HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014-119 CCR Member Dan Ryan introduced the following resolution and
moved its adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 2014-119
RESOLUTION PROVIDING FUNDING TO SUPPORT THE BROOKLYN
BRIDGE ALLIANCE YOUTH EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center has been a member of the Brooklyn
Bridge Alliance for youth since January of 2009; and
WHEREAS, the Brooklyn Bridge Alliance entered into a Memorandum of
Understanding, effective July 17, 2014 with Youthprise, a Minnesota Nonprofit Corporation to
advance the purposes of the Brooklyn Bridge Alliance for Youth; and
WHEREAS, it is our belief and expectation that goals of improving outcomes
for youth in Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park can be best achieved through the joint efforts of
the members of the alliance along with partnerships with private citizens and others; and
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center's financial commitment to this effort
is$10,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of,
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota,that$10,000 of the unassigned fund balance of the General fund be
provided in support of the Brooklyn Bridge Alliance Youth Employment Program.
September 8, 2014
Date Mayor
ATTEST: "--gk
City Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Lin Myszkowski
and upon vote being taken thereon,the following voted in favor thereof:
Tim Willson, Kris Lawrence-Anderson, Lin``Myszkowski, and Dan Ryan;
and the following voted against the same: none;
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.