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AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET
Meeting Date: June 7, 2005
Item # 13
Reviewed By:
Contact Name: Tonya Elliott Department Director: ra k
Contact Number: 407-905-3100 ext. 1061 City Manager:
Subject: April 2005 Community Merit Awards Grant Cycle
Background Summary:
The Community Merit Awards (CMA) Board met on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 to discuss the twenty
applications received during the April 2005 grant application cycle. This cycle was extremely difficult to
disperse as the city received a record breaking twenty applications. Of those twenty applicants, seven had
never applied for a CMA grant before. The CMA Board expressed that they would have liked to award the
maximum amount allowable of$500 to every organization that applied as they were all extremely worthy and
deserving. However, there was only $5000 allocated, budgeted funds remaining in the Community Merit
Awards account for dispersal.
Issue:
Should the Mayor and Commissioners approve the funding recommendations made by the Community Merit
Award Review Board?
Recommendations:
Staff respectfully requests that the Mayor and City Commission approve the Community Merit Award Board's
recommendation to fund the twenty organizations mentioned above for a total of $5,000. There is a total of
$10,000 in the account set aside for Community Merit Awards each fiscal year. The first grant cycle used
$5000, leaving a remaining balance of$5000 to fund the projects recommended above.
Attachments:
Copies of the Grant Applications, list of previous years grant recipients
Financial Impact:
Funds budgeted at $10,000, which equates to $5000 for each grant cycle.
Type of Item:
O Public Hearing For Clerk's Dept Use:
O Ordinance First Reading 0 Consent Agenda
O Ordinance First Reading 0 Public Hearing
O Resolution 0 Regular Agenda
O Commission Approval
O Discussion& Direction
O Original Document/Contract Attached for Execution by City Clerk
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Mayor center of Good Llv, Commissioners
S. Scott Vandergrift S>> 1`'� Danny Howell, District ].
Scott Anderson, District 2
City Manager Rusty Johnson, District 3
Robert Frank t Nancy J. Parker, District 4
STAFF REPORT
TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Commissioners
FROM: Tonya Elliott, Multimedia/Community Events Manager
DATE: May 19, 2005
RE: April 2005 Community Merit Awards Grant Cycle
ISSUE
Should the Mayor and Commissioners approve the funding recommendations made by the Community Merit
Award Review Board?
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
The Community Merit Awards (CMA) Board met on Wednesday, May 18, 2005 to discuss the twenty
applications received during the April 2005 grant application cycle. This cycle was extremely difficult to
disperse as the city received a record breaking twenty applications. Of those twenty applicants, seven had never
applied for a CMA grant before. The CMA Board expressed that they would have liked to award the maximum
amount allowable of$500 to every organization that applied as they were all extremely worthy and deserving.
However, there was only $5000 allocated, budgeted funds remaining in the Community Merit Awards account
for dispersal.
The CMA Board approved recommending the following funding allotments to the City Commission for
approval:
Organization Dollars Requested CMA Board Comments
Recommendation
National Multiple Sclerosis $500 (2005 MS Bike $250 Unanimous
Society/Otis Patton Tour)
Autism & Related $500 (to increase $100 Unanimous
Disabilities Gym Program program offerings)
Spring Lake Elementary $500 (School Nurse $250 Unanimous
Program)
Seniors First $500 (Meals on Wheels) $250 Unanimous
Oakland Nature Preserve $500 (Upland Restoration $250 Unanimous
& native plant purchases)
Westside Tech $500 (Emergency $250 Unanimous
Financial Assistance for
Students)
S.T.A.R.S of West $500 (S.T.A.R.S $250 Passed 3— 1
Orange/St. Paul's backpack program)
Presbyterian
New Beginnings of Central $500 (Unwed Teen Crisis $250 Unanimous
Florida, Inc. Pantry and Teen
Parenting Classes)
Rotary Club of Ocoee $500 (bike helmets) $250 Unanimous
OMS Chorus $500 (Broadway Musical $250 Unanimous
Review)
OES Literacy Council $500 (Operation of media $500 Unanimous
center during the summer
vacation period)
OES School of Technology $500 (Summer Computer $500 Unanimous
Committee Lab)
OHS Early Childhood $500 (Playground $250 Unanimous
Program equipment for Pre-K
program)
OHS AVID Program $500 (Tutorial Toolboxes) $500 Unanimous
OHS Renaissance Program $500 (One and Done $250 Unanimous
Card FCAT Incentive
Cards)
Girl Scout Troop 32 $500 (Silver Award) $250 Unanimous
LadyHawks 12 U Fast Pitch $500 (Defray costs of $250 Unanimous
Softball Team equipment and
tournament entry fees)
Central Florida YMCA Safe $500 (Survival Swim $150 Unanimous
Start Program Program)
American Legion Post 109 $500 (Blue Star banners, $0 Unanimous
Boy State, Candy, School
Medal Program
American Legion Post 63 $500 (Youth Programs, $0 Unanimous
Veteran's Emergency
Relief Fund)
Total $5000
RECOMMENDATION
Staff respectfully requests that the Mayor and City Commission approve the Community Merit Award Board's
recommendation to fund the twenty organizations mentioned above for a total of $5,000. There is a total of
$10,000 in the account set aside for Community Merit Awards each fiscal year. The first grant cycle used
$5000, leaving a remaining balance of $5000 to fund the projects recommended above for the April 2005 grant
cycle.