Title
2019 Capital Improvement and Community Grants
Report 19-38
File ACCI 1850-20
Recommended Action
That Council approve payment of $57,600 under the 2019 Capital Improvements Grants category and that those funds be distributed to those organizations identified in Table A;
That Council approve payment of $72,450 under the 2019 Community Grants - General category to be distributed to those organizations identified in Table B;
That Council approve payment of $40,000 under the 2019 Major Festivals Grants category and that those funds be distributed to those organizations as identified in Table C;
That Council consider the existing category of the Minor Festivals to fund existing and long running Parades for traffic planning and traffic management related expenses;
That Council approve payment of $5,000 under the 2019 Minor Festivals Grants category and that those funds be distributed to the organization as identified in Table C2;
That Council approve payment of $17,500 under the 2019 Community Grants - Banners category and that those funds be distributed to those organizations as identified in Table D;
That Council approve payment of $35,000 towards the Township’s “Nothing Without Effort” Community Matching Grant program category and delegate staff the evaluation and approval of up to seven (7) 2019 proposals (one per community as per Table E);
That Council approve payment of $17,000 from 2019’s funding allocations for graduating high school students to be distributed under the 2020 Community Grants - Scholarships - Public Schools category as identified in Table F1;
That Council approve payment of $4,000 from 2019’s funding allocations for graduating independent high school students to be distributed under the 2020 Community Grants - Scholarships - Independent Schools category as identified in Table F2;
That Council approve payment of $2,000 representing $250 to each of eight (8) Langley secondary school applications from 2019’s funding allocations in support of the 2020 Dry Grads category as identified in Table F3;
That Council amend Policy 06-021 to include Parades under the Minor Festivals Grants category and to restate criteria #2 in that category as follows:
2. That the group or society has organized a past community festival, celebration, parade or event that has drawn audiences greater than 5,000 people to the Township of Langley.
That Council amend Policy 06-021 to include an additional level of accountability for grant requests that are in excess of $2,000, requiring applicants to include with their application, a project or event specific budget showing proposed revenues and expenditures for their planned initiative and that all grant recipients be required to provide a project or event specific financial statements showing their revenues and expenses from the prior year for their Township funded initiatives when applying again;
That Council review the items identified as “TBD” under the various tables and determine funding awards, and provide staff with authority to adjust the approved amounts in the affected budget categories accordingly;
That Council provide a $1000 Grant to each applicant Community Association outside of the Community Grants Criteria for 2019 and provide staff with authority to adjust the approved amounts in the affected budget category accordingly; and further
That Council consider establishing a new mechanism for funding Community Associations, outside of the current Community Grants Program, with new policy and specific criteria that ensures accountability and fair non-political community representation that reflects existing community engagement processes.