To: Board of Supervisors
Department or Agency Name(s): Board of Supervisors
Staff Name and Phone Number: Supervisor Susan Gorin, (707) 565-2241
Vote Requirement: Majority
Supervisorial District(s): First
Title:
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Disbursement of Fiscal Year 23-24 First District Community Investment Fund Grant Awards
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Recommended Action:
Recommended action
Approve Community Investment Fund Grant awards and Authorize the County Administrator, or designee, to execute grant agreements with the following entities for a Community Investment Fund Grants for FY 23-24: DeMeo Teen Club, Inc. (dba Chop's Teen Club), $500; EFZM Engage, $500; Life On Earth Art, $500; Raizes Collective, $500; Sonoma County Hardship Fund, $500; Visit Sonoma, $500; Santa Rosa Urban Arts Partnership, $1,000; 10,000 Degrees, $1,500; Santa Rosa Symphony Association, $1,500; Food for Thought, $2,000; Sonoma Valley Community Health Center, $2,500; Sonoma Valley Education Foundation, $2,500. (First District)
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Executive Summary:
The Board established the Local Events, Organizations, and District Priorities category to fund local events that will support businesses, enhance culture, and organizations that provide a benefit to the community, or to award funding to County Departments to fulfill Supervisorial District priorities. Events and organizations may make requests throughout the year to one or more Supervisorial Districts.
The First District has reviewed applications and wishes to recommend the following FY 23-24 grant awards:
1) DeMeo Teen Club, Inc. (dba Chop's Teen Club) to support their essential programs
offered to youth in Sonoma County, grant award of $500;
2) EFZM Engage to support the Vince Harper's South Park Day & Night Festival, grant award of $500;
3) Life On Earth Art to support their first annual Sonoma County Veterans Art Day, grant award of $500;
4) Raizes Collective to support Teatro ALMAS LIBRES, a theatrical piece written and performed by Latinx, Immigrant & Indigenous women on the experiences of Sonoma
County's undocumented community, grant award of $500;
5) Sonoma County Hardship Fund to support their Diamante Women Awards Dinner, grant award of $500;
6) Visit Sonoma to support their Visit Sonoma live cam project, grant award of $500;
7) Santa Rosa Urban Arts Partnership to support the WinterBlast event, grant award of $1,000;
8) 10,000 Degrees to support the College Access and Success programming, grant award of $1,500;
9) Santa Rosa Symphony Association to support their Training Young Musicians programs for the 2023-2024 school year, grant award of $1,500;
10) Food for Thought to support their Bags of Love Program, which provides healthy meals to seriously ill people who are experiencing homelessness in Sonoma County, grant award of $2,000;
11) Sonoma Valley Community Health Center to support their Sonoma Valley Back to School Health Fair 2023, grant award of $2,500; and
12) Sonoma Valley Education Foundation to support their 2023 Red & White Ball, grant award of $2,500.
Activities performed utilizing Community Investment Program funds provide public benefits that serve important community needs under Government Code Section 26227.
Discussion:
Transient Occupancy Tax Funding
The Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) is levied at a rate of 12% in unincorporated Sonoma County, a rate established in 2016 by the voter-approved Measure L. The first 9% of the TOT rate is allocated 33% to the General Fund and 67% to the Community Investment special revenue fund; and the last 3% includes Measure L funds.
Community Investment Fund Program and Policy
The Sonoma County Community Investment Fund grant program utilizes a portion of the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) to encourage economic development, community engagement, enhance culture through a variety of grant award and funding avenues. The program provides various grants to community non-profits for advertising and economic development, events, and the county as a visitor destination with the goal of advancing economic growth through tourism. Additionally, the program provides grants to address impacts on safety due to tourism and to enhance community services throughout the county. The program provides funding to the Regional Parks Department, the Economic Development Department, and a number of other county department activities. Community Investment Funds are allocated per the Community Investment Fund Policy (https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/administrative-support-and-fiscal-services/county-administrators-office/community-investment-fund-program/community-investment-program-policy).
Local Events, Organizations, and District Priorities Category
The Board established the Local Events, Organizations, and District Priorities category to fund local events that will support businesses, enhance culture, and organizations that provide a benefit to the community, or to award funding to County Departments to fulfill Supervisorial District priorities. Funding for these events and organizations is provided at the discretion of each Supervisorial District, with an allocation of $100,000 for each district. Events and organizations may make requests throughout the year to one or more Supervisorial Districts.
Funds will be distributed upon approval of these awards by the Board of Supervisors and execution of the Community Investment Fund grant agreement by the entity. The agreements will be executed by the County Administrator, or designee. The agreements require the County seal on promotional materials produced using the grant award.
Activities performed utilizing Community Investment Program grants provide public benefits that serve important community needs under Government Code Section 26227.
Strategic Plan:
N/A
Racial Equity:
Was this item identified as an opportunity to apply the Racial Equity Toolkit?
No
Prior Board Actions:
None for FY 23-24
Fiscal Summary
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Expenditures |
FY 22-23 Adopted |
FY23-24 Projected |
FY 24-25 Projected |
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Budgeted Expenses |
$14,000 |
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Additional Appropriation Requested |
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Total Expenditures |
$14,000 |
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Funding Sources |
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General Fund/WA GF |
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State/Federal |
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Fees/Other |
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Use of Fund Balance |
$14,000 |
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Contingencies |
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Total Sources |
$14,000 |
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Narrative Explanation of Fiscal Impacts:
Transient Occupancy funds are programmed in the FY 23-24 budget.
Narrative Explanation of Staffing Impacts (If Required):
N/A
Attachments:
None
Related Items “On File” with the Clerk of the Board:
None