Development and
Construction Project
This grant 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 complex in the arts section of Rancho Cordova for the benefit of RCRUT and other Rancho Cordova non-profit performing arts organizations. Funding would provide plays, musicals, large and small events, and theatre complex construction.
$150,000 $20,000 Recommended for funding similar to
that of other performing arts
organizations for a play or musical;
$20,000.
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FCUSD: Mills Middle School
Drumline
Drumline intends to teach students how to become active members in a working and performing percussion ensemble. This course intends to attract those students who are less apt to sign-up for traditional band/orchestra courses, while continuing to offer the same fundamental musical training that motivates and inspires positive creativity. All students will learn to play and will be expected to demonstrate competency on battery percussion (snare/bass/tenor-drums), and orchestral percussion (marimba/xylophone/bells/timpani etc.). Grades are based on participation, attendance, practice, and rehearsal technique. Drumline performs at concerts, assemblies, school rallies and sporting events throughout the school year. Their sporting events attract members of the Rancho Cordova Community who will hear, see, and experience the community pride represented by Mills performance drumline. Drumline shows are cross-curricular in that they incorporate dance and movement, theatrical performance, and artistic set-design to create a narrative or explore a theme. Such productions are a reflection of the opportunities to celebrate and exchange ideas and interests unique to community culture, demonstrating positive personal and cultural awareness. Drumline will aid in creating repertoire for school and community building such as pep-rallies and athletic events. If funded, in years 2-4, a small amount of subsequent funding is requested ($1,500 each year). $15,000 $15,000 Recommend to receive full grant
request. Multiyear request for
funding for four years. Recommend
to approve as $15,000 for first year,
then $1,500 for three years
thereafter.
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ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Sacramento Children's
Museum: “XOXO" An
Exhibit About Love &
Forgiveness"
Sacramento Children's Museum requests funding for a new exhibit called "XOXO" which is about love and forgiveness. If funded, it would debut in the Fall of 2022. This exhibit will help children explore their feelings and learn how we emotionally connect with others. Funding will also provide free admission to Rancho Cordova families on Sundays. For the past 10 years, the Sacramento Children’s Museum (SCM) has been a cornerstone educational and community resource in Rancho Cordova, providing children ages birth-8 with exciting, hands-on learning opportunities. Children learn STEM, art and literacy concepts through play in their 15 exhibit areas.
$46,450 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Symphony d'Oro Rancho
Cordova: Season 2022-23
This proposed project would provide funding to Symphony d'Oro Rancho Cordova to be expended for music, performance venue rental, recording fees, guest performing artist/composer fees and related expenses to continue and expand would-class orchestral music offerings in traditional and non-traditional venues in the City of Rancho Cordova.
$26,000 $20,000 Recommended for funding similar to
that of other performing arts
organizations; $20,000.
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History,
Entertainment &
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Sacramento Children’s
Museum: General
Operations Support
The Sacramento Children's Museum requests funding for three years to support their rebuilding efforts so that they can create more engaging and innovative learning experiences for children. Funding will ensure their stability as they move forward in rehiring staff, increasing hours and capacity, and bringing back community events. With funding support they aim to increase education staffing, hire marketing staff, implement a retention plan for current staff, host six large special events annually, and offer 50% of events at no cost to visitors. $150,000 $150,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request and approve as a multiyear
commitment.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Sacramento Philharmonic &
Opera: Rancho Cordova
Pop-Up Concerts
With grant funding , the Sacramento Philharmonic & Opera would be able to again present a free concert series (at least five concerts, depending on the number of musicians) in locations throughout Rancho Cordova.
