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04-104242 43 4-4 �5 46 47 48 49 50 �1 52 53 54 » 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 Spending 930 930 930 930 930 930 930 930 930 90398 90306 90306 90306 90306 90306 90306 90306 90306 0548 0547 0547 0547 0547 0�47 0547 0547 0�47 Office of Financial Services Financing 001 00000 7302 Spending 001 00110 0221 001 00110 0547 IiRA Enterprise Fund Spending 117 26537 0565 117 26537 0557 77999 COU�'CIL CONTINGENCY 77126 NBRH Ii IVST INIT PROGRAM 77991 WARD 1 77992 WARD 2 77993 WARD 3 77994 WARD 4 77995 WARD 5 77996 WARD 6 77997 WARD 7 Total 00000 TRF FR ENTERPRISE FND Total 00000 POSTAGE 00000 CONTR TO OUTSIDE AGENCY Total 60016 TRF TO CAPITAL PRJCTS 60016 TRF TO GENERAL FND Total Current Bud�et 100,000.00 141,004.00 185,247.50 291,9 ] 6.96 12,398.97 92,706.04 100,000.78 95,000.00 45,000.00 1,063,27425 Changes (100,000.00) (141,004.00) 33,714.86 33,714.86 33,714.86 33,714.86 33,714.86 33,714.86 33,714.86 (5,000.00) �_ 1��-t2 Amended Budget 0.00 0.00 218 325,631.82 46,113.83 126,420.90 133,7li.64 128,714.86 78,714.86 1,058,274.25 0.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 0.00 5,000.00 5,000.00 24,992.00 0.00 24,992.00 (5,000.00) 10,000.00 5,000.00 10,000.00 10,000.00 100,000.00 0.00 100,000.00 (5,000.00) 5,000.00 0.00 95,000.00 5,000.00 100,000.00 („Q c7 l Adopted by Council: Date ��� �� a�� F Approva] Re F�ial Services Director: By: Page 2 of2 Adoption Certified by Council Secretary: Form Approved by City Attomey: Council File # � ' � �}2 Green Sheet # 3023642 Presented By: RESOLUTION OF SAINT PAUL, MIlVNESOTA Re£erred To: Dat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I1 12 13 14 15 16 ' 17 IS 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 WHEREAS, Kids Voting Saint Paul is a non-profit education program whose purpose is to educate children about the voring process; and WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Ciry Counci] has previously supported the efforts and program offered by Kids Votmg Saint Paul as adopted in Council File 02-832 on Wednesday, September I1, 2002; and WHEREAS, Kids V oting Saint Paul has requested the City to provide the sum of $10,000 as program support; and WHEREAS, IC�ds Voting Saint Paul will use this support for its special program of working with children in Saint Paul's public, private, and charter schools and the community to create posirive civic experiences for our children through the opportuniry to ]earn about public e]ecYions by "casting a vote° dunng the upcommg public elecrions; and WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council finds that Kids Voting Saint Paul provides a public purpose by educating students about the civic right and responsibiliry to vote because they lean� about the electoral process and voting to become informed citizens, and that the program increases adult voter tumout in Kids Votmg commumties because students encourage theu parents to go to the polls so that the students can vote in the Kids Voting election; and WHEREAS, the adopted 2004 Neighborhood STAR budget provides $141,004 for the Neighborhood Investment Initiarive Program funded from Sales Tax Revenues and $100,000 in Council Contrngency funded from the Housing 5000 Land Assembly Bond Interest Earnings for use by the Neighborhood Investrnent Iniriative Program; and WHEREAS, the Housing 5000 Land Assembly Bond activity (117-26537) has eamed enough mterest to fund the $ l OQ000 Council Contingency, of which $5,000 will be used for the Kids Vote Saint Paul Program and the other �95,000 allocated to each Wazd Program of the Neighborhood Investment Initiative Frogram; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor, in accordance with Section 10.07.4 of the city charter, recommends the followmg changes to ihe 2004 budget; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVSD, that the City Council finds that Kids Voting Saint Paul will provide a unique and pos�tive opporCUnity for children and the community to leam about, partic�pate in, and understand the importance of voting in public elections; AND BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the City Council hereby authorizes the contribution of $1 Q000 to Kids Voting Saint Paul, to be expended on only those items set forth in the attachment to this resolurion. PleighborLood STAR Program Financiug 930 90306 6602 00000 INTEREST ON INVESTMENTS 930 90306 7302 00000 TRF FR ENTERPRISE