Title
Application for Cities of Service Engaged Cities Award (Ordinance S-45308)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept, and enter an agreement for the Cities of Service Engaged Cities Award. If chosen, the award would be for a minimum of $50,000. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse funds.
Report
Summary
The Cities of Service Engaged Cities Award is designed to elevate city-led strategies that most successfully engage residents to help solve the most pressing local problems. Cities of 30,000, or more, in the Americas and Europe, are eligible to apply. Three winning cities will be selected and each winner will receive a minimum of $50,000 to be used for citizen engagement efforts in the future. The deadline to apply is Jan. 18, 2019.
The City will submit applications focusing on the City's "We're Cool" outreach campaign, connecting those experiencing homelessness and transit-dependent communities to cooling centers and hydration stations during times of extreme heat, and the Housing Department's Edison-Eastlake One Vision Plan. Both align with the goals of the Engaged Cities Award in key areas including: engaging residents in creative ways and fostering collaborations within the City and community.
The City of Phoenix is a founding member of Cities of Service, a non-profit organization founded by former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg that supports cities engaging residents to help solve their most pressing issues.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
This item is scheduled to go before the Planning and Economic Development Subcommittee on Jan. 8, 2019.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the City's Chief Service Officer.