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TITLE:
COMMUNITY ACTIVITY GRANTS PROGRAM
2002-03 FUNDING RECOMMENDATION
4~# 16,985
WTG. 11/19/02
DEPT. FIN
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 2002-342 accepting the recommendation of the Community
Activity Grant Citizen Review Committee and allocating funds to the organizations identified.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
Committee was appointed by the City Council to review the 2002-03 Community Activity Grant Under the guidelines established in Council Policy #51, a seven-member Citizen Review
applications and make recommendations to Council. These guidelines specify that a review panel
be made up of one representative from each quadrant of the City, one Senior Commission
member, one Library Board member, and one Parks and Recreation Commission member.
The grant applications were due to the Finance Department by October 1, 2002. A total of 31
grant applications were received with funding requests totaling approximately $426,000. The
Citizen Review Committee met four times during the months of October and November. They
reviewed the applications, interviewed the top applicants, and evaluated the grant requests based
on level of enrichment, experience in program area, organizational experience and background,
financial capabilities, and scope of project. As a result of their review and evaluation, a total of
$56,230 in funding is being recommended for eight of the requests.
The table shown in Exhibit 1 summarizes the grant requests and the Citizen Review Committee’s
recommendations for funding.
FISCAL IMPACT:
fund is being used to fund the Community Activity Grants. The fund currently has a $1,059,000
In 1999, the City Council set aside $1 million in a separate fund, and the interest generated by this
cash balance. The 2002-03 operating budget contains an appropriation of $60,000 for Community
Activity Grants. No further appropriations are required.
EXHIBITS:
1. Summary of 2002-03 Community Activity Grant requests and recommended funding.
2. Resolution No. 2002-342 accepting the recommendation of the Community Activity Grant
Council subcommittee and allocating funds to the organizations identified.
EXHIBIT 1
Summary of 2002-03 Community Activity Grant Requests & Recommended Funding
Applicant Program Description Request Funding
Grant Recommended
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Tri-City Hospital
Foundation
Krista Webster
Buena Vista
Audubon Society
Museum of Making
Music
South Carlsbad
State Beach
Sarv Hill
Hospice of the North
Coast
Diane Lee1
Mark Cleaveiand
North Coast
Repertory Theatre
Sound Ex~ress
Kathy Cook
Carlsbad Lions Club
Buena Vista
Benefactors
Funding for the North County Child Study Center. located in Carlsbad.
which specializes in assessment, diagnosis. and treatment of children
and youth (ages 2-18) suffering from ADD, tourette syndrome. autism,
depression and Other development and behavioral disorders.
Provide career education and training, job search and intewiew skills.
career assessment and counseling, career fair. and job Shadowinglinternships.
Funding for promotional materials for Earth Day and supplies and materials
to update exhibits in the nature Center.
Funding for this interactive field trip program for students from Carisbad
Unified School District grade K-8 that integrates curricula in language
arts. math, science. history and social studies with the newly adopted
State of California music standards.
This program would provide funding for equipment to provide educational
programs at the newly con8trwted amphitheatre at South Carisbad State
Beach
Funding to buy accessories for the compact tractor to dig the post holes
and lo help control the weeds along the trails as well as funds for supplies.
materials and equipment maintenance.
Funding lo provide bereavement Services to those in the community that do
not meet the federally mandated criteria for haspica care.
An interactive event that will combine a cooking class with a movie that
is focused on food. Total of four events (one per quarter).
Funding to pay for teachers to offer a ten-week playwriting workshop aimed
at introducing high school students to the art of playwriting.
Bring together musical talent from all of Carisbad's schools lo promote
appreciation of music. and serve as a catalyst for continued involvement and
advancement of music in Carlsbad.
Provide improved beach accessibitiity by Operating a public power beach
wheelchair program in Carlsbad.
TO fund a $2.000 Scholarship to Miss Carisbad 2003.
Funding to upgrade the existing fencing along La Flores and Pi0 Pica, and to
install signage over the pedestrian gates along Las Flares.
$ 15,000 $ 7,500
55.000 0
4,000 4.000
10,000 3.350
37,374 0
3,000 3,000
10,140 7,500
3.820 0
9,504 0
3,000 0
60,000 0
2.000 0
17,125 0
EXHIBIT 1 (cont.)
Applicant Program Description RBq"*St Funding
Grant Recommended
14 La Costa Valley
Preschool
15 Designated Drivers
Association
16 American Combat
Veterans of War
17 Calavera Hills
Elementary
18 Calavera Hills
Elementary
18 North County Coastal
career center
20 Susan Wingate
21 Agua Hedtanda
Lagoon Foundation
22 Children's Discovery
Museum of North
county
23 American Legion
post
24 Carlsbad Sports
Center
25 Artsplash Committee
Funding for Kindervision safety program to provide safety education to 600
Carlsbad families in video form, as well as fingerprinting and videotaping
of each child
Program provides a safe free ride home in your own vehicle on Friday and
Saturday night from 1O:OO p.m. to 200 a.m.
