CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA

CITY COUNCIL
Staff Report
SR 2017- 022
March 7, 2017
Consent Agenda

TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members

SUBMITTED BY: Sharon Friedrichsen, Director of Budget and Contracts

APPROVED BY: Chip Rerig, City Administrator

SUBJECT: Consider a resolution accepting a donation of $31,000 from the Erling Lagerholm
Living Trust for landscape improvements

RECOMMENDATION
Adopt a resolution accepting a donation of $31,000 from the Erling Lagerholm Living Trust for landscape
improvements.

BACKGROUND / SUMMARY
The City received a check for $31,000 as part of a partial trust distribution from the Earl Lagerholm Living
Trust. Consistent with City policy C89-41, All donations and gifts with a value in excess of $1,000 must be
approved and accepted by a resolution of the City Council. The correspondence from the Trust indicates that
the funds should be used for landscape improvements.
There are a variety of maintenance and beatification projects in the Village, including at Devendorf Park, Forest
Hill Park, the Mission Trail Nature Preserve, Ocean Avenue medians and the Scenic Pathway that would be a
consistent use of these funds based on the board category of landscape improvements. Staff will bring such
projects forward for Council consideration as part of the upcoming capital improvement project and budget
discussions. However, at this point in time, it is requested that Council accept the donation in order to (1) allow
the check to be deposited into a newly created City deposit account specifically for this purpose and (2) enable
staff to return the requested paperwork back to the Trust acknowledging the receipt of the funds.

FISCAL IMPACT
Council acceptance of the donation will result in the City receding $31,000 to use toward landscape projects.

PRIOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION

None.

ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution accepting the Erling Lagerholm Trust Distribution
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RESOLUTION 2017-

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA

ACCEPTING A DONATION OF $31,000 FROM THE ERLING LAGERHOLM TRUST FOR
LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS

WHEREAS, Erling Lagerholm moved to Carmel in 1988 and was active in community
affairs and known for his enjoyment of the outdoors, and
WHEREAS, the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea received a letter dated January 2, 2017
stating that it was the beneficiary of $31,000 from the Erling Lagerholm Living Trust and that the
funds should be used for landscape improvements; and
WHEREAS, the are several maintenance and beautification projects throughout the
Village that would be considered to be landscape in nature and, at this time, staff wish to create
a deposit account specifically for the Trust funds; and
WHEREAS, City Policy No. C89-41, Acceptance of Donations and Gifts to the City was
revised by Resolution 2005-14 and requires donations with a value of $1,000 or more to be
accepted by Council through resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARMEL-BY-THE-SEA DOES:
1. Accept the $31,000 donation from the Erling Lagerholm Trust.
2. Direct staff to create a new deposit account specifically for the Trust funds.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY OF COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARMEL-BY-THE
SEA this 7th day of March 2017 by the following roll call vote:

AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS:

SIGNED,

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ATTEST: Steve G. Dallas, Mayor

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Ashlee Wright
City Clerk