DATE: May 17, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Library Services
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate up to $50,000 in Funding from Edward Martins or the Donna L and Edward E Martins Foundation to Support Library Services and Programs
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to accept and appropriate up to $50,000 in donations from Edward Martins or the Donna L and Edward E Martins Foundation to support the operation of Library Services and Programs for FY 2022, and annually for the next three fiscal years, through the end of FY 2025.
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SUMMARY
Mr. Edward Martins has been a well-known local figure, practicing law and serving in a variety of roles in the Hayward community and with a strong commitment to education and youth in Hayward. After learning about the benefits of a mobile library and the services it could provide to the residents of Hayward, Mr. Martins, and his late wife Donna Martins, gifted $250,000 through the Martins Foundation to support the acquisition of a bookmobile for the Hayward Public Library. Encouraged by the staff’s work on the bookmobile project, and Hayward Public Library’s excellent programs and their commitment to service, Mr. Martins, and the Martins Foundation have offered to continue their support for Library Services programming.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution