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 $10,000 for continued development of a women's group in the Great Gray/Owl Creek neighborhood.
· Goodman Community Center: up to $27,000 for continued development of a women's leadership group in the Worthington neighborhood.
· Jessie Crawford Recovery Center, Inc.: up to $22,000 for a program to reduce jail recidivism.
· Mellowhood Foundation: up to $5,000 for efforts to increase family involvement and improve children's educational opportunities in the Meadowood neighborhood.
· River Food Pantry: up to $13,000 for a culinary employment skills training program.
· Tenant Resource Center: up to $26,500 for materials updates and training to address recent changes in tenant-landlord legislation.
· Theresa/Hammersley Leadership Group: up to $20,500 for efforts to prevent violence in the Theresa/Hammersley neighborhood.
· Today Not Tomorrow, Inc.: up to $5,000 for a program to forge and strengthen relationships between law enforcement and neighborhoods.
· Workers' Rights Center, Inc.: up to $10,000 for a wage theft mitigation project.
· Youth Services of Southern Wisconsin, Inc.: up to $15,000 to provide Street Outreach to help prevent the sexual exploitation of youth.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council approves the Emerging Opportunities Program funding allocations for 2013 detailed above, as recommended by the Conference Committee; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to execute agreements with the above listed agencies (or their fiscal agents) for the described activities.