Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the non-profit Reeb Avenue Center in support of its operational needs at the Reeb Avenue facility.
The Reeb Avenue Center strives to connect neighbors with services they need to transform their lives by providing access to wraparound, long-term case management services for neighbors that focuses on intentional and holistic connections to tools, resources, and services necessary for economic and social stabilization.
The Reeb Avenue Center is facing immediate operational needs that it needs to address in order to sustain services for residents. Specifically, this funding will support the Center's security equipment and software upgrades and repairs and maintenance that are its responsibility under its lease agreement.
Funding is crucial for enhancing safety through security equipment and software upgrades. These upgrades to the security system are imperative for reducing security incidents at the facility, which welcomes hundreds of clients daily, including children at the Sprout Five daycare and Boys and Girls Club.
Funding is also necessary for repair of flooring, counters, cabinetry, interior doors, etc. and routine maintenance and inspections of HVAC, fire, and life safety systems that are necessary to keep the facility operating safely.
Measured by a reduction in safety incidents and improved client feedback, these improvements are essential for the continued success in serving the community.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to allow Reeb Avenue Center to make the necessary repairs and security system upgrades without delay.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Reeb Avenue Center in support of operational needs at the Reeb Avenue facility; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; an...
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