HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 091311-S - Youth Fund AgmtRESOLUTION NO.
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A Resolution authorizing Children's and Youth Program
Funding Agreements Between the City of Georgetown and The
Boys and Girls Club of Georgetown, Georgetown Cultural
Citizens Memorial Association, the Georgetown Partners in
Education, the Georgetown Project, and the Getsemani
Community Center, and for these agencies and organizations to
provide services for the citizens of Georgetown, and authorizing
the Mayor to execute same and the City Secretary to attest.
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that it will provide funding through a
contract for services to legally qualified non-profit organizations which provide services
that the City is legally authorized to provide, but is not currently providing, when such
services are to support programs for children and youth who have little or no access to
the City of Georgetown's programs, either because of fees or location; and
WHEREAS, these programs need to be offered on a regular basis afterschool
and/or during vacations and breaks; and
WHEREAS, these programs also shall have little or no charge or fees to
participating youth and children; and
WHEREAS, the programs and activities need to be open to the public and be
held at an accessible facility; and
WHEREAS, the focus of the programs funded by the City shall be for the
provision of a safe and nurturing environment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the provision of such services
accomplishes a public purpose and benefits the community of Georgetown, Texas as it
enhances the quality of life and the overall economic development of the city per
Chapter 380 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown and The Boys and Girls Club of Georgetown
desire to enter into an agreement to assist the Club to provide after school youth
programs during the school year and full day youth programs during the summer that
provide safe places for children and youth in the community by providing
recreationally based programs that are centered upon character & leadership
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development, education & career development, health & life skills, the arts, and sports,
fitness, and recreation; and
WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown and Georgetown Cultural Citizens
Memorial Association (GCCMA) desire to enter into an agreement to assist the GCCMA
conduct the Willie Hall Center After -School Tutoring Program in order to allow
ongoing assistance for summer cultural/academic and parental enrichment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown and the Georgetown Partners in Education
(PIE) desire to enter into an agreement to assist PIE in providing a mentor to every child
1n GISD who demonstrates an educational need, whether academic, behavioral or
medical, as determined by the campus principal in collaboration with the instructional
staff and school counselors; and
WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown and The Georgetown Project (TGP) desire to
enter into an agreement to assist TGP provide youth development and youth activity
programs for children, youth, and families in Georgetown through the Kid City
Program (summer food and enrichment for economically disadvantaged students) and
the G-TEAM (Georgetown Teens Engaged and Motivated) program, and
WHEREAS, the City of Georgetown and Getsemani Community Center desire to
enter into an agreement to assist Getsemani Community Center provide summer and
after school tutoring programs targeted to serve academically at risk children and youth
in the neighborhoods served by Getsemani and specifically served by Annie Purl and
Williams Elementary; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The facts and recitations contained in the preamble of this
resolution are hereby found and declared to be true and correct, and are incorporated
by reference herein and expressly made a part hereof, as if copied verbatim.
SECTION 2. The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute, and the City Secretary
to attest thereto, funding agreements with the Boys and Girls Club of Georgetown, the
Georgetown Cultural Citizens Memorial Association, the Georgetown Project, the
Georgetown Partners in Education, and the Getsemani Community Center, and on
behalf of the City of Georgetown in substantially the same form as denoted in the attached
exhibi ts
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SECTION 3. This resolution shall be effective immediately upon adoption.
RESOLVED this 2 day of September, 2011.
ATTEST:
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sica Brettle, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Acting City Attorney
THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN:
George`G. Garver, Mayor
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