Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant Recommendations Copyright 2014
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 5.
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 City Manager Memo
Recommendations-MVM Memo
Staff Memo Staff Memo
THE CITY 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: January 26, 2016
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.
Eleven applications were received this quarter.
Sustainable Community Coordinator Cori Burbach and the Application Review
Committee recommend the following for funding:
Organization Project Amount
Julien Dubuque International JDIFF Kids Series $21000
Film Festival
Matter Creative Upcycled Art Blog $11600
St. Luke's United Methodist St. Luke's Foodscaping $21350
Church
Tristate Trail Vision/Dubuque Bike to Work Week $11300
Bike Coop
Dubuque Community Dubuque Community Supported Arts $500
Supported Arts
Total recommended funding is $7,250. This will leave $5,800 in this fund. The next
deadline for the grant applications will be April 1, 2016.
1 concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
Mic ael C. Van Milligen
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Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, City Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager
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TO: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
FROM: Cori Burbach, Sustainable Community Coordinator
SUBJECT: Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant Program
DATE: January 26, 2016
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memo is to recommend to the City Council five 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 eleven applications submitted in this quarter. The
following is recommended for funding:
Organization Project Amount
Julien Dubuque International JDIFF Kids Series $21000
Film Festival
Matter Creative Upcycled Art Blog $11600
St. Luke's United Methodist St. Luke's Foodscaping $21350
Church
Tristate Trail Vision/Dubuque Bike to Work Week $11300
Bike Coop
Dubuque Community Dubuque Community Supported Arts $500
Supported Arts
Total recommended funding is $7,250. This will leave $5,800 in this fund. The next
deadline for the grant applications will be April 1, 2016.
REQUESTED ACTION
I respectfully request City Council approval of the recommended funding for the
Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant detailed above.