Fiscal Note
Funding of $35,518 is available within the Contingent Reserve. Following adoption of this resolution, the available Contingent Reserve balance is expected to total $1,136,864. There is no impact on the tax levy or State Expenditure Restraint Program eligibility limits.
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SUBSTITUTE - Amending the 2010 Operating Budget of the Community Development Division by appropriating $35,518 from the Contingent Reserve Fund and utilitizing these funds to immediately enhance youth-related programming in southwest side neighborhoods, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into agreements with agencies to provide the described services.
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WHEREAS, the City continues to work collaboratively with residents, businesses and property owners in our southwest side neighborhoods to improve the quality of life; and
WHEREAS, part of these efforts include the focused work of staff from the Madison and Dane County Public Health Department (PHMDC) on violence prevention and social capital building initiatives throughout the area; and
WHEREAS, PHMDC, working closely with neighborhood stakeholders, has developed a broad scope of responses to address a wide variety of concerns throughout the neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, neighborhood residents, businesses and property owners, as well as City and County staff and policymakers, have been involved in launching a host of initiatives to date and recognize that a necessary focal point of these efforts is the engagement of youth, especially - but not solely - during the summer months; and
WHEREAS, in the interest of implementing some of these recommendations for the summer of 2010, the Mayor asked the existing Emerging Neighborhood Fund workgroup to convene, review the recommendations and make its own recommendations for timely funding to the Common Council; and
WHEREAS, the workgroup met during the week of May 28th and developed the following recommendations for funding in an effort to engage youth of all ages in appropriate and enriching programming during the upcoming summer.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Operating Budget of the Community Development Division is amended by appropriating $35,518 from the Contingent Reserve Fund; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Common Council approves the following recommended allocations from these appropriated funds:
Madison School and Community Recreation for up to $10,309 to expand the hours of operation of the Meadowood
Neighborhood Center, including the addition of two hours on Thursday and Friday evenings from July 1 through
August 12; Saturdays from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. from June 26 through December 18 and Sundays from 1:00 p.m.
to 6:00 p.m. during the fall, as recommended by MSCR staff.
Madison School and Community Recreation for up to $10,209 to establish an elementary-aged summer drop-in program
at Meadowood Park from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. from June 26 through August 20.
Common Wealth Development for up to $15,000 to expand the capacity of its Youth Business Mentoring Program at
Memorial High School to 25 youth living in southwest side neighborhoods, and provide employment and financial skill
workshops at both the Meadowood Neighborhood Center and the Wisconsin Youth Company.
BE IT STILL FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Community Development Division will serve as the lead contract agency for these projects and will amend existing agreements with both Madison School and Community Recreation and Common Wealth Development to provide the described services; and
BE FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to execute agreements with the above listed agencies or their fiscal agents for the described services.