These concerts would take place in different venues throughout Rancho Cordova and would feature small groups of musicians (4‐6) who could perform a variety of classical, pops, and other styles of music. Due to the flexible nature of these concerts, they could tailor each presentation to make it most engaging for the intended audience and for the location. For these performances, they would look to again collaborate and communicate with established partners to assess dates and times for performances that they could perform in conjunction with, and potential new opportunities for concerts that would be impactful for the community. $15,000 $15,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Hummingbird Theatre
Company: 2022-23
Season
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
Hummingbird Theatre Company wants to make theatre accessible to the people. They believe in engaging audiences with performances that no only reflect thoughtfully, laugh longer, and feel more, but also inspire pride in their hometown of Rancho Cordova. This season, they would like to bring some laughter and cheer to the children of Rancho Cordova by presenting “From the Page to the Stage” Literary Adaptation Children’s Show in either November or December of 2022. This production would be a one-hour touring show suited for all ages, where they would bring classic children’s stories and tales to life by adapting and performing them onstage.
Their show in April, would be geared towards the whole family, as they would like to present “The Greatest Showcase” – a Musical Theatre Broadway Review. This show would feature local talented performers singing, dancing, and acting out songs from musical theatre favorites, such as Phantom of the Opera, Shrek the Musical, Hamilton, and Rent.
$29,800 $20,000 Recommended for funding similar to
that of other performing arts
organizations; $20,000.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
CCCF: Rancho Cordova
Youth Poet Laureate
The project would provide funds to the Cordova Community Council (CCC) to further develop and conduct a Youth Poet Laureate program for the City of Rancho Cordova which is in alignment with the National Youth Poet Laureate program. Using a timeline that aligns with the National Youth Poet Laureate program, the CCC would design a Rancho Cordova schedule and program which would eventually put local contestants in line to compete for the national title. The CCC inherited this project late in 2021-22, too late to engage in the national program. By extending the project into 2022-23, the CCC believes a local program can align with the curriculum and standards developed for the national program and launch with the cooperation of local schools and teen organizations. The National Youth Poet Laureate program celebrates the nation's top youth poets who are committed to artistic excellence, civic engagement and social justice. As part of this national framework, which CCC has joined, the national organization works with local youth literary arts organizations to identify and celebrate exceptional youth poets who use their voice to inspire change. $10,000 $10,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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Entertainment &
Sports
Department of Sound:
Valley
Producer Pop-ups
Department of Sound provides opportunities to youth through music and podcasting education. They seek to hold 10 Valley Producer Pop-up events throughout Rancho Cordova to engage young people in the community through music and podcast production. They are a Sacramento-based 501(c)(3) providing opportunities to youth through music and podcasting education, focused on students aged 11-24 in under-serviced communities. As of 2022, they’ve partnered with 13 schools in 4 districts in Northern California. In addition to their existing partners, they seek to collaborate with other local organizations such as Unseen Heroes’ Neighborhood Market, Robert Family Development Center Pop-up events, Anatolia Community Center, local events, Creative Kids Craft Fair, and the Chamber of Commerce Business Expo & Job Fair. The pop-up events include music production petting zoos featuring musical instruments, audio equipment, and production software for participants of all ages to experiment with and create content. Pop-Ups also include beat showcases, in which students share their music and podcast projects with the community. The benefits of music and sound include mental health benefits, improved social skills, attendance, and academic performance, and potential economic opportunities in the music and entertainment industry, as well as a sense of belonging for students through shared experiences of creativity.
$35,269 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Ankur, Inc.: Festival of
Knowledge
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
A grant would provide funds to Ankur to organize and host the Festival of Knowledge a whole day/night event, symbolizing and celebrating education, arts, and culture. The event displays the talent that children and adults have in various arts and cultural fields. This includes an essay competition, music, dance performances, drawing exhibitions, public speaking, etc.
$12,500 $5,000 Recommend for event sponsorship
at $5,000 level.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Marathi Mandal
Sacramento: Ganesh
Festival
Marathi Mandal Sacramento (MMSAC) is a non-profit and charitable organization that brings together Marathi speaking families in the greater Sacramento area. Their mission is to celebrate the Maharashtrian culture, traditions, and customs. They organize activities and events and are seeking grant funds to hold the Ganesh Festival in Rancho Cordova. The festival generally falls in mid-August to September and marks the birthday of the elephant-headed Lord Ganesha. Ganesha is known as the God of wealth, sciences, knowledge, wisdom and prosperity.
