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1 RESOLUTION NO. 2012-204
2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A WINNING
3 TEAMS GRANT FOR THE CARLSBAD KNIGHTS
4 BASEBALL TEAM AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS.
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WHEREAS, the City Council adopted City Council Policy No. 51 which
addresses the criteria and process for funding community acfivifies, including
participation by winning teams in national competifions; and
WHEREAS, Secfion 5 of City Council Policy No. 51 states that the City Council
IQ may approve a Winning Teams Grant for a youth team to offset the cost of travel
11 expenses to nafional championship competitions; and
12 WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Knights have submitted a letter requesting
13 reimbursement funding under the Winning Team Grant for their participafion in the
Triple Crown World Series held in Steamboat Springs, Colorado from July 31 to August
5; and
WHEREAS, the Carlsbad Knights consist of twelve (12) players and four (4)
coaches; and
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19 WHEREAS, awarding said grant will benefit Carlsbad by providing: community
20 exposure from a marketing perspective; a morale booster for both the team members and
21 the community as a whole; support for a winning team that helps to demonstrate an
22 important community building principle which is: all of us together can do more than each
23 of us can do alone; and, a grant that assists in the City's effort to foster an enhanced
24 sense of community where its members feel a sense of belonging and that they matter to
25 one another and to the group; this stronger sense of community, in turn, helps to
26 encourage commitment to common goals and objectives that benefit the larger community
27 through an enhanced quality of life; and
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1 WHEREAS, staff recommends approval for the grant in the amount of $3,891 in
2 direct cash reimbursement assistance to the Carlsbad Knights baseball team; and
3 WHEREAS, the City Council General Fund confingency account carries sufficient
funds to support the recommended grant.
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.
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9 2. That the City Manager or designee is authorized to approve reimbursements
10 up to, but not to exceed, three thousand eight hundred and ninety one dollars
11 ($3,891) for travel related expenses for the Carlsbad Knights baseball team
^2 slated to participate in the Triple Crown World Series Tournament held in
Steamboat Springs, Colorado from July 31 to August 5.
3. That the Finance Director is authorized to appropriate three thousand eight
hundred and ninety one dollars ($3,891) from the City Council's General Fund
confingency account, and to distribute said funds on a reimbursement basis
as approved by the City Manager or designee for the Carlsbad Knights
19 baseball team for the purpose set forth above.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meefing ofthe City Council
of the City of Carlsbad on the 28th day of August 2012, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
Council Members Hall, Kulchin, Blackburn, Douglas and Packard.
None.
ABSENT: None.
LORRAINE M. WOOD, City Clerk
(SEAL)