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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 08-28RESOLUTION NO. 08-28 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN ESTABLISHING A VOLUNTARY PROGRAM FOR MAKING DONATIONS TO THE TUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF TUSTIN COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUSTIN RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: The City Council hereby, finds, determines, and declares as follows: A. The Tustin Community Foundation is a non-profit organization that promotes and advances gifts, donations, and contributions in support of non-profit organizations and public institutions that meet and effectively address the needs of the Tustin community. B. The Tustin Community Foundation assists the City and the City Council in the screening and review of applications for Community Development Block Grants and makes recommendations regarding funding to the City Council. C. It is the desire of the City Council to significantly reduce and eventually eliminate requests from community service providers for grants or contributions from the City's general fund, which consists of various tax revenues intended for governmental purposes. D. The City Council finds that the Tustin Community Foundation is uniquely situated to serve as a general clearinghouse for requests for funding from community service providers, including private non-profit entities and public institutions providing services to the Tustin community. E. The establishment of a voluntary program, involving the City's Utility Billing System, for making donations to the Tustin Community Foundation will encourage and facilitate charitable giving for the benefit of Tustin residents. F. The City Council specifically finds that any contribution under this Program shall be a voluntary contribution or donation to the Tustin Community Foundation and shall not be deemed in any respect to be a tax, fee, or assessment of any kind. Section 2: The Finance Director of the City is authorized to implement as soon as practicable a voluntary donation program that will facilitate the making of monetary contributions or donations to the Tustin Community Foundation through the Resolution No. 08-28 Page 1 of 2 use of the City's Utility Billing System as generally described in the Agenda Report to the City Council dated May 6, 2008. Section 3: The City Manager is authorized to execute any agreement or amendment to any agreement with the Tustin Community Foundation that the City Manager and the City Attorney find are reasonably necessary or appropriate to ensure that the intent of this resolution is implemented. Section 4: This Resolution shall be operative from and after adoption thereof. PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Tustin held on the 6th day of May, 2008. JERRY AMANTE Mayor PAMELA STOKER City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS CITY OF TUSTIN) I, Pamela Stoker, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Tustin, California, do hereby certify that the whole number of the members of the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 08-28 was duly passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council, held on the 6th day of May, 2008, by the following vote: COUNCILMEMBERAYES: Amante, Davert, Bone, Kawashima Palmer (5) COUNCILMEMBER NOES: None (0) COUNCILMEMBER ABSTAINED: None (0) COUNCILMEMBER ABSENT: None (0) PAMELA STOKER CITY CLERK Resolution No. 08-28 Page 2 of 2