ITEM TITLE:
Action Item: Approval of Recommendation to City Council to fund Tier 1 applicants for the 2024 Beautification Matching Grant in the total amount of $23,375.50
SUBMITTED BY: Elise Sorum-Birk, Deputy City Clerk
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $23,375.50
Unencumbered Balance: $156,324.26
Funding Source: Beautification Reserve Fund 350-5550-55000
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve Recommendation to City Council to fund Tier 1 applicants for the 2024 Beautification Matching Grant.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The City Clerk’s Office received 3 total applications for the 2024 Beautification Matching Grant Program ahead of the March 8, 2024 deadline- all applications qualify for the new Tier 1 parameters.
Grant awards may not exceed 50% of the total allowable project cost estimate. The qualifying grant amounts follow:
• Acres Kwik Trip - $1000.00 (Total allowable project cost $2000.00)
• Ballow Properties - $13,100.00 (Total allowable project cost $26,200.00)
• Alaska Guide Company - $9,275.50 (Total allowable project cost $18,551)
If all applicants are funded to the full allowable amount the total would be $23,375.50.
Applications from Ballow Properties and Acres Kwik Trip meet standards for the program. The application for Alaska Guide Company is for proposed improvements to leased City of Valdez land and warrants further discussion by the commission, as it is unclear if the application qualifies.
The Beautification Commission does not have the legal authority to appropriate funds- so this action is a recommendation to City Council regarding funding of grant applicants.
Attached are the Original Tier 1 Applications with staff notes on eligibility and final version of 2024 scoring criteria are attached.