FND Total Curzent Budget 250,561.00 250,561.00 Changes (1OQ000.00) 95,000.00 (5,000.00) Amended Budget 150,561.00 95,000.00 245,561.00 Page 1 of2 �- �6�1Z � Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet Green Sheet � OepartmenUoffice/counciL• � Date Initiated: ; Fs -F��,�� ����-� Green Sheet NO: 3023642 � Confact Person 8 Phone: Deoartment SeM To Person InitiaV afe � I PeterBWer � 0 ivancialServices / ��� Assign 1 'siSe ' D armi tDirector I Must Be on Council Agenda by (Date): Number Z ;nancial Services 06ce FSnavcial Servi I� 27-0CL04 For 3 ' A rue Routing Order 4 a or's Office Ma or/ 'stant 5 ounc� C1 Council 6 Clerk GS CI rk ToWI # of Signature Pages _(Clip All Locations for Signature) Action Requested: � Approval of $10,000 conhibution to Kids Voting Saint Paul for programs that create the opporlunity to leam about public elec6ons by "casting a vote" during tl�e upcoming public elections. Allocation of Council Contingency and Neighborhood Inves[ment Initiative Progam (NIIP) Funds in the 2004 STAR budget to individual Wazd accounu. � Recommendations: Approve (A) or Reject (R): Personal Service Contracts Must Answer the Following Questions: Planning Commission 1. Has this persoNfirm everworked under a contract forthis departmeni? CIB Commiftee Yes No Civil Service Commission 2. Has this personlfirm ever been a city employee? Yes No 3. Does this personlfirm possess a skill not normally possessed by any current city employee? Yes No Expiain all yes answers on separate sheet and attach to green sheet Initiating Problem, Issues, Opportunity (Who, What, When, Where, Why): . This resolu&on provides Kids Voting Saint Paul with a$1Q000 contdbution, funded with $5,000 out of $100,000 of Land Assembly Bond Account interest eamings designated for NIIP, and $5,000 from the Office of Financial Services' budget. This resolution also i allocates $95,000 of LA Bond Account interest eaznings plus $141,004 of STAR revenues among the seven ���/�?, per the adopted 2004 STAR budget. AdvanWqes If Approved: Kids Voting Saint Paul receives $1 Q000 and funds aze allocated to each Ward for DIIIP. A ���n , r /�C BFsr4� V� J U7 �"'iCi� Disadvantages If Approved: � 1 �1 ���� g� e—! i 7 C� \J �, �CT � � 2004 I DisadvantaAeslfNOtAPProved: P�1 [�'�°y^��p��p. i �!fl � T 6'� € P f� � 1 I � ( 7otal Amount of _ TrensaMion: �241,004 CosURevenueBudgeted: y Fu�a��A source: Land Assemby Bonds Activiri Number. Funds 717 and 930 ( Financial Information: aGCOUnt, Ne+ghborhood .�Q�'�m� r°n#Ar (�cp�a�n) STAR OCi 2 6 2004 c�-1- t INVOICE Octobez 21, 20Q4 To: City of Saint Paul From: Kids Voting Saint �aul Re: Itemized Expenses ConsultanYs Fee Kids Voting Affiliation Fee Printing of Bmchures (5,000) Bailot Printing (25,000 @ .OS) Online Batlot Volunteer Expenses Volunteer Recognition Event 1'otal Submitted by: Itobecta Megard ExecuCive Director Kids Voting Saint Paut 1439 Hythe Street Saint Paul, l�tV SS108-1422 September — November Election 2004 River Print Kids Voling MN sup�lies Computer pmgramming �'raining Materiats 700 Volunteers $2,500 2,500 1,100 1,250 2,000 150 S00 $10,000 p`-�-t I. ORGANIZATIf1NAL INFORMATION A. Kids VoGng is a �ational organization founded in 1988. It began with a flshing trip. In 1987, three business leaders from Arizona were on vacation in Costa Rica. As the travelers dlscovered, Costa Rica has the highest voter turnout of any western democracy. One reason credited for this turnout is that chitdren there learn about the importance of votfng in school, and then on Election Day Yhey go "vote" with their parents. The travelers brought this concept back to Arizona and in 1988 they Iaunched the first Kids Voting program in tfie suburban Phoenix area. In 1990 Kids Voting went statewide in Arizona fnvoiving 750,000 studenk5. In 1994, twenty states including Minnesota plus the Distrfct of Columbia participated. Kids Voting Minnesota ran its flrst pilot program in Duluth, which has recently celebreted its lOth anniversary. St. Pau1 joined as an affiliate in 2000 and held a subsequent election in 2002. 2004 will be our third national and state election. B. Our mission is to foster active, engaged and well-lnformed citizens. To this end Kids Voting St. Pau! works with local schools and communities to create positive civic experiences for youth including the opportunity to learn about and vote in public elections. The curriculum fs designed to foster long-term civic engagement, promote Informed voting, and encourage civic participatlon on a dai�y basis. Kids Voting is an intervention for long-term change. Kids Voting has two goals: 1. To educate students, K- 12, about the rights and responsibilities of voting. Increase communication between students and adults and increase Snvofvement of parents in their chiidren's schools. Heiqhten awareness and excitement about elections among youth. 