HomeMy WebLinkAbout031128 ORD - 04/25/2017 ORDINANCE
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A
DONATION AGREEMENT WITH THE COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION AND ACCEPT $51,000 IN DONATED FUNDS FROM THE
COASTAL BEND COMMUNITY FOUNDATION; AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE A DONATION AND NAMING
AGREEMENT WITH THE VISHAL RAJU BHAGAT FOUNDATION AND
ACCEPT $75,000 IN DONATED FUNDS FROM THE VISHAL, RAJU BHAGAT
FOUNDATION; APPROPRIATING $126,000 IN THE NO. 4720 COMMUNITY
ENRICHMENT FUND FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A DOG PARK AT
BAYSHORE PARK; AND NAMING THE DOG PARK "VISHAL BHAGAT DOG
PARK."
WHEREAS, the Coastal Bend Community Foundation and the Vishal Raju Bhagat
Foundation would like to donate funds to enable the City to construct a dog park at
Bayshore Park;
WHEREAS, the donation from the Coastal Bend Community Foundation is made on
behalf of the Vishal Raju Bhagat Foundation;
WHEREAS, the $126,000 to be donated by and on behalf of the Vishal Raju Bhagat
Foundation makes up approximately 78% of the cost of the development of the dog
park at Bayshore Park;
WHEREAS, the Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee ("PRAC") considered this
request at their April 12, 2017 meeting at which time they voted to approve the request
to support the naming of this park as Vishal Bhagat Dog Park; and
WHEREAS, City Council Policy 6A provides that upon donation of at least 51% of the
value of park or park facility and upon recommendation of the Parks and Recreation
Advisory Committee, the City Council may name the park or park facility as the donating
party designates if the park or park facility has not been specifically named in honor of a
person, group or event;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the City Manager or designee is authorized to execute a
donation agreement with the Coastal Bend Community Foundation and accept a
donation in the amount of $51,000 to be used for the construction of a dog park at
Bayshore Park.
Section 2. That the City Manager or designee is authorized to execute a
donation and naming agreement with the Vishal Raju Bhagat Foundation and accept a
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donation in the amount of $75,000 to be used for the construction of a dog park at
Bayshore Park.
Section 3. That, upon receipt of the funds, the $126,000 shall be appropriated
in the No. 4720 Community Enrichment Fund for the park improvements at Bayshore
Park, specifically the construction of a dog park.
Section 4. That the dog park at Bayshore Park is named the "Vishal Bhagat
Dog Park."
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the ' st time and passed to its second
reading on this the tday of (. 017, by the following vote:
Mayor \IOC .
Rudy Garza L i Ben Molina �,
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Paulette Guajardo a Lucy Rubio 0
Michael Hunter / Greg Smith f
Joe McComb Carolyn Vaughn
That the f regoing ordi nce w s read for the second time and passed finally on this
the ah-r day of t - , 2017, by the following vote:
Mayor \I at c -
Rudy Garza Ben Molina 0-tak"
Paulette Guajardo H10 Lucy Rubio all:
Michael Hunter 4 Greg Smith L
1
Joe McComb Carolyn Vaughn ,
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the ,-9‘,:-Pd-'ay of Qf) LQ,201 7.
ATTEST:
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Rebecca Huerta Mayor
City Secretary
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly
authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that
the money required for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation
or expenditure described below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below,
from which it is to be drawn, and has not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future
payments are subject to annual appropriation by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: April 25, 2017 Legistar Number: 17-0476
Agenda Item:
Ordinance authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a donation agreement with the
Coastal Bend Community Foundation and accept $51,000 in donated funds from the Coastal
Bend Community Foundation; authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute a donation
and naming agreement with the Vishal Raju Bhagat Foundation and accept $75,000 in
donated funds from the Vishal Raju Bhagat Foundation; appropriating $126,000 in the No.
4720 Community Enrichment Fund for construction of a dog park at Bayshore Park; and
naming the dog park the "Vishal Bhagat Dog Park."
Amount Required: $ 126,000
Fund Name Accounting Unit Account No. Activity No. Amount
Community Enrichment 4720-21323-141 550030 $126,000
Total $126,000
Certification Not Required
Director of Financial Services
Date: il-/l'7 (',3'G/'7