Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) for their Honoring Our Heritage to Ensure Our Future project.
The Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) is devoted to preserving and restoring balance in the lives of Native Americans through traditional, cultural, educational, family, community and wellness driven values and initiatives. A significant aspect of the NAICCO mission focuses on organizational capacity and sustainability in that NAICCO is a resource available to the local Native American community.
The Honoring Our Past to Ensure Our Future project focuses on meeting the voiced needs and concerns of the NAICCO community, specifically focusing on cultural preservation and restoration and community development.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delay in providing the resources necessary to meet the concerns.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) for their Honoring Our Heritage to Ensure Our Future project; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the general fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, The Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) is devoted to preserving and restoring balance in the lives of Native Americans through traditional, cultural, educational, family, community and wellness driven values and initiatives; and
WHEREAS, a significant aspect of the NAICCO mission focuses on organizational capacity and sustainability in that NAICCO is a resource available to the local Native American community. ; and
WHEREAS, the Honoring Our Past to Ensure Our Future project focuses on meeting the voiced needs and concerns of the NAICCO community, specifically focusing on cultural preservati...
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