Long Beach, CA
File #: 22-0891    Version: 1 Name: CD 6 - Fund Transfer Camerata Singers
Type: Agenda Item Status: Approved
File created: 7/25/2022 In control: City Council
On agenda: 8/2/2022 Final action: 8/2/2022
Title: Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $250, offset by the Sixth Council District One-Time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a donation to the Long Beach Camerata Singers to support the Front Porch Concert at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park; and Decrease appropriations of the Sixth Council District One-time District Priority Funds in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $250 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
Sponsors: COUNCILWOMAN SUELY SARO, SIXTH DISTRICT
Attachments: 1. 080222-R-27sr

TITLE

Recommendation to increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $250, offset by the Sixth Council District One-Time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a donation to the Long Beach Camerata Singers to support the Front Porch Concert at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park; and

 

Decrease appropriations of the Sixth Council District One-time District Priority Funds in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $250 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.

 

DISCUSSION

The Long Beach Camerata Singers is hosting a free concert in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park on Saturday, July 30th. The Long Beach Camerata Singers is dedicated to excellence in choral music and enriching the lives of communities and performers through a broad spectrum of repertoire, innovative programming, and arts education. In response to the pandemic, the Camerata Singers started a "Front Porch Concert" series to provide free outdoor concerts across all districts in Long Beach to keep artists employed and to keep music in our communities. The Front Porch Concert continued in Summer 2021 and is continuing this summer as well.

 

FISCAL IMPACT

No Financial Management review was able to be conducted due to the urgency and time sensitivity of this item.

 

SUGGESTED ACTION

Approve recommendation.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

SUELY SARO, COUNCILWOMAN

SIXTH DISTRICT