REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Calendar Year 2025 Community Events and Neighborhood Grant Program Applications
Report
SUMMARY OF SUBCOMMITTEE ACTION
The Community Events and Neighborhood Grant Program Subcommittee considered this item on December 6, 2024, RTC 24-1186 (Attachment 1).
The Community Events and Neighborhood Grant Program Subcommittee voted to recommend that Council approve Alternative 1: Recommend funding levels outlined in the 2025 Recommended Funding Summary tables (Attachment 2) be submitted to Council for final approval. The vote was 2-0 with 1 absent.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council meeting agenda on the City's official-notice bulletin board at City Hall, at the Sunnyvale Public Library and in the Department of Public Safety Lobby. In addition, the agenda and this report are available at the NOVA Workforce Services reception desk located on the first floor of City Hall at 456 W. Olive Avenue (during normal business hours), and on the City's website.
ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve funding levels outlined in the 2025 Recommended Funding Summary tables in Attachment 2.
2. Take other action.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Alternative 1: Approve funding levels outlined in the 2025 Recommended Funding Summary tables in Attachment 2.
Justification
Staff recommended approving grant applications with the funding amounts outlined in the 2025 Recommended Funding Summary tables. The total grant distribution amount would be $48,000.
Levine Act
LEVINE ACT
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