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RESOLUTION 2023-###
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO ESTABLISHING A PILOT
SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE
SCHOLARSHIPS TO ELIGIBLE SAN PABLO RESIDENTS, FOR A TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $300,000 OVER 3 FISCAL YEARS.
WHEREAS, Foster college and career readiness, education, youth leadership, and City/Contra Costa College/WCCUSD partnerships (102) and Foster youth leadership/cultivation of the next generation of civic leaders (103) are adopted policies contained in the FY 2023- 25 City of San Pablo City Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023;
WHEREAS, this is not a project that is defined by CEQA; WHEREAS, on April 4, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution 2022-056 allocating $451,500 to fund the San Pablo Pilot Scholarship Program;
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2022, staff presented a comprehensive plan at the Community Services Standing Com mittee (Cruz/Pineda) on the San Pablo Pilot Scholarship Program which identified the design, goals, eligibility criteria, implementation, and evaluation plan which included staff’s plan to release a Request For Proposals (RFP) that would encourage local non-profit agencies to submit proposals to administer the Pilot Scholarship Program as outlined by staff, and staff began researching the possibility of releasing that RFP;
WHEREAS, the San Pablo Pilot Scholarship Program was established to provide eligible high school graduates residing within the incorporated City of San Pablo with $1,000 scholarships to be used for items as defined in the San Pablo Scholarship Agreement (Exhibit C) which include but are not limited to; tuition, program fees, course materials such as books, equipment, supplies, etc.);
WHEREAS, the San Pablo Pilot Scholarship Program aims to achieve the following goals:
1. Provide financial support to City of San Pablo Youth with their post high school education and career technical training.
2. Reach as many students in need as possible with the understanding that San Pablo Youth have faced extraordinary circumstances and hardships during the COVID-19 emergency.
3. Evaluate the pilot program by Fall 2024 to understand the impact of the pilot scholarship program on the community by Fall 2024 and analyze possible future city-initiated funding mechanisms for eligible San Pablo students.
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WHEREAS, on March 1, 2023, staff provided an update to the Community Services Standing Committee explaining that staff was unable to secure an agency that possessed the experience and capacity to run the Pilot Program for scholarships to be awarded for the 2023-34 school year, and that therefore City staff would be implementing the first year of the pilot program internally to prevent delays in scholarship disbursements;
WHEREAS, on June 7, 2023, staff provided an other update to the Community Services Standing Committee on the progress of the San Pablo Pilot Scholarship Program, which included the number of applications that were received to date, staff’s marketing efforts (i.e. social media releases, marketing at local schools, etc.), and the deadline for applicants to apply;
WHEREAS, the City staff’s goal is to release another RFP in the fall of 2023 to get an agency on onboard to administer the Pilot Program for the remaining two years, but that if those efforts are unsuccessful, staff will continue to administer the San Pablo Pilot Scholarship Program for the next two fiscal years.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Pablo hereby approves the establishment of the San Pablo Pilot Scholarship Program for FY2023-24 through FY 2026-27; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Pablo hereby authorizes the City Manager or designee to issue $1,000 scholarships under the San Pablo Pilot Scholarship Program to eligible San Pablo residents, for a total amount not to exceed $300,000 over the 3 fiscal years.
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ADOPTED this 7
th day of August 2023, by the following votes:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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Dorothy Gantt, City Clerk Abel Pineda, Mayor