REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
DATE: June 18, 2015
FROM: MANUEL A. MOLLINEDO, PARCS Director
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services
BY: SHAUN R. SCHAEFER, Community Recreation Supervisor II
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services
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***RESOLUTION - 52nd amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2014-95 appropriating $36,000 of Older Americans Act Title III C1 grant funds from the Fresno Madera-Area Agency on Aging for the Senior Hot Meals program (Requires 5 affirmative votes)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the appropriation of $36,000 in grant funds from the Fresno Madera-Area Agency on Aging (FMAAA). The additional grant resources will go toward purchasing supplies and equipment for the six (6) Senior Hot Meals program (Program) sites.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The PARCS Department has been awarded $36,000 of "one time only" (OTO) grant funds from FMAAA that will allow PARCS staff to purchase additional supplies and equipment for the Program. With the additional resources PARCS will upgrade refrigerators, steam tables, ice machines, exercise equipment, gardening tools and equipment, and leisure learning supplies. The ability to purchase new equipment and supplies will benefit the program because it will provide an opportunity for replacing old obsolete equipment that is used for meal service delivery and add new recreation and enhance volunteer led programs for seniors that include gardening, knitting, ceramics, water aerobics and chess. Attached is a list of items to be purchased and the locations where they will be used.
BACKGROUND
The PARCS Department has partnered with FMAAA since 1994 as a site meal service provider. FMAAA has provided the PARCS Department OTO grant funding and Federal Stimulus funding in the past. With this OTO funding parks has been able to purchase equipment and add programming and services, which ...
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