CC Resolution No. 05-158
RESOLUTION NO. 05-158
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO
APPROPRIATING $25,000 TO THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS FOR HURRICANE KA TRINA DISASTER RELIEF AID
WHEREAS, the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross anticipates the
possibility that aid and temporary living assistance to Hurricane Katrina evacuees may be
expanded to California including the San Francisco Bay Area.
WHEREAS, the Santa Clara Valley Red Cross resources are insufficient to provide the
anticipated needed assistance.
WHEREAS, the Santa Clara Valley Red Cross is seeking assistance from cities in Santa
Clara County to aid the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief effort.
WHEREAS, the mayors of cities and members of the Board of Supervisors in Santa Clara
County met on September 7, 2005, and agreed to bring resolutions to their respective City
Councils' or Board at their next meeting, to provide living and recovery assistance to Hurricane
Katrina evacuees.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CUPERTINO that the
sum of $25,000 is hereby appropriated for purposes of Hurricane Katrina disaster relief and that
the City Manager is directed to provide said sum to the Santa Clara Valley Red Cross on behalf
of the City of Cupertino contingent on the opening of a local evacuee assistance and recovery
center. The City Manager shall identify the funding source including possibly CDBG and/or
General Fund reserves for this appropriation. Said funds should principally support local living
and recovery assistance, job training, medical and mental health care, and counseling services to
evacuees. Said funds shall be released once it is determined that a recovery center is or will soon
open in Santa Clara County and/or significant numbers of evacuees travel to the region to
temporarily relocate on their own.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this 14th day of September 2005, by the following vote:
Vote
Members of the Citv Council
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Kwok, Lowenthal, Sandoval, Wang, James
None
None
None
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Mayor, City of Cupertino
ATTEST:
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City Clerk