Explanation
This ordinance will authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to 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 2291.
Background: 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.
Areas Affected (Areas/Communities being affected by this project): City wide
Master Plan Relation: This grant will support the goals of the Recreation and Parks Master Plan by accepting private grant money in order to expand our Summer Food program for low income children.
Fiscal Impact: The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Private Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $10,000.00.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to accept a grant and enter into a grant agreement in the amount of $10,000.00 with the National Recreation and Parks Association to expand the department's summer food program; to authorize the appropriation of $10,000.00 to the Recreation and Parks Private Grant Fund 2291; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) local member agency has awarded the City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department a grant in the amount of $10,000.00; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize and the direct the Director of Recreati...
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