$2,000 $0 Not recommended for sponsorship
as application narrative promotes
religious activities.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Sacramento Telangana
Association: Festival of
Flowers
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
A grant would provide funds to Sacramento Telangana Association (STA) to organize and host the "Bathukamma" Festival known as the Festival of Flowers. Every year during the September - October timeframe the festival is held and celebrates the inherent relationship between earth, water, plants, flowers, and human beings. They are partnering with other nonprofits and organizations for wider community outreach. A grant would allow STA to help educate and organize this unique festival in Rancho Cordova. $12,000 $5,000 Recommended for event
sponsorship at $5,000 level.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Sacramento Telangana
Association: International
Kite Festival
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
Sacramento Telangana Association (STA) proposes to bring the International Kite Festival to the City of Rancho Cordova. Across the world and the United States, many cities have similar festivals held annually and attracts kite flyers from all over. STA and Rancho Cordova Travel and Tourism (RCTT) will be partnering to bring an International Kite Festival to the City of Rancho Cordova. RCTT will help promote it with an objective of promoting tourism to the City of Rancho Cordova. This will be a free event open to all ages. $3,000 $3,000 Recommended for event
sponsorship at $3,000 level (equal to
grant request).
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Sacramento Telangana
Association: Festival of
Colors
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
A grant would provide funds to Sacramento Telangana Association (STA) to organize and host the Festival of Colors. STA will be partnering with WeEmbrace and other community organizations to celebrate the Festival of Colors in 2023. This festival marks the arrival of spring and is a celebration of fertility, color, and love, and a time for people to get together and enjoy themselves with friends, families and the community. STA partners with WeEmbrace serving families of individuals with disabilities. $3,000 $3,000 Recommended for event
sponsorship at $3,000 level (equal to
grant request).
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ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Kannada Sangha of
Sacramento:
2023 Multi Cultural
Community Event Festival
of Arts & Culture
Kannada Sangha of Sacramento (KSS) celebrates multiple events in the greater Sacramento area during the year to bring community members on to one stage to share happiness, educate the significance of art and culture and encourage community involvement. KSS is a non-profit and charitable organization committed to preserve and promote the art, culture, and history of India through multi-cultural activities in the community.
KSS also conducts educational and leadership workshops for the community members. KSS is seeking grant funds to celebrate Ranga Vasantha which will be the Festival of Art & Culture in the April to May timeframe.
The festival is an event which is conducted to welcome spring. People perform stage plays depicting mythological characters or Indian folk dances. This also gives an opportunity for high school students to actively participate on stage and help in lighting and dialog prompting arrangements. $12,000 $0 Not recommended for funding. They
were not endorsed by a park or
school district for the festival.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
FCUSD: Community
Cultural Appreciation
Concert
The Folsom Cordova Unified School District (FCUSD ) serves students and families from a variety of diverse cultures. FCUSD wishes to create an opportunity for students and the community to engage in and celebrate the diverse cultures through music. FCUSD would create an opportunity to appreciate the Armenian culture by creating an opportunity to learn about and hear folk music. The project would include working with an Armenian musical group to provide a learning opportunity for both students and the general community. The Cordova High School Performing Arts Center would be the venue for the project. The performance group, Chookasian Armenian Concert Ensemble would be secured to do a matinee performance during school for students and on the same day, do an evening performance for the community. Both events would be free of charge to students and the community to attend. The performances would occur during March 2023. $7,912 $5,000 Recommended for event
sponsorship at $5,000 level.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Indian Association of
Sacramento:
Teej Festival
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
The Teej Festival brings diverse women to a single platform to celebrate togetherness with singing, traditional dance performances, enjoying a grand feast and praying to Lord Shiva, an Indian God. The Indian Association of Sacramento (IAS) is a non-profit organization that aims to share and showcase the cultural beauty with their fellow citizens in the greater Sacramento area and keep the culture alive for future generations. IAS is responsible for development and delivery of this project. $9,000 $0 Not recommended for funding. The
application narrative promotes
religious activities.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
FCUSD: Athletic
Improvement Plan
This proposed project would provide for increased opportunities for student-athletes for afterschool sports. This plan encourages physical fitness as a positive outlet for afterschool sports. This project will enhance the educational programs and athletic programs at Cordova High School, Mills Middle School, and Mitchell Middle School. Evidence supports that one of the best Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports (PBIS) for students is athletics. During the COVID-19 pandemic the need to support Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for our students is greater than ever and athletics is one of the best models for SEL. Ensuring our athletic programs have the necessary equipment, supplies, and means to support our students is paramount to the success of our community.
