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Home My WebLink AboutFY 2008-09 OAF Charitable ContributionsCITY OF PALM DESERT FINANCE DEPARTMENT Staff Report REQUEST: REVIEW AND APPROVE OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING (CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009 SUBMITTED BY: PAUL S. GIBSON, FINANCE DIRECTOR DATE: JUNE 26, 2008 CONTENTS: SUMMARY OF FUNDING AND SERVICES PROVIDED Recommendation: By Minute motion, that the City Council: 1. consider and approve the award of charitable contributions in the amount of $368,750 to the agencies listed herein with associated restrictions and conditions; and 2. authorize the Mayor to execute agreements with said agencies for awarded funding. Background: Applications for the Outside Agency/Charitable Contributions Funding were made available in December 2007. Completed applications were received by the deadline of February 8, 2008 and a summary of those requests are listed below. Due to the state of the economy and the expected reduction in available funds in the City's budget, staff has carefully considered all of the submitted requests and proposes that awards be made with the awareness of future budget restrictions. Following careful consideration, the Outside Agency Funding Committee recommends the following: PUBLIC ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS No. School Name Recommended for Approval 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Gerald R. Ford Elementary PTO James E. Carter Elementary PTO Lincoln School Parent Teacher Club Palm Desert High School Foundation Palm Desert Middle School PTO Ronald Reagan Elementary PTO Washington Charter Elementary PTO TOTAL FOR SCHOOL CONTRIBUTIONS: 7,500 7,500 20,000 15,000 7,500 7,500 65,000 Recommended for Denial 10,000 10,000 Original Request Amount 10,000 5,000 5,000 20,000 15,000 No application 5,000 60,000 Staff Report • Review and Approval of Outside Agency Funding for FY 2008-2009 June 26, 2008 Page 2 of 2 No. Agency Name 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 NON-PROFIT AGENCIES Recommended for Approval American Red Cross Angel View Crippled Children's Foundation Animal Samaritans Boys & Girls Club of Coachella Valley Community Blood Bank (Request 1) # Community Blood Bank (Request 2) Cove Comm/Children's Discovery Museum CVEP* DesertArc (formerly Found. for Retarded) Desert Samaritans for the Elderly Desert Valley All Star Mavericks Cheer Eisenhower Med. - Desert Diabetes Club Family YMCA of the Desert Family YMCA - Jean Benson Childcare FIND Food Bank Friends of the Cultural Center (McCallum) Friends of the Desert Mountains Historical Society of Palm Desert Olive Crest Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce Palm Desert Sister Cities Foundation* RSVP Readers to Leaders - PDHS SCRAP Gallery* Shelter from the Storm, Inc. Tolerance Education Center Virginia Waring Int'I Piano Competition Visiting Nurses Association Weil Institute of Critical Care TOTAL FOR AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS: 10,000 25,000 5,000 10,000 5,000 25,000 40,000 10,000 50,000 5,500 20,000 50,000 5,750 7,500 37,500 7,500 368,750 Recommended for Denial 50,000 12,000 12,664 6,000 + rent 25,000 * Budgeted from non -Outside Agency account # Following Committee meeting, City Manager recommended partial award of $25,000. 4,500 25,000 35,000 1,000 20,000 70,000 50,000 311,164 Original Request Amount 50,000 12,000 10,000 12,664 50,000 15,000 10,052 6,000 + rent 25,000 10,000 4,500 75,000 45,000 25,000 100,000 20,000 50,000 25,000 35,000 67,220 14,000 1,000 20,000 100,000 20,000 70,000 20,000 50,000 942,436 **Please note, the approval and denial column totals do not equal original request totals as some agencies received partial awards. The Committee has reviewed and considered all requests for funding and recommends that the City Council approve funding to the above -listed organizations as presented. Sub rpi ted by: Paul S. Gibson, Finance Director PSG:nmo Approval by: Carlos L. ga, City Manager G:1FinanceWiamh OrtegalOutside Agencies108-091SR - funding approval 08-09.doc REGULAR PALM DESERT CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUNE 26, 2008 XIV. NEW BUSINESS J. REQUEST FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF OUTSIDE AGENCY FUNDING (CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS) FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009. Rec: By Minute Motion: 1) Consider and approve award of charitable contributions in the total amount of $368,750 to the agencies listed in the accompanying staff report, with associated restrictions and conditions; 2) authorize the Mayor to execute agreements with said agencies for awarded funding. ;:ITY COUNCIL ACTION: APPROVED , DENIED RECEIVED OTHER MEETI .`,� ,.. >< DATEU.