Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes CDD staff to conduct RFP processes in 2019, in accordance with the Neighborhood Center Support Policy Paper and the School-Age Child and Youth Development Policy Paper as the bases, and return funding allocation recommendations to the Common Council, for its approval, that would take effect on January 1, 2020.
The Community Development Division’s 2019 Adopted Operating Budget includes approximately $1.26 million of General Fund support for Neighborhood Center contracts and approximately $1.03 million of General Fund support for School-Age Child and Youth Development program contracts. Based on staff estimates, fully implementing the Center Support and School-Age Child and Youth Development RFP processes, as outlined in the accompanying policy papers, will require an additional resource commitment in the 2020 Operating Budget of between $320,000 and $475,000 over current funding levels and will be subject to Common Council approval.
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Accepting the Community Development Division (CDD) Neighborhood Center Support Policy Paper” and “School-Age Child and Youth Development Policy Paper” as the bases for structuring and conducting two Request for Proposals (RFP) processes, and authorizing the CDD to undertake those processes and recommend, for approval by the Common Council, funding allocation plans for each regarding awards and contracts to take effect on January 1, 2020
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The proposed resolution accepts the “Neighborhood Center Support Policy Paper” and “School-Age Child and Youth Development Policy Paper” and authorizes the Community Development Division to utilize these documents to undertake a funding process that will make recommendations to the Council for the allocation of funding in 2020.
In 2016, Forward Community Investments (FCI) completed, on behalf of the Common Council, an evaluation of CDD funding practices and offered recommendations to improve them. Center Support payments for neighborhood cent...
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