REPORT TO PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Review of the Wade Brummal Youth Sports Grant Program (Program) and Possible Action to Recommend and Changes to City Council
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Enhance Community Sport, Recreational and Arts Assets
BACKGROUND
Wade Brummal Program Overview
The Wade Brummal Youth Sports Grant Program provides local Santa Clara non-profit youth sports organizations with financial support to fund their needs, such as low-income youth participant registration, equipment purchases, field rental fees, tournament entry fees, and capital project funding. In 2015, the Parks & Recreation Commission made a recommendation to Council to establish a non-resident youth sports participation fee in the amount of $25 per non-resident participant to be assessed on all non-profit youth sports organizations that use City parks and recreation facilities for their respective sports programs. The purpose of the Commission proposal was to establish a regular, dedicated source of funding and to establish guidelines for the distribution of funds. Until that time, the Program depended upon donations and proceeds from a softball tournament and a golf tournament fundraiser which was discontinued.
On October 27, 2015, the City Council approved the Commission recommendation to set a fee in the amount of $25 per non-resident participant in local non-profit youth sports programs using City facilities and approved the grant guidelines for disbursement (Attachment 1).
Since the Program approval, the Program has been administered by the Parks & Recreation Department (Department) with input as necessary from the Parks & Recreation Commission. Fees are collected annually based on the finalization of each organization's participation rosters and the season of their sports activities. Fees and contributions are deposited into the City's Wade Brummal Youth Sports Scholarship Fund. By early 2023, the account had an accumulated balance of over $250,000.
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