HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem #11 Approval of MVP Grants
AGENDA ITEM COVER SHEET
Meeting Date: February 19, 2008
Item # ~ I
Contact Name:
Contact Number:
Joy P. Wright, Community
Relations Manager
407 -905-3100 ext. 1530
Reviewed By:
Department Director:
City Manager: Robert
Subject: Most Valuable Partnership Grants
Background Summary:
The Most Valuable Partnership Grants Program has been in operation for several years. The grant
program assists Ocoee neighborhoods and organizations with projects that will enhance property values
and improve the quality of life in Ocoee. The MVP grant program is a matching grant program held once
each year. The maximum matching grant award is $2,500.
Funding is not given up front, but is reimbursed at the completion of the organization's project. Applicants
fund their improvement projects and then get a portion back, up to a maximum of $2,500.
Eight applications were received for this year's cycle. The total amount of grant monies requested is
$18,700. There is $20,000 funded for this year's MVP grant program. One organization-- Windsor Landing
Homeowners Association-- was approved subject to the completion of their current MVP project. Windsor
Landing HOA is currently working on their current MVP grant project awarded last February. On October 2,
2007, the City Commission granted Windsor Landing a 6-month extension to complete their project
because Pulte Home's construction activities prevented Windsor Landing from meeting the project deadline.
Issue:
Should the City Commission approve the eight applications?
Recommendations:
Adequate funding is available for the MVP grant applications. Staff respectfully recommends
funding all seven grant projects upon completion of the work and submission of the proper
paperwork.
Below is a summary of the MVP applications received:
1. Hope Charter School
Playground equipment
Amount requested: $2,500
2. Johio Bay Homeowners Association
Replace front entrance signs and landscaping
Amount requested: $2,500
3. Lake Olympia Club Homeowners Association
Refurbish entrance walls, repair cracking and repaint
Amount requested: $2,500
4. Orchard Park Homeowners Association
Refurbish front entrance with landscaping
Amount requested: $2,500
5. Rotary Club of Ocoee
Scholarships for (3) Ocoee High School seniors
Amount requested: $1,500
6. Sleepy Harbor Homeowners Association
Install irrigation and landscaping for entrance wall
Amount requested: $2,500
7. West Orange Food Pantry
Computers and office furniture
Amount requested: $2,200
8. Windsor Landing Homeowners Association
Landscaping on corner of Thornebrook and Maguire
Amount requested: $2,500
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Public Hearing
_ Ordinance First Reading
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Resolution
X Commission Approval
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