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
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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
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