File #: 2024-1103    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Consent
File created: 8/29/2024 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 9/10/2024 Final action: 9/10/2024
Title: Commission District(s): All To Appropriate $20,000 from the 2024 District 6 Youth Reserve for Appropriation for the Fruitful Community Foundation's Fall 2024/Spring 2025 Programs
Attachments: 1. D6 FCF Proposal Spring 2024-2025

                                    

Public Hearing:  YES      NO                                                   Department: Board of Commissioners - District 6                                     

 

SUBJECT:

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Commission District(s): All

To Appropriate $20,000 from the 2024 District 6 Youth Reserve for Appropriation for the Fruitful Community Foundation’s Fall 2024/Spring 2025 Programs

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Information Contact: Commissioner Edward C. “Ted” Terry

Phone Number: 404-371-4909

 

PURPOSE:

To Appropriate $20,000 from the 2024 District 6 Youth Reserve for Appropriation for the Fruitful Community Foundation’s Fall 2024/Spring 2025 critical to stabilizing and maximizing fall and spring planting and maintenance.

 

NEED/IMPACT:

Since 2021, Commissioner Terry has supported The Fruitful Communities, Fruitful Community Foundation and Jane Goodall Institute Initiatives, resulting in successful DeKalb County initiatives for county-wide site productive urban landscape activations. This partnership with other local organizations and DeKalb County Facilities Management has progressed toward complete overhauls to landscaping around several County libraries, eliminating all grass and installing food forests and pollinator gardens with benches and tables for community enjoyment. This support has importantly launched and strengthened the GreenHive Leadership Program, which is now led by youth GreenHive alumni for youth education, advocacy, and encouraging engagement to empower ways to mitigate sustainability and climate change for those who will continue this fight in the future.

Last Fall 2023-0088 a D6 Youth Reserves was approved for $35K to continue support for the Fruitful Libraries  programs. This District 6 2024 scope of work will support the critical need for continuing community education and workforce development programming to catalyze the necessary changes to our stewardship of public lands.

The scope of work has been included.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:

Increase appropriations for the following account by the amount indicated below:

Non-Departmental - General Fund - Other Miscellaneous Payments (XXXXX.XXXX.XXX.0000.0000) - $20,000

Decrease appropriations for the following account by the amount indicated below:

Non-Departmental - General Fund - Reserve for Appropriation (XXXXX.XXXX.XXX.0000.0000) - $20,000

 

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommended Action

To approve the request to appropriate $20,000 from the D6 Youth Reserves and authorize the chief executive officer tor his designee o execute all necessary documents.