$200,000 $200,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Ranch Cordova Student
Athlete Coalition: Cordova
High School Athletic
Improvement Plan
The Rancho Cordova Student Athlete Coalition (RCSAC) has worked with Folsom Cordova Unified School District staff to identify academic and athletic needs at Cordova High School. The purpose of RCSAC is to equitably and efficiently support and recognize the diverse Rancho Cordova student-athletes while maintaining, improving, and upgrading all that is Rancho Cordova athletics. Funding will support tutoring programs, educational field trips, advertising and marketing, physical improvements such as a new marquee and signage, some general facility improvements, recognition awards, and salaries for additional coaches, trainers, and enrichment staff. RCSAC has a booster club component and through this, aims to increase the fundraising efforts at Cordova High School. This is a multiyear request. $196,500 $75,000 Recommended for funding at a level
more than FY 2021/22.
Recommended to receive $75,000
in FY 2022/23. Booster Club status
is required by school district.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Rancho Cordova Track
Club: Implements and
Equipment
The Rancho Cordova Track Club seeks funding to provide the youth-athletes participating in track and field and cross country the proper tools to develop in their events. The implements and equipment they are seeking will make practice and competition much easier for the coaches to demonstrate to the youth-athletes; and help them perform to the best of their ability. These implements and equipment will be used for years to come and help many generations of youth-athletes. Rancho Cordova Track Club will continue to host events and provide opportunities for youth-athletes in Rancho Cordova and the greater Sacramento area. Their vision is to be the track and field, cross country, and road race destination. $25,000 $20,000 Recommended for funding at the
same level as FY 2021/22; $20,000.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
CCCF: Youth Sports Fee
Assistance
This project would provide funds to the Cordova Community Council for distribution by the Rancho Cordova Athletic Association (RCAA) to create and manage a fee assistance program for children unable to participate in youth sports programs due to family financial barriers. Cordova Community Council will work with RCAA to establish criteria for assistance, operational guidelines for distribution of funds, as well as bookkeeping and reporting operations. This is a multiyear request.
$22,000 $22,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request and approve as a multiyear
commitment.
