HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-07-16; City Council; ; $35,000 donation from the Carlsbad Friends of the ArtsCA Review AZ
Meeting Date: July 16, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Scott Chadwick, City Manager
Staff Contact: Suzanne Smithson, Library & Cultural Arts Director
suzanne.smithson@carlsbadca.gov, 442-339-2011
Subject: $35,000 donation from the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts
Districts: All
Recommended Action
Adopt a resolution accepting a donation of $35,000 from the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts to the
City of Carlsbad Library & Cultural Arts Department.
Executive Summary
The Carlsbad Friends of the Arts are donating $35,000 in direct support of cultural arts
programs for fiscal year 2024-25.
Carlsbad Municipal Code Section 2.08.100 requires the City Council’s approval for the city to
accept donations worth more than $5,000.
Explanation & Analysis
The Carlsbad Friends of the Arts is a non-profit, community-based organization, founded in
1987 with the mission to support cultural arts programs and activities in the City of Carlsbad.
Historically, the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts have raised funds through opportunity drawings
conducted at the TGIF concerts, advertisements in a souvenir program distributed at the
concerts and through their membership program.
This donation will provide additional support for the TGIF concert series and other cultural arts
activities.
Fiscal Analysis
This $35,000 donation will be used to enhance cultural arts programming and activities through
the Library & Cultural Arts department.
Next Steps
The donation from the Carlsbad Friends of the Arts will be appropriated to the Library &
Cultural Arts Department’s fiscal year 2024-25 operating budget.
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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
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RESOLUTION NO. 2024-166
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD,
CALIFORN IA, ACCEPTING A DONATION OF $35,000 FROM THE CARLSBAD
FRIENDS OF THE ARTS TO THE CITY OF CARLSBAD LIBRARY & CULTURAL
ARTS DEPARTMENT
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, California has determined that the Carlsbad
Friends of the Arts has generously offered to donate $35,000 to the City of Carlsbad's Library & Cultural
Arts department; and
WHEREAS, acceptance of this donation will provide enhanced cultural arts programming and
activities throughout the City of Carlsbad.
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 $35,000 from the Carlsbad
Friends of the Arts.
3. That the City Manager, or designee, shall appropriate the $35,000 donation to the
Library & Cultural Arts Department FY 2024-25 operating budget to be used to support
cultural arts programs and services.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Carlsbad on the 16th day of :!!!.!Y, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
AYES:
NAYS:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
BLACKBURN, BHAT-PATEL, ACOSTA, BURKHOLDER.
NONE.
NONE.
LUNA.
KEITH BLACKBURN, Mayor
SHERRY FREISINGER, City Clerk
(SEAL)