Coversheet

Board Action Request
18-0557

Item Description:
2019 Youth Sports Grant awards

Resolution:

BE IT RESOLVED, after consideration of recommendations made by the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission, the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners selects XX facility projects totaling $X; and X small equipment and/or other small capital assets totaling $X to receive 2019 grant funding for the Hennepin County Youth Sports Program; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the following agreements be approved to provide funding for the selected organizations/projects in the 2019 grant cycle for the period of January 1, 2019 through July 31, 2020 for the facility grants; and January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019 for the small equipment/other small capital asset grants; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the County Administrator be authorized to approve ministerial amendments, including extension of the grant period, and administrative actions during the contract period; that following review and approval by the County Attorney's Office, the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the Facility Agreements and the County Administrator be authorized to sign the Small Equipment/Small Asset Agreements; and that the Controller be authorized to disburse funds as directed; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an additional $125,000 Hennepin Youth Sports Grants (Equipment Grants) be made available for a second round of 2019 Hennepin Youth Sports Grants (Equipment Grants) to be awarded in 2019; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an additional $125,000 Hennepin Youth Sports Grants (Playground Projects) be made available for a second round of 2019 Hennepin Youth Sports Grants (Playground Projects) to be awarded in 2019.


Background: The Hennepin County Ballpark Initiative provided equal amounts of excess sales tax proceeds to expand library hours and youth sports activities. Resolution 09-0320R3 established the Hennepin Youth Sports Program (HYSP) and contracted with the Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission (MASC) to further develop and administer a process for capital grants to be made by the county board using these sales tax proceeds. The MASC administers the Hennepin Youth Sports Program grant process for the county by distributing information and applications, providing technical assistance, collecting and evaluating all proposals and making funding recommendations to the Hennepin County Board. Since the program began in 2009, several cycles of grant awards have awarded $22.0 million to one hundred and thirty-six (136) facility projects and two hundred and eighty-four (284) small equipment projects, thirteen (13) playground projects and the Swimming Lesson Pilot Program. Current Request: Applications for the 2019 Hennepin Youth Sports grant cycle were accepted through November 5, 2018 and returned thirty-six (36) applications for the small equipment grants were received and twenty-one(21) applications for facility projects. Following review of MASC's recommendations, the board is awarding funding to (XX) small equipment projects in the amount of $XXX,XXX; and (X) facility projects in the amount of $X,XXX,XXX as outlined in this resolution. This BAR requests that the County Administrator be authorized to approve and complete the facilities and small equipment grants. During spring 2019, an additional Board Action Request will be brought forward to allocate the remaining funds for playground projects and a second round of small asset/equipment grants.


Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval