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CITY OF CARLSBAD -AGENDA BILL n
TITLE: ACCEPTING A DONATION OF $5,000 FROM THE DEPT. HD.
CARLSBAD LIONS CLUB TO THE CARLSBAD CITY
LIBRARY AND APPROPRIATING DONATION TO THE CITY ATTY. l
LIBRARY GIFTS AND BEQUESTS FUND &L
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Resolution No. $4 c YSO accepting a donation of $5,000 from the Carlsbad Lions
Club and directing an appropriate letter of thanks.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The Carlsbad Lions Club is donating $5,000 to the Carlsbad City Library for the purchase of
a reading machine for the visually impaired, (Exhibit 2), and for the purchase of large print
books.
Donation is appropriated to the Library Gifts and Bequests Fund.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
EXHIBITS:
1. Resolution No. 99 * 450 accepting a donation from the Carlsbad Lions Club.
2. Reading Machine Information sheet
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RESOLUTION NO. 99-450
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA,
ACCEPTING A GIFT OF $5,000 FROM THE CARLSBAD LIONS
CLUB AND APPROPRIATING DONATION TO THE LIBRARY
GIFTS AND BEQUESTS FUND.
WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Lions Club has donated $5,000 to the library, and;
WHEREAS, the library and the Carlsbad Lions Club have agreed that this
onation will be used to purchase a reading machine and large print books;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
:arlsbad, California, as follows:
1. That the above recitations are true and correct.
2. That the City Council accepts the gift of $5,000 from the Carlsbad Lions Club
on behalf of all citizens of Carlsbad, and hereby appropriates these funds to
the Library Gifts and Bequests Fund.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council
f the City of Carlsbad, California, at a regular meeting held on the 5th day of
October , 1999, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:Council Mem&rs Lewis, Nygaard, Finnila & Ha11
NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Member Kulchi
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