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ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
CCCF: Youth Sports
Leagues Promo Campaign
2022-23
The project would provide funds to the Cordova Community Council to assist the Rancho Cordova Athletic Association (RCAA) to continue efforts to improve and expand promotion of youth sports leagues in the City of Rancho Cordova. The project will utilize digital and traditional outreach efforts to boost the profile of youth sports leagues, including collaborative efforts which include mass distribution of flyers, development of high quality and effective signage and an expanded means to extend information to grow year-to-year league participation by 5 percent. This project will build upon previous upgrading of youth sports leagues digital profiles at www.rcathletics.org. The elevation of publicity for youth sports is critical to success for these leagues. During league COVID shutdowns, Rancho Cordova recreational leagues reported that many families have left their leagues to play in “pay to play” private leagues, especially among older players. Leagues will need to be rebuilt with younger players and parents with less experience in skills such as coaching and officiating. This is a nationwide challenge of the post-COVID era. This proposal would also continue to expand the outreach to schools in Rancho Cordova that are part of the Elk Grove and Sacramento City Unified school districts. $42,000 $42,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
Rancho Cordova Track
Club:
Outdoor Synthetic
Track
Rancho Cordova Track Club is in need of a home track and field location for local Rancho Cordova community athletes and other track club members. They are seeking grant funds to build a new outdoor synthetic track on existing Rancho Cordova (City owned) property. Future plans would include building fields and amenities that would support additional Rancho Cordova youth leagues such as baseball, soccer, football, cheerleading, rugby, and lacrosse. New build items would include an 8-lane synthetic track, steeplechase pit, long jump pit, discus ring, and moving the existing hammer cage to the new home track location. $3,000,000 $0 Not recommended for funding here.
May consider as a Legacy Fund
project in future discussions.
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History,
Entertainment &
Sports
CCCF: Renovation and
Maintenance of Youth
Sports Facilities
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
This project would provide funds to the Cordova Community Council (CCC) on behalf of the Rancho Cordova Athletic Association to be expended for materials and services to improve and maintain youth sports fields and facilities located on property owned by the Folsom Cordova Unified School District (FCUSD) and/or Cordova Recreation and Park District (CRPD). The project is currently operating in the City of Rancho Cordova, wherein the school district or park district provides labor or other services for field or facility improvements and repairs on their property with material and other services costs, and volunteer effort provided by the Rancho Cordova Athletic Association (RCAA). The projects are selected by a consortium of Rancho Cordova youth sports league leaders organized under the RCAA, a project of the CCC. The sports leagues which stand to benefit from this project include Rancho Cordova Little League, Cordova Girls Softball, Rancho Cordova Soccer, Rancho Cordova Track Club, Cordova Blue Marlins, Cordova Cordettes, Cordova Jr. Lancers, and possibly others.
$50,000 $50,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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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 $10,000 Recommended for event
sponsorship at $10,000 level
towards main event and Otter Dash.
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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 $0 Not recommended for funding. No
endorsement sought or received.
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ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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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 $18,585 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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 $180,610 Previously approved as this was a multiyear request.
$180,610 FY 2022/23
$189,640 FY 2023/24
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 until approved.
$50,000 $100,000 Council recommended an increase
at April 4th meeting.
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 until approved.
$30,000 $30,000
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 until approved. $30,000 $30,000
Arts, Culture, History, Entertainment & Sports Subtotal $4,553,129 $1,124,195 7 of 24
ITEM 3.2.
ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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. $52,507 $47,000 Recommended for funding at the
same level as FY 2021/22; $47,000.
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 $20,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request and approve as a multiyear
commitment.
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 $85,000 Recommended for funding at a level
more than FY 2021/22 to allow for
expansion to Mitchell Middle School;
$85,000.
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 this 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 $15,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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 $29,150 Recommended to receive full grant
request and approve as a multiyear
commitment.
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, standards-based 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 $43,725 Funding recommended at a level
that aligns with match provided;
$43,725. This is an expansion over
prior years.
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 $0 Not recommended for funding. Other
athletic items were recommended
including App. 27 (Athletic
Improvement Plan).
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 $81,188 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 evidence-based curriculum that is compliant with California’s law. $5,000 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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 Monday-Friday 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 $75,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
47 Education FCUSD: Book Recovery
and Expansion
During the 2020-21 and 2021-22 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 $75,000 Recommended for funding at
$75,000 a year for four fiscal years.
Applicant is also encouraged to
apply for other funding sources
made available to libraries.
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 $0 Not recommended for funding. Both
partners were recommended for
funding in other applications.
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $0 Not recommended for funding. No
endorsements received.
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. This is a multiyear request.
