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r > I %Vc, REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION DATE: Septen|^^19, 'a ITEM NO = /y Department Approval: Name Ron Moorse Title City Administrator Administrator Reviewed:Agenda Section: City Administrator's Report Item Description: Interfaith Outreach and Community Partners (lOCP) Request for Funding for its 1998 Activities A funding request and information regarding lOCP is attached. The city of Orono has, in the past, allocated $1,500 to lOCP from the city's CDBG funds. For 1997 the CDBG funds for the smallest cities in the County, including Orono, were pooled and allocated through a competitive process. A portion of the CDBG funds were allocated to human service agencies through a separate competitive process. The lOCP was not in a position this year to make an application for the CDBG funds. Therefore, they are requesting funding directly from the city in the amount of $1,000 for 1998. lOCP provides a range of services including; emergency services, family services, job services, children's programs, health services, and transportation. lOCP serves families in Hamel, Long Lake, Medina, Minnetonka Beach, Orono, Wayzata, West Medicine Lake and Plymouth. lOCP services to Orono residents in 1996 represented 1.7 per cent of the organization's direct service expenditures and 0.7 per cent of its client case load. In addition to those agencies historically funded through CDBG funds, the city has funded a number of human service agencies through the city's General Fund Budget. These have included Senior Community Services, Westonka Senior Center, Tamarack Senior Center, and the West Hennepin Human Services Planning Board, more recently known as the Suburban Alliance. The Suburban Alliance was dissolved in 1997. The west Hennepin County cities are in the process of determining what type of organization should replace the Suburban Alliance. The city's 1997 General Fund Budget includes $1,795 in funding for the Suburban Alliance. Because a new organization has not been put into place at this time, it has not been determined what Orono's funding level will be for 1998. The total funding level for human services agencies in the General Fund Budget was $16,155 in 1997 and is proposed to be $16,640 in 1998. Regardless of the level of funding required for the organization which replaces the Suburban Alliance, the General Fund Budget can accommodate funding for the lOCP at the $1,000 level if the Council so desires. The Council may choose to provide funding at the requested level, provide funding at a different level, or decide not to provide funding. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED: Motion indicating the Council's response to the request by lOCP for funding for its 1998 activities.