REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Budget Modification No. 33 to Appropriate $25,000 Donation from Kilroy Realty Corporation for Tree Planting and Maintenance in a Target Area within the SNAIL Neighborhood
Report
DONATION SUMMARY
In FY 2013/14 the City received feedback and recommendations regarding the visual and traffic impacts of the multi-story office buildings owned by Kilroy Realty Corporation at the intersection of Maude and Mathilda Avenues. The City met and consulted with individual residents, the Sunnyvale Neighbors of Arbor Including LaLinda (SNAIL) and Sunnyvale Residents for Preserving and Enhancing Quality Neighborhoods (SRPEQN) neighborhood groups, and the building's owner, developer and tenant.
In partial response to the feedback, Kilroy Realty Corporation made a donation of $25,000 towards landscaping the area at the end of West Duane Avenue.
The Division of Trees in the Department of Public Works will be responsible for the management of the donation. The City broke ground at the West Duane Avenue location in August and has since completed the project, installing a planter bed and multiple trees in the area. Any remaining funds will help supplement the watering and care of additional new street trees planted throughout the target area of the neighborhood. The target area includes residences within the area that is east of N. Mathilda, north of W. Maude, west of Borregas, and south of W. Ferndale Avenue.
EXISTING POLICY
Council Policy 7.1.5 Donations, Contributions and Sponsorships:
The City Manager may accept or reject donations, contributions and sponsorships, both solicited and unsolicited, of money, equipment and in-kind contributions to City Departments or the City in general up to $100,000, so long as they do not require a local match or obligate the City to ongoing expenses not already planned in the City's Resource Allocation Plan. Donated funds will be expended for the specific purpose as agreed upon with the donor or for general purposes, as one-time supplements to the department's operating budget. Donations of equipment will be considered based on program outcomes, department goals and needs, maintenance costs and replacement costs. The donor must be informed in writing if the equipment is not to be replaced. Each donation will be evaluated for usefulness and costs of potential replacement and rental rates will be considered.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This activity does not require environmental review because it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that it may have a significant effect on the environment. CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
FISCAL IMPACT
Required Local Match
None
Increased Cost To City Upon Grant Termination
New trees planted through this donation will be maintained with the remaining donated funds until exhausted. At that time, the maintenance will be absorbed within the Department of Public Works operating budget.
Budget Modification No. 33 has been prepared to appropriate the Kilroy Realty Corporation donation funds in the amount of $25,000 for tree planting and maintenance in a target area within the SNAIL neighborhood.
Budget Modification No. 33
FY 2014/2015
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Current |
Increase/ (Decrease) |
Revised |
General Fund |
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Revenues |
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Kilroy Realty Corporation Donation |
$0 |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
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Expenditures |
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New Project: SNAIL Neighborhood Tree Planting and Maintenance |
$0 |
$25,000 |
$25,000 |
PUBLIC CONTACT
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Approve Budget Modification No. 33 to appropriate a $25,000 donation from Kilroy Realty Corporation for tree planting and maintenance in a target area within the SNAIL Neighborhood.
Staff
Prepared by: Yvette Blackford, Senior Management Analyst
Reviewed by: Manuel Pineda, Director, Department of Public Works
Reviewed by: Timothy J. Kirby, Assistant Director, Department of Finance
Reviewed by: Robert A. Walker, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Deanna J. Santana, City Manager