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AGENDA MEMO
DATE:
December 14, 2010
TO:
Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Office of the City Manager
By: Thad Phillips, Community Services Director
SUBJECT:ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE AFTER SCHOOL EDUCATION AND
SAFETY PROGRAM (ASES) GRANT INCREASE
RECOMMENDATION
That the City Council accept and appropriate $83,700 of After School Education and
Safety (ASES) grant funds.
DISCUSSION
The City of Downey received an initial grant of $1,528,995 in ASES Program grant
funds from the California Department of Education and that amount was appropriated
by the City Council for the 2010 -2011 fiscal year under fund 10-general and program
number 4338. Since that action, the City Council approved a grant application on
February 9, 2010 to add one (1) after school program at East Middle school and
increase the student capacity at two (2) existing sites: West Middle School from 60 to
111 and Griffiths Middle School from 100 to 111.
On November 15, 2010 the City and Downey Unified School District received
notification from the California Department of Education that Downey’s application to
increase the student capacity at West and Griffiths Middle Schools was approved in
round two (2) of funding, resulting in a grant adjustment increase of $83,700. The
addition of East Middle school was not funded in round one (1) or two (2) of grant
funding. The application for East middle school will automatically be considered during
round three (3) funding in January 2011.
The After School Program for Information, Recreation and Education (ASPIRE)
currently operates at twelve (12) school sites and serves over 1,200 per day. ASPIRE
is funded through the State of California ASES Program which is a result of the 2002
Proposition 49 voter approved initiative.
This requested action will allocate the increase to the following object codes in fund 10-
general and program number 4338:
0020 Temporary Personnel $21,506
0070 RET/PR Ins-appd % $1,183
CITY OF DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA
0130 Office Supplies $3,000
0140 Program Supplies $39,011
0160 Books Publications $2,000
0340 Print Shop Charges $4,000
0480 Staff Development $8,000
0700 Contract Services $5,000
FISCAL IMPACT
The financial resources to support this requested action will come from the ASES
Program grant and at least 33% of in-kind local matching funds from the Downey
Unified School District, City of Downey, fundraising and donations.