REPORT TO COUNCIL
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Review and Approve Recommendations from the Community Event Grant Distribution Subcommittee
Report
SUMMARY OF SUBCOMMITTEE ACTION
This item was considered by the Community Event Grant Distribution Subcommittee at their meeting on June 10, 2016. The Subcommittee members, reappointed by Council on January 5, 2016, include Mayor Hendricks, Councilmember Martin-Milius and Councilmember Davis.
In reviewing all grant applications, the Subcommittee noted total grant requests exceeded the total amount in the FY 2016/17 Recommended Budget. Consequently, the Subcommittee recommended Community Event grants in the amount of $10,200 and Neighborhood Grants in the amount of $6,248 to align with the FY 2016/17 Recommended Budget. In addition, the Subcommittee recommended allocation of $900 from the Council Service Level Set Aside Fund to address additional needs in the Neighborhood Grant program. The Report to Subcommittee and Draft Minutes from the June 10, 2016 Subcommittee meeting are included as Attachments 1 and 2.
The Subcommittee made a series of motions that resulted in the following recommendations to the City Council:
1. Approve Community Event Grants in the amount of $10,200 as included in the FY 2016/17 Recommended Budget, itemized as follows:
a. Pakistani Culture Center: $1,000 for Basant Kite Flying Festival
b. Sunnyvale Downtown Association: $4,000 for Holiday Tree Lighting
c. Sunnyvale Downtown Association: $3,675 for Jazz and Beyond
d. Sunnyvale Historical Society: $525 for Antique Appraisal Faire
e. Crosswalk Church: $1,000 for The Hunt, provided that Crosswalk Church is required to ensure that their event and their publicity includes only secular activities as a condition of this grant funding. If Crosswalk Church declines this requirement, the declined grant funds will be awarded equally to Sunnyvale Downtown Association's Holiday Tree Lighting and Jazz and Beyond events.
2. Approve Neighborhood Grants ...
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