Title:
Title
Acquisition Grant Agreement for Sacramento LGBT Community Center
End
FileID
File ID: 2019-01186
Location
Location: 1015 20th Street, District 4
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Pass a Motion authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to execute a $750,000 Acquisition Grant Agreement with the Sacramento LGBT Community Center to acquire 1015 20th Street to house its operations.
Contact: Michael Jasso, Assistant City Manager, (916) 808-1380, Office of the City Manager; Leslie Fritzsche, Economic Investment Manager, (916) 808-5450, Office of Innovation and Economic Development
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Acquisition Grant Agreement
3-Photograph of 1015 20th Street Building
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On June 11, 2019, the City Council approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019/20 Budget. This budget included funding priorities directly aligning with neighborhood inclusive economic development and projects with citywide impact. Amongst the priorities was an allocation of $750,000 to assist the Sacramento LGBT Community Center organization in the acquisition of a new facility,1015 20th Street, to house the Sacramento LGBT Community Center (the "Center").
The grantee, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center organization ("Sacramento LGBT Center") was originally incorporated in 1978 as the Lamda Community Fund. For more than 30 years, they have operated almost entirely on the generosity of community volunteers who aided those in need and a place to find community. The Sacramento LGBT Center operates numerous facilities throughout Sacramento that serve the LGBTQ+ community, and it has grown to become one of the region's largest non-profits reaching more LGBTQ+ people than any other organization in Northern California. The organization has more than 30 employees and provides programs and services for health and wellness, advocacy, and community building. Since its founding, the Sacramento LGB...
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