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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 11d - Donation in Memory of Jackie Fauts-Moreno for the purchase of books for the Arcadia Public Library DATE: January 21, 2020 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Darlene Bradley, Director Library & Museum Services SUBJECT: DONATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,000 IN MEMORY OF JACKIE FAUST-MORENO FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL AND TEEN BOOKS FOR THE ARCADIA PUBLIC LIBRARY Recommendation: Accept SUMMARY The family of Jackie Faust-Moreno, former Director of Library and Museum Services, has offer to donate $1,000 to the Library for the purchase of middle school and teen materials. It is recommended that the City Council accept the donation. DISCUSSION In June 2012, the family of Jackie Faust-Moreno asked the Arcadia Public Library to set up a trust fund in her memory, with the funds being used to help purchase additional middle school and teen materials. The Library has historically received small monetary gifts from the community to honor or remember a person with the purchase of a book. In most cases, these monetary gifts have gone into the Library Gifts and Grants account, a bookplate has been created and placed in the designated item, and a notation made in the Library catalog. There have been a very few instances when a larger amount of money has been given for a specific purpose and a specific trust fund has been set up. This allows additional money to be donated over time to that specific trust fund for a specific purpose, as in this case. The family chose to directly set up the Jackie Faust-Moreno Trust Fund through the Library because of the Library’s special memorial/honorarium gift donation program. This allows the money to be directly spent as the family wishes, on middle school and teen materials, with a special memorial bookplate placed in each purchased item. By accepting and approving of this $1,000 donation, it can be placed in the Jackie Faust-Moreno Trust Fund to purchase these materials. This donation helps the Arcadia Donation in the amount of $1,000 for the Jackie Faust-Moreno Trust Fund January 21, 2020 Page 2 of 2 Public Library and the City of Arcadia provide a higher number of middle school and teen items for the community of Arcadia beyond the current capacity of the City’s General Fund. All gifts $1,000 or more are subject to approval by the City Council pursuant to City Charter Section 809(d). ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS The proposed action does not constitute a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”), and it can be seen with certainty that it will have no impact on the environment. Thus, this matter is exempt under CEQA. FISCAL IMPACT The acceptance and approval of the $1,000 donation would be a positive fiscal impact for the Library. It will provide additional revenue to specifically purchase middle school and teen materials for the Library collection. RECOMMENDATION It is recommended the City Council determines that this action does not constitute a project and is therefore exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”); and accept a donation in the amount of $1,000 in Memory of Jackie Faust- Moreno for the purchase of new middle school and teen books for the Arcadia Public Library.