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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-11-06; City Council; 19205; Acceptance of donationCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL AB# 19.205 MTG.10/23/07 DEPT. LIB ACCEPT A DONATION FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY AND APPROPRIATE FUNDS DEPT. HEAD CITY ATTY. CITY MGR. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 2007-278 accepting a donation from the Friends of the Carlsbad Library in the amount of $2,220.00, acknowledging pledged support of an additional $10,240.00, and directing Finance to appropriate the funds as received for expenditures within the current fiscal year. ITEM EXPLANATION: The Carlsbad City Library is once again sponsoring a community-wide reading program, CARLSBAD READS TOGETHER, featuring Alexander McCall Smith's best-selling book, No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency. The Friends of the Carlsbad Library are donating funds in the amount of $ 2,220.00 to cover the estimated costs for books, films and various promotional materials in support of the CARLSBAD READS TOGETHER program for April 2008. These funds need to be appropriated to the Library's Special Revenue Fund budget, Friends donations. The Friends have also pledged to cover directly the costs up to $10,240.00 for speakers' honorariums. FISCAL IMPACT: The donation and pledged additional support from the Friends for costs related to the CARLSBAD READS TOGETHER program for 2008 will allow the Library to provide this community-wide program with little or no impact on the General Fund. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: The donation of funds does not qualify as a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378) and no environmental review is required. EXHIBITS: 1. Resolution No. 2007-278 accepting the donation from the Friends of the Library, appropriating funds as received and acknowledging a pledge of additional support for the CARLSBAD READS TOGETHER program 2008. FOR CITY CLERKS USE ONL Y. / COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED jf DENIED D CONTINUED D WITHDRAWN D AMENDED O CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC D CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN D RETURNED TO STAFF D OTHER - SEE MINUTES D 10/23/07 Adiourned to 11/6/07 DEPARTMENT CONTACT: Heather Pizzuto - 760-602-2056- hpizz@ci.carlsbad.ca.us EXHIBIT 1 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2007-278 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING AND 3 APPROPRIATING A DONATION FROM THE FRIENDS OF 4 THE CARLSBAD LIBRARY 5 WHEREAS, the Friends of the Carlsbad Library are donating $2,220.00 to the 6 Carlsbad City Library to cover the estimated costs for books, films and various 7 promotional materials in support of the CARLSBAD READS TOGETHER program for 8 April 2008; and 9 ]Q WHEREAS, the Friends of the Carlsbad Library have also pledged to cover directly the costs up to $10,240.00 for speakers' honorariums; 12 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of 13 Carlsbad, California, as follows: 14 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 15 16 2. That the City Council accepts the gift of $2,220.00 from the Friends of the 17 Carlsbad Library on behalf of all citizens of Carlsbad, and hereby authorizes 18 the Finance Director to appropriate the funds as they are received to the 19 Library Special Revenue Fund, Friends donations. 20 3. That the City Council acknowledges with thanks the additional sum of 21 $10,240.00 pledged in direct support of the CARLSBAD READS TOGETHER 22 program for April 2008. 23 24 25 " 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 6th day of November, 2007, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard and Nygaard. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. Mr*Mayor ATTEST: