Fiscal Note
This Resolution allocates the entire $200,000 balance of Emerging Opportunities Program funds, a figure which was recently approved as part of the adopted 2013 Community Development Division Operating budget through RES-13-00574 (Legistar # 30635, 7/22/2013). No additional funds are being requested, and there is no impact on the City levy.
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Approving the provision of up to $200,000 in 2013 Emerging Opportunities Program (EOP) funds to agencies and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into agreements with those agencies to implement the designated projects.
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The adopted 2013 Community Development Division (CDD) Operating Budget was recently amended to include an additional $200,000 in Community Agency Contracts expenditures for projects to be funded with Emerging Opportunities Program funds, as detailed in RES-13-00574 (Legistar # 30635, 7/22/2013). This Resolution allocates those funds.
WHEREAS, the adopted 2013 CD Division Operating Budget was recently amended to include an additional $200,000 in program expenditures for EOP-funded Community Agency Contracts; and,
WHEREAS, the CD Division subsequently issued a Request for Proposals for Emerging Opportunities Program funds, with an application due date of September 6, 2013; and,
WHEREAS, the joint Conference Committee (comprised of sitting members of current CDD-staffed Committees) reviewed the submitted EOP proposals (which included over $2.1 million in total funding requests), and finalized its recommendations for the following program allocations at its meeting on September 24, 2013:
· Allied-Dunn’s Marsh Neighborhood Association: up to $5,000 for efforts to address and improve achievement opportunities for young black males.
· Common Wealth Development, Inc.: up to $19,000 for a southwest Madison transitional employment project.
· DSS Community Center, Inc.: up to $22,000 for children’s and youth programs in the Brentwood Village neighborhood.
· Freedom, Inc.: up to ...
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