Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant Recommendations Copyright 2014
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 4.
ITEM TITLE: Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant Recommendations
SUMMARY: City Manager recommending approval of five grant requests from the
Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant program.
SUGGESTED DISPOSITION: Suggested Disposition: Receive and File; Approve
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
❑ Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant Recommendations-MVM Memo City Manager Memo
❑ staff memo Staff Memo
THE CM OF Dubuque
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant Program
DATE: July 15, 2015
In 2013 the City Council approved the Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant program.
The grants are available to any residents, non-profits or businesses who propose a
project that addresses at least one of the twelve sustainability principles and includes an
element of community engagement or education in their project.
Nine applications were received this quarter.
Sustainable Community Coordinator Cori Burbach and the Application Review
Committee recommend funding the following grant applications:
Organization Project Amount
Dubuque Women Outdoors Establishment of new, low-cost women $1700
Club outdoors club
Edible Dubuque Design and print costs of educational $2000
items for new Edible Dubuque program
PONY League Collection, rehabilitation, and redistribution $2500
of used youth sports equipment
Project Concern Project Pass $500
University of Dubuque Dump or Donate, end of year reuse $750
program
Total recommended funding is $7,450, leaving $15,050 in this fund. The next deadline
or the grant applications will be October 1 , 2015.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Michael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
Cori Burbach, Sustainable Community Coordinator
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Cori Burbach, Sustainable Community Coordinator
SUBJECT: Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant Program
DATE: July 15, 2015
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memo is to recommend to the City Council projects for funding from
the Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant program.
BACKGROUND
In 2013, the City Council approved the Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant program
to catalyze community leaders in the Sustainable Dubuque initiative. The grants are
available to any residents, non-profits or businesses who propose a project that
addresses at least one of the twelve sustainability principles and includes an element of
community engagement or education in their project.
DISCUSSION
A citizen committee met to review the nine applications submitted in this quarter. The
following are recommended for funding:
Organization Project Amount
Dubuque Women Outdoors Establishment of new, low-cost women $1700
Club outdoors club
Edible Dubuque Design and print costs of educational $2000
items for new Edible Dubuque program
PONY League Collection, rehabilitation, and redistribution $2500
of used youth sports equipment
Project Concern Project Pass $500
University of Dubuque Dump or Donate, end of year reuse $750
program
Total recommended funding is $7,450. This will leave $15,050 in this fund. The next
deadline for the grant applications will be October 1, 2015.
REQUESTED ACTION
I respectfully request City Council approval of the recommended funding for the
Sustainable Dubuque Community Grants detailed above.