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AGENDA MEMO
DATE:
January 25, 2011
TO:
Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM
: Gerald M. Caton
City Manager
SUBJECTProvide One-Time School Field Trip Transportation for Columbia
:
Memorial Space Center Major Donor
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council appropriate $500 from the General Fund for School Field Trip
Transportation Services.
BACKGROUND:
The Kiwanis Club of Downey and the Downey Los Amigos Kiwanis together have
donated $100,000 to the City of Downey’s Columbia Memorial Space Center. This
donation has enabled two classes from Gauldin Elementary School and East Middle
School to visit the Space Center on Thursday, January 27, 2011.
However, there are no funds available for transportation to and from the Space Center
for approximately thirty East Middle School students. Proposition 1A and C funds are
statutorily limited and cannot be used to fund this type of transportation. A cost
estimate of $463.00 was obtained from Coach America Los Angeles for transportation
of the students. In light of the significant donation to the City’s Space Center, staff is
asking that the Council approve a one-time appropriation in an amount not-to-exceed
$500 to fund transportation for the East Middle School students.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$500 will be appropriated from the General Fund for the proposed activity.
CITY OF DOWNEY, CALIFORNIA