HomeMy WebLinkAboutCRPS-07-038 - Environment Comm Recommendation - Community Environmental Improvement Grant Program - 2006 RecipientsReport To: Councillor C. Weylie, Chair and Members of the Development
and Technical Services Committee
Date of Meeting: March 5, 2007
Submitted By: Environmental Committee
Prepared By: Colin Goodeve, Committee Administrator - ext 2278
Ward(s~ Involved: All
Date of Report: February 26, 2007
Report No.: CRPS-07-038
Subject: Environmental Committee Recommendation -Community
Environmental Improvement Grant Program - 2006 Recipients
RECOMMENDATION:
That 2006 Community Environmental Improvement Grants, to be funded from the
Environmental Stewardship Capital Account, be awarded as follows: $500 to the
Freedom in Christ Pentecostal Assembly; $1,000 to Driftwood Park Public School; $1,000
to Monsignor Haller School; $1,000 to St. Daniel Catholic School; $1,000 to St. Anne's
School; $1,000 to St. Bernadette Catholic Elementary School; and the remaining $4,200
be prorated for distribution as part of the 2007 Community Environmental Improvement
Grants.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of the Community Environmental Improvement Grant Program (CEIGP) is to
encourage residents to actively participate in environmental initiatives. To facilitate this program,
$9,700 was budgeted to the Environmental Stewardship Capital Account in 2006, with a
maximum grant allocation of $3,000 for any one project. This year the Environmental Committee
received 7 grant applications.
Typically, consideration of these grant applications is undertaken annually in the fall. However,
due to the Municipal Election and staffing changes within the Planning Division consideration of
the 2006 grant applications was delayed to 2007.
REPORT:
At the February 22, 2007 Environmental Committee meeting, the Committee considered 7
applications for the CEIGP, and are recommending that $5,500 be allocated to 5 of applicants.
The Committee found that 2 of the applications did not meet the grant criteria and as such,
those applications were withdrawn from consideration.
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The Committee resolved that given the similarities and limited nature of the activities being
proposed, each 2006 applicant would receive approximately 40% of their requested funds.
Further, as a means of attracting more diverse applications in the future, the Committee agreed
to review the CEIGP criteria and to have the remaining $4,200 in 2006 funding prorated for
distribution as part of the 2007 grants.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS:
$9,700 was budgeted in the Environmental Stewardship Capital Account for the CEIGP in 2006,
and is available for awarding.
Colin Goodeve
Committee Administrator