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Consider a memorandum/resolution to declare the public purpose and approve the grant funding allocations for ten nonprofit organizations with funding from the American Rescue Plan Act and the Public Facility Corporation.
Summary
DATE: December 13, 2022
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Leslie Hinkle, Executive Director of Community Development
SUBJECT: Nonprofit Organization Grant Allocations
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
The City of Killeen has been allocated $29,117,907 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds. The City Council allocated $150,000 of these funds to nonprofits. Additionally, City Council acting as the Public Facility Corporation (PFC) directed the $350,000 restructuring fee received from the North Killeen Apartments Project to the City of Killeen be used for nonprofit youth organizations.
At the April 12, 2022, Regular City Council Meeting, City Council approved a nonprofit application process for grant funding for nonprofit and 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 by identifiable secondary benefit to the public agency
2. Services directed at low to moderate income residents, residents disproportionately impacted, or located in a Qualified Census Tract
3. Use must directly address a negative impact of the pandemic
4. Use must be proportional to amount of impact
City Council awarded nine grants of $10,000 each at the June 28, 2002 Regular City Council meeting and eleven grants of $10,000 each at the July 26, 2022 Regular City Council meeting, leaving a remaining balance of $150,000 for nonprofit youth organizations. City Council awarded six grants of $10,000 each at the August 9, 2022 Regular City Council meeting, leaving a remaining balance of $90,000 for nonprofit organization grants.
The application process was reopened June 24, 2022 for si...
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