Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to apply for, accept a grant from, and enter into agreement with the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) in the amount of $10,000.00 and to appropriate these monies to the Recreation and Parks Private Grant Fund. The grant will support summer and before/after school food programs for children from low income families as part of United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reimbursement programs. As the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department conducts a Summer Food Program funded by the USDA through the Ohio Department of Education, it has been selected to receive funding from the NRPA.
Emergency Justification:
Emergency action is requested in order to have funding available for necessary expenditures related to expanding the department's food program.
Fiscal Impact:
To accept a grant in the amount of $10,000.00 from the NRPA to the Recreation and Parks Private Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to apply for and accept a grant in the amount of $10,000.00 from the National Recreation and Parks Association to expand the department's summer food program; to appropriate these funds to the Recreation and Parks Private Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $10,000.00; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) local member agency, was accepting grant applications for the expansion of summer food programming and has awarded the City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department a grant in the amount of $10,000.00; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into an agreement with the National Recreation and Parks Association to expand the summer food program; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate said funds to the Recreation and Parks Department for expenditures; and
WHEREAS, an emerg...
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