Title
Approval of Neighborhood Block Watch Oversight Committee's Recommendations for 2021 Grant Program Awards (Ordinance S-47531)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to approve the recommendations of the Neighborhood Block Watch Grant Program (NBWGP) Oversight Committee to execute contracts between the City of Phoenix and 131 NBWGP applicants for the 2021 grant cycle. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse funds related to this item in the amount of $1,299,078.
Report
Summary
The Neighborhood Block Watch (NBW) Oversight Committee was established to solicit, evaluate and recommend, to the Mayor and City Council, appropriate proposals to expend funds for the expansion of the Block Watch programs within the limits of the Neighborhood Protection Ordinance. This ordinance, known as Proposition 301, was adopted at a special election held on Oct. 5, 1993. The City Council adopted the format and guidelines for this process on April 26, 1994. The NBW program is administered by the Police Department.
The 2021 grant application process opened on Nov. 2, 2020 and closed on Dec. 3, 2020. The NBW Oversight Committee scored the grant applications based on the following criteria: crime prevention - 50 percent, budget evaluation - 20 percent, community involvement - 20 percent, and project viability/ability to complete - 10 percent.
A total of 160 grant applications were received. Of that total,131 are being recommended for funding by the NBW Oversight Committee for a total of $1,299,078. Twenty-nine grant applications were not recommended for funding. Twenty-six grants scored below the program minimum requirement of 5.25 or higher out of 10 possible points and three grants were disqualified for not following the grant application guidelines. The NBW Oversight Committee vote was 9 ayes, 0 nays, 1 conflict and 1 abstained on the recommended funding list. See Attachment A for a list of all 160 grant applications.
In one case, an applicant was denied partial funding as a result of requesting capped and/or prohibited items. A list of the prohibited/restricted items was included in the 2021 grant application guide.
Contract Term
The funding period is July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
Financial Impact
No matching funds are required.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Jeff Barton and the Police Department on behalf of the Neighborhood Block Watch Oversight Committee.