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File #: 25-438    Name: 6-17-2025 D2 Discretionary Fund Request_MC Historical Society
Type: General Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: 6/5/2025 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 6/17/2025 Final action: 6/17/2025
Title: Approve expenditure of $50,000 to fund Monterey County Historical Society, Inc. for costs incurred from the maintenance and replacement of the Boronda Adobe roof (the physical home of the Monterey County Historical Society, Inc.) from District 2’s discretionary funds.
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Attach 1_MCHS Ltr dated 6-2-25.pdf, 3. Attach 2_MCHS Invoice 6-4-25.pdf, 4. Completed Board Order Item No. 38

Title

Approve expenditure of $50,000 to fund Monterey County Historical Society, Inc. for costs incurred from the maintenance and replacement of the Boronda Adobe roof (the physical home of the Monterey County Historical Society, Inc.) from District 2’s discretionary funds.

Report

RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:

Approve expenditure of $50,000 to fund Monterey County Historical Society, Inc. for costs incurred from the maintenance and replacement of the Boronda Adobe roof (the physical home of the Monterey County Historical Society, Inc.) from District 2’s discretionary funds.

 

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:

If approved, the money will be spent on expenses incurred from replacing the 52-year-old cedar shingle roof of Casa Boronda, the oldest intact adobe residence in the Salinas Valley.

 

PUBLIC PURPOSE FINDINGS:

In approving this expenditure, the Board of Supervisors finds that the expenditure is for a public purpose and the transaction is not prohibited by Article XVI, Section 6 of the California Constitution.  Any benefit to an individual is incidental to the significant public purpose identified in the description above.

 

FINANCING:

There is no impact to the General Fund.

 

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC INIATIVES:

This item administers grants pursuant to the Discretionary Fund Policy.

 

Mark a check to the related Board of Supervisors Strategic Initiatives

 

__Economic Development

X Administration

__Health & Human Services

X Infrastructure

__Public Safety

 

Prepared and Approved by:                      Supervisor Glenn Church, District 2

 

Attachments:

1: Letter dated June 2, 2025, from Monterey County Historical Society, Inc.

2: Invoice