$25,009 $0 Recommend for Workforce
Development/Measure R
consideration.
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. $55,866 $40,000 Recommended for funding at the
same level as FY 2021/22; $40,000.
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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. $59,964 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 hope to run camp this summer for three weeks and next summer for four to five weeks.
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 $30,000 Recommended for funding at a level
more than FY 2021/22; $30,000.
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 $145,400 Recommended to receive full grant
request and approve as a multiyear
commitment.
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 $0 Recommend for Workforce
Development/Measure R
consideration.
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 $4,500 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $0 Recommend for Workforce
Development/Measure R
consideration.
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 $25,000 Recommended for funding at
$25,000 level.
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 $16,250 Recommended for funding at the
same level as FY 2021/22; $16,250.
Although a multiyear request,
recommend to approve as FY
2022/23 only.
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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 $0 Funding to be provided under the
Field Trips & Assemblies Bucket.
See CC4 in turquoise.
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 $0 Recommend for Workforce
Development/Measure R
consideration.
See CC4
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ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $0 Recommend for Workforce
Development/Measure R
consideration.
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 until approved. $35,000 $45,000 FCUSD applied for funding to
provide all Rancho Cordova fifth
grade students with a STEM Field
Trip. See application 63.
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 until approved. $7,500 $7,500
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 until approved. $7,500 $7,500
Education Subtotal $1,723,457 $792,213
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ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
67 Other BAPS Charities: Joy Of
Others Walk-Run
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
Applicant is wanting to raise money
for another entity which is not grant
eligible.
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 $25,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request as a multiyear commitment.
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 $35,000 Recommended for funding at a
similar level as FY 2021/22; $35,000.
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 $0 Council discussed item at April 4th
meeting with funding to come from
FY 2021/22 CEIF Budget. Therefore,
shown as $0 here.
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $150,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request as a multiyear commitment.
73 Other Sacramento Valley Live
Steamers Railroad
Museum: Locomotive
Storage Building
(This application is tied to
Cordova Recreation & Park
District Property.) *Council
Member Recusal
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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 $50,000 Recommended to receive partial
funding at $50,000 level.
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 $28,500 Recommended to receive full grant
request. This project may be led by
city staff.
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. $5,292 $4,800 Recommended to receive partial
funding. Each troop requesting funds
is recommended for $4,800 (or less
if the request was for a lower
amount).
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $30,000 Recommended to receive partial
funding at an amount equal to
$30,000.
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 year-round 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 $4,800 Recommended to receive partial
funding. Each troop requesting funds
is recommended for $4,800 (or less
if the request was for a lower
amount).
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 $33,900 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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 $100,000 Recommended for funding at same
level as FY 2021/22; $100,000.
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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 $0 Recommended to work with City's
Community Engagement Team on a
micro-grant. Not recommended for
funding here.
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 $0 Not recommended for funding here.
May consider as a Legacy Fund
project in future discussions or from
additional revenues received.
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 $15,000 Recommended to receive full grant
request as a multiyear commitment.
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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ATTACHMENT 2
Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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 $92,800 Recommended to receive full grant
request.
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 hands-on 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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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 $0 Not recommended for funding here.
May consider as a Legacy Fund
project in future discussions or from
additional revenues received.
92 Other KITNCUT: Empowering
Our Peace-Keepers to De-
escalation
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 $0 Not recommended for funding.
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 $30,000 Recommend to receive partial
funding to provide resources to
support Rancho Cordova residents
to participate. Pilot the program at
$30,000 level.
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
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 $2,543 Recommend to receive full grant
request.
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 $53,000 Previously approved as this was a multiyear request.
$53,000 FY 2022/23
$53,000 FY 2023/24
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 $21,000 Previously approved as this was a multiyear request.
$21,000 FY 2022/23
$21,000 FY 2023/24
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 until approved.
