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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcover memoCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM -3 TO: FROM : Honorable Ma r and Myers of /he City Co lion DATE : SUBJECT r r i o l a REFERENCES : f Administrator/City Manager ENCLOSURES: SEP 10 L FILE : Resolution Accepting a State Grant from Department of Education for Gibson Park Recommendation: It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution creating a new special revenue fund accepting and appropriating a grant from the State Department of Education (FDEP), Adult Education and Family Literary PAC Success Academies Program, in the amount of $50,000. Said grant will be used for the purpose of providing adult literary education and other youth related activities for families and individuals. The program will be offered at Gibson Park for the Overtown neighborhood target population. Background: The Department of Parks and Recreation applied for funding through the City's grants office to the State Department of Education for program monies to operate this program designed to assist the socially and economically disadvantaged population in the Overtown neighborhood with new literacy and family educational needs. The Florida Department of education notified the City that it has awarded $50,000 to the City through the Adult Education and Family Act (AFLA) program to fund said adult literary and educational programs at Gibson Park for the Overtown neighborhood target population. Adoption of the attached resolution authorizes the City Manager to accept this grant award. Fiscal Impact: NONE A. JA/ EWB/pr