Report Prepared by: Karen Baker, Development Associate, Merced Visitor Services
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SUBJECT: Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds from Pacific Gas and Electric for Leadership Merced Class 30’s Project “Paint the Town”
REPORT IN BRIEF
Accept and appropriate grant funds ($3,000.00) from Pacific Gas and Electric to be used for a downtown Merced beautification art project led by Leadership Merced Class 30’s class project “Paint the Town”.
RECOMMENDATION
City Council - Adopt a motion:
A. Accepting the grant funds totaling $3,000.00 from Pacific Gas and Electric into Fund 001-2006-360.02-00 Contributions and Donations; and
B. Appropriating the same to Fund 001-2006-572.17-00 (Merced Visitor Services) to be used for the “Paint the Town” art beautification project, via the agreement between “Paint the Town” and the City of Merced; and,
C. Authorizing the City Manager or the Assistant City Manager to execute the necessary documents.
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ALTERNATIVES
1. Approve; as recommended by Staff; or
2. Approve, subject to other than recommended by staff (identify specific findings and/ or conditions amended to be addressed in the motion); or,
3. Deny, or;
4. Refer to staff for reconsideration of specific items (specific items to be addressed in the motion); or
5. Continue to a future meeting (date and time to be specified in the motion).
AUTHORITY
City of Merced Charter Section 200.
CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES
Economic Development, as provided for in the 2017-2018 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION
City of Merced staff and Leadership Merced Class 30's "Paint the Town" representatives have been working together to identify downtown beautification projects. As a result of these discussions, the City made an application to Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) for a local grant on behalf of “Paint the Town” to partially support the proposed projects. PG&E awarded the grant of $3,000.00 to the City of Merced. Staff is requesting the City Council to accept the PG&E grant into Fund 001-2006-360.02-00 (Contributions and Donations), and appropriate the same into Fund 001-2006-572.17-00 (Professional Services-Merced Visitor Services). Should the Council accept the PG&E grant, City staff and "Paint the Town" will develop an Agreement that outlines the downtown beautification project and properly administers grant funding.
IMPACT ON CITY RESOURCES
The appropriation to Fund 001-2006-572.17-00 (Merced Visitor Services) enables the City to use the grant funds for the “Paint the Town” downtown beautification project via the Agreement with Paint the Town.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Letter from PG&E