Item 4E-4O AudioItems 4E-0:
Approval of 2007 Community Services
Agreements
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Community Services Agreements
City Council approval of the following Community Services Agreements:
1. Bob Jones Nature Center (no funding)
2. Southlake Call A Ride, Inc. ($12,000)
3. Grapevine Relief and Community Exchange ($5,000)
4. Keep Southlake Beautiful ($5,000)
5. Metroport Meals on Wheels ($12,600)
6. Southlake Community Band ($7,000)
7. Southlake Historical Society (no funding)
8. Southlake Sister Cities ($5,000) "
Southlake Women's Club for Art in the Square (no funding)
10. SafeHaven of Tarrant County (formerly The Women's Shelter) ($1,000)
11. Apex Artfm
e ($5,000)--
* Changnding request
New Aent in 2007
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Community Services Agreements
• Proposed funding level increases for:
Southlake Sister Cities ($1 K to $5K mid -year adjustment)
Southlake Community Band ($5K to $7K as approved in budget)
` CARS ($10K to $12K as approved in budget)
I Apex Arts League (new unfunded request for $5K)
• New agreement with Apex Arts League; others are renewal
agreements.
No substantive changes to service levels from the previous year
One year terms expiring December 31, 2007.
Proposed agreements reviewed by City Attorney.
• Funding availa
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Community Services Agreements
The Parks Board recommended (8-0) Council approval
of the Bob Jones Nature Center Community Service
Agreement at their November 13, 2006 meeting.
The proposed APEX Arts League agreement was on the
agenda for both the October and November Public Art
Advisory Committee meetings; however, due to a lack of
a quorum at both meetings no action was taken.
• The Senior Advisory Commission voted 7-0 at their
November 14, 2006 meeting to recommend Council
approval of the CARS and MMOW agreements.
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Community Services Agreements
GRACE provides short term emergency assistance
including food, clothing and shelter and similar essential
needs.
• The SafeHaven of Tarrant County (formerly Women's
Shelter) provides emergency services and crisis
intervention for battered family members.
Metroport Meals on Wheels provides senior lunches at
the Southlake Senior Activity Center and home delivered
meals.
• Southlake Sister Cities serves as official liaison between
Southlake's siste i Tome -City, Japan and El
Fuerte, Mexico,.
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Community Services Agreements
• Southlake Community Band provides art and culture
programs through music at community events.
• Southlake Call A Ride, Inc. provides transportation
services to the seniors and handicap youth of Southlake.
Bob Jones Nature Center provides services for
environmental education and preservation through nature
center activities and outreach programs.
• Southlake Historical Society provides education and
preservation efforts for the history of Southlake.
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Keep Southlake Beautiful provides public education and
environmental awareness programs as well as volunteer
assistance for beautification programs.
The Southlake Women's Club provides assistance to
various organizations throughout the area through funds
raised in Art in the Square.
Apex Arts League provides community awareness,
participation, and appreciation of the arts for the north
central area of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex and seeks
to provide a venue for all performing and visual arts in the
region.
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Community Services Agreements
Staff is available for any questions or
comments and seeks City Council direction.
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