HomeMy WebLinkAboutDrctn - Reopening the Outside Agency Fudning Cycle for FY 20-21STAFF REPORT
CITY OF PALM DESERT
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
MEETING DATE: September 10, 2020
PREPARED BY: Janet M. Moore, Director of Finance
REQUEST: Provide direction to staff regarding reopening the Outside Agency
Funding Cycle for Fiscal Year 2020/2021
Recommendation
That the City Council provide direction to staff regarding reopening the Outside Agency
Funding Cycle for Fiscal Year 2020/2021.
Strategic Plan Obiective
Not Applicable.
Executive Summary
At the 27 August 2020 meeting of the City Council, a Councilmember requested that staff look
at options that might be available to agencies that did not submit an application for the Fiscal
Year 2020/2021 Outside Agency Funding Cycle prior to the extended deadline of March 20,
2020. The original request was for an elementary school, but Council discussion identified a
second such school, and another inquiry was for a home developer requesting a waiver of City
fees on the construction of a St. Jude single-family home giveaway.
In order to consider accommodating these agencies, staff is requesting direction from the City
Council on whether they would like to reopen the Outside Agency Funding Cycle for the Fiscal
Year 2020/2021. If the funding cycle is reopened, it would be advertised again and all entities
would be offered the opportunity to apply again provided they were not already granted funding
for the fiscal year.
Fiscal Analvsis
If the Outside Agency Funding Cycle is reopened, the amounts awarded to new or reconsidered
applications will require the use of, and an appropriation from, the unobligated General Fund
Reserve.
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CITY MANAGER
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Robert W. Hargreaves Andy Firestine
City Attorney Janet M. Moore Janet M. Moore Assistant City Manager
Director of Finance Director of Finance
City Manager, Lauri Aylaian: ����