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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 The Areawide Council On Aging Of Broward County, Inc. Grant, In The Amount Of $228,000.00, At No Cost To The City, To Provide Enhanced Senior Citizen Recreation Programs; Authorizing The Department Of Financial Services To Amend The Fiscal Year 2019 Operating Budget; 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:
In its Fiscal Year 2001 budget process, the State of Florida, through the Department of Elder Affairs, appropriated funding in the amount of $228,000.00 to the City of Hollywood.
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 2019/2020 budget process, the expected funds were appropriated by the State to the City.
For the past eighteen years, the City of Hollywood has received this funding from the State of Florida each year 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, and will be offered through the Fred Lippman Multi-Purpose Center.
The City of Hollywood will provide senior citizens participating in the elder grant program with transportation to and from the planned recreation programs within the South Florida area.
To begin utilizing the anticipated appropriated grant funds for Fiscal Year 2019, it is necessary for the City of Hollywood and the Aging & Disability Resource Center of Broward County to enter into certain agreements to establish their mutual programming goals, standards and other criteria established by the State of Florida.
Certain routine and periodic budgetary adjustments, transfers and appropriations continue to be appropriate and necessary to ensure prudent financial management during the fiscal year.
Certain accounts will need to be established in the appropriate fund to recognize the receipt of grant funding, if awarded, and to appropriate identified grant funding for grant related expenditures.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Renee Richards, Acting Assistant Director, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts
David Vazquez, Interim Director, Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts
Gus Zambrano, Assistant City Manager, Sustainable Development