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�„ r <br /> � <br /> Neighborhood Services Department Memorandum <br /> 02-30 <br /> September 9, 2002 <br /> TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council <br /> FROM: Steve Garm City Manager <br /> A. J. Krieger, Assistant City Manager � <br /> Linda J. Love, Neighborhood Servic irector � � <br /> SUBJECT: Public Service Allocations for Decatur Community Partnership and Decatur <br /> Memorial Foundation <br /> RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Staff recommends approval of recommendations allocating funds to Decatur Community <br /> Partnership ($6,258.87) and Decatur Memorial Foundation ($5,332.96) from the current year's <br /> U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block <br /> Crrant (CDBG) funding for public services. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Each year the Neighborhood Renewal Division of the Neighborhood Services Department <br /> requests applications from not-for-profit organizations for funding in support of community <br /> programs that meet Federal, State and Loca1 guidelines and regulations. Each application must <br /> include specific information and documentation regarding the proposal for regulatory compliance, <br /> organizational capacity and capability, type and level of service resulting from the proposed <br /> program and community needs. <br /> The majority of the funding for public service subrecipients was approved in February, 2002. <br /> However, these two applications remained on hold pending decisions from HLJD regarding <br /> potential conflict of interest issues. The City has received approval from HUD to fund these <br /> projects. However, from HUD's standpoint, there remain some broad conflict of interest issues <br /> regarding subrecipient funding. Staff will address these issues with HUD in the upcoming months <br /> to implement an updated set of policies and procedures with HUD's approval. <br /> Decatur Community Partnership submitted an application for partial funding for a ramp to provide <br /> ADA accessibility to the community health mobile unit. This unit will be used to alleviate gaps in <br /> health care services by working first with twelve targeted inner city neighborhoods to gain <br /> acceptance of the unit. Staff recommends allocating $6,258.87 for this program. <br /> Partners in Education, submitted an application for partial funding for the America Reads <br /> program, Councilman Laegeler's wife is the Executive Director of Partners in Education. That <br /> relationship constitutes a conflict of interest and the City would not have been able to fund this <br /> program. Since the City actually approves the program, staff allowed oversight of the program to <br />