HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1998-19309 RESOLUTION NO. 19309
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA
VISTA ACCEPTING A DONATION OF EQUIPMENT AND
SERVICES, IN THE AMOUNT OF 831,000, FROM IBM
CORPORATION AND CHARLES SCHWAB FOUNDATION,
THROUGH SENIORNET, TO IMPLEMENT A SENIORNET
LEARNING CENTER AT THE CHULA VISTA NORMAN PARK
SENIOR CENTER; AND ACCEPTING A DONATION OF $2,000 IN
CASH FROM IBM CORPORATION AND CHARLES SCHWAB
FOUNDATION, THROUGH SENIORNET; AND AMENDING THE
FISCAL YEAR 1998/1999 BUDGET AND APPROPRIATING
$2,000 TO THE LIBRARY AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT
BUDGET FOR RELATED EXPENSES; AND APPROPRIATING
$3.000 IN UNANTICIPATED REVENUE FROM CLASS FEES TO
THE LIBRARY AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT BUDGET FOR
RELATED EXPENSES; AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER,
OR HIS DESIGNEE, TO SIGN THE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH THE SENIORNET LEARNING CENTER
WHEREAS, in October, 1998, staff at Norman Park Senior Center ascertained the
availability of grant funding from a non-profit organization entitled SeniorNet; and
WHEREAS, SeniorNet is a non-profit organization that provides older adults education
for, and access to, computers and the Internet, to enhance their lives and enable them to
share their wisdom and knowledge with the world and currently offers computer classes for
senior at 141 Learning Centers nationwide; and
WHEREAS. staff contacted SeniorNet and a site visitation was made by the
organization, who was immediately enchanted with the City of Chula Vista and the Norman
Park Center. as a possible location for a SeniorNet Learning Center; and
WHEREAS, the SeniorNet organization submitted Chula Vista as a proposed site to the
IBM Corporation and the Charles Schwab Foundation, who are SeniorNet sponsors, and the
City was awarded a donation to implement a Learning Center.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
does hereby accept from the IBM Corporation and the Charles Schwab Foundation, a donation
(through SeniorNet) for the SeniorNet Learning Center at the Chula Vista Norman Park Senior
C6Rt6r Of 5 computers, 2 printers and a color scanner, and various services and software, for
a value of $31,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Fiscal Year 1998/1999 budget is hereby amended
by accepting and appropriating $5,000 to the Library and Recreation Department budget
(1781); based on a $2,000 donation from the IBM Corporation and the Charles Schwab
Foundation; and $3,000 from unanticipated fee revenues from classes.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager, or his designee, is hereby authorized
to sign the Memorandum of Understanding, a copy of which is on file in the office of the City
Clerk. known as Document Number C098-248, with the SeniorNet Learning Center.
Resolution 19309
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Lib Director ~ney
Resolution 19309
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 15~h day of December, 1998, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Moot, Padilia, Salas and Horton
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ABS'[AIN: Councilmembers: None
Shirley HornMayor
ATTEST:
Beverly ~A~Auth~let, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Beverly A. Authelet, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the
foregoing Resolution No. 19309 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council
at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 15~h day of December, 1998.
Executed this 15,h day of December, 1998.
Beverly A. ~'uthelet, City Clerk
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