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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation, Como Park Zoo and Conservatory to accept the gift of travel and expenses from the Longwood Gardens , not to exceed $750, for Jessie Loftus, Como Park Zoo and Conservatory Education staff member, to travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to attend the Longwood Gardens Graduate Program Symposium March 3-5, 2016.
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WHEREAS, the Longwood Gardens has convened a Graduate Program Symposium and invited Como Park Zoo and Conservatory staff member Jessie Loftus to participate; and
WHEREAS, the Graduate Program Symposium will meet March 4, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and will address the topic of how to discuss challenging issues sucha s environmental action, civil responsibility and the evolution of public gardens as community assets; and
WHEREAS, the Longwood Gardens has offered to pay for the flight, transportation, hotel and meal accommodations to enable Jessie Loftus to participate in the symposium; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that attendance at the symposium will benefit the City by offering Jessie Loftus the opportunity to learn from other attendees and speakers about a topic of importance to the Como Zoo and Conservatory; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, that the City Council accepts the gift of airfare, transportation and meals at a cost, not to exceed $750 and appropriates it to the use intended, and thanks the Longwood Gardens for its generous gift.