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 swimmers every summer. In the previous six years, the Kaiser Permanente Community Fund Grant has made it possible to maintain service with the Learner Pools (2012), and supplement and enhance overall programming (2013-2017). Specific programming highlights include: community special events (at five sites: Einstein, Fink White, Pinedale, Quigley, and Romain, serving 750 attendees), swimming classes and water safety (at three sites: Fink White, Quigley, and Romain, serving 368 youth participants), extended family swim hours Monday thru Friday from 5-8 p.m. (at five sites: Einstein, Fink White, Pinedale, Quigley, and Romain, serving 4,843 attendees), and has allowed for expansion of the Junior Lifeguard development program (which developed, trained and hired 23 Junior Lifeguards in FY 2017).
The PARCS Aquatics Program is always in search of lifeguards (100 or more) for summer employment and has traditionally struggled to fill all assignments by opening day. With the expansion of the PARCS Aquatics Program in 2017, which includes programming at all seven FUSD High School Pools, the Central High School Pool, and ten City of Fresno Pools, there has been a tremendous demand for additional lifeguards.
The Kaiser Permanente Community Fund Grant not only allows the City to continue the Junior Lifeguard program, which attempts to identify and align lifeguard candidates to better represent and reflect the neighborhoods in which they serve, but also expands the search, training, and hiring of 17 youth. This year’s Junior Lifeguard training sites include, Central High School East Campus, Frank H. Ball Neighborhood Park, McLane High School, and Mosqueda Community Center.
ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS
By definition provided in the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378 the amendment of an AAR does not qualify as a “project,” and therefore is exempt from CEQA requirements.
LOCAL PREFERENCE
Local preference was not considered because this resolution does not include a bid or award of a construction or services contract.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no impact to the General Fund as the revenues received from the grant offset the direct cost associated with the various designated Aquatics programs.
Attachment: AAR No. 2017-165