25-947 : Halton-Pope - Letter Regarding GIA Funding Proposal FY 2024-2025 & FY 2025-2026

This item concerns a letter from Majority Leader Leah Halton-Pope regarding the City's Grants-In-Aid (GIA) funding proposals for Fiscal Years 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. Halton-Pope requests to co-steward these funds, which total $403,000 for FY2024-2025 and $400,000 for FY2025-2026. The funds are designated for cultural, anti-violence, and youth programs.

FY2024-2025 Allocations:

• City Poet Laureate: $82,625
• Frontline Arts Restoration: $200,000
• Citywide Youth Arts Contest: $110,000
• City Historian Support: $10,375

FY2025-2026 Recommendations:

• City Poet Laureate (Renewal): $82,625
• City Historian Support: $50,000
• Citywide Youth Arts Contest (Renewal): $110,000
• Frontline Arts, Cultural & Anti-Violence Programming: $267,375

A cost-reduction recommendation suggests enrolling Mayor's Summer Youth (MSY) participants in the City Poet Laureate program to offset stipends and reduce GIA costs. The requested action includes designating Halton-Pope's office as steward, approving funding commitments, coordinating MSY participation, and including FY2025-2026 initiatives in the budget.