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k" <br />REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br />Date: 5-23-11 <br />Item No.: 7. d <br />City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Acceptance of SNAG (Starting New At Golf) Grant from the National <br />Recreation and Parks Association <br />11 BACKGROUND <br />2 The National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) has awarded the Roseville Cedarholm Golf Course <br />3 a grant to pilot a new national youth golf program called SNAG (Starting New at Golf). The grant is for <br />4, $,9,000 in youth golf equipment and $,3,000 in cash to be used to promote and offer the youth golfprogram. <br />5 <br />6 Roseville Cedarholm Golf Course was one of fifteen agencies in the United States chosen to pilot the SNAG <br />"7 program in 2011. <br />8 POLICY OBJECTIVE <br />9 The proposal is consistent with the policy of searching out other public and private resources to obtain funding <br />110 to offset the costs of providing programs, services and facilities for Roseville residents. It is also consistent <br />11 with our efforts to partner with other agencies. <br />12 FINANCIAL IMPACTS <br />13 Normally grants are offered only ifthere are matching funds available. In this case this particular grant does not <br />14, require matching funds so the final financial outcomes will be the acceptance of $,9,000 of golf equipment and <br />15 X3,000 in cash to promote and offer a youth golf program. <br />116 STAFF RECOMMENDATION <br />17 Based upon the goal of providing programs at an efficient cost to the community staffrecommends that the City <br />11 111""'1�111 accept a grant from the National Recreation and Parks Association in the amount of $,9,000 in golf equipment <br />119 and $,3,000 in cash to be used to provide a youth golf program throughout the Roseville Parks and Recreation <br />20 program offerings. <br />2 °i REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION <br />22 Motion authorizing the acceptance of the SNAG grant from the National Recreation and Parks Association in <br />23 the amount of $,9,000 in youth golf equipment and $,3,000 in cash to promote and provide a youth Golf <br />24, program within the Parks and Recreation Department. <br />I 1� 1111 11 111111 11 <br />. 0 --= i 1 1 i <br />I 111MBN - <br />Page I of I <br />