2017-2018 Grant Recommendations-Approvals Table 2017-2018 Neighborhood Enhancement Proposals and City Council Awards (grants awarded at 07-18-17 City Council Meeting)
Neighborhood Amount Amount
Association Proposal Requested Awarded Comments,Conditions,and Recommendation
Full funding recommended.The committee felt this proposal met the
Landscaping around two criteria of public benefit and neighborhood enhancement by
existing neighborhood signs, beautifying the sign areas and showing pride and investment in the
1. Bryant located at intersections of $300 $300 neighborhood.The proposal is for low, drought-tolerant plants, and
Bryant and Lakeview Blvd., and the NA will submit their planting plan to Public Works for review and
Bryant Road and Jean Road. approval prior to planting.The NA will be responsible for ongoing
maintenance of the plants.
Purchase of Origami#3-Totem Full funding recommended.The committee felt this proposal met the
sculpture, currently on loan criteria of public benefit and neighborhood enhancement by
from artist and sited in front of extending the city's permanent outdoor art collection along one of
Kyra's Bake Shop as part of the city's key corridors, and marking the entrance to the
Gallery Without Walls rotating neighborhood.
collection.
2. Evergreen $ 10,000 $10,000 The sculpture would be donated by the neighborhood to the Arts
The new permanent location Council for ongoing maintenance and insurance, and inclusion in the
for the sculpture would be the Gallery Without Walls walking tours.
east side of 10th Avenue,just
south of A Avenue (across from The neighborhood association is contributing$3,000 in additional
the Heritage House). funds to complete the project.
Meet and mingle event at Fall Full funding recommended. The committee recommends funding
3. First Addition/ annual meeting, and "Festive this project consistent with the program intent to implement
Forest Hills I Front Porches" holiday $450 $450 neighborhood and community goals, build community pride,
decorating contest. leverage volunteer efforts, and create partnerships.
2017-2018 Neighborhood Enhancement Proposals and City Council Awards (grants awarded at 07-18-17 City Council Meeting)
Neighborhood Amount Amount
Association Proposal Requested Awarded Comments,Conditions,and Recommendation
Partial funding recommended. The committee recommends full
funding for the emergency preparedness supplies for block captains,
and partial funding for the event.
The requested emergency preparedness supplies follow the co
standardized list developed for the NEP program and approved by
the City's Emergency Management Team.The award includes one 3
supply cost adjustment, applicable to all NEP requests for emergency
preparedness supplies.
4. Forest
Neighborhood emergency
Highlands preparedness event, and $5,120 $4,220* $1,000 was requested for a neighborhood event to raise awareness
supplies for block captains about emergency preparedness, and to recruit additional block
captains.The event costs did not identify speaker fees or training
materials, but focus on event refreshments. While the event purpose
goes beyond a social gathering,the committee felt the event costs
mirrored that of a social event, and were not consistent with the
Council's prior direction to limit funding for such activities. $300 is
recommended for the event, consistent with the NEP criteria for
social events.
*Reflects$200 reduction to reflect correction on supply list
Partial funding recommended.The committee recommends funding
1. Rehab of school bus shelter projects 1, 2, and 4, but not funding project 3.
at Hallinan and Laurel 1. $4,700
2. Timber stairs in unimproved For project#2,the committee recommends exploring ravel or
5. Hallinan 2. $3,000 $g,000 p g a g
Heights O'Brien Street ROW, 3. $2,000 wood chip pathway instead of stairs. Public Works staff advised that
between Laurel and Ash 4. $300 the proposed type of stairs, composed of large timbers backfilled
3. Noxious weed spraying in with gravel, can become hazardous when the gravel erodes.A path
$10,000
public ROW would also provide the same treatment as the north end of the
4. Neighborhood Picnic unimproved ROW.
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2017-2018 Neighborhood Enhancement Proposals and City Council Awards (grants awarded at 07-18-17 City Council Meeting)
Neighborhood Amount Amount
Association Proposal Requested Awarded Comments,Conditions,and Recommendation
For project#3,treatment of invasive plants on City property has
been increasingly requested as part of the NEP program, however,
effective management requires treatment for three consecutive
Hallinan, cont. years, and poses a challenge for NEP funding.The committee
recommended that Council have a broader discussion about funding
for invasive management, rather than fund this work through the
NEP program.
Full funding recommended.The committee supports funding for the
completion of Team Captain Supply Kits,which were partially funded
through the 2016-2017 NEP grant cycle. In the last three years,the
Supplies for four emergency Lake Forest NA has created a strong emergency preparedness
6. Lake Forest response team captains, which $4,316 $4,116* program,which includes quarterly training sessions for response
lead 22 CERT-trained residents. team captains.The requested supplies follow the standardized list
developed for the NEP program.
*Includes$200 reduction to reflect correction on supply list
Full funding recommended.The committee recommends funding
Three public art installations for this collaborative effort to enhance the aesthetics and sense of place
Boones Ferry Road Project,to with the Boones Ferry Road Project. Integration of public art along
be located at expanded Boones Ferry was conceptualized in the Arts Councils Public Art
7. Lake Grove, sidewalk areas ("Waysides"). Master Plan, and has been part of the ongoing design work of the
Lake Forest Funds requested for design $18,750 $18,750 Boones Ferry Road PAC.The Committee recognized the need for
and Waluga refinement and fabrication; alternative funding for the public art component of Boones Ferry
artwork to be stored and Road, because the City's Percent for Art Program does not apply to
installed upon roadway street, pathway or utility construction (LOC Chapter 18).The NEP
program establishes a general guideline of$10,000 per
completion. neighborhood, and allows multiple neighborhoods to collaborate on
larger projects.
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2017-2018 Neighborhood Enhancement Proposals and City Council Awards (grants awarded at 07-18-17 City Council Meeting)
Neighborhood Amount Amount
Association Proposal Requested Awarded Comments,Conditions,and Recommendation
Full funding recommended:The committee recommends full funding
for this emergency preparedness project, with approval of additional
Walkie talkies for 30 block funds for radios with a non-rechargeable battery option, needed
8. Lakewood captains assigned to $1,250 Up to$1,334
when electricity is not available.
neighborhood sub areas. The two-way radios recommended on the Prep LO list have this
functionality with the addition of a AAA battery pack, and would cost
$1,334 for an equivalent number of radios.
Full funding recommended.The committee supported this request to
pay the additional cost for an ornamental black metal fence rather
9. McVey South Upgrade of planned than replacing the damaged wooden fence with chain link.The
Shore replacement fence in South $4,600 $4,600 ornamental fence will visually enhance South Shore Blvd., be low-
Shore right-of-way. maintenance and replaceable in sections should it be hit again in the
future.This grant proposal has been coordinated by Public Works
and would be implemented by the City.
Full funding recommended.The committee supported this project
Poetry etched into three with conditions: 1)The neighborhood association will obtain a
sidewalk panels along Durham sample etching to test the quality and ensure the depth of etching
complies with ADA requirements, and 2)The neighborhood
10. Old Town street, selected through a $2,500 $2,500 association will notify the abutting property owners of liability for
poetry competition. the sidewalk area and obtain their approval.This project has support
of the Arts Council and implementation would be coordinated with
the Council.
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2017-2018 Neighborhood Enhancement Proposals and City Council Awards (grants awarded at 07-18-17 City Council Meeting)
Neighborhood Amount Amount
Association Proposal Requested Awarded Comments,Conditions,and Recommendation
Full funding recommended with conditions. The committee supports
providing emergency supplies in a central, accessible location, on the
condition that an appropriate site can be approved by the land
owner, ideally at Uplands School.
One of the questions and concerns around providing emergency
Emergency preparedness preparedness supplies to neighborhoods has been the ability to
access the supplies, and to hold them as a shared resource rather
11. Uplands supplies for block captains, and $4,758 $4,558*
central storage for supplies. than in individual homes.The idea to place supplies in an accessible
storage container addresses that problem, and Public Works has
offered to donate a used shipping container following the completion
of the Maintenance Center.A neighborhood event is planned to
demonstrate the supplies and share emergency response
information.
*Includes$200 reduction to reflect correction on supply list
Landscape beautification of Full funding recommended.The committee supports improving this
crosswalk entrance to East park entrance area through a collaborative effort of neighborhood
Waluga Park(at Quarry Road). volunteers and Parks Maintenance staff.The project has been
12. Waluga $800 $800 coordinated with Parks staff, who note the neighborhood's ongoing
Refreshments for annual commitment to helping maintain the park, including watering other
summer picnic, park landscaped areas completed with NEP funds.The refreshments fall
beautification work party, and within the$300 limit for social events.
annual meeting ($200).
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2017-2018 Neighborhood Enhancement Proposals and City Council Awards (grants awarded at 07-18-17 City Council Meeting)
Neighborhood Amount Amount
Association Proposal Requested Awarded Comments,Conditions,and Recommendation
Full funding recommended.The committee supports this
community-building event,with NEP funds contributing to the
13. Westridge Neighborhood Picnic $300 $300 neighborhood potluck.The neighborhood association plans to collect
donations, which will be used to fund the picnic next year.
Amount Available $60,000
Total Amount Requested $63,204
Total Amount Awarded $59,998
Amount Remaining $2.00
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