TO: CRA Board of Commissioners
FROM: Gina Clayton, Finance & Operations Director
THROUGH: Renée A. Jadusingh, Esq., Executive Director
DATE: September 24, 2024
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A.-G.U.I.D.E. FUNDING REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025 - DELRAY BEACH COMMUNITY LAND TRUST
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Approve the A.-G.U.I.D.E. Agreement with the Delray Beach Community Land Trust, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $239,810 for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and authorize the CRA Board Chair and Executive Director to execute all documents for said purpose.
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Background:
The Delray Beach Community Land Trust, Inc. (“DBCLT”) applied for CRA A.-G.U.I.D.E.: Achieving Goals Using Impact Driven Evaluation Funding for FY 2024-2025 under the category of Affordable Housing. Funding is requested for one program (Program “A”), which is the DBCLT’s Affordable Housing Program. The specifics of the DBCLT’s request are summarized below.
Current Funding Request Amount: $239,810
Organization Total Budget: $1,099,950
CRA Funds - Percentage of Budget: 21.8%
FY2023-2024 Funding: $213,710
STAFF REVIEW:
This year’s Funding Evaluation Committee consisted of CRA Assistant Director, Christine Tibbs; CRA Finance & Operations Director, Gina Clayton; CRA Program Director, Grace Gdaniec; and one representative from the City of Delray Beach - the Assistant City Manager, Jeff Oris. The Committee rated the application package based on the established A.-G.U.I.D.E. criteria. Criteria used in review of the application were grouped into six categories weighted to total 100% as follows:
Organization Capacity 20%
Need for Project/Program 20%
Project/Program Description 10%
Logic Model 20%
Evaluation Plan 10%
Budget & Sustainability 20%
The Application Evaluation Form has six categories, and the majority of the items are rated on a scale of 1 to 5 (worst to best possible response). Please review the attached Application Evaluation Form that includes the rating of the co...
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