2. To increase informed adult voter turnout immediately. Activities/Stretegies to accomplish these goals: 1. Provide Kids Voting Currtculum to all teachers in St. Paul. Z. Provide in-service teacher training about the curricuium and the voting process. 3.PUbiish brochures in (Spanish, Hmong, Somali) as well as English to promote the program, recruit votunteers and attrect sponsors. 4. Pubilsh a Kids Voting Voters Guide in partnership with the Pioneer Press during the third week of October to be distributed to every school in the East Metro region. (New Activity) 5, Publish a coloring book appropriate for K- 3 students to be handed out at the polling ptace. (New AcYivity} 6. Provide Family Activity Guides for use with the Civics Allve curriculum. (New Activity) 7. Print 25,000 Kids Vottng ballots for use on Election Day. We expect 10,000 students to vote online. Provide passwords to teacher/students to access the online �� (�-1- l baltot. 8. Engage community organizations to become sponsors and volunteers. Staff all 104 St, Paul precincts with Kids Voting materiais and vofunteers. Volunteer traintng session and Klds Vating presentations wiil be made throughout the summer and fail. 9. Establish building representatives irt cooperation with the St. Paul Schooi District, Private and Charter schoois to distribute materials (precinct maps, cvrriculum, voter guides, etc.), promote the schooi as a"Kids Voting Schooi", and help in Yeacher evaluation. 10. Report to the media the Kids Voting results wlthin 24 hours of the polis closing. 11. Distribute voter registration cards to graduating seniors who will turn 18 on or OObefore the November 2nd election. (New Activity) 12. Provide public service announcements on Cable Channels i� both Engiish and Spanlsh to reise awareness about Kids Voting. (fYew Activity) 13. Create a mascot called "Generai Election" to appear at Kids Voting klck-off evenks, sporting events, and be available for classroom visits upon request. (New Activity) 14. Recruit Board members and Advisory CommitCee members representative of the Asian-American, Hispanlc, Native American, and AFrican-American communities. Include students in our committee structure to plan and implement the program. 15. Update and publicize our Web site throughout the year, 16. Pubtish a Kids Voting Newsletter in the spring and fall to be distributed to teachers, voiunteers, sponsors, and the general public. (New Activity) 17. Host a volunteer recognition event after Election Day. 18. Establish a museum exhibit and sponsor debates and symposia. 19. Conduct a Kids Voting elecCion in 2005 for St. flaul's mayoral and school board candidates. (New Activity) 20. Estabiish a Speake�'s Bureau to go to classrooms and organizations upon request to raise awareness for Kids Voting and to utilize our mascot "Generai Etection". 21, Increase citizenship among St. Paul immigrants through student/parent information and activities. C. Since our program was launched in 2000, the foltowing accomplishments 5houtd be noted: Kids Voting Curricutum was made available to approximately 50,000 students In 2002. �2 Laminaeed precinct maps and Klds Voting tee shirts were made available to teachers in 150 schoois. !3l- Kids Voting Elections were held in 2000 and 20Q2. Hosting a"Teen Vote" symposlum in z002 to examine voting methods such as i�stant run-off electlons, ali mail-In systems, and the Australian system where a flne is levied for not voting. Hosting a St. Paul Mayorai debate in Z001. Creating a pilot progrdm for online voting in the St. Paul school board election In 2003. (New Activity) Dist�ibuting 2000 voter registration cards to graduating seniors in 2004. (New ActNfty) The geographical area served in the City of St. Paut. Children in grades K-12 in public, private, charter and home schools will be provided with the Kfds Voting Curriculum to fit St. Paul's demographics. There are about 63,000 schoo! age children in St. Paul. Data for the public schools indicate that minority students make up 70.6% of the public school age