Title
Request to Apply for and Accept Spark Grant Funds for Community Engagement in e-Mobility (Ordinance S-50017)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, and, if awarded, accept grant funds from Vitalyst Health Foundation (Vitalyst) to enhance existing e-mobility outreach to underserved neighborhoods and provide support to community-based organizations such as Unlimited Potential that are assisting in the outreach. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item. The total grant funds applied for is $25,000.
Report
Summary
Vitalyst Health Foundation offers $25,000 Spark Grants for unique initiatives that support and enhance outreach to underserved communities. As part of the Transportation Electrification Action Plan implementation, the City is currently conducting listening sessions in underserved neighborhoods to better understand the e-mobility and active transportation needs of the community and identify solutions such as cool corridors, e-bike-share, and e-carshare, that would improve their quality of life. Listening sessions have already been conducted in English and Spanish in Maryvale and South Phoenix. This Spark Grant would support listening sessions to diverse populations in Sunnyslope, Alhambra, North Phoenix, East Phoenix, Estrella, and Laveen communities. The grant funds will include costs for community outreach and listening session facilitation services by community-based organizations.
Contract Term
The grants funds would be awarded and disbursed in calendar year 2023.
Financial Impact
The Spark Grant is $25,000. No matching funds are required. The funds and the listening sessions would be administered by the Office of Sustainability.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Mario Paniagua and the Office of Sustainability.