City of Brighton - File #: ID-265-17

• File #: ID-265-17
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/17/2017
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 8/1/2017
• Title: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, APPROVING THE SIXTH 2017 BIG LITTLE IDEA CONTEST WINNER; APPROVING A FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR ($500) CASH AWARD TO THE SIXTH WINNER, FROM THE CITY’S GENERAL FUND IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($500); DESIGNATING THE RECIPIENTS AND AMOUNTS TO BE AWARDED; AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2017 ALLOCATION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY; AND SETTING FORTH OTHER DETAILS RELATED THERETO

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To: Mayor Richard N. McLean and Members of City Council
Through: Clint Blackhurst, Acting City Manager
Prepared By: Kristen Chernosky, Director of Public Information & Community Resources
Date Prepared: July 17, 2017
PURPOSE
To approve the sixth winner of the City of Brighton's Big Little Idea contest, awarding the recipient $500 to implement their idea to create and implement an idea that will make Brighton a better place to live, work, play and learn. At the May 2, 2017 City Council meeting when the Big Little Idea recommendations were brought to City Council for approval, staff was still in the process of gaining approval for the sixth idea and was unable to include it at that time.
BACKGROUND
On January 9, 2017 the City of Brighton's Public Information Office announced the Big Little Idea contest. The Big Little Idea contest is a city-sponsored contest that awards $500 each to six citizens, nonprofits or teams that reside in Brighton city limits to create and implement ideas that will make Brighton a better place to live, work, play and learn. The deadline to submit Big Little Idea proposals was April 1, 2017.
The City of Brighton received seventeen (17) applications for the Big Little Idea contest and staff reviewed each application to verify that it met the stated criteria for use of the funds. Six winners were chosen by a judging panel consisting of two city council members and appointed city staff. Winners were selected based on the criteria for originality, connection to the community, and creativity. Any contest winner who either does not complete the Big Little Idea project on or before Dec. 16, 2017 or does not use all of the $500 prize money to complete the project must return the balance of the prize money to the City of Brighton. If a recipient is unable to complete the project by the deadline, or for any other reason withdraws from the contest, the judging panel may designate an alternate winner from those wh...