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Council hears community grant update, camp capacity change and a spike in public records work
Summary
Staff outlined the community grant program (roughly $133,000 in draft allocation, with $60,000 ECYP restricted for early childhood/youth), a 20% capacity increase for the Camp Capital "Littles" program, and the city attorney described a sustained rise in public records requests that is consuming staff time.
City staff used the May 29 budget hearing to brief the council on the community grant program, youth programming and trends in public-records requests.
Community grants and ECYP funds: Chloe (community grants lead) said the draft budget earmarked about $133,000 for the community grant program but noted much of that funding is not yet directed to specific grantees. She said $60,000 in ECYP (early childhood and youth programming) funds are restricted and historically used for children- and youth-focused grants. Staff proposed a July hearing to set program cycle length, form an ad hoc review committee, and run a notice-of-funding-available period over the summer…
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