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Welcome TLC's Strategic Plan Project
Human Relations Commission
Caryn Maloney (x1476)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to enter into agreement with Language Equity & Access Partners, LLC. (LEAP) for the provision of an organizational needs assessment and strategic planning process for Welcome Toledo Lucas County's (Welcome TLC) Project; authorizing the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $30,000 from the General Fund; waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring and emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this ordinance is to enter into a contract for Phase 2 of Welcome TLC's Strategic Plan Project that was budgeted for in HRC's 2024 budget.
In partnership with Lucas County and the Toledo Lucas County Public Library, HRC provided limited support to phase 1 of Welcome TLC's project with Language Equity & Access Partners (LEAP) to do a series of community conversations in native languages to assess the needs of immigrants in the Toledo area along with a demographic analysis. The next phase of the project is an organizational needs assessment and strategic planning process to further build a welcoming and inclusive community for immigrants, refugees, and people of diverse cultures in the Toledo and Lucas County community. HRC agreed to support Welcome TLC in Phase 2 which will include the Organizational Scan, Needs Assessment Report, and Strategic Planning portions of the project.
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NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into an agreement with Language Equity & Access Partners, LLC. (LEAP) for the provision of an organizational needs assessment and strategic planning process for Welcome Toledo Lucas County's (Welcome TLC) Project upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Law and the Commissioner of the Human Relations Commission.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of an amount not to...
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