`{ f U -MI l NOES:.,•S;�a ABSENT:PAL(a ABSTAIN: VERIFIED BY- /r V /WYl .)r?.Lina.or T7:;1P 47. if2,n1 ber2SOY1 City Clerk's OfficE Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine July 25, 2008 SAVING LIVES THROUGH INTENSIVE CARE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION SINCE 1959 BOARD OF TRUSTEES HONORARY CHAIRMAN/ FOUNDING PRESIDENT Max Harry Weil, MD, PhD, ScD (Hon) Distinguished University Professor CHAIRMAN Eric C Rackow, MD Past President and Professor of Medicine New York University Medical Center VICE CHAIRMAN Velma V Morrison President, Morrison Foundation SECRETARY/TREASURER Lawrence A. Cone, MD TRUSTEES Michael Adesman, MD James Brinton, MD Thomas A. Rosse Lon Sarver Mary Smith Wanchun Tang, MD Max Harry Weil, MD, PhD, ScD (Hon) PAST CHAIRMEN Thomas B. Pitcher, Thomas A. Rosse Jack Samuelson, Max Harry Weil, MD David Wilstein FOUNDING ADVISORY COUNCIL Gerald R Ford Norman E. Shumway, MD OFFICERS President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer Wanchun Tang, MD Professor STAFF Director of Laboratories Shijie Sun, MD, Professor Director of Engineering Jose Bisera, MSE, Professor Assistant Professor Giuseppe Ristagno, MD Yongqin Li, PhD Research Biomedical Engineer Carlos Castillo, MSEE, M.SF Instructor Community Projects Coordinator Mike Potter, EMTP Community Projects Consultant Bary A. Freet Editorial Secretary Leota Green Assistant to the President Mary Callahan Director Development & Public Relations Joy Joyce Donaldson Dear City Council Members: We would be very disappointed if the City of Palm Desert declined to join us in the effort to save lives. If we were inexpert and awkward in presenting this case to you, we are partly to blame and take responsibility for your negative response to our grant application. Our appeal is for life itself - not for someone's comfort. We have the capabilities of saving lives, but not the resources in which to train bystander CPR to the City of Palm Desert residents. In your hastiness to dismiss our request for funding, you have ultimately decided not to minimize death. Almost all of you have lost a loved one, friend or co-worker of sudden death. Without the funding from The City of Palm Desert, The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine will no longer be able to provide Free CPR training to your residents as we have promptly done in the past. The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine has been exceptionally pro -active in the safety and welfare of residents, businesses and organizations in Palm Desert. Presently, we offer Free 30 minute Family and Friends CPR Training to all City of Palm Desert community members at the WICCM every Tuesday morning. We have served the City of Palm Desert well in the past. The WICCM has: > Trained at the College of the Desert 2007 Coachella Valley Health & Safety Fair > Trained Palm Desert City Employees > Replaced AED's in the Desert Sands Unified School Districts > Trained the majority of Palm Desert Gated Communities > Provided the medical authority for AED programs > Trained at the Family YMCA of Palm Desert > Trained at the Joslyn Senior Center > Trained at the McCallum Theatre If the City of Palm Desert denies our request for funding, we will not be able to achieve our training goals and therefore, the following programs will be cancelled: > Free CPR classes at the Westfield Palm Desert Mall -College of the Desert's Institute for Sales & Service Excellence (scheduled for February, 2009) > Free CPR classes at the Palm Desert Library > Free CPR classes for 9th graders at the Palm Desert High School > Free CPR classes for seniors at the Joslyn Senior Center The Weil Institute of Critical Care Medicine seeks to achieve a 30% survival rate by training Palm Desert residents to start prompt bystander CPR at the first sign of cardiac arrest. The current survival rate in the Coachella Valley has been a mere 3% for cardiac arrest outside of hospitals, even though 70% of cardiac arrest victims were not alone when crisis hit. The WICCM is seeking to change this alarming current statistic. Basic CPR skills taught in 30 minutes by our instructors will make it possible for all City of Palm Desert residents to become "lifesavers". Together we can make the City of Palm Desert a much safer place to live. It is our hope that you will reconsider our request for funding and help support our Free CPR classes. The life you could help save might be your loved one. Sincerely, Finance Manager Dianne Greenstein D$naldson Dire Development Development and Communications Weil nstitute of Critical Care Medicine Administrative Assistant Renee Sepulveda 35100 Bob Hope Drive •Rancho Mirage, CA 92270 •Phone 760.778.4911 •Fax 760.778.3468 •www.weiliccmorg AFFILIATED WITH THE KECK SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA