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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents including subsequent amendments, with the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation, to accept and expend grant funding in an amount not to exceed $28,980, for the 2021 Dodgers Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities Program, including the acceptance of funding for park field maintenance and umpire fees, along with in-kind contributions, for youth baseball and softball for the 2021 summer season; and
Increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department by $28,980, offset by grant revenue. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested for the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PRM) to enter into an agreement with Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation (LADF), to accept and expend grant funding for the 2021 Dodgers Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities Program (RBI Program). The RBI Program is a baseball and softball youth development program that simultaneously aims to increase participation in the sports, and to use sport participation as an engagement tool to increase access to education, literacy, health, wellness, and recreational resources in some of the most underserved communities in the Los Angeles area.
PRM has applied for and been awarded this grant each year since 2017. Each year, the grant funding has assisted PRM in providing baseball and softball programs to hundreds of Long Beach youth, ages 5 through 8. In 2020, grant funding was awarded to PRM, however, the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For the 2021 summer season, LADF has awarded PRM grant funding in the amount of $28,980, along with in-kind contributions, to support 828 youth softball and baseball players at 23 Long Beach locations. The grant funding will offset staffing costs, field maintenance costs, and umpire fees. Proposed in-kind contributions include: uniforms, equipment, recruitment flyers, location banners, e...
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