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Soledad council accepts mini-grants closeout report for neighborhood projects
Summary
Council accepted a closeout report for a small mini-grant pilot program that funded local projects including a Little League uniform purchase, community garden beds, and spay/neuter services; recipients described impacts and staff noted the pilot used an original $50,000 allocation from a prior fiscal year.
Francisco Gonzalez presented a brief closeout of the city—s mini-grant pilot. The council had previously approved awards that included $5,000 to Soledad Little League (uniforms), $2,500 to a neighborhood pet project (spay/neuter clinics), $5,000 to Scar (animal-wellness outreach) and $3,600 to United Methodist Church for community garden beds and programming. Recipients described the events and services the grants supported, including a spay/neuter clinic that served 32 families and purchased hardware for community gardening and youth engagement.
Staff said the mini-grant pilot used an original allocation of roughly $50,000 in a prior fiscal year and that the program was not currently funded for the present fiscal year; councilmembers expressed support for revisiting the program during the city—s upcoming strategic-planning and budget-priority discussions.
Why this matters: Small neighborhood grants leveraged nonprofit partners to deliver targeted services — pet-health clinics, youth sports access and community-garden projects — and councilmembers asked staff to consider whether to restore funding as part of broader priority-setting.
