HomeMy WebLinkAboutcover memoCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO :
Honorable Mayor and Members DATE:
of the City Commission
SUBJECT:
Joe Arriola
REFERENCES;
City Manager
ENCLOSURES:
Chief Administrator/
JUN - 3 2004
FILE :
Resolution
Accepting Funds
from School Board of
Miami -Dade County
for the 2004 Summer
Reading Program in
City Parks
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission
adopt the attached Resolution creating a new special revenue
fund and appropriating funds in the amount of $301,875,
provided by the School Board of Miami -Dade County for the
purpose of funding the 2004 Summer Enhancement Reading
Program to augment the reading skills of the school students
attending summer camp in the City's Parks this resolution
further authorizes the City Manager to enter into an
agreement with the School Board of Miami -Dade County, in a
form acceptable to the City Attorney.
BACKGROUND:
The Department of Parks and Recreation has received funding
in the amount not to exceed $301,875 from the School Board
of Miami -Dade County to pay for teachers to be placed in
�twenty (20) City parks to provide reading instructions to
children attending the City's summer camps. Payment will be
made based on the number of students (maximum 2,300) that
attend the program @ $5.25 per student, per contact hour,
per day. Approval of the attached Resolution will allow the
City to utilize the funding from the School Board to pay for
the services provided by the teachers participating in the
2004 summer program.
FISCAL IMPACT: The 2004 Summer Reading Program funded by
the School Board of Dade County will cover expenditures
related to the hiring of teachers and educational supplies.
JA/ACS/ sb