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DISCRETIONARY GRANTS
It shall be the policy of the City Council that the City’s budget specifically allow the
City Council to, at any time during the year, direct revenue towards worthy projects or
programs which the Council deems beneficial to Newport Beach’s quality of life. The
Council notes that it has at least three 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. Human Services Grants from the General Fund; and
C. the “District Discretionary Grant Account” from the General Fund.
These funds shall be provided for in the following manner:
Community Development Block Grant 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 Planning Department shall administer these funds after
City Council approval of the funds’ expenditure.
Human Services Grants shall be expended from the General Fund in the amount of
$25,000 each fiscal year. The City Manager’s Office shall review all requests for Human
Services 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 Human Services
Grant award proposals to the City Council, the City Manager shall show which entities,
if any, have received funds from either the CDBG Social Services Fund or the District
Discretionary Grant Account during the same fiscal year.
The City Manager shall follow these priorities when recommending Human Services
Grants:
A. Local groups located within the City and offering programs to City residents;
B. Regional groups located in Orange County and offering programs to City
residents; and
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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.
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 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 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 Council Member to the
Finance Director. Expenditures will be reported to 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.
Adopted - July 8, 1985
Amended - October 28, 1991
Amended - January 24, 1994
Amended – May 22, 2001
Amended – June 22, 2010
Amended – September 27, 2011
Formerly F-22
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