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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents with the LA84 Foundation to accept Learn to Swim 2022 grant funds in the amount of $15,000, for summer aquatics programs targeting economically disadvantaged youth at Belmont Plaza Temporary Pool, Silverado Pool, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Pool, from July 6, 2022 through August 26, 2022; and, execute all necessary documents to implement and administer the grant including any amendments.
(Districts 3,6,7)
DISCUSSION
The LA84 Foundation (Foundation) is endowed with surplus funds from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. The Foundation makes grant funds available to recreation agencies for various youth sports programs designed to provide disadvantaged youth, ages 7 to 17, the opportunity to learn how to swim. The Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PRM) has been selected by the Foundation to receive grant funds consecutively for more than a decade. This year, PRM has been selected to receive $15,000 in grant funds for the Learn to Swim 2022 Program (Program). This grant will fund scholarships for economically disadvantaged youth in swim instruction.
The Program will commence on July 6, 2022 and conclude on August 26, 2022. The pools currently available for this program are Belmont Plaza Temporary Pool, Silverado Pool, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Pool. This popular program is advertised in the quarterly Recreation Connection, on the PRM website, through social media, and by word of mouth at local parks.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Anita Lakhani on June 6, 2022 and by Budget Analysis Officer Greg Sorensen on June 8, 2022.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on July 5, 2022, to enable the execution of the required documents.
FISCAL IMPACT
The revenue of $15,000 from the LA84 Foundation is currently budgeted and will continue to accrue in the General Fund Group and the Tidelands Operating Fund Group in the Parks, R...
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