REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
September 21, 2017
FROM: KRISTINA CHAMBERLIN, Assistant Director
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department
BY: SHAUN R. SCHAEFER, Community Services Manager
Parks, After School, Recreation and Community Services Department
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***RESOLUTION - 14th amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution (AAR) No. 2017-165 appropriating $27,000 from Kaiser Permanente Community Fund through Fresno United Neighborhoods, a California nonprofit corporation, for various Aquatics programs (Requires 5 affirmative votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto).
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the attached resolution to appropriate $27,000 in grant funds from the Kaiser Permanente Community Fund through the Fresno United Neighborhoods, a California nonprofit corporation, for the purpose of operating various City of Fresno PARCS Aquatic programs.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PARCS was awarded a grant from the Kaiser Permanente Community Fund to provide various Aquatics programs, which require an appropriation of funds for FY 2018 totaling $27,000. The grant funds will enable PARCS to provide a Junior Lifeguard year-round program at various aquatic locations, offer swim classes for youth at Edison High School, extend family swim time, and provide special events. The additional funding and programs will supplement and enhance the City's Aquatics programming.
BACKGROUND
For the last six years, the Kaiser Permanente Community Fund has provided funding through the Fresno United Neighborhoods, a California nonprofit corporation, pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of Internal Revenue Code of 1986, to support the City's aquatics programming. The grant funding from Kaiser has enabled the PARCS Department to re-open the learner pools, maintain and expand aquatic programming and services, as well as, fund the Junior Lifeguard program.
The City of Fresno PARCS Aquatics Program services over 80,000 swimm...
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