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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Apply For And If Awarded, Accept A Tri-Party Agreement With Children's Services Council Of Broward County, Art And Culture Center Of Hollywood And The City Of Hollywood For The 2017 Children's Services Council Of Broward County Maximizing Out Of School Time (MOST) Year-Round Grant In The Approximate Amount Of $1,500,000.00 To Conduct Four Year Round After School/Summer Programs; Authorizing The Required 5% Matching Funds To Be Paid From In-Kind Staff Services; Authorizing The Department Of Financial Services To Amend The FY17 Operating Budget And Create Certain Accounts To Recognize Revenue And Appropriate Program Funding; And Further Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute All Applicable Grant Documents And Agreement(s).
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Staff Recommends: Approval of Resolution
Explanation:
The City of Hollywood Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts has applied for and received grant funding from the Children's Services Council of Broward County (CSC) for the past fourteen years. This funding has enabled the City to provide a Youth Summer Camp program at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Washington Park Community Centers, as well as an after school program at Kay Gaither Community Center, for the past nine years.
The Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts desires to apply for the CSC 2017 Maximizing Out Of School Time grant in the approximate amount of $1,500,000.00 to fund Year-Round Programs at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Washington Park, Kay Gaither Community Centers and McNicol Community Center, in the 2017-2018 school years and summer.
In reviewing the City's financials, the CSC has determined that the City needs to partner with a fiscal agent in order to meet the fiscal viability requirement and receive the full grant funding if awarded. The Hollywood Art and Culture Center (HACC) has acted as the fisc...
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