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Home My WebLink About55B - RESO - SAPAAL DONATIONWfolugawo • Moll 10 Lei I 11111F.A141111 CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: 20, 2016 TITLE; A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ACCEPTING A DONATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE SANTA ANA POLICE ATHLETIC & ACTIVITY LEAGUE PROGRAM FROM THE LA GALAXY FOUNDATION AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY {STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 1, 1C} CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED ACTION CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: APPROVED ❑ As Recommended ❑ As Amended ❑ Ordinance on 1" Reading ❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading ❑ Implementing Resolution ❑ Set Public Hearing For CONTINUED TO FILE NUMBER Adopt a resolution accepting the donation of miscellaneous photography, academic, and fitness - related equipment from the Los Angeles Galaxy Foundation and Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) for programming use at the Santa Ana Police Athletic & Activity League (SAPAAL) Center. DISCUSSION The Santa Ana Police Athletic & Activity League (SAPAAL) has been in collaborative partnership with the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team and the non-profit Los Angeles Galaxy Foundation since January 2010. The Los Angeles Galaxy has been committed to assisting the SAPAAL with motivating and rewarding students who complete their homework and who participate in afterschool activities by inviting them to attend regular season and playoff soccer matches. The Los Angeles Galaxy has also assisted the SAPAAL in the promotion of physical fitness by offering a soccer development camp to SAPAAL kids every summer at the StubHub Center in Carson, CA. Through Major League Soccer's 20 -for -20 Mini -Pitch Initiative, the Los Angeles Galaxy, along with education partner Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), installed the team's first and only Orange County Mini -Pitch soccer facility at Jackson Elementary School. Since March 2016, the Los Angeles Galaxy has committed to offering soccer clinics during the school year to Santa Ana students at the Mini -Pitch. 55B-1 Resolution Accepting Fitness Equipment from Los Angeles Galaxy and SNHU December 20, 2016 Page 2 After learning that an off-site photography class offered to SAPAAL students at Bowers Kidseum was discontinued in May 2015, the Los Angeles Galaxy and SNHU offered to assist the SAPAAL by launching a photography program, and by contributing to the existing education and fitness - based programming offered at the SAPAAL. The Los Angeles Galaxy and SNHU have purchased about $19,600 worth of education, fitness, and photography equipment, including 20 digital SLR cameras, 20 Photoshop Elements software licenses, 10 Amazon Fire HD8 tablets, one photography -specific color printer, one high yield color printer, 200 writing composition books, four Concept 2 rowing machines, and other miscellaneous tablet and printer supplies. The donation of these items will positively impact the lives of the students at the SAPAAL Afterschool Program. The Santa Ana Police Department appreciates the partnership that exists between the SAPAAL, the Los Angeles Galaxy and SNHU, and recommends approval of the resolution. STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT Approval of this item supports the City's efforts to meet Goal #1 - Community Safety - Objective #1 (Modernize the Community Policing philosophy to improve customer service, crime prevention and traffic/pedestrian/bicycle safety), Strategy C (Deliver crime prevention/community policing programs based on the community policing plan). FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with this action Carlos Rojas Chief of Police Santa Ana Police Department Exhibit: 1. Resolution 55B-2 TB 12.20.16 RESOLUTION NO.2016- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF EQUIPMENT FOR THE SANTA ANA POLICE ATHLETIC & ACTIVITY LEAGUE PROGRAM FROM THE LA GALAXY FOUNDATION AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, determines and declares as follows: A. WHEREAS, the Santa Ana Police Athletic & Activity League (SAPAAL) has been in collaborative partnership with the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team and the non-profit Los Angeles Galaxy Foundation since January 2010, B. WHEREAS, the Los Angeles Galaxy and Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) offered to assist SAPAAL in launching a photography program and to contribute to the existing education and fitness -based programming offered at SAAPAL. C. WHEREAS, the photography, education, and fitness equipment worth $19,600 purchased by the Los Angeles Galaxy and SNHU that will be donated consists of twenty (20) digital SLR cameras, twenty (20) Photoshop Elements software licenses, ten (10) Amazon Fire HD8 tablets, one (1) photograph -specific color printer, one (1) high yield color printer, two -hundred (200) writing composition books, four (4) Concept 2 rowing machines, and other miscellaneous tablet and printer supplies. E. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana believes that accepting such a donation will positively impact the lives of the students that participate in the SAPAAL Afterschool Program. SECTION 2. The City Council hereby accepts the Los Angeles Galaxy and SNHU donation of $19,600 worth of photography equipment, software and supplies as outlined above. Section 3. If any surcharge or fee, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Resolution is for any reason held to be invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed Resolution No. 2016 -XXX Page 1 of 2 55B-3 and adopted this Resolution, and each and all provisions hereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more provisions may be declared invalid. Section 4. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the Clerk of the Council shall attest to and certify the vote adopting this Resolution. ADOPTED this s day of December, 2016. APPROVED AS TO FORM: Son" Carvalho, ity Attorney By: Ta vara Bogosian Assistant City Attorney AYES: Councilmembers NOES: Councilmembers ABSTAIN: NOT PRESENT: Councilmembers Councilmembers Miguel A. Pulido Mayor CERTIFICATE OF ATTESTATION AND ORIGINALITY I, MARIA D. HUIZAR, Clerk of the Resolution No, -2016 - Council of the City of Santa Ana on Date: Council, do hereby attest to and certify the attached to be the original resolution adopted by the City Clerk of the Council City of Santa Ana 55B-4 Resolution No. 2016 -XXX Page 2 of 2