Speaker 1: Motion carries eight zero.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Now we'll move on to item number ten with the clerk. Please read.
Speaker 1: Recommendation to authorize a city manager or designee to execute an agreement and any subsequent amendments with the March of Dimes California chapter to continue the. Destined for Greatness program and accept grant funding in the amount not to exceed 26,492 for the period of March 1st, 2017 through February 28th, 2018, citywide.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilman Mongo.
Speaker 4: I think it's great that we are accepting grant funds. Just a point of clarification. Do we typically have every single grant come before this council or do we have an acceptance policy of amounts under a certain amount? I know that sometimes accepting grants or providing the letter of acceptance can be a barrier. And I want to make sure that we don't ever miss out.
Speaker 5: On money because of it.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Councilmember. That's a good question. We do have policies in place to allow city staff in many cases to apply for those grants and be very responsive and quick. However, the council does have the responsibility to accept any grant award and also to authorize. So you always see every grant when it's time to accept the awards and to authorize the city manager to sign the documents.
Speaker 4: Okay. We might want to explore providing department had the discretion up to a certain amount to accept funds so that we can make sure to be able to do that in the future. But at this time, I hope that everyone will be supportive of this opportunity to take the.
Speaker 8: $26,000.
Speaker 4: And use our much needed programs.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Councilman Mungo's, any public comment on item number ten saying none.
Speaker 2: And Vice Mayor, if I may, we have to make a quick adjustment to the recommendation. Kelly Colletti.
Speaker 12: Yeah. So the reason this was pulled from consent is that the that the time frame of the contract was changed. And so with the original term of the agreement was to run from March 1st, 2017 through February 28, 2018. However, we recently notified that the term had been shortened by two months. So it's the same amount of money, the same services. But the term now for the grant will be from March 1st, 2017 through December 31, 2017.
Speaker 0: Perfect. Is that amended motion accepted? Sure. And I'll second it. Members, please cast your vote.
Speaker 1: Motion carries seven zero.
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any subsequent amendments, with the March of Dimes California Chapter, to continue the Destined for Greatness Program and accept grant funding in an amount not to exceed $26,492, for the period of March 1, 2017 through February 28, 2018.  (Citywide)