PREPARED BY: LATANYA FISHER DATE OF MEETING: 10/02/17
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING A ONE-TIME EVENT SPONSORSHIP IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,000 TO THE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CONTRA COSTA FOR THEIR “MAKING DREAMS HAPPEN!” EVENT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2017
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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Compliance statements
Fiscal Resiliency Polices: Spending Cap & Facility Use Policy for Maple Hall Waivers and Spending Cap & Special Events Sponsorship (Discretionary Spending) are adopted policy items under the FY 2015-17 Council Priority Workplan, effective October 1, 2016. The sponsorship also falls under 4.4.2 After-School Tutoring Program under policy item Services for Families, Seniors and Youth 4.10.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA.
BACKGROUND
On September 7, 2017 the City Manager received a letter from Ms. Lorna Padia Markus, Gala Committee Chair for the Boys & Girls Club of Contra Costa, in El Sobrante. The Boys & Girls Clubs of El Sobrante and The Diablo Valley unified as one organization earlier this year in support of a vision to serve more youth with a greater impact throughout Contra Costa County. The 2017 fundraising and gala event “Making Dreams Happen!” will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at the R&B Cellars in Richmond, CA and will feature entertainment, dinner, live auction and more. The event allows them to reflect on the success of the merger and significantly increase the number of youth served at the Boys & Girls Club.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America began in 1860 with three women in Hartford, Connecticut - Mary Goodwin, Alice Goodwin and Elizabeth Hammersley. Believing that boys who roamed the streets should have a positive alternative, they organized the first Club. With character development as the cornerstone of the experience, the Club focused on capturing boys’ interests, improving their behavior and increasing their personal expectations and goals. A cause was born and 157 years later the Boys & Girls Club provides students a safe place to go after school and during the summer while providing a positive and enriching experience that places students on a path to success.
The City Council of the City of San Pablo authorizes the “Dream Catcher” sponsorship level in the amount of $2,000. Sponsorship includes eight tickets to the fundraising event, recognition on press releases, website and during the dinner as well on the event program material.
FISCAL IMPACT
A total of $30,000 has been budgeted and earmarked for Event Annual Sponsorship for FY2017/18 under the Adopted FY 2018/21 Quadrennial Operating Budget - City Council Department (100-1110-44050). The authorized sponsorship in the amount of $2,000 will be deducted from this expense balance leaving a remaining balance of $1,500 for the remainder of FY 2017/18 period for future sponsorships by the City Council.