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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Accept And Execute The Attached Grant Agreement And Memorandum Of Understanding For The Amount Of $228,000.00 Between The Areawide Council On Aging Of Broward County, Inc. And The City Of Hollywood To Provide Enhanced Senior Citizen Recreation Programs And; Authorizing The Establishment Of Certain Accounts To Recognize And Appropriate The Grant Funding, And Further Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute Any And All Applicable Grant Documents And Agreement(s).
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The State of Florida through the Department of Elder Affairs appropriated funding in the amount of $228,000.00 to the City of Hollywood in its Fiscal Year 2001 budget process. This funding was approved by the State of Florida to be awarded to the City of Hollywood on a reoccurring annual basis, contingent upon the availability of such funds at State level.
In its Fiscal Year 2014/2015 budget process, the expected funds were appropriated by the State to the City in the amount of $228,000.00 with no matching requirement for the City of Hollywood Elder Grant program.
For the past thirteen years, the City of Hollywood has received funding from the State of Florida to be used for senior programming. This funding is directed to the City of Hollywood through the State of Florida Department of Elder Affairs and administered through the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Broward County.
The grant funds will be utilized to continue the senior citizen recreation programs and services, including educational, cultural enrichment, field trips and tours, with transportation to and from the planned recreation programs within the South Florida area and will be offered through the Fred Lippman Multi-Purpose Center.
The Department of Financial Services is hereby authorized to create certain a...
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