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Creating the Saint Paul Community Engagement Grant Program and locating funding.
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WHEREAS, community engagement through a network of seventeen district councils is a cornerstone of Saint Paul's planning, policy development, neighborhood revitalization and crime prevention efforts; and
WHEREAS, on-going budget constraints led district councils to consider ways in which they could make more efficient use of limited funds, including:
· Combining the current citizen participation and crime prevention funding into a new single formula-based Community Engagement Program allocation to the 17 district councils.
· Simplifying the contract in ways that reduce the time and expense associated with contract administration while emphasizing accountability measures; and
· Identifying funds to be made available on a competitive basis that would allow district councils and other related community-based organizations to explore innovative means of
engaging the community; and
WHEREAS, a Census-based funding formula for the allocation of citizen participation funds to district councils was adopted by the City in 2004; and
WHEREAS, application of the 2010 Census data to the formula will have substantial impacts on the budgets of several district councils because of population shifts across the city; and
WHEREAS, similarly, the new single formula-based program will have budgetary impacts on many district councils; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council have sought to mitigate those impacts by phasing in the formula-based adjustments over a three-year period; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor and City Council have recognized that a boundary change between Districts 6 and 10 warrants a one-time increase in funding for District 10 to allow them to engage with new residents; and
WHEREAS, task forces of district council representatives and City staff have been convened to address simplification of the combined community engagement contract and creation of a competitive Innovation Fund slated for launch in 2014;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the current citizen participation and crime prevention funding be merged into a new single formula-based Community Engagement program; and
FURTHER RESOLVED that the $1,191,211 proposed in the 2014 budget for Community Engagement be allocated among district councils and other community-based organizations as indicated on the attached Table 1; and
FINALLY RESOLVED, pending the availability of funding in future years and the adoption of a status quo budget by the City Council, $1,191,211 be allocated as indicated on the attached Table 2, representing full implementation of the adopted funding formula with 2010 Census data and creation of an Innovation Fund.
TABLE 1: 2014 Allocation of Community Engagement Grants
|
2014 |
Grantee |
Allocation |
District 1 Community Council |
$64,870.00 |
District 2 Community Council |
$90,827.00 |
WSCO - District 3 |
$53,607.00 |
Dayton's Bluff - District 4 |
$60,252.00 |
Payne Phalen -District 5 |
$101,504.00 |
North End - District 6 |
$84,939.00 |
Frogtown - District 7 |
$80,386.00 |
Summit University - District 8 |
$67,530.00 |
Fort Road Federation - District 9 |
$51,873.00 |
Como Community Council - District 10 |
$55,168.00 |
Hamline Midway - District 11 |
$51,873.00 |
St. Anthony Park - District 12 |
$51,873.00 |
Union Park - District 13 |
$73,890.00 |
Macalester Groveland - District 14 |
$55,445.00 |
Highland Park - District 15 |
$68,230.00 |
Summit Hill - District 16 |
$51,873.00 |
CapitolRiver Council - District 17 |
$57,438.00 |
Lexington Hamline |
$15,023.25 |
Youth Express |
$15,023.25 |
Ramsey Hill |
$9,540.00 |
Aurora St Anthony NDC |
$15,023.25 |
Dayton's Bluff Teen Club |
$15,023.25 |
INNOVATION FUND |
0 |
TOTAL |
$1,191,211.00 |
TABLE 2: Recommended Community Engagement Allocation (2015-2017)
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
Grantee |
Allocation |
Allocation |
Allocation |
District 1 |
$65,488 |
$65,488 |
$65,488 |
District 2 |
$95,256 |
$95,256 |
$95,256 |
WSCO - District 3 |
$55,450 |
$55,450 |
$55,450 |
Dayton's Bluff - District 4 |
$58,878 |
$57,505 |
$56,131 |
Payne Phalen - District 5 |
$109,475 |
$109,475 |
$109,475 |
North End - District 6 |
$82,961 |
$80,983 |
$79,006 |
Frogtown - District 7 |
$74,063 |
$67,741 |
$61,418 |
Summit-University - District 8 |
$63,942 |
$61,872 |
$59,803 |
Fort Road - District 9 |
$51,873 |
$51,873 |
$51,873 |
Como - District 10 |
$51,873 |
$51,873 |
$51,873 |
Hamline-Midway - District 11 |
$51,873 |
$51,873 |
$51,873 |
St. Anthony Park - District 12 |
$51,873 |
$51,873 |
$51,873 |
Union Park - District 13 |
$69,923 |
$65,957 |
$61,990 |
Macalester Groveland - District 14 |
$57,425 |
$57,425 |
$57,425 |
Highland Park - District 15 |
$75,691 |
$75,691 |
$75,691 |
Summit Hall - District 16 |
$51,873 |
$51,873 |
$51,873 |
CapitolRiver Council - District 17 |
$55,583 |
$53,728 |
$51,873 |
Lexington Hamline |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Youth Express |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Ramsey Hill |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Aurora St. Anthony NDC |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
Dayton's Bluff Teen Club |
$0 |
$0 |
$0 |
INNOVATION FUND |
$67,711 |
$85,275 |
$102,840 |
TOTAL |
$1,191,211 |
$1,191,211 |
$1,191,211 |