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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2002-05-20 City Council (5)City of Palo Alto City Manager’s Report TO:HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL FROM:CITY MANAGER DEPARTMENT: COMMUNITY SERVICES DATE:MAY 20, 2002 CMR: 226:02 SUBJECT:APPROVAL OF BUDGET AMENDMENT ORDINANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $25,000, RECEIVING A GRANT FROM THE PALO . ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION AND TRANSFERRING CITY MATCHING FUNDS OF $25,000 INTO CIP 10204, LIBRARY MASTER PLAN RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that Council approve the attached Budget Amendment Ordinance to accept and expend a $25,000 grant from the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation and approve the transfer of $25,000 in matching funds from the Community Services Department 2001-02 operating budget. This will appropriate a total of $50,000 to CIP 10204, Library Master Plan. These funds are to implement conceptual architectural designs for the expansion and remodeling of the Art Center. BACKGROUND The Palo Alto Art Center Foundation is a private, nonprofit 501 c (3) organization founded in 1973 to enhance and support the Palo Alto Art Center. (PAAC) through memberships, fundraising activities, and community relations. The Foundation’s 19- member board of directors works .with the Art Center and City of Palo Alto to enhance programs and expand non-City sources of funding. DISCUSSION The Art Center Foundation is directly supporting the proposed expansion and remodeling project for the Art Center. It has applied for and received a grant from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation for the conceptual design process being undertaken by Mark Cavagnero Associates. The $25,000 Art Center Foundation contribution is to be matched by the City, through the Department of Community Services’ operating budget. CMR: 226:02 Page 1 of 2 RESOURCE IMPACT The attached BAO requests an additional appropriation of expenses and has-no impact on the Budget Stabilization Reserve. No future year General Fund ongoing costs are anticipated as a result of this BAO. Total funds of $50,000 will be plac.ed in CIP 10204, Library Master Plan, and will be expended solely for Art Center site and building architectural design work. The funds necessary to match the grant have been budgeted in the Department of Community Services budget for 2001-2002. POLICY IMPLICATIONS These recommendations are consistent with existing City policies. TIMELINE Funds will be expended in the 2001-2002 Budget. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW This action will approve funding for feasibility studies preliminary to Council consideration of the Libr.ary Master Plan Project and, as such,’ is categorically exempt from CEQA; however, appropriate environmental assessment will be required prior to Council action on the project itself. ATTACHMENTS Attachment A:Budget Amendment Ordinance PREPARED BY: REVIEWED BY: LINDA CITY MANAGER APPROVAL: PAUL THILTGEN Director, Communi~ Services EMIL~iZ~’H~ S ON Assistant City Manager CMR: 226:02 Page 2 of 2 ORDINANCE NO. ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO AMENDING THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2001-02 TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $50,000 TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) PROJECT 10204, LIBRARY MASTER PLAN, TO ACCEPT A$25,000 GRANT FROM THE PALO ALTO ART CENTER FOUNDATION,AND TO APPROVE A $25,000 TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO CIP 10204 WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of Section 12 of Article III of the Charter of the City of Palo Alto, the Council on June II, 2001 did adopt a budget for fiscal year 2001-02; and WHEREAS, the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation has provided a $25,000 grant to the City of Palo Alto to. fund conceptual architectural designs for the expansion and remodeling of the Art Center; and WHEREAS, an amount of $25,000 will be transferred from the Community Services Department 2001~02 Operating Budget to CIP 10204; and WHEREAS, City Council authorization is needed to accept and expend the grant receipts and transfer funds from the Community Services Department to CIP 10204; and WHEREAS, the additional appropriation of funds is for one-time expenditures and no future year General Fund ongoing costs are anticipated; and WHEREAS, City Council authorization is needed to amend the 2001-02 budget as hereinafter set forth. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does ORDAIN as follows: SECTION i. Revenue in CIP Project Number 10204 is increased by Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) for receipt of funds from the Palo Alto Art Center Foundation. SECTION 2. Revenue in CIP Project Number 10204 is increased by a £ransfer from the Community Services Department Arts and Culture 2001-02 operating budget in the amount of Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) and the Community Services Department Arts and Culture.operating budget is correspondingly reduced. SECTION 3. The transactions in sections 1 and 2 will increase the revenue in Capital Improvement Project Number 10204 by $50,000. SECTION 4. The sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) is hereby appropriated to CapitalImprovement Project Number 10204. SECTION 5. The transactions above will have no impact on the Budget Stabilization Reserve. SECTION 6. As specified in Section 2.28.080(a) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, a two-thirds vote of the City Council is required to adopt this ordinance. SECTION 7. This action will approve funding for feasibility studies preliminary to Council consideration of the Library Master Plan Project and, as such, is categorically exempt from CEQA; however, appropriate environmental assessment will be required prior to Council action on the project itself. SECTION 8. As provided in Section 2.04.350 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, this ordinance shall become effective upon adoption. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: AYES: NOES: ABSTENTIONS: ABSENT: ATTEST:APPROVED: City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM:City Manager Senior Asst. City Attorney Director of Services Administrative Director of Community Services.