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File #: 2022-099    Version: Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/28/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 10/13/2022 Final action: 10/13/2022
Enactment date: 10/21/2022 Enactment #: 2022-099
Title: REVISED SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET RESOLUTION NO. 2022-099 - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE GRANT AWARD FOR ALICE S. WILLIAMS LIBRARY RESTORATION PROJECT - GRANT NO. 23.S.AA.900.072
Sponsors: Grover C. Robinson, IV
Attachments: 1. Revised Supplemental Budget Resolution No. 2022-099, 2. Revised Supplemental Budget Explanation No. 2022-099.pdf

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SPONSOR:                         Grover C. Robinson, IV, Mayor

 

SUBJECT:

 

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REVISED SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET RESOLUTION NO. 2022-099 - FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF STATE GRANT AWARD FOR ALICE S. WILLIAMS LIBRARY RESTORATION PROJECT - GRANT NO. 23.S.AA.900.072                     

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RECOMMENDATION:

 

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That City Council adopt Revised Supplemental Budget Resolution No. 2022-099.

 

                     A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND MAKING REVISIONS AND APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2023; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

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HEARING REQUIRED:  No Hearing Required

 

SUMMARY:

                                          

In November 2021, City staff submitted an AACH grant application to the DOS for the repair and restoration of the Alice S. Williams Library building at 1015 N. E Street.  The City was notified of their success in securing the grant funding in June, and the grant agreement was remitted in late September.  These grant funds will be utilized to bring the building back to a state of occupancy while restoring and preserving as many of the historical elements of the building as possible. A supplemental budget resolution appropriating the grant funds will be provided in an accompanying action item to the City Council.

 

Opening its doors in August 1952, the Alice S. Williams Public Library was the first library service for African-American citizens in Pensacola. Named after an esteemed local high school teacher committed to the education of Pensacola's African American youth, the Alice S. Williams Public Library provided access to a wealth of knowledge and experience to a segregated, underserved population. In 1976, years after segregation was declared unconstitutional, Alice Williams closed its doors as a public library branch with services transferred to the downtown branch.  The building has fallen into disrepair after shuttering some years ago after its last use as a daycare ended.

 

PRIOR ACTION:                     

 

None

 

FUNDING:                     

 

     Budget:                     $  500,000                     AACH Grant - Alice Williams Library Project

 

      Actual:                     $  500,000                     AACH Grant - Alice Williams Library Project

 

FINANCIAL IMPACT:

                     

Adoption of the Supplemental Budget Resolution will appropriate the grant funds for the project.

 

LEGAL REVIEW ONLY BY CITY ATTORNEY:    Yes

 9/26/2022

   

STAFF CONTACT:

 

Kerrith Fiddler, City Administrator

Amy Lovoy, Finance Director

 

ATTACHMENTS:

 

1)                     Revised Supplemental Budget Resolution No. 2022-099

2)                     Revised Supplemental Budget Explanation No. 2022-099

 

PRESENTATION:     No   end