HomeMy WebLinkAboutSurplus - PSAM-PD - Various MiscStaff Report: Surplus Miscellaneous Items
May 9, 2013
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Fiscal Analysis
Approval of this request may generate funds that will go back into the City's general fund
and/or support a local nonprofit.
Prepared By:
Stepryan, Risk Manager
Reviewed By:
Paul S. Gibson, Director of Finance
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CITY OF PALM DESERT
CITY MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT
STAFF REPORT
REQUEST: REQUEST TO DECLARE VARIOUS MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
FROM THE PALM SPRINGS ART MUSEUM -PALM DESERT AS
SURPLUS AND AUTHORIZE DISPOSAL AS RECOMMENDED
SUBMITTED BY: Stephen Y. Aryan, Risk Manager
DATE: May 9, 2013
Recommendation
By Minute Motion, declare various miscellaneous salvaged items from the
Palm Springs Art Museum -Palm Desert as surplus and authorize disposal as
recommended.
Background
When the Palm Springs Art Museum took occupancy of the former Visitor Center facility,
they indicated that there were various millwork and electrical lighting fixtures that they did
not wish to retain. Staff recommended keeping these items as they came at a significant
cost and could potentially be reutilized in a future project. These items are stored at the Joni
Yard facility and need to be disposed of currently, as this site is being readied for sale.
The Fire Department and various City departments utilized the bulk of the millwork.
However, several items remain including a gas stove, miscellaneous lighting fixtures, and
additional millwork. Staff recommends selling the approximately four "artichoke lights"
because they are valued at around $5,000 each. The remaining items are recommended to
be donated to a nonprofit agency that could utilize them. Staff has contacted Habitat for
Humanity, and they may possibly take some items to their Palm Desert ReStore. The
ReStore takes new and used donated materials and sells them, with proceeds going
towards funding the construction of new Habitat homes in the Coachella Valley.