population in St. Paut. Of those, 63fl/o are eligible for reduced or free lunch in 2002. The pubiic scfiool bPeakdown is White American 293% Asian American - 28,9% African American - 28.1% Hispanic American - 12.8% American Intlian - 1.8% The private school breakdown is; Whfte American - 87% Asian American - 5% African American - S% Hispanic American - 2% American Indian - 1% D. Kids Votfng St. Paul works closely with other groups whose mission is to prepare students for a lifetime of voting and civic participation in our democracy. We have affiliated with Youth Vote, The Minnesota Participation Project, and provided our curriculum to organizat+ons serving youth such as the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Campfire USA, YMCA Youth in Government, Big Brothers/Sig Sisters, and others. E. The board is a working/pollcy board. Currently we have 14 members and are continuing to recruit with emphasls on diversity. The board is made up of sub- committees including: development, education, volunteers, publicity, and elections. All board members serve actively on committees. Kids Voting St. Paut seeks to involve the diverse groups in our community. About 10 members of the sub-committees are volunteers not full board members. Between 500 and 700 volunteers are recruited to staff the Kids Voting pollfng sites on Election Day. The staff is made up af a quarter-time e�ceCUtive dlrecYor. A volunteer toordinator is employed for the six months lead;ng up to Election Day. Staff is responsible for representing the organization publiciy, rafsing the necessary funds, providing support of the board and volunteers, and reporting to the state and t��tz. nationai Kids Votinq organiza[ions. The executive director is Roberta Megard. Ms. Megard is a former St. Paul City Council member and experienced in pubiic policy. She has many years of experience in nonprofit management. For four years, she served as Executive Director of the League of Women Voters of St. Paui and eight years as Executive Director of the St. Anthony Park Community Council. She has served as Executive Director of Kids Voting St. Pau! since March 2002. The Volunteer Coordinator is Susan Keskinen. Ms. Keskinen has many years of experience as a volunteer in the schools and as a consultant in evaluation and social work. She was hired in June 2004. F. FinancialInforntation The time frame for the grant is September 2004 — December 2004. Our long-term funding strategy is to return to the sponsors that prov(ded support in 2000 and 2002. The Board of �trectors has established a fundraising/development committee to identify other prospects for funding. Each year that the Kids Voting program is in place, more sponsors wiil be added. The number of sponsors is a reflection of community support. All sponsors of Kids Voting St. Paul are Iisted on our updated brochure to be available by mid-August. A direct mail solicitation is done each year as wetl. II. Pt1RPOSE OF THE GRANT To provtde operating support and implement Che third year of the Kids Voting St. Paul program. Dlstrfbutfng KVSP curriculum to 150 St. Paul schools, providing Spanish language family activity guides, printing brochures in three lan9uages (Spanish, Somali, Hmong) in addition to English, recruiting 700 volunteers to staff KVSP polling places on Election Day and expanding student participation to 30,000 through online ballots and early voting in the schools. Voter tumout is tikely to continue its downward trend without programs like Kids Voting USA and its affiliates. In the past 40 years, voter turnout for presidential elections has steadily declined. In 1960, nearly 63% of those oid enough to vote cast ballocs; in Z000 (the tast presidential election), citizen voting participation was 51%. More children than ever are growing up in a non-voting household. The factor that most determines whether a young person will vote Is parental voting habits. At best, o�e in five young people ages 19 and 19 wi)t vote by the age of 21. Research conducted i� Kansas showed that the voting rate for registered 18 year- olds who had participated in the Kids Voting USA program was 14% higher than their non-participating peers. Kids Voting students learn the importance of voting, and they develop the skllfs needed to be informed, participating citizens. toy"t- Kids Voting heips students understand the direct efFects of government and publit policy on their dally lives. They also learn that they have a voice in the decision- making process at every Ievel of government. Quallty education is the key to individuaf success and should be promoted. Kids Voting through its curriculum, prepares students for a lifetime of voting and civic participation in our democrety. Working with diverse organizations in St. Paui, Kids Voting can boost partitipatton among youth, racial and ethnic minorities, and low- income citizens so that the voices and opinions of these groups are more equaliy represented in the potitical system. According to a 1996 national �eague of women Voters survey, Pewer and fewer citizens have an adequats understanding of how democracy works; only 38% of American eight graders know that Congress makes taws. Kids Voting confers an enormous benefit in sacuring the American tradition of civic partidpation involving youth, school and famiiy in the election process. Kids Voting prepares youth in ali communities for a stronger adulthood. Civic education is the key to a stronger and more participatory democracy. Low voter turnout threatens our very form of government. Kids Voting fs an intervention for long-term change. The freedom to vote is one of our most important rights, a right that people around the world stiil fight and die to gain. While the erosion of civic participation in the United States has inspired innovative ways to use media, schoois, and elections to revive citizenshlp, most of these programs ignore the famiiy as a setting for political engagement. Family discussion remains a largety untapped resource for those who would reinvigorate participatory demoCracy. Programs such as Kids Voting provides a blueprint for integrating elections, schoois, and the news media as a strategy for civic activation. Studies have shown that communities that have Kids Voting in thefr schoois typically experience an increase in voter turnout. Stanford University research showed that students actuaity impact their parents, creating a"trickle-up effect" that boosts parents' citizenship skills. Parents of Kids Voting students are re-energized to participate In the political process as a result of students urging them to discuss political issues at home, and go to Che polls wlth them on etection day. Kids Voting is a unique "learn by doing" educational experience. The program combines grade-appropriate ciassroom activities with authentic voting experience that repUcated the adult process. On Election Day, students can cast a bailot that mirrors the adult ballot with a full slate af candidates and issues. (Older students vote on the entire ballot; younger students vote on races and issues, as age-approprfate.) In 2000, 9,800 students voted in the Election, 520 volunteers staffed the booths and 78 schools participated. In 2002, 9,000 students participated (mid-term elections), 450 volunteers staffed the polli�g p(aces, and 94 schools participated. This is about 25% of the student population. Research on Kids Voting programs around the country shows that where the progrdm fs in ptace, there is an increase in adult turnout of 3- 5%. St. Paui voter turnout frgures supplied by the Secretary of 5tate are as foltows: 1948 103,J48 2000 121,628 2002 111,420 Thus, in 2002 voter turnout was 7% greater than in 1998 both gubernatorial years. Z000 voter turnout was 14.5% greater [han 1998. It is important to note that the turnout in presidentiat election years ts always greater than in gubernatorial years. Results of the 2002 Kids Voting Minnesota are inciuded in the attachments to this appiication. III. EVALUATION Kids Voting baliots will be tracked by schooi and grade. Analyzing the results wili provide us with the number of ballots cast, schools and grades part�cipating. This data wtll be compared with the aduit voter turnout on Election Day. We wi!! Yrack through the Secretary of State, the number of newly registered 18 year-olds and their participation. Kids Voting will work with researchers from the Humphrey Institute to evaluate the impact of the progrem Ehrough parental participation, knowledge of the election proccss, and tfie totai St. Pau1 adult voter turnout. This can be done for all of the etections since our progrem began in 2000. Kids Voting USA also tracks participation on a yearly basis. � � tD�IZ The results wiil be used to improve and expand our program in future years. We witl aiso use the data to report to sponsors, students, parents, the school district, and the Community.