HomeMy WebLinkAboutS27 - Ronald Reagan Birth CentennialCITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Agenda Item No. S27
January 11, 2011
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: City Manager's Office
Dave Kiff, City Manager
949/644 -3002 or dkiff @newportbeachca.gov
SUBJECT: Resolution 2011 - Relating to Accepting Donations for a Statue or
Similar Work Honoring the Birth Centennial of Ronald Reagan
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Adopt Resolution 2011 -_ relating to accepting donations for a statue or similar work honoring
the birth centennial (centennial date is February 6, 2011) of former President Ronald Reagan.
DISCUSSION:
Council Member Keith Curry has asked that the Council consider authorizing the City's
Administrative Services Department to accept and invest funds from private donations or other
sources that would assist community members to raise money for a statue or similar work
honoring former President Ronald Reagan. The statue would be placed in a city park location
to be determined. Donations to the City for purposes where a public benefit is expressed and
established can be tax exempt for the donor.
The City has done this in the past — an example being the Marine 1/1 Memorial Statue.
Unless the Council directs otherwise, placement of the statue or similar work is subject to
Council Policy 1 -9, which asks that the Arts Commission (in consultation with PB &R and others)
take the lead on recommending a suitable artist, design, and placement.
Environmental Review: Exempt
Submitted by:
Dave Kiff
City Manager
Reagan Statue Resolution
January 11, 2011
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RESOLUTION 2011-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH
RELATING TO ACCEPTING FUNDS FOR A
RONALD REAGAN STATUE OR SIMILAR WORK
IN HONOR OF REAGAN'S BIRTH CENTENNIAL
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach, as a municipal government, is a political
subdivision of the State of California. As such, the City qualifies as a charitable
organization as defined by §170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code (Tax ID #95-
6000751); and
WHEREAS, the City of Newport Beach is not a 501(c)(3) non - profit corporation nor a
501(d) Religious Organization and therefore, is not required to have a tax exempt letter
validating its status. Cities are rather categorically exempted as a political subdivision;
and
WHEREAS, the City is supportive of honoring the birth centennial of Ronald W.
Reagan, the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of the State of
California, on February 6, 2011; and
WHEREAS, residents and business owners in the community have expressed an
intent or interest to honor the birth centennial of President Reagan by placing a statue
or similar work in a local City park following fundraising, design, and construction of the
statue or similar work; and
WHEREAS, the City views such a statue or similar work as being a public benefit
worthy of using the City's Administrative Services Department and the City's tax - exempt
status to accept and hold any funds or other private donations that would design and /or
construct and place the statue or similar work; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby
authorizes the City's Administrative Services Department to accept, invest, and account
for any funds or other private donations for a statue or similar work honoring Ronald
Reagan; and be it also
RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Newport Beach that it hereby asserts
that the design, construction, and placement of a statue or similar work in a public park
in Newport Beach conveys a public benefit to the community by honoring the 40th
President and the 33`d Governor of California.
ADOPTED this 1 1th day of January, 2011.
MIKE HENN
Mayor of Newport Beach
ATTEST:
LEILANI BROWN
City Clerk
Reagan Statue Resolution
January 11, 2011
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