CC SR 20230620 E - Gifts for Parks
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 06/20/2023
AGENDA REPORT AGENDA HEADING: Consent Calendar
AGENDA TITLE:
Consideration and possible action to accept Gifts for Parks donations.
RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION:
(1) Accept Gifts for Parks donations and direct Staff to prepare donor letters of
appreciation for the Mayor’s signature.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
Amount Budgeted: N/A
Additional Appropriation: N/A
Account Number(s): N/A
ORIGINATED BY: Mary Hirsch, Administrative Staff Assistant
REVIEWED BY: Cory Linder, Director of Recreation and Parks
APPROVED BY: Ara Mihranian, AICP, City Manager
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:
The City’s Gifts for Parks Program, established in 1982, provides a means by which
interested individuals, organizations, and/or businesses may contribute funds or
merchandise to enhance the City’s Recreation and Parks facilities and programs.
Donations, as prescribed by law, are tax-deductible as charitable contributions.
The City has received the following donations between February 1, 2023 and May 31,
2023.
50th Anniversary Gala Event Donation
• Charlotte Richen Ginsburg: $2,000
Bubbles Restoration Donation
• Charlotte Richen Ginsburg: $2,000
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Whale of a Day Donation
• EDCO Disposal Corporation: $2,600
Interpretive Center Amphitheater Plaques ($2,000)
• Dr. Yossef Aelony: $2,000, in memory of Ginette Chervonaz Aelony
• The Graziadio Family: $10,000, in memory of G. Louis Graziadio III
• Deborah S. Tomlinson: $2,000, in memory of Jane Ellen Ponder
• Ki S. Han: $10,000, Commemorating the first Gaju (California) Han Family
Reach Program Donations
• Mark Christensen: $100
• Paige Omoto: $150
• Kathleen & Roy M. Omoto: $200
• Linda Nanji: $250
Commemorative Benches ($3,000)
• Vandana & Aditi Srivastava: $500, in loving memory of Sunil Sahay 1940-2022
and Geeta Sahay 1949-1997, from your loving family
• Keshav N. & Kanchan Sahay: $2,500, in loving memory of Sunil Sahay 1940-
2022 and Geeta Sahay 1949-1997, from your loving family
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