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The Mayor and City Council shall discuss and possibly take action to provide consent to submit a grant application to the Mayor’s Challenge through Bloomberg Philanthropies in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000. Consent to submit a grant application provides the City Manager authority to sign all necessary documents to complete the application. Discussion and Action.
AGENDA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Bloomberg Philanthropies is inspired by the opportunity to find and spread innovative local solutions to national programs. The Mayor’s Challenge was created to celebrate the creative problem solving and incredible innovation that is happening at city halls from coast to coast. The five boldest ideas with the greatest potential for impact will win funding as well as national and local recognition. The challenge is about identifying a need, solving a problem and sharing your knowledge so that other cities and citizens can benefit from your insight and action.
For the purposes of the Mayor’s Challenge, a great idea is one that shows bold and innovative thinking, a solid strategy for implementation, and the potential to generate measurable impact not just in Maricopa, but in other cities too. The Mayor’s Challenge aims to encourage cities to take an idea, make it bigger, better and more impactful.
Ideas must address one or more of these impacts:
· Serious social or economic problems
· Improve customer service for residents and businesses
· Enhance accountability to or engagement with the public
· Create efficiencies that make government work better, faster and cheaper
Ideas must also be:
· Brand new- never implemented
· Something that has been implemented elsewhere but is new and improved in your City
· An existing pilot or demonstration project you wish to expand
Five awards will be provided nationwide and award decisions are expected in spring 2013:
· One (1) $5 million winner
· Four (4) $1 million winner
The Maricopa Police Department is presenting an idea t...
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