HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-20 - Grants & Donations for Back Bay Science CenterRESOLUTION NO. 2008_20
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
RELATING TO THE ACCEPTANCE OF
GRANTS AND DONATIONS FOR THE
INTERIOR OF THE TEACHING LAB OF THE
BACK BAY SCIENCE CENTER
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach and three other major partners (the California
Department of Fish and Game, the University of California, Irvine, and the County of
Orange) have jointly funded the construction of the Back Bay Science Center (BBSC) on
Shellmaker Island; and
WHEREAS, the BBSC has long been envisioned to have a Teaching Lab from which
research and education will be brought forth regarding Upper Newport Bay, water
quality, and estuarine habitat generally; and
WHEREAS, the Teaching Lab is today a shell, but with detailed plans developed to
fill the shell with equipment, wet tables, aquaria, aquaria life support systems, lab tables,
and lab equipment and more; and
WHEREAS, several entities have expressed an interest in donating to the Tenant
Improvements (Tls) and Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment (FF &E) of the Teaching Lab;
and
WHEREAS, the City desires to accommodate these donations or grants by serving
as the entity that can accept donations and grants, invest them, and expend them on
approved Tls and FF &E for the Teaching Lab; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby
authorizes the City Manager to accept donations and grants on behalf of the Tenant
Improvements and FF &E for the Back Bay Science Center.
ADOPTED this 25`" day of March, 2008.
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
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Mayor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA }
COUNTY OF ORANGE
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH }
I, LaVonne M. Harkless, City Clerk of the City of Newport Beach, California, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council is seven; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 2008 -19 was duly and regularly introduced before and adopted by
the City Council of said City at a regular meeting of said Council, duly and regularly held on the
25th day of March 2008, and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote, to wit:
Ayes: Henn, Rosansky, Daigle, Webb, Curry, Gardner, Mayor Selich
Noes: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the
official seal of said City this 26th day of March 2008.
(Seal)
C ty Clerk '
Newport Beach, California