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DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
It shall be the policy of the City Council that the City of Newport Beach's ("City")
budget specifically allows the City Council to, at any time during the year, direct
revenue towards worthy projects or programs which the City Council deems beneficial
to Newport Beach's resident's quality of life. The City Council notes that it has multiple
tools at its discretion to assist non-profit agencies, community groups, community
events, or enhancement projects within the City. These tools are:
A. Federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Social Service
Funds;
B. Community Programs Grants from the General Fund;
C. Special Event Grants from the General Fund; and
D. The "District Discretionary Grant Account" from the General Fund.
These funds shall be provided for in the following manner:
(CDBG) Social Services funds shall be allocated according to standards set by the
federal government and appropriated at least once each year. The level of funding
offered for social services in Newport Beach shall be based upon federal formulas and
the specific amount of CDBG revenue allocated to the City in any one fiscal year. The
Community Development Department shall administer these funds after City Council
approval of the funds' expenditure.
Community Programs Grants shall be expended from the General Fund in the amount
of $40,000 each fiscal year. The City Manager's Office shall review all requests for
Community Programs Grants and shall forward recommendations for funding to the
City Council for final approval. At the time of the City Manager's presentation of any
Community Programs Grant award proposals to the City Council, the City Manager
shall show which entities, if any, have received funds from the CDBG Social Services
Fund, the District Discretionary Grant Account, or a Special Event Grant during the
same fiscal year.
The City Manager shall follow these priorities when recommending Community
Programs Grants:
A. Local groups located within the City and offering programs to City
residents;
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B. Regional groups located in Orange County and offering programs to City
residents; and
C. Groups located in California and offering programs to City residents.
Groups not offering programs or services to local residents shall not be eligible for
support from the City.
Special Events Grants are intended to allow meritorious community, social or athletic
events to offset some or all of their City fees for their event. Doing so should decrease
costs to the event organizer so that beneficiaries can see even greater benefit from any
fundraising associated with the events. The City Manager shall, in consultation with
the City Council, establish a threshold amount for the proposed City budget that
reflects adequate support for these events. The City Manager shall establish an
administrative policy for these grants. The City Manager may divide the funding into
more than one category to ensure that different types of events are fairly measured with
peer events. The City Council shall consider and approve the Special Event Grant
allocations by recipient.
District Discretionary Grant Accounts. At the start of the fiscal year, the City Manager
shall provide an account for each Council District within the City Council's Budget
division known as the District Discretionary Grant Accounts. The City Council shall set
a funding level of these Accounts during the budget process preceding the June
adoption of the City's budget. Each City Council Member shall have, at his or her
discretion, the ability to allocate their District's funding to uses, projects, or community
entities that benefit the City as a whole or the City Council Member's district
specifically. Any expenditure from these Accounts must have an identifiable public
benefit.
Requests to expend these funds should be directed by each City Council Member to the
Finance Director. Expenditures will be reported to the City Council annually. The
report will include a brief description and the public benefit associated with each
expenditure.
At the conclusion of the fiscal year in which the District Discretionary Grant Accounts
received appropriation, all unencumbered funds in the Accounts shall be deposited in
the City's General Fund Reserve Account.
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History
Adopted F-22 - 7-8-1985
Amended F-22 -10-28-1991
Amended F-22 -1-24-1994 (changed to A-12)
Amended A-12 - 5-22-2001
Amended A-12
- 6-22-2010
Amended A-12
- 9-27-2011
Amended A-12
- 5-12-2015
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