Work with combat veterans in Carlsbad guiding them to and through the VA
hospital and outpatient services. as well as jab training.
v Club designed for 4th-6th graders lo learn about photography. End products
will be taken to senior center. Funding is for supplies.
GsaiLGm Club designed to be an after-school activity at Calavera Hills Elementary. End
products will be taken to senior center. Funding is for supplies.
To assist Carlsbad businesses by providing a direct link to professional
workforce services. Funding is mostly for salaries.
To provide a photobiography to foster and adoptive children living in
Carlsbad and the surrounding north county cities.
Located at the Discovery Center. these programs will include an interactive
model Of the Carlsbad Watershed and a Watershed Steward Leadership
program
Funding forthe printing and distribution of 50,000 Tourist Rack Cards and
the printing and distribution of 35.000 travel information guides. as well as
the expansion of the promotional program to inclusion in the San Diego
Convention and Visitor's Guide and the Sa" Diego Museum Council's brochure
Funding request is for: Boys and Girls State programs in Sacramento, which
recognizes high school juniors for their leadership abilities: the high school
award program, which recognizes graduating seniors for their courage. honor.
leadership. patriotism. scholarship. and Service to both the school and
community: and the Adopt a Class program. which teaches elementary
school children poiice and fire safety. nag etiquette. and geography through
the use of coloring books. -
at Carlsbad High School that allows the City and the School District to once
Funding for a feasibility study to develop a Sports and Recreation facility
again work together to fulfill a need in our community.
Appicalion withdrawn
9.980
10.000
2.500
909
700
20,000
18,325
34.500
8,400
3.000
6,000
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26 Join Hands Save-a-Life
Funding for Carlsbad Youth Center that provides a gangldrug prevention
program to '"at-riskl. youths.
50,000
27 Vista Botanical
Gardens Foundation Funding from this grant will go toward an Arbor Day 2003 celebration
5.000
lo plant ZOO canopy trees in the Vista Botanical forest.
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24.500
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2,380
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EXHIBIT 1 (cont.)
Applicant Program Description Request Fundlng
Grant Recommended
28 Carlsbad Cares
Provides temporary lodging facility where families of children with cancer.
leukemia. and other serious illnesses reside while their children are treated
at nearby hospitals.
5.000 0
20 The Environmental
Trust
10,000
Funding for an educational center at the Calavera Preserve entrance.
Funding request is for project manager. signage. brochures, and grading
for center trailer.
30 Rancho Coastal
Humane Society This program provides shelter to pets of domestic violence families. It is the
5,000
only shelter that provides this service in all of San Diego County.
33 Carlsbad Education
Foundation . Kids are Funding request is for the student art show at the Taste of Carisbad annual
Worth a Million fundraiser. Grant money will be used to frame art. and far promotional materials
8,752 4,000
for the event
32 International Dark
Sky Association
value and effectiveness of quality nighttime lighting. Funding is far educational
Build an awareness of the problem of light pollution by educating about the
materials. public presentations. and light replacement program
15,350 0
TOTAL REQUESTS $ 426,029 $ 56.230
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RESOLUTION NO. 2002-342
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA,
ACCEPTING THE RECOMMENDATION OF
THE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY GRANT CITIZEN REVIEW
COMMllTEE AND ALLOCATING FUNDS
TO THE ORGANIZATIONS IDENTIFIED
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, appointed a
seven-member Citizen Review Committee to review Community Activity Grant applications
and make a recommendation for funding; and
WHEREAS, the Citizen Review Committee has recommended eight organizations
and their funding level.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad. California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the following organizations are hereby granted funds in the amounts
shown from the Community Activity Grants fund for the 2002-03 fiscal year:
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Tri City Hospital Foundation - North County Child
Study Center
Buena Vista Audubon Society - Earth Day Celebration
Museum of Making Music - Music Ventures Program
American Legion Post Boys and Girls State Program
Taste of Carlsbad Student Art Show
Carlsbad Volunteer Trail Program
Hospice of the North Coast - Community Bereavement
Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation -Watershed
Educational Programs
$7,500
4,000
3,350
2,380
4,000
3,000
7,500
24,500
TOTAL s5!523!0
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Carlsbad City
Council held on the 19th day of NOVEMBER , 2002 by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Finnila, Nygaard, Haw
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
I LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk
(SEAL)
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