City of Madison - File #: 07633

• File #: 07633
• Version: 1
• Name: Year 5 Weed & Seed Grant
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/26/2007
• In control: COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE
• On agenda: 11/6/2007
• Final action: 11/6/2007
• Enactment date: 11/14/2007
• Enactment #: RES-07-01058
• Title: Authorizing the City of Madison, through the Office of Community Services, to accept a Year 5 Weed and Seed grant from the United States Dept. of Justice Community Capacity Development Office and authorizing expenditures as outlined in the grant budget.
• Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz, Brian L. Solomon, Lauren Cnare

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/6/2007	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Adopt	Pass
10/29/2007	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO ADOPT - REPORT OF OFFICER	Pass
10/10/2007	1	COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMITTEE	Return to Lead with the Recommendation for Approval	Pass
10/2/2007	1	COMMON COUNCIL	Refer
10/2/2007	1	BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)	Refer
9/26/2007	1	Community Services Office	Fiscal Note Required / Approval
9/26/2007	1	Finance Dept/Approval Group	Approved Fiscal Note By The Comptroller's Office
9/26/2007	1	Community Services Office	Referred for Introduction

Fiscal Note
Grant funds will be deposited in a segregated fund and used to offset associated expenses. There is no net impact on cost controls or levy.
Title
Authorizing the City of Madison, through the Office of Community Services, to accept a Year 5 Weed and Seed grant from the United States Dept. of Justice Community Capacity Development Office and authorizing expenditures as outlined in the grant budget.
Body
WHEREAS, Madison has neighborhoods where crime rates and the number of residents living in poverty are higher than the citywide average and those same neighborhoods lack comprehensive plans and resources to address their special issues; and

WHEREAS, in 2000 city officials and staff determined that the three neighborhoods in greatest need of additional resources were the Allied Drive, Broadway Lake Point, and South Madison neighborhoods; and

WHEREAS, in 2000 staff from the Office of Community Services and Madison Police Department conducted forums with residents of the three neighborhoods to gather input and feedback on a plan for additional resources; and

WHEREAS, in 2000 the City of Madison applied for and was awarded Official Recognition as a Weed and Seed site through the United States Department of Justice Executive Office for Weed and Seed; and

WHEREAS, the City of Madison is currently implementing the Year 4 Weed and Seed grant and the Official Recognition strategy developed in 2000 and updated in the spring of 2007; and

WHEREAS, on August 3, 2007 the United States Department of Justice awarded funding to the City of Madison a Year 5 Weed and Seed grant for the period of October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008 in the amount of $200,000; and

WHEREAS, this is the last Weed and Seed grant award that will be received to address the five-year strategy which began implementation in 2002.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of Madison, through the Office of Community Services, is authorized to accept a Year 5 grant award from the...