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MacArthur Park Council approves QueensCare and CCNP holiday grants, tables food-bank truck request
Summary
The council approved a $5,000 Neighborhood Purpose Grant to QueensCare for a holiday health fair and a $4,999 grant to Central City Neighborhood Partners for a toy giveaway; a $4,999 request from World Harvest Food Bank for a delivery truck was tabled.
The MacArthur Park Neighborhood Council approved two Neighborhood Purpose Grants (NPGs) and tabled a third at its Dec. 2 meeting.
A $5,000 NPG to QueensCare passed with a recorded tally of Ayes 5, Nays 2, Abstentions 3, Absent 3. The grant will fund QueensCare’s 4th Annual Holiday Health Fair at MacArthur Park, providing hot meals and children’s activities; the minutes state the event is expected to serve an estimated 1,500 community members. A separate $4,999 NPG to Central City Neighborhood Partners (CCNP) to support a Dec. 14 holiday celebration and toy giveaway (about 200 toys; event described as serving roughly 2,500 children and families) passed with a recorded Ayes 5, Nays 3, Abstentions 2.
A $4,999 request from World Harvest Food Bank — described in the minutes as funding to help purchase a new delivery truck that complies with California Air Resources Board Truck and Bus regulations — was tabled and not voted on. The minutes do not include a staff presentation from any of the grantees or a roll-call list of individual voter names. The motions and tallies above are recorded as presented in the meeting minutes.
