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SR-062596-6H ~ C~..I&lD b~ ccs BS:KK JUN 2 5 1996 Clty Councll Meetlng: June 25, 1996 Santa Monlca, Califon:ia STAFF REPORT TO Mayor and Clty Co~ncil FROM Clty Staff SUBJECT. RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE CONTRACT UPON RECEIPT OF FUNDING INTRODUCTION This report recommends that the Clty Councll adopt the attached resolutlon authorizlng the submittal of a grant appllcation to the County of Los Angeles Department of Communlty and Senlor Cltlzen SeYV1CeS for fundlng for FY 1996/97 and authorlzlng the City Manager to negotlate and execu::e a contract w1th the County for provlSlon of serv.:..ces to the elderly through the City's Senlor Nutrltlon and Recreatlon Program BACKGROUND The Clty of Santa Monlca has been sponsoring the Senior Nutrltlon and Recreation Program for the past n1neteen years Each year the Clty 18 requlred to submlt an appllcation to the County for grant fundlng The c-::.. or Congregate Meals Program provides approxlmately 190 meals per day, Monday through Fr1day, at four sltes L1TIcoln Park, Ken Edwards Center, Virglnla Avenue Park and the Senlor Recreation Center, and approximately forty meals each Saturday at tr.e SeDlor RecreatloL Center. The suggested donatlon =or the Congregate Meal Program 1S $1.50 per meal, with an average JUN 2 5 1996 bfl ~- actual donation of $: 15 per meal As of July 1994, the City subcontracted ltS Home Delivered Meals Program to Westside Interfalth COurlC11 (Meals on W~eels) . ThlS arrangement has proved to be a cost effective and productlve method of provldlng thlS serVlce, glven the organlzation's experlence and broader program lTI dellvering ~eals to homebound seniors. The Home Dellvered Meals Program provldes approxlmately 54 meals per day, seven days a week, for homebound senlors ln Santa Monlca. Revenue for these programs comes from thlS grant, the Dnlted States Department of Agrlculture, partlclpant donatlons and the Clty'S General Fund. The Clty lS requlred to provide a minimum 15% local matc~ for the Congregate Meals Progra~, and p~ovisions to do so are already in place as lndlcated below. BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT Total proJected Clty Congregate Meals and Home Delivered Meals Program revenues and expenses for FY 1995/96 and FY 1996/97 are shown below: CONGREGATE MEALS PROG~~ FY 1995/96 FY 1996/97 # of Meals Served 49,082 # of Meals Served 49,048 Tot Clty Cash Expen. $271,931 Tot. Clty Cash Expen. $269,514 Less Grant Revenues $126,533 Less Grant Revenues $126,446 Less ?art:..c Donatlon $ 59,880 Less Partlc Donation $ 56,405 Net Clty Cost $ 85,518 Net Clty Cost $ 86,663 -- - -- ------- - . ... HOME DELIVERED MEALS PROGRAM FY 1995/96 FY 1996/97 # of Meals Served 19,918 # of Meals Served 19,918 Tot. Clty Cash Expen. $ 67,284 Tot. City Cash Expen. $67,284 Less Grant Revenues $ 67,284 Less Grant Revenues $67,284 Net Clty Cost $ 0 Net Clty Cost $ 0 RECOMENDATION Staff recommends that the Clty Councll: (1) adopt the attached resolutlon authorlzlng the submittal of a grant appllcatlon to the County of Los Angeles Department of Comp1Unl ty and Senior Citlzen SerVlces for fundlng and (2) authorlze the City Manager to negotiate and execute a contract with the County for provision of serVlces to tr..e elderly through the Clty'S Senior Nutrltion and Recreatlon Program. Prepared by Barbara Stinch=leld Director, Communlty and Cultural Servlces Kathy Kucharskl Community and Senlor Programs Manager staffrep I , , RESO:=...:J':'::::ON NO. Qf\<;n (CI~Y COUNCIL SER=ES) A R~SO~UTION OF TEE CI~Y COu~rCIL OF THE CITY 0= SANTA MONICA AJ~HOR:ZING TEE SUBM:~?A=... OF A PRO?OSAL AND TH~ SIGNING OF A COXTRACT TO PROV:DE MEAL SERVICES FOR ELDERLY PERSONS VHEREAS, ~he County 0: Los ~geles Depa~~ment of COITTUTIlty and SeLlar Cltlzens Se~Vlces has been awa~dec Federa~ funds for provid1ng serv"'lces for the elderly under ~he Older Amerlcans Act; and W3SREAS, The County of Los Angeles 1S maklng avallable 1tS Clde~ ATerlcan Act :::mds to cltles ln the County, and ~';EEREAS , the Clty of Santa MOTI1Ca wishes to apply for Older .li..erlca::s Act f~nds to finance lts hot lunch program for seniors and ~ts ~o~e delivered ~eals fo~ homebound senlors program; and 1{JH::.<.:REAS , l.t lS necessa~y that the City COUDCll of the City of Sa::~a ~cn1ca approve the subm1ttal of a proposal for Older Amerlcans Art- h:.nds ; and vJHEREAS, l.t 1S necessary that the Clty Co~ncil of the C1ty of Sa~~a MOTI1Ca deslgnate and autnorlze a representat1ve to slgn the ccntyact for Older Americans Act funds on behalf of the Clty, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL O? THE CI~Y OF SANTA MONICA ~8:SS RESOL~ AS FOLLOWS SECTION 1. ?he C~ty Council approves the submlttal of a proposal to ~ , t- '=r:.e Cou~tv of Los Anaeles =or C~der Amerlcans Ac~ fU::1ds to be used for . ~ ~ne Clt:y's het lu::c~ p~QgraT :for sernors and ~ts home dellvered meals f O~ nOT.ebound sel11-ors program S2C'~=ON 2 7he Ci':y Cauncll authorizes ~he Clty Manager 02::', In !:lS or ~e::: absence, the ASslstant Clty Manager to act as the autharlzed representatlve to slgn ':he contract for Older Ame2::'ican Act funds and a" dOClInen t s necessary to accompany sald contract, lncludlng all a~e~dments wlthln the f.::..scal year 96/97. SEC':"~ON 3 Tc.e Clty Clerk shall certlfy to the adoption of thls Re sol1.:.t lOr:. , and thenceforth and thereafter the same sha~l be in full force and ef:ect. AP?ROVED AS TO FORM: hUuA-&iL~ ~{~ Iv:arsha Mou~\ile Cl-:Y A':.torn_y . f Adopted and approved thIs 25th of June. 1996 I!J L/! - -=::> Mayor I hereby certIfy that the foregomg ResolutIOn 9050 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meetmg of the CIty CouncIl held on the 25th of June. 1996 by the fol1o\vmg vote Ayes Councllmembers Abdo. Genser. Greenberg. Holbrook, O'Connor. Rosenstem ~oes CouncIlmemhers :\"one Abstam CouncIlmembers None Absent Councllmembers Ebner ATTEST ~~..&~ ,~~ CIty Clerk