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CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
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REQUEST FOR
COUNCIL ACTION
CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY:
MAY 15, 2006
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o Ordinance on 1" Reading
o Ordinance on 20d Reading
o Implementing Resolution
o Set Public Hearing For
RESOLUTION FOR GRANTS FOR
BLOCKS PROGRAM
CONTINUED TO
FILE NUMBER
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Adopt a resolution amending the guidelines for the operation of the
Grants for Blocks Program by the Community Development Agency.
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION
Recommended that the City Council
guidelines for the operation of the
Community Development Agency.
adopt
Grants
a resolution amending the
for Blocks Program by the
By a vote of 7:0 at its Regular Meeting of May 2, 2006.
DISCUSSION
The Community Development Agency has operated the Grants for Blocks
Program since 1999. Since that time, over $ 60,000 has been raised to
provide eighty grants to neighborhood associations and community-based
organizations serving Santa Ana. In 2002, the City Council established
Grants for Blocks as an Agency Directed Fund with the Orange County
Communi ty Foundation. This has further raised the visibility of our
community-building initiatives among corporations and charitable
foundations.
In an effort to enhance the program, staff is recommending revising the
program to allow the City to accept financial gifts, deposit them into
the City's account with the Orange County Community Foundation and
request the disbursal of funding for approved activities and recipients.
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Resolution for Grants
for Blocks Program
May 2, 2006
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Recently, a resident approached staff for the purpose of making a
financial gift that would be disbursed to recipients of the annual "Most
Beautiful Yard Competition." This program is also administered by the
Community Development Agency and provides for each of Santa Ana's
neighborhood associations to nominate homes for recognition. By amending
this program, it will allow greater flexibility to accept financial gifts
from the private sector to support community building and leadership
training programs associated with our Neighborhood Improvement Program.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact associated with this action.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2006-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA AMENDING THE GUIDELINES OF THE
GRANTS FOR BLOCKS PROGRAM
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines
and declares as follows:
A. The City Council authorized the Grants for Blocks Program ("Program") in
March of 1999, by Resolution No. 1999-014. The Program was established
to encourage community building projects and greater collaboration between
neighborhood groups, service clubs, schools, community-based
organizations, the faith community and local businesses.
B. In 2002, the City Council established Grants for Blocks as an Agency
Directed Fund with the Orange County Community Foundation ("OCCF"), a
non-profit organization which to administers donations received and
distributes grants to meet the needs of the Orange County community;
thereby enhancing the visibility of the City's community building initiatives
among corporations and charitable foundations.
C. Since its establishment, the Program has raised over $60,000.00 to provide
eighty (80) grants to neighborhood associations and community-based
organizations serving Santa Ana.
D. Staff has been approached by City residents and community members
desiring to make financial gifts to the City for certain city-run programs. One
person has expressed interest in making an annual financial gift that would
be disbursed to winners of the Most Beautiful Yard Competition, a program
that is administered by the Community Development Agency, and provides
for each of Santa Ana's neighborhood associations to nominate homes for
recognition.
E. Adoption of this resolution will allow acceptance of such financial gifts,
thereby increasing flexibility for donations from the private sector to support
community building and leadership training programs associated with the
City's Housing and Neighborhood Development Program.
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Section 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby authorizes
the Executive Director of the Community Development Agency or his/her designee to
accept such financial gifts, deposit them into the City's Grants for Blocks account at the
Orange County Community Foundation and to request disbursals for approved activities
and recipients.
Section 3. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its
adoption by the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the
vote adopting this Resolution.
ADOPTED this
day of
,2006.
Miguel A. Pulido
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Joseph W. Fletcher, City Attorney
By:
Lisa Storck
Assistant City Attorney
AYES: Councilmembers:
NOES: Councilmembers:
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers:
NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers:
CERTIFICATION OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY
I, PATRICIA E. HEALY, Clerk of Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached
Resolution No. 2006- to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of
the City of Santa Ana on
Date:
Clerk of Council
City of Santa Ana
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Resolution No. 2006-XXX
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