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Home My WebLink About2024-06-25; City Council; ; Donation from the Carlsbad Library & Arts FoundationCA Review AZ Meeting Date: June 25, 2024 To: Mayor and City Council From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager Staff Contact: Suzanne Smithson, Library & Cultural Arts Director suzanne.smithson@carlsbadca.gov or 442-339-2011 Subject: Donation from the Carlsbad Library & Arts Foundation Districts: All Recommended Action Adopt a resolution accepting a donation of $165,000 from the Carlsbad Library & Arts Foundation to the City of Carlsbad’s Library & Cultural Arts Department. Executive Summary The Carlsbad Library & Arts Foundation has offered to donate $165,000 to the City of Carlsbad’s Library & Cultural Arts department, as follows: • $50,000 from its Robert H. Gartner Endowment Fund to support cultural programming in the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium at the Carlsbad City Library complex; • $100,000 from its Benson Family Endowment Fund to provide funding in part for library materials and in part to support programs and services of the Library Learning Center; and • $15,000 from the Cannon Endowment Fund to support programs, exhibits and activities associated with the William D. Cannon Art Gallery. Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.08.100 requires the City Council’s approval to accept donations worth more than $5,000. Explanation & Analysis The Carlsbad Library & Arts Foundation was launched in 1998 with the mission to seek, cultivate and provide financial support for the City of Carlsbad’s library and cultural arts facilities and programs and ensure they serve community needs. One way the foundation achieves this mission is by attracting and managing major gifts. Through the generosity of community members, endowments have been established to support specific programs and services: June 25, 2024 Item #1 Page 1 of 3 •The Robert H. Gartner endowment was established in 2005 and is designated to support cultural programming in the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium located at the Carlsbad City Library complex. •The Benson Family endowment was established in 2014 with a gift from Dr. and Mrs. Russell Benson through the Benson Family Trust, for the use and benefit of the Library Learning Center and for the acquisition of books and other library materials for the libraries. •The William D. Cannon Art Gallery endowment was established with a gift from Teresa M. Cannon in 1999, to support the activities and programs of the William D. Cannon Art Gallery at the Carlsbad City Library complex. The funds for fiscal year 2024-25 will be appropriated as follows: •The Robert H. Gartner Cultural Endowment Fund will support programs presented by the Library & Cultural Arts Department in the Schulman Auditorium including concerts, films, arts lectures, literary events, author visits, Family Open Studios + events, teen talent shows, plays and play readings for the community to enjoy. These funds will also support film and music licenses for the venue. •The Benson Family Trust will support specific collection development activities and services, including both physical materials and downloadable ebooks and audiobooks. At the Library Learning Center, these funds will provide marketing and promotional materials, support for the Career Online High School Program and bilingual services. Benson Family Trust funds will also support a reconfiguration of the first-floor service desk to better serve the public. •The Cannon Endowment funds will support exhibition-related special events at the William D. Cannon gallery in the coming fiscal year as well as the gallery’s technical needs. The donation will help build connections between the gallery’s exhibitions and the Three-Part-Art education programs, which are developed in relation to specific exhibitions. Fiscal Analysis The $165,000 donation will be used as stated above to enhance cultural programming, visual arts activities, and library services through the Library & Cultural Arts department. Appropriation of these funds is included in the FY 2024-25 adopted budget. Next Steps The Library & Cultural Arts department will apply these funds as appropriated in the FY 2024-25 adopted budget to deliver the identified programs and services. Environmental Evaluation This action does not require environmental review because it does not constitute a project within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act under California Public Resources Code Section 21065 in that it has no potential to cause either a direct physical change or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Exhibits 1.City Council resolution June 25, 2024 Item #1 Page 2 of 3 RESOLUTION NO. 2024-153 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING A DONATION OF $165,000 FROM THE CARLSBAD LIBRARY & ARTS FOUNDATION TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD'S LIBRARY & CULTURAL ARTS DEPARTMENT WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, has determined that the Carlsbad Library & Arts Foundation has generously offered to donate $165,000 to the City of Carlsbad's Library & Cultural Arts department; and WHEREAS, acceptance of this donation will enhance cultural programming in the Ruby G. Schulman Auditorium and William D. Cannon Art Gallery, and facilitate the purchase of library materials, support programs and services at the Library Learning Center. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California, as follows: 1.That the above recitations are true and correct. 2.That the City Council gratefully accepts the donation of $165,000 from the Carlsbad Library & Arts Foundation. 3.That the Finance Director, Administrative Services, shall appropriate the $165,000 donation to the library & Cultural Arts Department FY 2024-25 operating budget to be used to support library programs and services. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 25th day of June, 2024, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: NAYS: ABSTAIN: ABSENT: BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER, LUNA. NONE. NONE. NONE. KEITH B�ayor �HERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk lT (SEAL) Exhibit 1 June 25, 2024 Item #1 Page 3 of 3 .l<mm.