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RESOLUTION NO. 2026-015
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ARROYO GRANDE APPROVING ARROYO GRANDE
COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT PROGRAM PROJECTS FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2025-26
WHEREAS, on September 23, 2014, the City Council approved the Community Service
Grant Program (CSGP) process and annually budgets funds to implement the program; and
WHEREAS, on October 25, 2022, the City Council established the composition of the CSGP
Grant Committee (the "Committee") consisting of one member appointed by each of the
Councilmembers; and
WHEREAS, the total funding available for this program in FY 2025-26 is $75,000; and
WHEREAS, the City received a total of twenty-four (24) eligible applications requesting a
total of $177,125 from the FY 2025-26 CSGP; and
WHEREAS, the Committee convened on February 27, 2026, to develop funding
recommendations for City Council’s consideration; and
WHEREAS, non-profit organizations that serve public purposes, offering specialized social
services, educational, cultural, beautification, and recreational programs and that benefit
Arroyo Grande residents are eligible to receive CSGP funds; and
WHEREAS, the Committee recommended awarding funds based upon the CSGP Policy,
presented to the City Council on March 24, 2026, and on file with the City Clerk’s Office; and
WHEREAS, on March 24, 2026, the City Council considered the recommendations of the
Committee and approved funding for certain proposed CSGP projects; and
WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Resolution have occurred.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande
as follows:
1. The recitals set forth herein are true, correct and incorporated herein by
reference.
2. Adopting the Resolution is not a project subject to the California Environmental
Quality Act (“CEQA”) because it has no potential to result in either a direct, or
reasonably foreseeable indirect, physical change in the environment. (State
CEQA Guidelines, §§ 15060, subd. (c)(2)-(3), 15378.) Further, adoption of the
Resolution is not a project pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines, § 15378(b)(5) as
an organizational or administrative activity of government that has no anticipated
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direct or indirect physical environmental impacts.
3.The City Council hereby approves funding for the 2025-26 CSGP as set forth in
Exhibit “A" attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference, subject to
all of the rules, requirements, and regulations applicable to the CSGP and its
grant recipients.
4.The City Manager or his designee is authorized to take any and all actions
necessary or impliedly necessary to effectuate City Council’s approval of the
grants for the 2025-26 CSGP projects.
5.If any section, subsection, clause or phrase in this Resolution is for any reason
held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this Resolution shall not be affected
thereby. The City hereby declares that it would have passed this Resolution and
each section, subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the
fact that one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases or the
application thereof be held invalid.
6.This Resolution shall be effective upon the date of adoption.
On motion of Council Member Guthrie, seconded by Council Member Secrest, and on the
following roll call vote to wit:
AYES: Council Members Guthrie, Secrest, Loe, and Mayor Ray Russom
NOES: Council Member Maraviglia
ABSENT: None
the foregoing Resolution was adopted this 24th day of March, 2026.
CAREN RAY RUSSOM, MAYOR
ATTEST:
JESSICA MATSON, CITY CLERK
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
MATTHEW DOWNING, CITY MANAGER
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
ISAAC ROSEN, CITY ATTORNEY
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EXHIBIT ‘A’
Name of Non-Profit Grant Amount
Requested
Grant Committee
Recommendation
American Legion $ 1,000 $ 500
Arroyo Grande Community Hospital $ 10,000 $ 7,200
Arroyo Grande In Bloom $ 3,000 $ 1,000
Arroyo Grande Valley Little League $ 10,000 $ 2,700
Assistance League $ 4,000 $ 3,500
Big Brothers Big Sisters of SLO $ 8,000 $ 2,000
Boys Girls Club of SLO County $ 5,000 $ 3,000
Center for Child and Adolescent Mental
Health (CCAMH) $ 15,000 $ 5,000
Central Coast Athletics Foundation $ 12,000 $ 4,500
Community Action Partnership of SLO $ 19,750 $ 3,500
Court Appointed Special Advocates of
SLO County (CASA) $ 5,000 $ 5,000
Five Cities Meals on Wheels $ 12,775 $ 6,000
Gen U SLO $ 2,100 $ 1,600
Hospice of SLO County $ 6,000 $ 3,500
LifeLine Pregnancy Center $ 7,000 $ -
People's Self Help Housing $ 15,000 $ 4,500
Positive Ride JAMS $ 10,000 $ 2,000
Scouting America – Los Padres Council $ 1,500 $ 500
Scouting America – Troop 414 $ 1,000 $ 250
Senior Nutrition Program/Meals that
Connect $ 10,000 $ 8,000
Shower the People $ 8,000 $ 6,000
SLO County YMCA $ 3,000 $ 1,750
South County Youth Coalition $ 6,000 $ 2,000
United Cerebral Palsy, SLO County $ 2,000 $ 1,000
FY 2025-26 CSGP Totals $ 177,125 $ 75,000
OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION
I, JESSICA MATSON, City Clerk of the City of Arroyo Grande, County of San Luis
Obispo, State of California, do hereby certify under penalty of perjury, that the attached
Resolution No. 2026-015 was passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the
City Council of the City of Arroyo Grande on the 24th day of March, 2026.
WITNESS my hand and the Seal of the City of Arroyo Grande affixed this 26th day
of March, 2026.
JESSICA MATSON, CITY CLERK