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CALENDAR YEAR 2023 CITYWIDE GRANT ACTIVITIES REPORTCity CouncilMarch 19, 2024Office of the City Manager RiversideCA.gov2
•Envision Riverside 2025 Strategic Plan - High PerformingGovernment strategic priority Goal 5.4 mandates to,“Achieve and maintain financial health by addressinggaps between revenues and expenditures and aligningresources with strategic priorities to yield the greatestimpact.”•In 2023, the City Manager’s Office took steps tostrengthen grant operations by making more efficientuse of City resources and exploring new managementtools:•Exploring new grants management software;•Overhead/indirect set-aside; and•New Administrative Analyst.BACKGROUND
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–3 City Departments and 5 Outside Community Partners –Grant Request: $1,000,000–Application Time in Production: 3 Months–Planning Team Meetings: Approximately 10 –Coordinated Letters of Support: 10–Application Review Drafts: 2–Required GIS Maps: 3 (multiple formats)–Application Length at Submission: 55 Pages.Large grant application processes are often very complex and involve multiple partners and activities needed to submit funding applications. Anatomy of a Grant Application Process: 2024 “Connecting Neighbors to Neighbors” Grant RiversideCA.gov4
In CY 2023, the City received approximately $212,116,067 in new grant funds from various funding types including competitive, entitlements, appropriations, and earmarks. Competitive awards alone (grants and earmarks) account for $200 million in funding activity.THE BIG PICTUREYear-Over-Year DifferenceCurrent Year (2023) Grant Activity Prior Year (2022) Grant Activity + $57,333,892$172,353,014$115,019,122Competitive FundedApplications$4,500,000$29,500,000$25,000,000*CompetitiveEarmarks- $76,344,699N/A$76,344,699COVID/ARPA- $784,716$10,263,05311,047,769Entitlements- $15,295,523$212,116,067$227,411,590TOTALS:
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In terms of competitive grants (competitive applications and competitive earmarks), the City has a very strong year, with 51 awarded grant applications. This activity is over $57 million more awarded than in the last calendar year and a 60% increase in awarded funding activity.THE BIG PICTURE RiversideCA.gov6
•Projects:•Affordable Housing/Sustainable Communities (Mulberry) - $27 Million •New Eastside Library (Grant and Earmark) - $14.5 Million •3rdStreet Grande Separation (4) - $52 Million •Tree Inventory and Plan - $1 Million •HCD “Pro Housing” Designation - $2.4 Million •“Boy Scout Camp” Cleanup - $1.2 Million •Programs:•Cal Fellows Program - $1.7 Million•River Bottom Response - $600,000•Urban Search and Rescue - $1.4 Million •Officer Wellness and Mental Health -$245,000•Safe Routes to School Planning - $700,000NOTABLE GRANT AWARDS 2023 (Partial)
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Comparisons:–General Fund budget(FY 23/24)is ~$327 million•Competitive grants awarded to City is equivalent to62%of General Fund budget•All grants (competitive, earmark, & entitlement) isequivalent to65%of the General Fund budget.•Competitive Grants equal $637 per resident (201MGrants / 317K Pop).GRANT COMPARISONSGrant writing makes a substantial additional impact to the funded operations of municipal programs and projects.
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GRANT IMPACTS
–Housed 27 formally homeless individuals–Engaged 6,000 homeless persons with Street Outreach–Provided community resilience CERT equipment for 300 residents (backpacks) –Provided aquatics programs for over 15,000residents –Funded Arts, sports, and senior programs served for over 1,000 local residents –Produced “Safe Routes to School” Plans for 50schools Citywide. 2023 Grants that Impacted the Lives of Riverside Residents (a selection):
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•Headwinds in 2024:•State Budget –Possible Rescissions and holds•Possible Federal Shutdowns Downtime is not “stop” time…LOOKING AHEAD RiversideCA.gov10
Strategic Priority 5 – High Performing GovernmentGoal 1.1 – “Fund development” benefitting arts, culture, and recreationGoal 5.4 – Maintain fiscal health by addressing gaps between revenues and expendituresGoal 6.3 – Identify and pursue new and unique funding opportunities for infrastructure programs that meetcommunity needsCross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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•That the City Council receive and file the Annual Report forCalendar Year 2023 Citywide Grant Activities.RECOMMENDATION