REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GEORGEANNE A. WHITE, City Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
BY: COURTNEY ESPINOZA, Business Manager
Office of the Mayor & City Manager
SUBJECT
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Approve the first amendment to Sub-Recipient Agreement with the Youth Leadership Institute for the Leadership Development Community Partner component of the Transform Fresno Community Engagement Plan as a part of the Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) grant.
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that Council approve the first amendment to Sub-Recipient Agreement with the Youth Leadership Institute regarding the Leadership Development Community Partner component of the Transform Fresno Community Engagement Plan; and authorize the City Manager to execute all related documents to the administration, modification, monitoring and closeout of this Sub-Recipient Agreement.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
On June 11, 2020, the City Council approved a Sub-Recipient Agreement with Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) for the Leadership Development Community Partner component of the Transform Fresno Community Engagement Plan. As a part of this agreement and for the last 2 years, YLI has partnered with Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (EOC) Street Saints to recruit, educate and train young people for civic engagement connected with programs and projects within Transform Fresno. One June 30, 2022, Fresno EOC and Street Saints severed ties, and Fresno Street Saints is now supported by a new fiscal agent Hands On Central California. Due to this change, the current agreement is being amended to reflect all organizations involved in this project.
BACKGROUND
The Transform Fresno Plan was created by a participatory steering committee comprised of community stakeholders from the Chinatown, Downtown and Southwest Fresno neighborhoods (Project Area). On February 28, 2019, the City Council unanimously approved the Master Grant Agreement for the Transformative Climate Communities (TCC)...
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