HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 2003 0402 CC REG ITEM 10DL 0. •
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MOORPARK CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA REPORT
TO: The Honorable City Council C,
FROM: Mary Lindley, Director of Community Services)
Peggy Rothschild, Senior Center Coordinator
DATE: March 20, 2003 (CC Meeting of April 2, 2003)
SUBJECT: Consider Adoption of a Resolution
Submittal of a Ventura County Area
Grant Application for Senior Center
Promotion Services, and Elder R:
Activity Funds and Authorizing City
All Related Agreements
DISCUSSION
Authorizing the
Agency on Aging
Support, Health
Lghts Protection
Manager to Sign
The City Council is being asked to adopt a resolution
(Attachment A) approving and authorizing the submittal of a
grant application to the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging
(VCAAA) for Older Americans Act funds. Staff proposes using the
grant funds to purchase equipment to enhance the City's Senior
Center activities and programs.
The Ventura County Area Agency on Aging (VCAAA) has issued a
Request for Proposals to public agencies and other organizations
working with older adults in Ventura County for grant funding in
several service categories: Supportive Services and Senior
Centers; Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Services; and
Elder Rights Protection Activities. The grant funds are targeted
for one - time -only, capital equipment expenditures. To be
eligible, agencies must be able to spend the funds by the end of
the fiscal year (June 30, 2003) . These funds are being awarded
through the Older Americans Act Title III B, Title III D, and
Title VII.
Staff proposes that the City apply for funding as follows:
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Honorable City Council
March 20, 2003
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• Senior Center Support category - new reception area
computer equipment, portable room dividers, and a park
bench for the new Bocce ball courts at Tierra Rejada Park,
as well as program equipment for ongoing activities.
• Health Promotion Service category - replace the chemical
dishwasher sanitizer used in Senior Nutrition Program and
purchase new and replacement fitness class equipment.
• Elder Rights Protection Activities category - purchase a
heavy -duty cross -cut shredder to be used by senior citizens
to help prevent identity theft and subsequent financial
elder abuse and fraud.
Grant applications were due March 24, at 4:00 p.m., and staff
submitted applications for the equipment mentioned above by that
date. As a result, there was not sufficient time to present the
City Council with the necessary resolution. As has been the case
in the past, VCAAA has agreed to accept an adopted resolution by
the City after the application due date. In the event the
Council does not approve the proposed resolution, staff will
withdraw the application.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION
Adopt Resolution No. 2003-_
Attachment: A - Resolution
Agenda Report and Resolution OTO 2003
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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 2003-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MOORPARK, CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING A GRANT APPLICATION
REQUESTING MONIES FROM THE VENTURA
COUNTY AREA AGENCY ON AGING (VCAAA) FOR
OLDER AMERICANS ACT FUNDING.
WHEREAS, the City Council is dedicated to the support of
quality programs for older Americans in the City of Moorpark;
and
WHEREAS, Moorpark Senior Center activities and programs
continue to grow, resulting in increased participation and
equipment usage that has outpaced the capacity of existing
equipment for some services and increased wear- and -tear on
equipment for other popular programs, creating a need to
update, augment, and replace pertinent program equipment; and
WHEREAS, funds to purchase essential equipment for the
Senior Center are available on a one -time basis in the form of
a grant through the Ventura County Area Agency on Aging.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MOORPARK
DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby approves and
authorizes the grant application through the Ventura County
Area Agency on Aging to secure funds to purchase equipment for
Senior Center Support, Health Promotion Services, and
Abuse /Fraud Prevention. Further, the City Council hereby
authorizes Steven Kueny, City Manager, to serve as signatory
for the City Council on all matters related to the
administration of this grant.
SECTION 2. The City Council hereby resolves to complete
the purchase of the needed equipment prior to June 30, 2003,
as stipulated in the terms of the grant contract.
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SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption
of this Resolution and shall cause a certified resolution to
be filed in the book of original resolutions.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2 °C day of April, 2003.
Patrick Hunter, Mayor
ATTEST:
Deborah S. Traffenstedt, City Clerk
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