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City Council Informational Report
Report Type: Informational Report Meeting Date: 1/14/2013
January 14, 2013 Page 1 of 1
(ID # 3317)
Title: Surplus Property Donated to Nonprofit Organizations
Subject: Report on Surplus Property Donated to Nonprofit Organizations and
Contributions to the City from Those 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.”
The following table summarizes donations given to the nonprofit organizations and gifts
received from them. Please note Friends of Palo Alto Children’s Theatre donated $80,000.00,
but these funds were not a result of the sale of surplus property.
Attachments:
Attachment A: Friends - Costume Sale Donation Receipts (PDF)
SURPLUS PROPERTY DONATED BY THE CITY OF PALO ALTO TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Calendar Year 2012
Date Title of
Organization
Items donated by City
to Organization
Commercial Value
of Items Donated
to Organization
Receipts
Collected by
Organization
Goods Provided
to City from
Organization
Commercial Value
of Items Donated
from Organization
1/13/12 Friends of
Palo Alto
Children’s
Theatre
Cash donation
to the
Children’s
Theatre
$80,000.00
06/04/12 Friends of
Palo Alto
Children’s
Theatre
Unusable clothing and
costumes from theatre
productions.
$180.00
10/06/12 Friends of
Palo Alto
Children’s
Theatre
$5,254.501
Total $180.00 $5,254.501 $80,000.00
1 Receipts collected by organization at annual costume sale do not have a one to one correlation with the value of items given to them by the City. Unsold
costumes are carried over for sale from one year to the next.