REPORT TO PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
SUBJECT
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Consider Application from Santa Clara Lions Football for a Wade Brummal Youth Sports Grant in the amount of $1,000
Report
BACKGROUND
The Wade Brummal Youth Sports Grant Fund (Fund) was established over a decade ago in memory of a Santa Clara resident and youth sports enthusiast. The program Fund was recommended by the Parks & Recreation Commission to the City Council as a means to provide financial grants to Santa Clara based youth sports leagues and teams to enable Santa Clara resident youth to participate in that otherwise could not afford the registration, equipment, program fees and other related costs. The Fund is supported by donations and contributions from individuals, charitable events and occasionally the Art & Wine Festival. To ensure an ongoing source of funding and participation by organizations receiving financial support, on October 27, 2015 the City Council approved collection of a fee of $25.00 per non-resident youth participating in Santa Clara youth sports organizations. The youth sports organizations provide seasonal rosters to the Parks & Recreation Department and identify non-resident players; the organization pays $25.00 per non-resident player, and the City deposits the revenue into the Fund.
In order to receive a financial grant from the Fund, a qualifying organization must meet established eligibility criteria including: (1) the organization must be a City of Santa Clara non-profit, sports, or school organization serving youth 18 years and under; (2) funds must be used for covering registration and/or participation fees, enhancing service, training, equipment, facilities or other expenses related to the sport, league or activity; (3) requests are limited to one request per organization, per sport; and, (4) a limit of $500 per group, per request. The Fund requests are reviewed by the Parks & Recreation Commission and payments are administered by the Parks and Recreation Depa...
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