HomeMy WebLinkAboutAGENDA REPORT 1989 1115 CC REG ITEM 11F MOORPARK ITEMu
ELOISE BROWN <K STEVEN KUENY
Mayor Fo° = City Manager
BERNARDO M. PEREZ , CHERYL J. KANE
Mayor Pro Tem ��� 0r City Attorney
CLINT HARPER, Ph. D. -=tGat ►A PATRICK RICHARDS, A.I.C.P.
Councilmember o e Director of
PAUL LAWRASONmember
�'"o,/ Community Development
Councilmember A.„` R. DENNIS DELZEIT
SCOTT MONTGOMERY City Engineer
Councilmember JOHN V. GILLESPIE
RICHARD T. HARE Chief of Police
City Treasurer
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable City Council
FROM: Steven Kueny, City Manager �G
DATE: November 8, 1989
SUBJECT: Request for Funding from H.E.L.P.
H.E. L. P. (Handicapped Equestrian Learning Program) teaches handicapped
persons in Ventura County to ride and care for horses. The program
currently has twenty-eight enrollees, approximately six of whom reside
in Moorpark. The participants practice riding every Saturday for two
hours at Peter' s Arabians, located at 7155 Walnut Canyon Road. The
Kiwanis Club and students from the Moorpark Key Club volunteer their
assistance each Saturday. The City Council approved $2000 for H. E. L. P.
in 1988/89.
Other H. E. L. P. activities include conducting certified training for
Special Olympics coaches; working with the School District to establish
a program for handicapped students in Flory School; and participating
in the Annual State Games for the Equestrian Division of the Special
Olympics.
H. E. L.P. is requesting $5000 from the City to assist in the costs of
insurance, riding tack, and food, medicine, and veterinarian care of
the horses. The Budget and Finance Committee of the Council considered
this request and is proposing the following assistance: $1500 from the
Gann Fund, $1500 from the Recreation Fund, and $1500 from (the $10,000
budgeted in) the Social Services Account. H. E. L. P. is the only group
specifically assisting handicapped persons to request funding from the
City Council .
799 Moorpark Avenue Moorpark, California 93021 (805) 529-6864
The Honorable City Council
November 8, 1989
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Staff Recommendations(Roll Call Vote Required)
1. Appropriate $4500 to H.E. L. P. from the following sources:
a. $1500 from the Gann Fund
b. $1500 from the Recreation fund
c. $1500 from the Social Services Account (01-1117-641)
2. Require H. E. L. P. to provide a report on their activities and their
expenditure of City funds prior to June 30, 1990.
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Moorpark , California 93021
Dear Board Members:
am contacting you in regard -to the Moorpark I-lar.di_apped
Equestrian Learning Program (H.E .L .P. ) , which present '_y has
twenty-eight handicapped athletes . They are all from Pentura
Ccun Ly f.:uir of whom reside in Moorpark , and i.,tey all ,-,r-ao ire
evc-ic Saturday , weather prevailing , from 1 :00 p .m. to 3:30 p . m,
at Peters Arabrians , located at 7155 Walnut Canyon, Muorpetrk ,
The Kiwanis Clubs of Ventura County and Moorpark - with t:h_ e it.i
of thirty-eight students from the Moorpark Key Club , assist: iri
this program each Saturday .
In addition to the foregoing , some of H.E.L .P . ' s oath=•r
volunteer activities have consisted of hosting eighteen Jane=.rlees:-•
students who spent one-half a day at the ranch, learning tG
groom, saddle and ride a horse for the first time in tnr:•. r live=_, I
and last November we held a clinic for the training of Special
Olympics coaches. Over 140 people from California and Nevada
attended and 92 coaches ,were certified .
Other activities that we are presently engaged in is working
with the members of the Moorpark School Board in hopes of
establishing a program for the handicapped kids at Flory School .
Also we would like to set up a program for other categories of
needy kids, such as battered, drug rehabilitation, and even adult
alcoholism.
I1. .: .L. .P . is_ also pt;rticipetinc in the Annual Slate Games :;r-
the Equestrian Division of the Special Olympics at the Ventura
County Fairgrounds will be held on May 20 and 21 , 1989, A list
of some of the celebrities we have invitee includes turner
President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan-, all public officials from
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Ventura County, and the City of Moorpark , as well as some well
known actors and actresses. We are expecting 200 athletes from
California and Las Vegas to compete in this State-approved
Special Olympics game. The Moorpark Kiwanis, Southern
California Edison Company, and all Kiwanis clubs of Ventura will
be there as volunteers. We are also hoping for representation
from Moorpark Parks and Recreation.
My reason for contacting you is two-fold . First we we are
requesting a grant from Moorpark Parks and Recreation in the sum
of $5,000, which will be applied to insurance, riding tack , and
food , medicine, and veteranarian care of the horses. Secondly,
we are inviting you to come up to the Ranch and the Show and
participate--in other words, get involved . It 's a worthwhile
community effort and in this way you' ll see how your grant money
is being spent .
Yours truly ,
Edward R. Peters
Chairman of the Board-H.E.L.P. •