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RESOLUTION 2024-###
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO APPROVING FY 2024-25 FINAL GRANT AWARDS FOR THE ANNUAL SAN PABLO COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION GRANT PROGRAM AND ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING $45,000 IN EXTERNAL FUNDING FROM THREE SOURCES TO THE FY 2024-25 CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY EVENTS BUDGET TO FULLY FUND THE FY 2024 -25 PROGRAM FOR A TOTAL PROGRAM APPROPRIATION OF $100,000 IN ONE-TIME
GRANT DISBURSEMENTS
WHEREAS, the Community Grant Program 501(c)(3) - Special Event Funding is an adopted policy item under the FY 2023-25 Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023;
WHEREAS, the City Council previously appropriated $55,000 in discretionary funding as part of the FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget under the City Council Departmental Budget (100- 1110-44050) to provide financial assistance to non- profit 501(c)(3) organizations and establish an FY 2024/25 Annual San Pablo Community Foundation Grant Program;
WHEREAS, an additional $45,000 in funding has been received from three outside sources to support the grant program as follows: The Lytton Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians - $25,000; Republic Services, Inc., dba Richmond Sanitary Services - $15,000; and a donation from the San Pablo Senior Advisory Board - $5,000. With combined funding from all sources, there is a total program funding of $100,000 for the Annual San Pablo Community Foundation Grant Program for FY 2024-25;
WHEREAS, on February 29, 2024, the FY 2024- 25 SPCF Grant Program application guidelines were released to the public, with a grant submittal deadline of April 11, 2024;
WHEREAS, on April 11, 2024, the City Manager received (16) eligible applications for FY 2024-25 funding consideration by the required deadline which totaled $157,500 in funding requests for the FY 2024-25 grant program year;
WHEREAS, the City Manager did not receive any formal appeals in writing, yet City Council may hear appeals and render an appropriate decision after Council deliberation per the Council’s adopted policy; and the City Council may or may not change the grant recipients and amount of awards being recommended by the SPCF Grant Committee by majority vote via Resolution;
WHEREAS, on May 1, 2024 the San Pablo Community Foundation Grant Committee received all grant applications and reviewed all eligible applications; and
WHEREAS on May 23, 2024 the San Pablo Community Foundation Grant Committee received formal presentations from eligible grantees and deliberated on the recommendations for the FY 2024-25 grant funding allocations;
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WHEREAS, the San Pablo Community Foundation Grant Committee is recommending the grant award recommendations for FY 2024-25 below for City Council’s consideration:
Organization: General Fund Category (Fiscal Agent) Amount:
1. California Symphony $ 7,500
2. Generations Vision for the Future $ 5,000
3. House of Loving Hands $ 5,000
4. King’s Accountability Group, Inc. $ 5,000
5. Kiwanis Club of San Pablo (Latina Center) $ 5,000
6. Los Cenzontles Cultural Arts Academy $ 5,000
7. Morada de Mujeres Milenio $ 5,000
8. Safe Organized Spaces Richmond $ 7,500
9. San Pablo Baseball Association (T-Bone Bucket Boyz Basketball Academy) $ 7,500
10. San Pablo Cowboys Youth Association (T-Bone Bucket Boyz Basketball Academy) $ 7,500
11. San Pablo Rotary $ 5,000
12. Wayfinder Family Services/The Hatlen Center $ 7,500
13. Weigh of Life - Voted on with Committee Member Calloway abstaining $ 5,000
14. West Contra Costa Salesian Boys & Girls Club $ 7,500
Organization: (AB 939/Environmental Category) Amount:
15. Earth Team $ 7,500
16. The Watershed Project $ 7,500
_____________________________________________________________________ Total: $100,000
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Pablo hereby approves the final FY 2024- 25 grant awards for the Annual San Pablo Community Foundation Grant Program, as listed in the recitals immediately above;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that $45,000 in total grant revenue be accepted by the City into the FY 202425 General Fund budget (100-0000-33403) and appropriated to the City Council Special Events budget for expenditure (100-1110-44050); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED tha t the foregoing recitations are true and correct, and are included herein by reference as findings.
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ADOPTED this 17th day of June, 2024, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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Dorothy Gantt, City Clerk Patricia Ponce, Mayor