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Recommendation to approve the use of FY 17 General Funds transferred from the Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department (PR) into the Economic and Property Development Department (EP) in the amount of $100,000 to support the Summer Youth Employment Program; and
Increase appropriations in the General Fund (GF) in the Economic and Property Development Department (EP) by $100,000, and decrease appropriations in the General Fund (GF) in the Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department (PR) by $100,000.
DISCUSSION
On September 13, 2016, the City Council voted on a recommendation to adopt the Budget Oversight Committee's proposed funding recommendations, as amended, to the FY 17 Proposed Budget. After deliberations and budget considerations, a motion made included an allocation of contingent appropriation of FY 16 General Fund Surplus in an amount of $130,000 for Central Parks programming. This motion passed with a 9-0 vote.
Upon discussion and in an effort to continue a recognized and popular Summer program in the Sixth District, Council consideration to reallocate $100,000 of the $130,000 in the Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department (PR) into the Economic and Property Development Department (EP) is requested. The Summer Youth Employment Program has been a valuable and well-received program in the Sixth District: each summer, in conjunction with Workforce Development, youth residing in the Sixth District undergo a job-readiness program and are placed at local businesses, and/or City facilities for a paid part-time internship. This program targets at-risk youth, low-income households which include families receiving CalWorks, and foster youth. About fifty (50) youth go through the program each year, and learn a skill set that prepares them for the workforce. More importantly, it activates youth, and keeps them productive during Summer months when school is in recess.
In earlier years, when this program first started, budget allocations were made to the Par...
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