REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of Mayor and City Manager
BY: KELLY TREVINO, Assistant Director
Economic Development Department
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 35th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2024-122 appropriating $141,900 for the Local Immigrant Integration and Inclusion Grant Program from the State of California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development (Requires Five Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council adopt the 35th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution 2024-122 to appropriate an additional $141,900 for the Local Immigrant Integration and Inclusion Grant (LIIIG) in Fiscal Year 2025.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On July 28, 2023, the City of Fresno Economic Development Department, in partnership with CVIIC, applied for an LIIIG from the State of California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development International Affairs and Trade Unit (IATU). On October 12, 2023, the City received the official grant agreement from IATU. The amount awarded was $380,650 over two years and serves to accentuate the entrepreneur pipeline and strengthen digital literacy within the immigrant population.
On November 16, 2023, Council authorized the acceptance of this funding and all related actions for the grant. The initial program budget called for $194,850 to be spent in year one and an AAR was approved by Council authorizing those funds in FY 2024. Due to unforeseen delays, $141,857.01 remained unspent in FY 2024 and needs to now be authorized for FY 2025.
BACKGROUND
The Budget Act of 2022 (Senate Bill 178, Skinner) and Government Code section 12100.140 et. seq. established the Local Government Immigrant Integration Initiative Program within the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development. $8.2 million in one-time funding was approved for the LIIIG program, with awards being made to se...
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