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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />MAY 15, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br />RESOLUTION FOR GRANTS FOR <br />BLOCKS PROGRAM <br />~~ <br />~d~auon tar <br />~~0- ~~~___- <br />CITY M NAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />^ As Recommended <br />^ As Amended <br />^ Ordinance on 1~` Reading <br />^ Ordinance on 2n° Reading <br />^ Implementing Resolution <br />^ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution amending the guidelines for the operation of the <br />Grants for Blocks Program by the Community Development Agency. <br />COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION <br />Recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution amending the <br />guidelines for the operation of the Grants for Blocks Program by the <br />Community Development Agency. <br />By a vote of 7:0 at its Regular Meeting of May 2, 2006. <br />The Community Development Agency has operated the Grants for Blocks <br />Program since 1999. Since that time, over $60,000 has been raised to <br />provide eighty grants to neighborhood associations and community-based <br />organizations serving Santa Ana. In 2002, the City Council established <br />Grants for Blocks as an Agency Directed Fund with the Orange County <br />Community Foundation. This has further raised the visibility of our <br />community-building initiatives among corporations and charitable <br />foundations. <br />In an effort to enhance the program, staff is recommending revising the <br />program to allow the City to accept financial gifts, deposit them into <br />the City's account with the Orange County Community Foundation and <br />request the disbursal of funding for approved activities and recipients. <br />55A-1 <br />