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OCT 1 1 1988
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Council Meeting 10-11-88
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Santa Monica, California
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: city Staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation to Appropriate $15,000 in Funds for the
Santa Monica Neighborhood Support Center
INTRODUCTION
This report recommends a General Fund appropriation of $15,000 to
the Santa Monica Neighborhood Support Center to cover unexpected
rent and facility costs for the remainder of FY 1988-89.
BACKGROUND
In June of 1987, the city Council approved the creation of the
Santa Monica Neighborhood Support Center to serve as an umbrella
organization
to
provide
support
to
member
neighborhood
associations in Santa Monica. At that time, the Council approved
a base budget for FY 1987-88 for staffing and operations. The
budget did not include rent and related facility costs due to the
fact that the Santa Monica/Malibu Unified School District agreed
to provide 900 square feet of space in a modular unit at Madison
School for $l/year, on a year-to-year basis.
The budget negotiated for FY 1988-89 also assumed rent-free space
provided by the School District and therefore did not identify
funds for this purpose.
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DISCUSSION
In September of 1988, the School District informed the
Neighborhood Support Center that the modular unit was needed for
a new special education program to begin operation as soon as
possible. The Neighborhood Support Center (NSC) began looking at
the feasibility of renting space in the city-owned facility at
612 Colorado currently being rehabilitated for use by non-profit
organizations. Non-profit lessees must pay $.8S/square
foot/month for rent as well as related facility costs such as the
prorated share of common areas, utilities and maintenance. Given
the need for the NSC to find affordable, stable space and to
avoid the need to find commercial space elsewhere at rates
substantially higher than the $.85/sf rate, it was concluded that
the Colorado facility was the most feasible solution.
NSC and City staff have worked together to determine the amount
of additional funding that would be needed to support the costs
of leasing adequate space in the building. A review of the
budget identified savings in administrative categories that could
be used for one-time moving costs without additional city funding
or without hampering services to Santa Monica I s neighborhoods.
However, it was determined that an additional $lS, 000 would be
needed for the remainder of the year for rent and other expenses
such as utilities, janitorial, property maintenance and
insurance.
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FISCAL/BUDGETARY IMPACT
Additional appropriation authority is requested in the amount of
$15,000
from
General
Fund
reserves
in
account
number
01-200-262-000-693. No additional budgetary actions are needed.
RECOMMENDATION
city staff recommends that the City council appropriate $15,000
from General Fund reserves to the Neighborhood support Center for
rental costs for the remainder of the current fiscal year.
Prepared by: Barbara stinchfield, community Development Manager
Department of Community and Economic Development
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