HomeMy WebLinkAbout12/4/2002 - STAFF REPORTS (6) DATE: December 4, 2002
TO: City Council
FROM: Director, Department of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF RENTAL FEES BY FOUNDATION FOR THE RETARDED
OF THE DESERT
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Council consider approving the waiver of rental fees for City facilities
in an amount not to exceed $500 for the Foundation for the Retarded of the
Desert's high school charity All-Star Games.
SUMMARY:
The Foundation for the Retarded of the Desert has asked the City to waive rental
fees, which total $500, for the use of Palm Springs Stadium for its high school
charity All-Star Games.
BACKGROUND:
The Foundation for the Retarded of the Desert (FRD) is a nonprofit organization
whose primary mission is to increase the choices, capabilities and independence
of persons in the Coachella Valley, Morongo Basin and Temecula who are
mentally and physically challenged. To attain this goal, FRD offers vocational
training, community awareness, and opportunities of recreation and development
of social and personal skills.
FRD needs approximately $7.7 million per year to operate its organization and it
receives that revenue from a variety of sources, such as state funds, FRD'sthrift
stores in Indio and Palm Springs, sales of client-produced goods, and donations.
The high school charity All-Star Games will be an annual event that will benefit
FRD. The baseball/softball games represent the opening of a three-day serires of
events for high school seniors.
Palm Springs Stadium will be used for a doubleheader of girls softball and boys
baseball on Thursday, July 10, 2003. The games will feature graduating seniors
from 25 high schools in the Coachella Valley and Riverside and San Bernardino
counties.
This is the first time FRD has asked the City to waive rental fees,which would total
$500, for the use of Palm Springs Stadium for this event.
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REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF RENTAL FEES BY FOUNDATION FOR THE RETARDED
OF THE DESERT
DATE: December 4, 2002
PAGE: Two
At its October 9 meeting, the Parks and Recreation Commission voted
unanimously (5/0) to recommend that City Council approve the waiving of rental
fees in an amount not to exceed $500 for this event.
SC9TT MIKESELL, Director
De' artment of Parks, Recreation and Facilities
APPR ED--%--
City Manage
ATTACHMENT:
1. Minute Order
REVIEWED BY DEPI OF FINANCE
MINUTE ORDER NO.
APPROVING THE WAIVER OF RENTAL FEES FOR USE OF
PALM SPRINGS STADIUM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$500 FOR THE FOUNDATION FOR THE RETARDED OF THE
DESERT'S CHARITY ALL-STAR GAMES.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that this Minute Order, approving the waiverof rental fees for use of
Palm Springs Stadium in an amount not to exceed $500 for the Foundation for the
Retarded of the Desert's Charity All-Star Games, was adopted by the City Council of the
City of Palm Springs, California, in a meeting thereof held on the 4`h day of December,2002.
BY: PATRICIA A. SANDERS
City Clerk