$75,000 $75,000
Other Subtotal $4,680,934 $751,343
$10,957,520 $2,667,751Community Grants Total (includes buckets such as "Performing Arts" and others in this total amount) 22 of 24
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
LP1 Legacy Fund Legacy Fund FY 2022/23 Legacy Fund Placeholder Allocation for Fiscal Years 2022/23 $2,729,849 $2,729,849 PS1 Public Safety Rancho Cordova Police
Department Crime
Suppression Unit (CSU)
Funding for four officers and two marked patrol cars for the CSU $1,258,845 $1,258,845 PS2 Public Safety Rancho Cordova Police
Department Folsom, Olson,
Zinfandel (FOZ) Officer
Funding of a Rancho Cordova Police Department Problem Oriented Policing (POP) Officer focusing on FOX and businesses
$279,923 $279,923
PS3 Public Safety Rancho Cordova Police
Department Youth Center
Officer
Funding of a Rancho Cordova Police Department PAL/Youth Center Officer, student award programs, and youth outreach events
$319,632 $319,632
PS4 Public Safety ShotSpotter ShotSpotter Technology to enhance officer efficiency to calls of reported gun fire $300,000 $300,000 Total $2,158,400 $2,158,400
PW1 Public Works Pavement Rehabilitation Mills Ranch-Rossmoor Neighborhood pavement rehabilitation, sidewalk repair, and drainage improvements $549,000 $549,000 PW2 Public Works Enhanced Litter and Graffiti
Abatement
Enhanced trash and graffiti abatement on City arterials, drainage channels, and Highway 50 interchanges $200,000 $200,000 PW3 Public Works Enhance the City's Urban
Forest
Programs to enhance the City's urban forest in collaboration with the Sacramento Tree Foundation. Includes plantings, education, and addressing deferred maintenance of the urban forest's long-term health. $200,000 $200,000
PW4 Public Works Sidewalk Repair Replacement and repair of existing sidewalk to continue the work towards eliminating the approximately $10 M backlog
$200,000 $200,000
PW5 Public Works MFR Corridor
Enhancements
Modernization of Mather Field Road including aesthetic bridge railing enhancements and pedestrian improvements.
$500,000 $500,000
PW6 Public Works Clean Water Outreach
Program
Clean Water Outreach Program includes awareness training to businesses and residents on how to keep our waterways clean.
$25,000 $25,000
PW7 Public Works Intersection Safety
Improvements
Increase intersection safety by installing new intersection cameras, installing/replacing battery backup and replacing signal lights.
$150,000 $150,000
Total $1,824,000 $1,824,000
ED1 Economic
Development
Economic Development
Incentive Programs and
Jobs & Talent Program
Business Incentive Program, Sign & Façade Program, Jobs and Talent Program $400,000 $400,000 ED2 Economic
Development
City Place Making and
Branding
Banners, public relations/marketing support $150,000 $150,000 ED3 Economic
Development
Economic Development Market Feasibility analysis, program implementation and business promotion for potential corporate growth (Business Park competitive analysis), corridor revitalization and industry expansion $100,000 $100,000
Subtotal $650,000 $650,000
CD1 Community
Development
Neighborhood Services Trash removal and nuisance property abatement to address blight plus Homeless Outreach Team program enhancements.
$670,000 $670,000
CD2 Community
Development
Community Building,
Outreach, Community
Service Activities, and
Beautification Projects,
Programs and Incentives
Community reinvestment and beautification including, but not limited to, landscape improvements, dead tree/stump removals and property enhancement, community micro-grants, community and cultural events, and other projects.
$130,000 $130,000
Subtotal $800,000 $800,000
Total $1,450,000 $1,450,000
AD1 Administration Administration Funding for the administration of the Community Enhancement & Investment Fund (5% of total annual Community Enhancement & Investment Fund budget)
$570,000 $570,000
$19,689,769 $11,400,000
Community Development
Economic & Community Development
Total of grants submitted, proposed internal department allocations, and legacy fund allocation for FY 2022/23 Public Safety
Public Works
Economic Development
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Fiscal Year 2022/23 Community Enhancement Investment Fund Project List Recommendations shared starting April 18th
App. Category Application Name Project Description FY 2022/2023 Requested
FY 2022/2023
Recommendation
Notes
Recommendation to consider under Workforce Development / Measure R Legend Details
Not recommended for funding in Fiscal Year 2022/23.
Recommendation to approve some level of funding (if recommendation is less than what was requested amount shown in red).
Requires recusal (tied to CRPD Facility / Program) - Shaded this color regardless of overall recommendation.
Recommend that school districts received a pro rata share of funding towards field trips and assemblies of their choice.
Previously approved and allocated.
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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
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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
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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 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
Read-Only Content
Please acknowledge that you read and understand the above Supplemental Endorsement Form requirements.
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
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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
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Feb Mar April May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Grant application, submission and approval
Develop and prepare curriculum
Announcements and advertising
Prepare for fall 2022 semester
Procurement of light sculpture materials. Preliminary fabrication.
Execute curriculum for fall 2022 semester
Prepare for spring 2023 semester
Execute curriculum for spring 2023 semester
Analysis 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.
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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 basic steps: (1) CAD design in Fusion 360, (2) exporting the STL, (3) slicing and generating 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 how to 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
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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 1 400
Wiring 40 5 200
Barrel jacks (5‐pack) 81 0 8 0
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 4,800 Develop course materials 40 30 1,200
Class preparation (load software in laptops, set up slide presentation, etc.) 28 30 840 Class session time 23 30 690
Total labor 7,530
Other costs:
Estimated fees charged by school for hosting after school activities 1,000 Other potential costs 1,000
Total other costs 2,000
Total project budget 13,180
Community Enhancement and Investment Fund 2022/2023 Grant Project ‐ "Learning STEAM. Let's Build a Light Sculpture!" Project Budget
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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.”
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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
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Application #1
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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.
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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
Con tinuing 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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2 Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band Enhancements
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.
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4 Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band Enhancements
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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5 Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band Enhancements
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 live- time 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 Rancho Cordova River City Concert Band Enhancements
$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.
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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
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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
Read-Only Content
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
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Subject: *NEW SUBMISSION* Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23
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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 gra nt, 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 th e 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 enga
ging 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 pa ges 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 Vol unteer 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 date s 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
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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
Read‐Only Content
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
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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.
Phas
e 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) Phas
e 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.
Pha
se 5
Involves getting the book illustrated and self- published through Amazon or I Street Press at Sacramento Public Library TBD.
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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.
Per
sonal 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).
Per
sonal 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
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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
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1 Randi Kay Stephens
From: City of Rancho Cordova <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 4, 2022 4:33 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 #: 1510685
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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 al l 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 th e 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 pla
ying 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 Se ptember 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 communit y 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 Sacrame nto 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. ‐ St udents’ 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 CYS O 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 Ap ril 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 i nstruments.
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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Please acknowledge that you read and understand the above Supplemental Endorsement Form requirements.
Yes
Applicant and Signatory
Application submitted by
Joanna Baisden
Title
Board President, SPAC
Submitting as
Non‐Profit
Phone
9166357728 Application #5
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4 Email
[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
From: City of Rancho Cordova <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2022 7:13 AM
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Subject: *NEW SUBMISSION* Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 NEW
Apply for Community Enhancement Fund Grant Funding 2022/23 NEW Submission #: 1530382
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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 conc erns 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 rein forces 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 progr
ams 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. Typicall y 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 Wint er 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 j
udged 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.
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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 guar d 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. Experienc
e 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 st udent 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 curre ntly 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 Instrumenta
l 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 M arching 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 thirt y 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 Be havior 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 an d 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 $40 0 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 Em ployer 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 provid
ed 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 host ed 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 campaign
s, 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 Januar y. 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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