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City compiles off‑cycle requests; staff proposes $1.04 million discretionary pool including Strategic Initiatives Fund for council to allocate
Summary
Staff presented eight off‑cycle requests totaling approximately $967,000 and proposed combining several budget adjustments with the Strategic Initiatives Fund to create a roughly $1.04 million pool council can use to respond to emergency requests or add awards to VCF, HOPS or CAF recommendations.
City staff told council they had received eight off‑cycle funding requests totaling about $967,000 and proposed a strategy that would make roughly $1.04 million available for council discretion by reconciling several budget items and increasing the Strategic Initiatives Fund to $500,000.
What staff presented: The list of off‑cycle requests included a $475,000 request from the Uhuru Foundation for a reentry housing expansion, an emergency request from Blue Ridge Area Coalition for the Homeless (BRAC) to replace lost HUD grant funding that supports permanent supportive…
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