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City of Palo Alto (ID # 6544)
City Council Staff Report
Report Type: Informational Report Meeting Date: 3/14/2016
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Summary Title: Surplus Property Donated to Nonprofit Organizations
Title: Report on Surplus Property Donated to Nonprofit Organizations
From: City Manager
Lead Department: Administrative Services
Recommendation
This is an informational report and no Council action is required.
Discussion
On October 6, 2008, Council adopted an ordinance amending Section 2.31.010 of Chapter 2.31
to Title 2 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, to allow the donation of unusable or obsolete City
property and equipment to nonprofit organizations supporting the city’s programs.
The ordinance specified that the City’s donation of surplus property “shall be contingent on a
written agreement that any profits from the sale of such items shall be used for the purchase of
equipment, books or capital expenses related to the program supported by the nonprofit
organization.”
It also specified that the City Manager “shall identify all property donated to nonprofit agencies
pursuant [to the ordinance, and] in January of each year, the City Manager shall provide a
report to the city council that includes an inventory of the items donated by the City and all
contributions made to the City from nonprofit organizations that have received surplus city
property.”
After a year of actively trying to sell seven double-sided library wheeled carts, they were
donated by the City with no value to Habitat for Humanity in calendar year 2015.