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Consider a memorandum/resolution declaring a public purpose and approving Nonprofit Youth Organization Grant allocations.
Summary
DATE: June 21, 2022
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Danielle Singh, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Nonprofit Youth Organization Grant Allocations
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
At the December 1, 2021, Public Facility Corporation meeting, City Council acting as the Public Facility Corporation directed the $350,000 structuring fee received from the North Killeen Apartments Project to the City of Killeen with the recommendation that the funds be used for a nonprofit youth organization grant program.
At the April 12, 2022, Regular City Council Meeting, City Council approved a nonprofit application process for grant funding for nonprofit youth organizations. The application process opened to the public for submission on April 13, 2022, and closed May 12, 2022. City Council established the following criteria:
1. Must serve a public purpose
a. Provide a service that enhances a service the public agency provides,
b. Identifiable secondary benefit to the public agency, or
c. Provide a service the public agency could provide but chooses not to
2. Funds may not benefit private parties
3. City must maintain control of the funds via agreement
a. Nonprofits must document that funds were used for a public purpose before reimbursement can occur
Sixteen applications were received. At a May 18, 2022, Special City Council Workshop, City Council reviewed the applications and issued a motion of direction to staff to bring a resolution forward to fund the grant requests in an amount not to exceed $10,000 each for nine nonprofit youth organizations. Upon City Council's approval of the funding and declaration of a public purpose for the nine organizations, agreements with the grant recipients will be prepared and executed.
The City Council finds that it is in the public interest to enhance the quality of life for our residents throu...
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