DEPARTMENT: Mayor and Council Support
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Christopher D. Callanen
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
City Council Project Fund Allocation
SUMMARY:
This ordinance awards a grant allocation through the City Council Project Funds Program to support the following:
A.) Pathways to Leadership Scholarship Fund
B.) Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner
C.) District 7 Holiday Celebration
D.) Transportation and Capital Improvements Department
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City Council Project Funds program was transferred to the Office of the City Council for administration in 2012. During this transfer several improvements to the program were made, including; implementation of a streamlined application (online), an election year moratorium, and City Council approval for allocations exceeding $10,000 to an applicant for the same program, activity, events, good or service. This ordinance awards a City Council Project Funds allocation to support the following:
A.) This ordinance provides funding to the Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women (MCSW) for the Pathways to Leadership Scholarship Fund in an amount of $34,500.00, and any additional funding within this fiscal year. The Mayor's Commission on the Status of Women was established to review matters affecting the employment opportunities, education, social, civic, and political participation of women in the American way of life. The Commission has established the Pathways to Leadership Scholarship; a scholarship for Bexar County High School Female graduates that plan to pursue a degree or certification at any two or four year accredited college, university, vocational or technical school.
B.) This ordinance awards a grant allocation to support the Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner in an amount not to exceed $14,318.00. The Raul Jimenez Thanksgiving Dinner provides a hot and nutritious turkey dinner with all the trimmings on Thanksgiving D...
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