Title
Consider a memorandum/resolution declaring a public purpose and approving Nonprofit Youth Organization Grant allocations.
Summary
DATE: September 6, 2022
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Leslie Hinkle, Executive Director of Community Development
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
Sixteen applications were received, and nine applicants were granted funding at a May 18, 2022, Special City Council Workshop and the allocations were approved on June 28, 2022. On June 22, 2022 City Council reopened the application process to the public for submission June 22, 2022 - July 21, 2022. Thirteen applications were received, and eleven applicants were granted funding at the July 26, 2022 City Council meeting.
The City Council finds that it is in the public interest to enhance the quality of life for our residents through recreational activities, provide for the safety of our community, and invest in the future by providing opportunities for the City...
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